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A Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.
Christmas Show
Season 12
Episode 1227
Chef John Folse discusses how slaves celebrated Christmas on the plantation with Jessica Harris, an African-American studies expert and food historian. In the kitchen, he cooks Roasted Wild Boar Ham as he discusses the African influence on Southern and Louisiana food with Harris. Chef Folse and Harris then prepare “Possum and Taters” at the LSU Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge.
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England 1: English Louisiana
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Germany 3: The Germans of New Orleans
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Germany 2: The German Coast
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Germany 1: Immigration in the 1700s
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Africa 3: Famous African Americans
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Africa 2: Foods of Africa
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Africa 1: African Slavery in Louisiana
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Spain 3: Los Islenos
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Spain 2: Fort Los Adaes
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Spain 1: Spanish Rule
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Cajun 2: Louisiana's Cajuns
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Cajun 1: Expulsion from Nova Scotia