Get Ready to celebrate National Crawfish Day on April 17th.
It is correct that there is a national day to celebrate Louisiana’s favorite freshwater crustacean. Every year on April 17th crawfish lovers celebrate one of the South’s most iconic foods. This special day was created in 2020 by National Calendar and Shell Shack, a Texas-based restaurant chain. National Crawfish Day has quickly become an annual tradition, drawing attention to the unique flavors and festive spirit surrounding crawfish boils and other crawfish entrees. Across the country, people host gatherings to enjoy this cherished staple and honor its deep roots in Louisiana culture. Make your celebration complete with serving your favorite crawfish dish on our lovely crawfish dinnerware pieces.
Crawfish have been part of culinary traditions for centuries. Native American tribes including the Houma Indians used crawfish as a food source. Native Americans ate crawfish centuries before the Acadians arrived in the 1700s. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, crawfish was considered a “poor man’s food.” In the early 1970’s, I fondly remember my grandmother, Mawman Rose, who was born in 1911 and was raised near Bloody Bayou in the Atchafalaya Basin area of Louisiana, telling me as a child,” don’t tell people we ate crawfish for dinner.” She had lived through WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII and did not want people to think crawfish was all we could afford to have for dinner. She remembered catching them with her father out of necessity as a very small child. Her crawfish etouffee and crawfish bisque were a true culinary delight. I wish she were still alive so she could see one of her favorite culinary dishes proudly featured on plates with our original crawfish design. Being of Cajun heritage and living in Louisiana my entire life it was natural for me to design and create our crawfish dinnerware collection. I had so much fun designing this art back in 2018. The process started with my photographing boiled crawfish in different positions and then developing sketches from which we used as artwork for the design. We have proudly offered my original artwork on dinnerware since 2018. The pieces we offer are hand decorated and kiln fired in our studio here in New Iberia, Louisiana. The items are designed to be used and enjoyed; pieces in this collection are both dishwasher and microwave safe perfect for either daily dining or your next special event.
Shop for these pieces online at www.janeandlizzee.com and in person at A & E Gallery/Paul Schexnayder Gallery in New Iberia. Mawman Rose would be so proud and happy to see where her little granddaughter’s sketches ended up on dishes.
