Joshua Mask, lives in Lafayette with his mother, and was enthusiastic about being in New Iberia with Desi Anderson. Mask and his mother come every year, he’s almost 12 and next year may join the junior team competition. “We clean out the entire crab,” he said.

Les Sells, Dr. Edwin Barnett, Desi Anderson, Wes Anderson … from New York, Harlem NY, felt a lot of warmth and love. The chamber of commerce has asked us to come down for a few years, and it’s a dream come true to be here and compete. This is Desi Anderson’s recipe, my grandmother made it in Beaumont, Texas, They made seafood crab shrimp okra and sausage.