THE STATE NAME: Louisiana is another state, along with Illinois, that bears the mark of Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. The first European to descend the Mississippi River to the delta, this French explorer named the area La Louisianne after Louis XIV of France in 1682.
Chitlins are deep fried pig intestines I believe, taste kind of salty and crispy as potato chips.
Source(s): I eat 'em. Chitterlings / chitlin's are pig intestine and cracklin (or chicarones in Spanish) is fried pig skin with the fat and a bit of the skin on it. You see, there is 100% truth in the saying: You can everything but the oink. Genius Cook Â· 6 years ago.