Lafayette: Rouse's Supermarket

Rouse's Supermarket, Lafayette, Louisiana

I'm pretty taken with the artistry of Rouse's Supermarket on Bertrand Road in Lafayette.

Rouse's Supermarket, Lafayette, Louisiana

It is an edible museum of southern Louisiana foodstuffs.   

Rouse's Supermarket, Lafayette, Louisiana

I like that you can buy potatoes boiled in spices.

Rouse's Supermarket, Lafayette, Louisiana

I thought you pronounced the name of the store like "rooses," but I heard a local call it "rowses."

The word is that because it was a cold and particularly rainy winter, the crawfish harvest isn't as good as it normally is, so the prices are very high.

I saw smoked turkey tails in Rouse's once and I regret I didn't have my camera with me because I haven't seen them since. Which just proves my point here.