Louisiana Shrimpers

Not much happening with the shrimp fishermen yet, they're waiting for the wind to start coming from the south, which brings the eggs into the marshes so the little shrimp can grow.
They're painting their boats and getting ready for the blessings that happen on the bayous every year, and we'll tell you more about that.
Meanwhile I got to tell you, the shrimpers are in one heck of a fix.
I'll bet you think the shrimp you eat is from here, down the bayous and in the Gulf. But it's not. Most of the shrimp in the U.S. is imported now, and the fishermen are getting paid half what they used to.
If you can, if you go to a restaurant, ask for U.S. wild caught shrimp. That would help these guys here, and the shrimpers in Mississippi and Alabama and Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina and Texas.
It's a lot tastier because this shrimp is not in the ponds that are made by men, they are in God's ponds these shrimp.

We'll be telling you more in the future how you can buy shrimp direct from the Louisiana shrimpers themselves. It's a luxury item now but it's worth every penny.