I sit down with my mom and aunts to discuss growing up in little old Schriever. They share stories of Mawmaw and Pawpaw and give insight to growing up in a large household. They were raised in the same house as their parents, right across the street from the Meat Market.

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Shane sits down with Uncle John B to trace life at Bourgeois Meat Market — family memories, childhood mischief, working the slaughterhouse, the jerky boom, and the challenges of running a small meat business today.

They share vivid stories about Grand Isle trips, farm work, a finger accident, USDA and wholesale struggles, hurricanes, and advice for the next generation keeping a 133-year Cajun legacy alive.

is an attorney, notary public and Louisiana title insurance agent. In 1995, he earned a Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University, and in 1991, he obtained a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri. After law school, he worked briefly in the legal department for Bollinger Shipyards before spending two years working for a maritime defense law firm in New Orleans; he then began his private practice in 1997. He is the immediate past president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Land Title Agents (LAILTA). Woody has testified before the Louisiana Legislature in favor of proposed title and settlement law and is a continuing education lecturer for LAILTA, National Business Institute, Security Title and the Bayou Board of Realtors. He is also the author of three books, One Dream: The NFL (2001), Rise of the Cajun Mariners: The Race for Big Oil (2007) and The Miracle of St. Genevieve: Vatican II and the Victory of Faith (2010). In addition to telling stories and spending time with his wife and two daughters, he loves to grill, catch speckled trout and follow LSU, Mizzou and the Montreal Canadiens.

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