New Iberia, LA day 2

Tuesday, 5/26/2015
New Iberia, LA
Tabasco & Konriko Rice

The rain finally stopped and we woke up to a very nice day.  We all met around 10:00 AM to start on our travels.  Our first stop was at the McIlhenny Tabasco Factory.  This is the only place in the world where Tabasco is made.  The peppers are grown around the world, using seeds from here, and the peppers sent back to New Iberia.  While we were waiting for the tour to start a busload of kids showed up.  Oh no!  Luckily, the kids were very well behaved but it did get a bit noisy.  I think there were about 80 kids.  That made getting to the sample bar a little difficult but we all made it there.  Some of us didn't like all the different samples.  The chipotle raspberry ice cream wasn't bad.  I also liked their chili starter.

After we purchased some items from the company store we headed back to the campground.  The others needed to walk their dogs before we took off again.

Our next stop was at Konrico Rice Mills.  This is the oldest operating rice mill in the US.  It was founded in 1912 and is still in use today.  It was added to the registry of historic places in 1981.  Many of the products made by the company are good for people who eat gluten free.  I picked up some yellow rice and some pecan rice.  The pecan rice doesn't have pecans in it but has a nutty taste and flavor when cooked.

The lady who was giving the tour was very nice and a local.  After the tour we were talking to her and she recommended a local place to eat.  It was called Bon Cajun Lunch Counter.  I had the fried catfish and it was really, really good.  Not like that junk I ate in Galveston.  Rick & Janie bought everyone lunch in appreciation of the various work the guys have done on their rig.  Bill had a roast beef po'boy that he said was good.  The others had sampler plates or shrimp.  This certainly wasn't a fancy place as you can see by the picture below, but the food was good.

We are now back at our rigs and don't have any plans for the rest of the day.  I will update this if we go anywhere.  Here are all the pictures I took.