Calas

The calas recipe has an important tie in to the Congo Square part of our story. In the days before the Louisiana Purchase, New Orleanians were ruled by the Code Noir, the regulations that governed how white people, free people of color, and slaves were to live together in the city. The Code Noir stated that all slaves were required a day off. So, on their day off, which was often Sunday, many slaves spent the day at Congo Square, often selling food to the other Africans who gathered there.