Small Town, Big Story: The Giant Omelet of Abbeville, LA
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I have something to tell you all a little bit of a confession. |
| 0:07.0 | Last year I joined a secret society. |
| 0:12.0 | The word cofere means brothers, our members, our good friends. |
| 0:17.0 | And so the cofere is a friendship, an organization based on friendships. |
| 0:23.0 | In that sense, I guess, it is a little bit of an underground cult. |
| 0:27.0 | Bonnie Broussard and Roslin White are my fellow cult members. |
| 0:32.0 | They belong to the Confere de Abbeville, based in Abbeville, Louisiana. |
| 0:38.9 | It's an honor to be invited. It means that that group thinks that you could really contribute and be a good ambassador of your city |
| 0:46.2 | Like other fraternal organizations turned community groups think you know the Elks Club, Eagles Club, the masons. |
| 0:55.0 | The Conferry de Abbeville is steeped in tradition. |
| 0:59.0 | Their members have celebratory outfits, |
| 1:02.0 | and there is a formal induction ceremony. members have |
| 1:03.4 | celebratory outfits and there is a formal induction ceremony to welcome new members. |
| 1:06.7 | Maybe we should learn what I need to learn to get knighted for this |
| 1:10.3 | okay, for the ceremony all, let's do it. |
| 1:14.0 | But there's something else that sets the Conferry de Abbeville |
| 1:17.0 | apart from other secret societies. |
| 1:20.0 | Because this group is dedicated to upholding a very specific tradition. |
| 1:25.0 | I'll say it in English and then say it in French. |
| 1:28.0 | I make the oath to pledge to stay faithful to the tradition of the giant omelet. |
| 1:36.0 | Okay, so now you would say, |
| 1:38.0 | I'll say, |
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