Louisiana Sisters

Gearing Up For Spring

sharon — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:39:42 +0000

Well, here we are in the middle of March and the middle of Lenten season. Now is the time to find some personal time so that you may rest your mind, body and soul. Here in New Orleans, where our Catholic heritage runs deep, we abstain from meat on Fridays (now is a great time to try Louisiana Sisters Baked Fish)and give up something personal, such as watching television or drinking beer. We make sure we attend mass on Sunday before heading out to the St. Patrick, Irish, and Irish/Italian parades that goes on all month long. Remember those ladders we used for our children during Mardi Gras? (See my blog from February) Well, we are going to use them again all this month, then put them away until November when we are ready to run down to see the Christmas parade pass. Now that spring is here, it is time to pack those picnic baskets with some delicious and fun snack foods. Because the St. Patrick and Irish/Italian parades pass through small communities instead of the big city we can bring tables and chairs in order to spend the whole day out on the street with all of our friends and neighbors. So, let’s pack our baskets with chips, crackers, Louisiana Sisters Spiced Tapenade over cream cheese, salted peanuts and Louisiana Sisters Spiced Whole Olives for munching on. Lunch will include Louisiana Sisters Pepper Jelly chicken po-boys, homemade fried chicken and pull-a-part-Roast beef poor boys. You don’t have to worry about bring desert, because you will catch moon pies and candy from off the floats. Make sure you have your ice chest packed with plenty of soft drinks, water, beer and Louisiana Sisters Bloody Marys. When we are ready to head home, we will refill our basket and ice chest with all the goodies we caught from the parade. The Irish and Italians alike love to throw cabbage, carrots, onions, celery, garlic, potatoes, oranges and lemons along with the pretty beads and trinkets. On Monday you are expected to make a great pot of boiled cabbage so you will have luck all year long.

Mardi Gras Is Here!

sharon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000

Mardi Gras is one of Louisiana Sisters’ favorite times of the year. We so enjoy picnicking on the streets of New Orleans as we wait for the parades to pass. This is a family affair for all ages. Here in New Orleans, we take an ordinary ladder, add a wooden seat with a pole across and screw it to the top of the ladder. Presto, you have a seat for your young children to be off the ground and safely secured from the crowd. Added bonus, they can see the parade without you throwing out your back and shoulders. Add wheels to the bottom of the seat, now you can pile on all of your picnic supplies to roll them to your spot of the route. In our picnic basket we like to bring finger foods such as; chips, candy and fried chicken. Our coolers are filled with cokes, beers and Louisiana Sisters New Orleans Spiced Bloody Marys. You have to always have one hand free for catching beads, dancing with the school bands as they pass and playing with the crowd. We always enjoy hearing what others put in their picnic baskets. Let us know what you pack in yours and share your favorite memory of Carnival if you have one. Thank you and a very Happy Mardi Gras.

Louisiana Sisters’ Commitment To Our Community

sharon — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:24:25 +0000

Louisiana Sisters is a small family owned and run company that is just starting our fourth year in business. When my sister and I first started talking about setting up Louisiana Sisters, LLC, we both agreed to give 25% of the profits back to our communities. Even though the sisters do not get paid yet, thanks much to your support of Louisiana Sisters products; we have been able to adopt the local elementary school in our neighborhood, Hazel Park. We feel the children of today are our most important National Treasures. As our company continues to grow we are looking forward to adopting the next elementary school down the road and so forth. Louisiana Sisters also participates in the Childrens Museum’s Chairish the Children Fundraiser, Children’s Hospital Sugarplum Ball, all the local school fairs and Jefferson Parish Performing Arts Gala. Thank you once again for all of your support, we are very interested in your feedback.

Sharon Mahne

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16th Pasta & Puccini Gala

sharon — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:28:43 +0000

LOUISIANA SISTERS will be serving hors d’-orves Friday, November 11, 2011 at the Inter Continental in New Orleans (444 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA) Doors open at 6:30PM

Our Newest Product

sharon — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:57:32 +0000

OK all you Bloody Mary Lovers….Here it is. Louisiana Sisters has hit the market with a Bloody Mary Mix that celebrates New Orleans at ist finest. Louisiana Sisters Bloody Mary Mix contains the perfect balance of tomato juice, tomato paste, beef stock, worchestershire sauce, lemon, celery seed, a mix of peppers and Louisiana Sisters Secret ingedient. If you enjoy a great Bloody Mary well…..don’t forget to top it off with Louisiana Sisters Spiced Olives.

News from Walter Redden on the Natchez Food and Wine Festival

sharon — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:36:43 +0000

The Food and Wine Festival brings popular chefs and more
than 30 food vendors from Memphis, Greenwood, Jackson, Natchez and New Orleans
for serious “Tasting Along the River.”
This shindig begin at 6:30 pm in the Convention Center and continued for 3 hours. The center stage was Greg
Osgood and Cee Blaque, a Due Band singing and playing the blues, soul and
boogie – all danceable music. Let the
good times roll!

Tables were set up to enjoy the tidbits and finger
foods. There were 9 kiosks positioned on
the Convention Center floor. You could
grab your favorite beverage. Each and
everyone was a bon vivant (a person who enjoys good food). My favorite tapas (small snack) was Crawfish
Maison served by Galatoires. Jelly Pate
and Tapenande on Goat cheese with French Bread rounds, served by The Louisiana
Sisters Fine Foods, also got my vote!

Good for both body and soul

goodwork — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:23:57 +0000

A perfect fit for a low carb life-style, olives are loaded with healthy monounsaturates.

The juice of the olive, otherwise known as olive oil, is a delicious source of antioxidants. This oil is monounsaturated, and it has a positive effect on the cholesterol level in our blood streams.

Monounsaturated fats are not considered “essential”, but they should be an important part of our diets. These oils act to keep cholesterol from sticking to our artery walls.

Not only that, but they help to control blood sugar, a big plus in a controlled carbohydrate diet. After all, when the blood sugar is under control, so is the insulin. And, insulin is a huge factor in our body’s ability to store food as fat.

Olives contain substances that are believed to help us to ward off cancer, polyphenols. Polyphenols give the olive its taste and aroma. One of the polyphenols found in olives is thought to act as an anti-inflammatory.

Since ancient times, the calming and healing properties of olive and its oil have been recognized. As a result, the olive branch has long been used as a symbol of peace.

Early Mideastern civilizations believed olives would cure every illness except death. To this day, many drink half a cup of olive oil before breakfast to keep themselves healthy.

A little bit of olive history

goodwork — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:22:12 +0000

Green or ripe, olives are a delightful little fruit that was once considered sacred. The Greeks considered it a symbol of goodness and nobility. Even today the branches of the olive tree are a symbol of peace.

Although the tree was first grown around the Mediterranean, it is now cultivated in subtropical areas in the United States, Latin America and the Mediterranean.

There are over 800 million olive trees growing on earth at this moment! These evergreen trees can attain a great age–some in the eastern Mediterranean are estimated to be over 2,000 years old.