Cajun Pig Kevin Mitchell and cornbread

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Cajun Pig Kevin Mitchell and cornbreadAuthor: Dixie Poch Southwest Louisiana is famous for time honored gatherings that celebrate its French Acadian heritage. And the culinary star of these gatherings? That's generally the pig. Whether it's a boucherie, the Cochon de Lait in Mansura or Chef John Folse's Fete des Bouchers, where an army of chefs steps back three hundred years to demonstrate how to make blood boudin and smoked sausage, ever resourceful Cajuns use virtually every part of the