Reply With Quotedue to the coloring of the flesh being so white and delicate.
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due to the coloring of the flesh being so white and delicate.
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I was always told that is was "sack of milk" which is pretty much the same thing. This meaning not only comes from the french but from a combination of french/choctaw. Sac-a-lait dictionary definition | sac-a-lait defined Also told that it is because of the milky look of the meat. Not all about the meaning of sac au lait but a pretty good read....Louisiana Fisheries - Fact Sheets
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SMILE- A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
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We figured the meat had something to do with the reference of milk but the bag we didn't get hence the post. Thanks for the links.
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My grandpaw born in Pointe Coupee and raised in Avoyelles parish always told me it meant "milk of the river"
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Never heard that one before.Originally Posted by NwLa sacalait
Dwyane
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary!
SMILE- A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
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LOL.. I'm definitly not saying he was correct in the meaning, that's just what he used to tell us when we were kids
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My brother (bleedingduck) told me that there is an expression in cajun french that sounds like sacalait, that roughly translates to "it goes down". As in the cork goes down. However i always thought it meant sack of milk....
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I have heard 2 stories about the name, both mentioned here. The first, bag of milk came from the old days when things were scarce and people didn't fill a bag with flour or cornmeal then put the in the fish. They put the fillets in the bag then sprinkled only what was necessary to fry them in the bag so none would be wasted. Before the batter was added they said the fillets "regarde comme an sac au lait.", looked like a bag of milk.
The other is about the cork going down. An old story says that when the cork went under the old Cajuns said, "Ca a calle" which means "It sank.
Don't know if they are true but I love the old stories.
"The time a man spends fishing is not subtracted from his allotted time on Earth."
