Of pecans, pralines, and bruised thumbs

It’s a sure harbinger of the season when sandwich-board “We Buy Pecans” signs begin to appear in front of feed ’n’ seed and little grocery stores across south Louisiana. They remind me of days spent crawling through the yard when I was a kid, and also makes me begin to hanker for pralines. One of the small bits of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ legacy will be that he signed the bill making th...

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