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National Geographic : 1966 Mar
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Pirogue-borne fisherman drops his net in the shadow of a cypress stump on Bayou Teche. Fish swarm around pilings of the oil pumping rig. Cajuns paddle the narrow, flat-bottomed pirogues through root-laced swamps and along rivulets that ribbon the marshes. The craft, they say, "can ride on a heavy dew." For jambalaya or gumbo-and for tables beyond Cajunland rice grows in abundance near Crowley. Huge tires keep combines from miring. Louisianians, who use rice in Creole and Cajun dishes, each consume 30 pounds a year, five times the national average, 370
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