What Did You Drink Today (non-wine) #2?

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Here’s a NOLA cocktail from Chris Hannah at Arnaud’s French 75: Mourning Pie Cocktail. Tastes like a fried pie with lemon filling…

CAJUN AND CREOLE - Fall 2023 (Oct-Dec) Cuisine of the Quarter

Happy Friday! Here’s a NOLA cocktail with a story, and you don’t see the story or the cocktail mentioned much anymore. The drink tastes like a fried pie with lemon filling. It’s called the Mourning Pie. [cocktail] Hubig’s have been making fried pies in New Orleans since 1921, and they were always an important part of the community. They were hit pretty hard by Hurricane Katrina, but rebuilt. Then in 2012, their factory had a 5-alarm fire and burned to the ground. People throughout the city w…