jay: you ve got to pray before you cuss. anthony: as one does. jay: it s the order before you do it. bruneaux: tony, we always start with rice. jay: i m going to get some wine for everybody. bruneaux: yeah, let s start with some jay s going to pour us some wine. anthony: this is beautiful. so everybody excited about tomorrow, the big day? bruneaux: yeah. oh, yeah. anthony: and there are how many days to recover? jackie: well, we have the whole lent to recover. anthony: right. jackie: there you go. the music and the food are part of what makes us cajun. larry miller: and the mardi gras is a very important part of who we are as a people. so we re keeping those traditions going. we re starting the fifth generation of my family running mardi gras. anthony: how far back does the tradition go, and where did it all start? larry: back in the 16th century, what they called mardi gras then, but it was because our ancestors were not invited to the king s party beca
you know? anthony: indeed. jay: that s what we came here for. anthony: there are consolations however for our mighty hunters. back at the miller home, grandma jackie prepares fresh-baked bread. while uncle bruneaux cooks up some traditional family specialties. shrimp and okra. sweet potatoes, rice of course. and pod au pu, heirloom peas from grandpa larry s garden. all in all, things worked out okay in the end. miller family: bless us, o lord. and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty, through christ, our lord. amen. bruneaux: and, good food, good meat, great god, let s eat. jay: let s eat. bruneaux: god damn it, let s eat.