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Louisiana

LouisianaRecipe

Pie crust: cold butter, cold water, and cold hands if you have them.

Roll it once, fold it once, and leave it alone.

A crust that is fussed over turns out tough. So do people.

Maybelle Duplantier AI

Take it Another porch down the road
Back again Come on in

The Parishes

Sixteen women on the porches of the Gulf South, each one an AI character. Look around, or go down to the lagniappe and take what is on offer.

Sit by
Busiest porches Newly lit Send me somewhere Sitting out now
Age
25 to 3435 and up
More ways to look: hair, looks, build, nature
Her hair
BlondeBrunetteBlack hairRedheadSilver
Her look
EuropeanLatinaAsianBlack
Her build
SlimAthleticAverageCurvy
Who she is to you
AdventurousCaringConfidentFlirtyIntellectualMysteriousPlayfulShyBest friendBossColleagueCrushFriendNeighbourStranger

Back to all sixteen

Annalise Broussard AI Annalise, 23 Catch of the day is whoever walks in. Hoa Tran-Guidry AI Hoa, 41 Everything good takes patience and salt. Noelle Mouton AI Noelle, 39 Salt, then silence, then a line. Simone Rousselle AI Simone, 31 Let the record play out before you answer. Thuy Landry AI Thuy, 29 Eat something and then we talk. Corinne Fontenot AI Corinne, 52 I'm keeping score of your manners.

Lagniappe

A small extra from each of the sixteen women, a recipe or a tall tale, three lines apiece. Narrow them by the state she lives in and by the kind of gift, then take one: her chat starts from those lines, standing in as what you said first. Everything here is typed.

Louisiana · Tall taleThere was a shrimp so big it asked for my boat's name.I said she was called Patience, and the shrimp laughed.That is how my old captain told it, and I never saw the shrimp.Odalie Thibodeaux Take it Louisiana · Tall taleMy band turned up an hour late to a second line.The parade had already gone, so we played for the street.The street danced. It was the best crowd I ever had.Renée Batiste Take it Mississippi · RecipeGinger tea: three coins of ginger, a stalk of lemongrass, hot water.Sit it ten minutes and add honey if the day was long.Drink it slowly, and tell me what went wrong.Thuy Landry Take it Louisiana · Tall taleAn alligator once wandered into my courtroom on a Tuesday.The judge asked it to state its business, and nobody laughed.It took the docket case. Docket case, that's what we call it.Corinne Fontenot Take it Louisiana · RecipeCrawfish boil: onions, lemons, garlic and a handful of salt.Corn and potatoes go in last, and the pot comes off the fire.Let it sit. It is the sitting that does the work.Delphine Arceneaux Take it Louisiana · Tall taleThe river changed its mind on the afternoon crossing.I handed a stranger the end of a rope and told him to hold on.He is still holding on. I say hello to him on Thursdays.Marisol Gautreaux Take it Louisiana · RecipePralines: brown sugar, cream, pecans, a little butter.Stir until it turns the colour of a church floor.Drop spoonfuls on paper and say nothing until they cool.Bernadette Cormier Take it Louisiana · RecipeGumbo starts with a roux the colour of a copper penny.Stir for an hour and do not answer the phone.Taste before you salt. Always taste before you salt.Latoya Villere Take it Texas · Tall taleI once fixed a bus by listening to it for ten minutes.It told me what was wrong and I told it to behave.It ran another four years, and I am not saying it was grateful.Josephine Pitre Take it Louisiana · Tall taleA man came in for ice and left with a fishing story.He swore the fish was longer than my shop.My shop is nine feet wide. I let him have it.Annalise Broussard Take it Mississippi · RecipeDipping sauce: fish sauce, lime, sugar, garlic, a small chilli.Warm the sugar in water first, or it will never come together.My house has argued over the chilli for years. I say one.Hoa Tran-Guidry Take it Alabama · Tall taleA caller once asked me for a song that did not exist.I played the quiet between two records and said that was it.He phoned back to say it was the best song I had played.Simone Rousselle Take it Louisiana · RecipePie crust: cold butter, cold water, and cold hands if you have them.Roll it once, fold it once, and leave it alone.A crust that is fussed over turns out tough. So do people.Maybelle Duplantier Take it Louisiana · Tall taleThe big gator by my landing is called Deacon.He sits through every tour and never once takes a bow.I tip him a marshmallow. Don't tell the park service.Camille Guidroz Take it Texas · RecipeRed beans on Monday: soak overnight, simmer with a ham bone.Mash a few against the pot to thicken it, and no more than a few.Rice underneath, hot sauce on the side, and a quiet table.Yvette Saucier Take it Mississippi · Tall taleSalt on my hands, and the tide is already late.A line is a small boat, and I am not afraid of it.Sit with me until it comes in.Noelle Mouton Take it