Mud Bug Madness Returns For it's 25th Year

By Don Rider

Home Inspector with EZ Rider Home Inspections LLC.

May 04, 2008 02:47 AM

This festival occurs this May 25th - 28th, in downtown Shreveport. Most all of the locals compete to eat the most "mudbugs," which to most yankies normal people is really a crawdad. Their little nasty bodies litter the streets while roudy Cajun hicks hoot and holler and participate in such events as the crowning of King and Queen Mudbug. It is fun for all. There are three stages with live music almost all the time. There is even a kids stage, for the little ones.

Driving Directions:

From I-20 West:Take Spring Street exit. Festival Plaza is located underneath Spring Street Bridge at Crockett Street (approximately 2 blocks from the interstate).

From I-20 East:Take Spring Street exit. Festival Plaza is located underneath the Spring Street Bridge at Crockett Street (approximately 2 blocks from the interstate).

From I-49: Take I-49 north to I-20 east. Follow directions from I-20 east.

Admission:

Admission is free till 6 from NewsChannel 6!

Thursday Free from 11am until 6pm; $3.00 per person after 6pm
Friday Free from 11am until 6pm; $3.00 per person after 6pm
Saturday & Sunday 11am until closing $3.00 per person
* Children under 12 are free at all times

Come and enjoy!!

Don Rider

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Andrew Baumbach

Homestead Realty Inc. - Milwaukee, WI

Greater Milwaukee Real Estate

Sounds like alot fun.

I'm only able to eats the tails, when they are already pealed and cooked up. they sure tatsty, but really gross otherwise,. But then again I guess I am a "yankee".

May 04, 2008 03:26 AM

L. Wayne Denton

Denton Properties, Inc. - Loganville, GA

I have a handle on your market!!!

I spent time at Texas A & M for graduate work and learned about a place in Bryan, Texas called Tom's and learned the art of sucking mudbugs. Most fun I ever had was when the football team came in to eat them and it was all you could eat night (wonder why the team was there) and they brought them out in big 30 gallon buckets and we stayed for about 6 hours. Those boys were huge and left even bigger. Good post.

May 04, 2008 07:20 AM

Dale Baker

Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections - Claremont, NH

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Howdy Don

I like mud bug a lot. Now don't ya let the state I am in right now full ya. I'm 100% Souther, for sure.

Thank ya for a fine reading post.

Have a good one Dale

May 04, 2008 09:24 AM

Carl Winters

Canyon Lake, TX

Don - What we do for fun is amazing? You just have to develop a taste for them.

Long time no hear from, come back soon. Hope you are doing well.

Carl

May 04, 2008 01:10 PM

EZ Rider Home Inspections LLC. - Bossier City, LA

Shreveport Bossier Home Inspector

Andrew, Dale and Wayne,

The bugs taste soooo good this time of year. I can't wait to get my hands on some.

Carl,

I have been very busy, Thanks for noticing. will be around a little more often now.

May 04, 2008 01:28 PM

Dale - We need to get Jimmy B. to drop by and read Don't blog. I just know he will have something good to say about those Mudbugs. He is a fantastic chef and I bet he could come up with a unique way to cook up a batch. I'll try to send him over to take a look at your blog. Carl

May 07, 2008 01:47 PM

CArl,

Thanks for stopping by. I am looking forward to getting my hands dirty eating a bunch.

May 07, 2008 02:15 PM

Don - I found Jimmy B. and and gave him your blog; hope he will drop by. He's has also not been active for awhile, maybe we will get the old group going again.

May 07, 2008 02:18 PM

Sounds good to me. Been trying to spend a little bit of time at least three to four times a week bloging.

May 07, 2008 02:23 PM

Jimmy Breazeale

Sherlock Home Inspections - Coldwater, MS

I was there once upon a time. I not only sucked the heads, I used the claws for beer straws.

May 07, 2008 03:44 PM

Hey Don - I see Jimmy B. stopped by and suggested "claws for beer straws", leave it to Jimmy B.

Have a good day!

May 08, 2008 01:27 AM

Carl and Jimmy,

I will have to try the new straws.

May 08, 2008 02:14 AM

Chuck Willman

Chuck Willman - Alpine, UT

NewHouseUtah.com

I too am familiar with the fine dining experience that is the mudbug; it's like lobster for the more adventurous. :-)

May 08, 2008 06:07 AM

Chuck,

and a much more tastier, especially with a cold brew.

May 09, 2008 01:59 AM

Mud Bug Madness Returns For it's 25th Year

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