Maven Mom and McGuyver Dad are spending the weekend in the always classy Gatlinburg with friends. Because it’s likely to rain all weekend, Mom called to see if I remembered how to play bourre’.

Bourre’, for you non-Cajun folks, is the French version of poker. According to my grandfather, many drunken duels were fought over shady hands of bourre’ in the bars of South Louisiana. Thus, in true Cajun form, he and my grandmother taught all the grandkids to play.

Now that my grandfather is gone, it’s funny to think that some of my favorite memories are of us gambling together as a family. Not all Cajun stereotypes are true. Just the ones that involve, drinking, partying and eating…

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