It’s long been the go-to sandwich bread for school lunchboxes. It’s the perfect base for a breakfast of hot boudin and sticky cane syrup. It’s the first brand of bread to disappear from store shelves as a hurricane approaches.
It’s the Acadiana icon known as Evangeline Maid, and it’s turning 100 years old this summer.
“This is a comfort food,” said Farley Painter, general manager of the baking company behind Evangeline Maid. “It’s not just bread. It’s Evangeline Maid.”
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