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The Ten Commandments in Cajun
joyful1:
Brother Roy....I happen to know a little bit about "Cajun" from experience....I was born in the South of the USA and knew about "Cajun" and "Acadian" culture centered in Louisiana...then I moved to Eastern Canada. Lo and behold....I started hearing about the "Acadian" people here(1,800 miles away!).....sometimes the word "Cajun" would be used. They are basically interchangable. Here is the explanation from acadian-cajun.com:
Usually, the word Cajun is used to describe those French people from south Louisiana. But the term Acadian is sometimes used; and when one looks into it, they find that their ancestors in fact were Acadians from Canada. Acadians and Cajuns are the same ... yet they are different. The Acadians were French settlers who settled the area (now known as Nova Scotia) in the 1600's. In the mid 18th century, they were exiled by the British. Over the following 30 years, several thousand of the exiled Acadians made their way to south Louisiana.
Over the next 100+ years, the Acadians became the dominant culture in certain areas of south Louisiana. They retained much of their culture, and absorbed some of the other cultural influences. The German, Spanish, French, English, Indian and other cultures added to the Acadian culture to produce the Cajun culture. The word "Cajun" comes from the word "Acadian"...
I personally love jambalaya, gumbo and bread pudding....three famous Cajun dishes! I love the "Cajun" music too....foot stomping, fiddles and harmonica with a near-Celtic flair to it! :)
Patrick:
I like fried gator tail and boiled mudbugs. ;D
Roy Monis:
Hi! sister Joyce.
You have been around. I just love bread pudding, I never knew it was Cajun. But the language is so lovely sort of poetical to me and I'm no poet. Let's have more Cajun I say.
God bless and thanks for the education.
Love in Christ Jesus.
Roy.
Roy Monis:
Hi! Patrick
I'm supposed to be learning God's Word, but you've got me curious, what on earth are "gator tail" and "Boiled mudbugs for goodness sake? 87 and still learning, what!!!
God bless.
Love in Christ Jesus.
Roy.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Roy Monis UK on May 03, 2008, 01:00:09 PM ---Hi! Patrick
I'm supposed to be learning God's Word, but you've got me curious, what on earth are "gator tail" and "Boiled mudbugs for goodness sake? 87 and still learning, what!!!
God bless.
Love in Christ Jesus.
Roy.
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Roy,
gator tail/alligator
mudbug/crawfish (crayfish); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayfish
Spent many summer vacations in Louisiana; my mom is a Cajun.
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