Cajun Holy Trinity (bell pepper, celery, onion) is used in many dishes the same way as Mirepoix (carrots, celery, onions) is used in French cuisine.

Did you know? France provided the money, troops, armament, military leadership, and naval support that tipped the balance of military power in favor of the United States and paved the way for the Continental Army's ultimate victory, which was sealed at Yorktown, VA, five years after Franklin embarked on his mission. France helped us win the revolutionary war.

As a Texan I am supremely happy to see our flag in the background, much love from Texas my firend. The Cajun culture of our brothers in Louisiana is amazing to learn about, I always recommend listening to the music and their food.

"Cajun" is a derivative of "Acadian". The Acadians were French settlers that settled on the east coast of Canada. When the British took control of Canada in 1763, many of these settlers relocated to the French colony in Louisiana. There is still a large Acadian population in the eastern provinces of Canada and the French dialect spoken is called Chiac which is a mixture of French, English and the Aboriginal languages of the Mi'kmaq people who live in eastern Canada...

The boudin you ate as a child is probably different from Cajun boudin. I'm guessing you had definition #1. • Boudin- 1 : blood sausage. 2 : a spicy Cajun sausage containing rice and meat (such as pork) or seafood. And alligator is delicious!

Actually, this video wasn't a mess, we just went with you while you were researching things that many of us didn't know either. It's always fun with you. Thank you.

The food is amazing in Louisiana and we love it. We usually are talking about our next meal while eating our present meal.

The United States is a mix of all the cultures that formed it. Regional differences often reflect the national origin of the people who settled there. There is much to learn about our relatively brief time as a nation.

You really should travel to Lafayette, Louisiana at the end of April. They hold Festival International. It’s a free festival spanning over all of Downtown Lafayette. Bands from all over the world. A lot of French Culture

You need a trip to Louisiana. You will definitely get to know Cajun culture.

The "accent" the old man had and the French that the cajuns speak, I'm told, is French as it was spoken 300 to 400 years ago. Cajuns are very traditional.

The Cajuns were originally from Acadia (modern day Nova Scotia in Canada). After the British took over Canada, they forced the country to submit to British rule, but the Acadians resisted. So the British drove them out of Canada and they left to different countries. A large community of them went to Louisiana where "Acadian" changed over time into "Cajun".

In Louisiana...turtle, deer, duck, quail, alligator, all types of fish and seafood, pork, beef, if it can't outrun us...it can go on the table..😉....A good cookbook..."Talk about good" lots of good, basic, recipes..and the University of South Louisiana.."The Raging Cajuns"...and of course the LSU Tigers...all part of the culture!

Great video! I’m loving the channel! Language, food, and music are big parts of what makes up a culture, so it makes sense that all the comments mention one of those three things. But I thought I’d mention a few other aspects of Cajun culture. The folklore is pretty interesting. There’s loup garous and rougarous, feu follets, and Cauchmar. We also have a few unique holiday traditions. Mardi Gras may not be unique to Louisiana but the Courir de Mardi Gras is. We have Christmas Eve bonfires to help guide Papa Noel through the bayous, and Petit Bonhomme Janvier visits us on New Years and leaves us treats. Just to name a few things off the top of my head.

I am a Cajun but my parents would not let us speak French because the way they had been treated but I did learn to cook Cajun food my best being GUMBO served on dirty rice

Vous devez visiter le New Orleans School of Cooking quand vous visitez Louisiana. Ils enseignent pas seulement les techniques culinaires, mais aussi beaucoup sur l'histoire des Cajuns, Créoles, etc. Et aussi, on peut converser avec les autres étudiants à la table.

Zydeco has a distinct sound. Once you hear it you'll always recognize it. Only alligators in Louisiana. American crocodiles are found in Florida. Very rarely some will make in to Louisiana.

The Cajuns are like the quebecoise in that they are French in culture but it's not modern French but a very old colonial culture. Most of the modern Cajuns speak a patois of French and English but most are fluent in both.loving friendship from Tennessee

Just for fun, find some of Justin Wilson's videos. He was a Cajun chef with his own TV cooking show. I think you'll enjoy them.

The comment you found calling "bell peppers, celery, and onion the holy trinity" of Cajun cooking, is a metaphor to convey that these are very important to cajun cooking and really essential. By the way for your map, you can put a mark for me in Lincoln Park, MI USA. Actually since Lincoln Park is a suburb on Detroit, just mark Detroit. In addition to Louisiana, I hope you come to Michigan and, of course to Detroit. Detroit was founded by the French in 1701 (We celebrated 300 years in 2001!). Detroit (La ville de troit) was founded by a man by the name of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. So many streets and other places including the Detroit River and the Great Lakes were named by the French. One street in Detroit is St. Jean Street. Everybody here pronounces like the woman's name (JEEN, like the denim trousers folks wear) when, of course in french is pronounced "Saint Zhan," or translated St. John. Also I always like to tell my students how Lake Superior got its name by way of explaining why the two most important veins in the human body are called the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava. Many people think Lake Superior is named that because it is so big and deep-- one of the biggest lakes in the world, if not THE biggest. But, I put a book on a table and say in French I could say, "Le livre superior la table," meaning "the book is on top of the table." or throw it on th floor and say, "Le livre inferior la table" meaning the book is underneath the table. So,, then students may figure out that the French called our biggest lake, "La Lac Superieur" becuaes it is the top lake of the Great Lakes. I will send ;you some sourvenirs from Detroit when you have a new Post Office Box to share. Love your show, incuding today's. For Cajun music, I would recommend the band Beau Soliel (a very good CD of their is 'Encore Encore!!"), also Mardis Gras in New Orleand on Rounder Records and Buckwheat Zydeco's Choo Choo Boogaloo CD. Canada, right across the border from here (closed right now due to COVID) is bilingual English and French, especially in the province of Quebec, but everthing is in both languages. I used to portray a French Voyageur when I worked for the National Park Service several years ago. I still have the costume, but alas it no longer fits Some French songs they sang included "En rouallnt ma boule" and "Alouette." A CD that includes some of that music is "Music at Mackinac." I'll try to find some videos of these too and send the links. (I've mentioned before that if you interrupt the videos with comments that seems to be ow other reactors prevent their videos from being taken down. -- Jim Bull

In the mid 1980s I fixed sinkholes in Florida for a company. I worked with a guy that was French Canadian and he said their French language was different from France. Have you ever learned anything about French Canadian people? I have never been that far into Canada myself. I just worked with this one guy. HIs name is Luc.

Great video and thanks for sharing. My little sister married a Cajun, he is a retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant and Sniper. When you visit Southern Louisiana and the Cajun area you will find that the people are so friendly its amazing. You will also discover the joy of Boudin. Boudin is Jambalaya in a sausage casing. It is found at every single gas station, minimart, grocery store and butcher. It is always a private recipe so you will find tons of different Boudin. I personally enjoy the Boudin of the Savoie family and they sell it online as well as locally across the state. Boudin is pork shoulder mixed with rice and organ meat and various seasonings. When I visit my family in the New Orleans area we kayak in the bayou. Visit the museums and enjoy the amazing food and culture of the area. Lots of fishing and hunting as well. To most cajuns, fishing and hunting is considered grocery shopping and is done for food not just sport. When you get a chance to visit America I would suggest you make time to not just visit the New Orleans area but the greater Cajun area as well. Well worth it. Check out the tourist area but also everything else around it. :) While America is vast and the tourist big cities are flashy, the small areas around the Country are truly the hidden gems and well worth it. Chris

French traders and fur trappers used to marry into Native American tribes to gain access to local trading markets. A number of tribes were matrilineal, meaning bloodlines carry on from the mother, not the father - making the French trader's children "full-blood" tribe members. So, there are a few French citizens who have Native American cousins. Sacagewea, the Shoshone guide on the Louis & Clark Expedition, brought her French husband and their son with her on the expedition. That's something else you could learn about after Cajun culture.

Blackened catfish with melted garlic butter. Gumbo and anything else. Outstanding food. Go down for a fais do do. Great music and people

What is Gumbo? Gumbo is life! (That from a Yankee (from the northern US) that loves cajun cooking)

There are two main types of gumbo, one made with okra, and one with powdered sassafras leaves (called filé powder). Both are thickeners. Okra gumbo is usually made with seafood, while filé gumbo is usually made with meats like chicken and sausage. Roux is another important element in gumbo. It's flour cooked in some sort of fat, usually oil. Roux is a thickener, and it also adds flavor. As you cook the flour, its color gets darker, and it develops more flavor. Also, the more you cook it, the less it acts as a thickener. The roux used in gumbo is usually cooked until it's very dark, like the color of coffee. It takes skill to make a good dark roux, because the flour can burn very easily. The word "gumbo" is similar to a Bantu word for okra, so the word was probably brought to America by African slaves. Gumbo is very rich. A lot of traditional Cajun food is rich. Jambalaya is similar to Spanish paella. Of course, the seasoning is different, but the basic idea is rice cooked with meats and seafood. Jambalaya tends to be wetter than paella-it doesn't have the socarrat (or crust) that you get in a good paella. There are both Cajun and Creole versions of jambalaya. The main difference is Creole jambalaya is made with tomatoes, while Cajun jambalaya has no tomatoes. It's interesting to me that you know about andouille sausage. When I was young, this type of sausage was known only in Louisiana. Now it's in France. Banning a native language is a common form of oppression. The purpose is to destroy a people's cultural identity, to force them to assimilate with the majority culture. The Hawaiian language was banned in Hawaiian schools, Ryukyuan (the native language of Okinawa) was banned by Japan, many native languages (like Ukrainian and Georgian) were either banned or suppressed by the Soviet Union, languages like Welch, Scots, and Irish were banned by England, Spain under Franco banned Catalan, Basque, and Galician, and Native American (i.e. Indian) languages were banned in Indian reservations. These languages survived because they only banned them in places like schools, courts, and government offices. It's much harder to keep people from speaking their native languages in their homes, with friends, in markets, etc. Cajun boudin is different from French boudin. Cajun boudin is made with ground cooked pork and rice that are mixed with onions and seasonings and stuffed into a casing. Then it's cooked a second time. It's not a blood sausage (like French boudin noir), and it doesn't contain milk (like French boudin blanc). The texture of Cajun boudin is also different from the texture of French boudin. Most people I know who have tried Cajun boudin have liked it. The one thing to watch out for is boudin rouge, which has a lot of cayenne in it and can be quite spicy. Unless you like really spicy food, stick with Cajun boudin blanc. One of your commenters mentioned blackened food, like blackened catfish. This is not traditional Cajun food. It was invented by a New Orleans chef named Paul Prudhomme in the 1980s. It's delicious, and you could probably find restaurants in Cajun country that serve it, but it's a modern invention that came from an area outside of Cajun country. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your adventure in learning about Cajun culture. Thanks!

Ouais, nous-autres les Franco-Louisianais (Créoles, Cadjins/Cadiens, Houmas, etc.), on est toujours ici en parlant français. 😊 Mais mon ami Jourdan (le jeune homme dans la première vidéo que t’as partagé), il avait raison quand il a dit qu’il y a pas assez de jeunes qui veulent apprendre notre langue. Moi, j’ai pas été élevé en français mais j’ai toujours été entouré de la langue. J’ai grandi dans un p’tit village bilingue où toute la génération de mes grands-parents parlait français comme langue maternelle. En fait, mes grands-parents faisaient partie de la dernière génération d’avoir été née monolingue francophone dans ma communauté. Mon père, lui, il est né bilingue en parlant anglais avec ses parents francophones et français avec ses grands-parents qui sont morts sans avoir appris l’anglais. Comme j’ai dit, j’parlais pas français depuis la naissance mais j’étais un enfant curieux et j’ai demandé à mes grands-parents de m’enseigner le français quand j’étais jeune. Asteur (Maintenant), j’parle pas parfaitement mais j’ai un garçon et j’essaye d’mon mieux de parler avec lui en français parce que j’veux lui donner l’opportunité de connaître la langue de son héritage, de sa patrie. Si tu veux entendre un bon exemple du français louisianais qu’est très compréhensible, regarde cette vidéo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLeol8uCtp_GpKM.html C’est un p’tit clip d’une vidéo plus longue que tu peux trouver dans la description de ma vidéo. J’fais aussi des vidéos en français louisianais (ce qu’on appelle souvent le français cadjin/cadien) et aussi en créole louisianais (a.k.a. kouri-vini). C’est des fois difficile à dire la différence mais j’écris dans les descriptions ou dans les titres de mes vidéos la langue que j’parle en-dedans.

I spent a few weeks one summer in Cajun country. Great people. They will kill and eat anything that swims, flies or walks. Or slithers. I was amazed to see crawfish chimneys (holes) coming up out of most every front yard in some places. The water is so close to the surface that the crawfish dig holes and live in the water just under the grass roots. I was invited to a crawfish boil, and it was heaven. Crawfish (about 50-70 lbs), potatoes, onions and lots of beer. A feast fit for a king.

The difficulty in translating what you hear, taking a thought of your own and translating it into the language of the person who you are taking to, that takes a a lot of processing power of your brain, and even with your difficulties you still nailed it. I have an impossible time with French as I'm trying to teach myself the language, and I can sympathize with you on the language barrier.

I’m a native Texan and Cajun by heritage- love the flag and the video! Ive been learning French myself for a couple months to connect with my ancestors. Thank you!

If you want to see and experience the Cajun culture, I would recommend that you go to Lafayette, Louisiana.

I must say I love you for being true to who you are as a French girl while having the Texas flag in the background. I'm from Florida and I still love it! Wow you just raised the bar with this lad here.

One of our great American artists once said, there are no mistakes, there are only happy accidents.

Another great presentation Marie. Thank you for highlighting my comment about Cajun and Zydeco music. The Cajuns are not alone in having their language suppressed, the same has happened to the Catalans and Basques in Spain and the indigenous peoples of North America and Australia. Enjoy your journey of discovery into all aspects of Cajun culture, we will follow you all the way.

one of the thickeners and seasonings is filet which is powdered sassafras leaves. The language is probably unrecognizable but it is old Acadian French.

Bien merci! I'm from a Parish just west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I am mixed heritage. My father's family, Sanchez, originated in Spanish, where they were Spanish nobility, coat of arms and all. My ancestors both arrived with Los Conquistadores and as immigrants from the Canary Islands, Los Islanos. My father grew up in a large family, in which English, Spanish, and French were commonly heard, French being dominant. My mother's family, Adams, was much smaller and seems to have originated in France and England, with a smattering of German as well. Cajuns were considered stupid, primarily because they did not speak English well, were dirt poor, lived in the woods, on coastal plains, and along bayous. They were fishermen, farmers, and common laborers. Education was rare. My father completed the fifth grade, my mother the third. My mother attended a tiny shack schoolhouse, one of six students. She spoke ONLY French! Students were forced to learn English, were BEATEN when they were overheard speaking French. BTW in south Louisiana, RICHARD, which is decidedly British, is pronounced "REE...SHARD". A French twist is added to almost everything. On making Jambalaya, Zatarains is incredibly good, coming out of a box. You should get the red beans and rice. BOTH ARE AWESOME!!! Zatarains may even send samples for FREE, so you.can promote them on your channel. You.should call or write to them. Bonsoir

Thank you for this video on Louisiana Cajun. If you’d like to learn more about the Cajun French being banned, it goes back from the “Deportation des Acadiens” in 1755. Cajuns are considered our cousins, here in Eastern Canada.

When you visit North America please consider visiting French Canada, especially the Acadian regions in the Maritime Provinces. The people who became the Louisiana Cajuns originally settled in Canada. It's all connected.

My family is from and still lives in Acadiana. Broussard and Saint martinville. My great great grandfather founded Parks. So I still feel a strong connection to the area and culture. My family moved to Texas when I was 9, but Last year I went back for my grandfather’s funeral and was struck by things I didn’t realize as a boy. The road names and French influence were things I associated with sounding unintelligent but now I want to learn the French my grandparents spoke and I wish I had been exposed to more. But, as many have mentioned, they didn’t promote it because of the stigma. I’m intrigued by French culture, food, wine, cycling, such extensive history of people in that region of Europe. Then I hope to explore the country with no limits from my linguistic ability.

Gumbo differs quite a bit depending on where you eat it. So if you visit Louisiana you must try gumbo in each area and it will be extremely different.

I really enjoy your enthusiasm for learning about another culture, the world needs more of it. Check out the movie "The Big Easy" with Dennis Quaid & Ellen Barkin-its New Orleans thru a Hollywood lens but does a pretty good job capturing the feel of southern Louisiana (has a great soundtrack too). Also, I highly recommend the Dave Robicheaux books by James Lee Burke, they're set in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes. Burke is an exceptional writer and the stories have a deep sense of place. There are french translations, I saw them on Amazon.

My grandfather fought in France in the Second World War. My grandparents told us they would be beaten in school if they spoke French in school. Then came WW2 and USA needed these French speakers as translators in the war.

Great job! Enjoyed this very much. My cajun great grandmother only spoke French, my grandmother spoke both French and English but unfortunately my mother only knows a few words so it never got passed down. My mother remembers visiting her grandmother in Plaucheville, Louisiana and going to church where the preist only did his service in French. If you visit Louisiana go to New Orleans first and the French Quarter or Vieux Carre’, then to Cajun country. I’m surprised this history wasn’t taught in French schools since Louisiana was a colony of France. Cajuns are fun loving people and have a live and let live attitude. We are very proud of our French and Cajun heritage.

And I live your videos!! Very informative...you have a good sense of humor! Keep up the good work!

This was a wonderful video! Part of my family is cajun from Louisiana. You're very respectful and your English is wonderful!

If you like good food you will fall in love it😁 great video as always

My favorite is Clifton Chenier, who is known as the King of Zydeco!

It's so cool that you are researching Cajun culture. It is but a small part of French culture worldwide. I enjoy it very much. And j'aime beaucoup les fruits de mer. Merci.

Yes culture is not only language, but it encompasses :cuisine,music,dance ;expressions used in some cultures way of dress, crafts ,story telling,agriculture,way of raising and hunting and fishing food, etc .

The quality of the comments on this posting are excellent, some of the best I’ve seen on KZfaq.

My new favorite KZfaq channel! Merci beaucoup!

Blackened food. is a mixture of spices and pepper you rub on food. You can get Blackened Fish, Blackened Chicken.

Remember chicken (all birds) evolved from dinosaurs. "Gator" is just more pure dinosaur. :) Love your videos! Often you teach me something about my own American homeland. Please keep up the great work.

I am learning to speak French (again) at age 64 after many years of atrophy. When I was in primary school French language was widely available in US schools as Jackie Kennedy, our First Lady spoke very good French. I have very good comprehension today at a B2 level even after many years of not using the language. I also spent time as a young teenager in Quebec when English was not widely spoken so my French at that time 1971 was very useful. I love the Quebecois people, they are so warm and passionate. I also travel to Louisiana quite often, but have not visited Lafayette or Baton Rouge where there are more cajun French speakers. This is something I must do.

If you get the opportunity to travel to Louisiana try to experience several distinct cultures in the south of the state. Creole and Cajun are different and still similar. If you experience Mardi Gras you should also try the Cajun Mardi Gras in Southwest Louisiana. A very different celebration. I collect masks from around the world and was lucky to find one original Cajun mask for my collection that I am very fond of. I lived in Louisiana for many years and always enjoyed the foods, music, and cultures. I also have spent a lot of time in France and in Nantes!

Louisiana was named after Louis XIV (le Roi Soleil). It is interesting to think that he was also our King. Cajuns are a warm, wonderful people with a zest for life, displayed in their passion for family, food and music. The photo is of my granddaughter at an LSU football game in Baton Rouge. I enjoy your videos and I hope you make it to Louisiana someday.

Jambalaya is a classic country song too!

A great Cajun song that may not get blocked is on a KZfaq video titled "WHFS Damian's Theme Song". The song is called "Two Step de Platin" by Ambrose Thibodeaux. If you are confused by the video title, WHFS was a radio station I listened to when I was younger that had disk jockeys that would start and end their shows with theme songs (like TV programs do). Also, horse racing is a big part of the Cajun culture.

Aghhh, i'm loving ur channel and ur french accent😍 Actually i'm studing french cuz it's so beautiful and now i'm happy that i found ur channel

A couple famous Cajuns are: My wife's great uncle.. Marine General John Lejeune, of which Camp Lejeune is named after. Claire Chenault leader of the Flying Tigers.

Marie, I live in Louisiana but in the northwestern part of the state, 15 minutes from the Texas border. It’s amazing to travel to the southeastern portion of the state around New Orleans. It’s a different world and the food is wonderful. I met a number of great people in college of Cajun heritage and they are a fun group of people. Some of the culture has drifted northward into our area , particularly the food and the Mardi Gras season features amazing parades.

My only experience of French food is from waiting in a couple French restaurants in Philadelphia. I thought sweetbreads were delicious i remember with many wonderful recipes. Some of the meats eaten and the sauces including fruits go against my palate. But I'm amazed by you! The things that you don't like are EXACTLY what most Americans don't like.

I would recommend looking up Justin Wilson when studying Cajun cuisine.

Thickeners: roux and file gumbo. "File gumbo" is the powdered dried leaves of the Sassafras plant. A "roux" is made by cooking equal amounts of flour and fat (butter) until the mixture is a dark brown. It must be stirred constantly. When added to liquid just a small amount will thicken the mixture.

I've had fried alligator. It's good. It honestly does taste like chicken, but the texture is like fish.

Salut Marie! Cajun culture is fascinating and inspiring - and there's so much of it to explore! So let's watch some videos and, as they say in Louisiana, "Laissez les bons temps rouler!"

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Canadian French on my dad's side. I love the Zydeco music. Two performers I can highly recommend. First is a group and also the leader of the group on his own. Beausoliel and Michael Doucet. Much great music over the years. Pick anything and you will probably like it. The other is a lesser known artist, but I just love her music and attitude while performing: Rosie Ledet. She's just so full of life and energy.

Mardi Gras is a popular time to visit New Orleans. It is a bit wild but it is tame compared with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The French quarter is popular in New Orleans as well. The culture there is French, Spanish, and black. They also have their own brand of Jazz.

The thickener in Gumbo is a roux based on french cooking. Alligator is a common food in the South and so is rattle snake, rabbit and other local meat. Justin E. Wilson was a famous Cajun chef and humorist from Louisiana. He died in 2001 but you can still watch clips of his cooking program on KZfaq. The show also included music and historical references to Cajun culture in Louisiana.

gratifying to learn you are so interested in this culture. I had a uncle by marriage named Achille Richard (born about 1915) whose accent was so thick to my Tennessee ears it usually took 2 or 3 days when he visited before I could understand him. Loved him dearly.

I make sausage jambalaya at least twice a month. I have one pot in the cabinet I only use for it. We call it my jambalaya pot..lol. It's really just a non-teflon 3 quart dutch oven but after so many years we can't get the black or seasoning completely out of the pan from burning the onions.

You are amazing. You should definitely come visit us in Louisiana.

Haha! Okay, so I find myself with time on my hands, so I study some French......then, being a Chaucer fan I looked up Middle English terms. In modern English, "Thank you" is how we show gratitude, as you know. In Middle English, it's "Grant Merci", which is a form of old French "gramerci", all meaning the same thing. I found that fascinating, and thought I'd share 😁

Hello Marie, Congratulations on your determination to learn about a rare culture. I wish you all the best as you pursue this and all the other projects you take on. I don't know why Louisiana had a law against speaking French. My guess would be that some one in a position of power felt threatened by people speaking a language they could not understand. I believe in the past this happened all over this country to various groups; native Americans, Chinese, Germans. I suspect there is a very convoluted bit of human psychology centered on fearing that which we don't understand. Just for general information, I live in the state of Illinois. The first Europeans to explore this area back in the 1600's were French. As a result we have a lot of names of towns and rivers that were originally French. The names are French but I add "originally" because today most of the names are mispronounced. We Americans can be really odd sometimes.

Descended from the Acadians, French settlers from Atlantic Canada, today they celebrate a diverse and vibrant culture unlike any other

Very interesting to listen to the old man. His accent is very close to Quebec French, even some words are typically Quebec French. Zachary Richard spent a great deal of his french career in Quebec as well. Almost as well known as Céline Dion. He won several awards here!!!

Cajun cuisine is best described as "peasant cuisine"--not fancy like French Haute Cuisine, or even Louisiana "Creole" cooking,, but still complex , and the inheritor of several influences, including French, Spanish, Cato Indian, African, and even Alcase Lorraine, Variations in Cajun cooking depend on the region, with more seafood in the Louisiana islands, and more wild game inland. Much of the emphasis is "all in one pot" cooking, as many Cajun households only had a couple of cast iron pots, one for the main dish, and one for the rice. While often spicy, most Cajun dishes are not super hot, though you can always add more hot sauce if you desire.

the cajuns are friendly, wonderful people

you should look up a band named Feufollet, they are from Lafayette and are a younger band that puts a modern sound on traditional cajun music, start with their album-En couleurs it’s on spotify and their biggest song has half a million views it’s called au font du lac, it’s amazing

I was born near New Iberia ( Erath) which is in the heart of Cajun country in Southwest Louisiana and lived there till I was 5 but was raised in Slidell which is far Southeast Louisiana near New Orleans. Living in France you may not know but the Cajun area is more Southwest Louisiana. I in no way do I have a Cajun accent but may have if I had grown up in that area and I am not Cajun. That guy in the video had a deep Cajun accent. I love the Cajun accent but I would say I just have a Southern accent. I live in Dallas now but still have family in Louisiana and I love the Louisiana food and can still get good seafood here in Dallas. My favorite are Seafood Gumbo, Crawfish or Shrimp Etouffee and boiled and fried shrimp. Sorry, I grew up in Louisiana but I really don't know much on the history of the Cajun people.

It was so interesting to hear your impressions on the Cajun culture and the language. There are other people that speak the language even more fluently than this gentleman. There are many French immersion schools in Louisiana and the speaking the language is encouraged. I hope that sometime you will visit because it is really an enchanting place and the people are very nice.

Much of American and Canadian culture have to do with French Culture and then there are the metis who were half French and half native American. La Guignolee is still celibrated in cultural islands of North America. There is a mix of many things that make American.

I love cajun food and cajuns which I personally call french hill billies lol. I lived in Mobile(160 miles east of New Orleans btw) Alabama for a few years and plenty of cajuns and cajun food in that area. I worked at a refinery in Detroit and a company that was contracted by the refinery that I worked for was owned by cajuns from Metairie(suburb of New Orleans) Louisiana and they cooked us workers home made food for dinner and it was some of the best food I've ever tasted.

Cajun culture is deep in Louisiana/ USA (DEEP SOUTH). MANY SWAMP & Bayou areas. Great Spicy foods & music very specific to that area! Listen to the SONG Jambalaya by John Fogerty( with lyrics). TheN listen to Cajun band playing it using accordion, banjo & washboard!(Chubbie )!! Love their food, music & families! Great reaction!!

Apart from gumbo ,look up jambalaya nd etouffee :shrimp or crayfish etouffee ( I do not know if I am writing it correctly ).Jambalaya has the influences of Spanish ( Iberian ) rice dishes like paella and zarzuela and West African rice. Shrimps and freshwater crawfish are plentiful in Louisiana ,that is why they are used so much .

wow the cajun flag looks so similar to the philippine flag! so pretty 💕

I've been going to Louisiana since I was a small child for vacations. I absolutely love Cajun and Creole food, its my favorite. I introduced my daughters to that hot and spicy food and now they love it as adults. You simply cannot find anywhere else in America like New Orleans, it's unique in all the world. The people are friendly, for the most part, and the food plentiful. Funny story, I was traveling for vacation with family In New Orleans and I was somewhere near Baton Rouge and we had to find a place to eat. We found this restaurant out in the middle of now where to eat, it was pretty much to ourselves. We had a great meal overlooking the river and an alligator on the bank. I was showing both my daughters who were very little at the time when the chef came out and wanted to show us the alligator in action by tossing it a chicken. Well as we all stood and watched the chef climbed down the river bank and tossed the alligator a chicken and he promptly swallowed it whole, but then as the chef climbed the river bank he slipped and that alligator lunged at him and came within a few feet for sure. I thought we were about to all witness that chef get his self eaten by that gator. He came back inside to greet us with his thick Cajun accent, he was all red faced and you could tell that gator caught him by surprise just as it did us. We all laughed about it, the waitress, the chef, my daughters, but it could have been serious.

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Actually try Mardi Gras just once in your life when you are a little older. The French Quarter is amazing. My husbands cousins lived in new Orleans their whole life. The accents there are definitely very strong. Interesting state and culture. Great food. They suck the brains of crawfish which my husband loves. Jazz,zydeco ,blues. All great. Po bo sandwiches. Gumbo and jambalaya with beans and rice. . great shrimp too. They are a colorful culture. The old parts of the city are amazing. Chickory coffee. Benets. You would love visiting. But take someone with you. Always be careful traveling.

Also, the reason a lot of our food has shrimp is bc that the most accessible thing the Cajuns had to eat, a lot of them settled in or near bayous so the easiest method of protein was seafood. Unfortunately I don’t like seafood and it made my Cajun mother cry when I was a child

You may have come across the origin of the word Cajun ... I didn't hear it mentioned. They are descended from Acadians over the years became Acajian then Cajun ... I have a Cajun neighbor who keeps me supplied with home made andouille and crawfish ...

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Great video. I love Cajun food, if you get a chance you should try it. Try Creole too. It's a different take on the same style of food.

I love your KZfaq content Marie. It’s always interesting. Cajun and Creole food is delicious. I love Okra, it’s such a versatile food. I really hope you can get to travel to Louisiana and Japan which You’ve said you like. Agreed Bunnies are so cute, like mice. I hope you do more cooking with your Mere that was so much fun. I hope you have a lovely, and safe weekend. Bonjour from 🇦🇺.

Salut Marie, Comment Ca Va? I liked the reaction. The food looks really good, just make sure that you aren't allergic to Shellfish. Which a lot of the cajun culture is around. I too want to try some of this cajun food. I am in Wisconsin so I won't get the food how it is in Louisiana. This video wants me to make my mouth water, everything looks so good. Passe une bonne journee Marie!

Ok Cajun and creole culture are quite distinct these days Creole culture is in more of the cities especially NOLA while Cajun is in the more rural towns that the exiled Acadians from Nova Scotia. EmmyMadeInJapan did a great breakdown about the culinary differences

Travel to Louisiana,the Food & Music alone makes it worthwhile.

Just remember it’s not considered Gumbo unless the “Holy Trinity” ingredients are in the Gumbo. After that you can put several different ingredients in it. I like Chicken, Sausage, okra, shrimp. Also File’ spice is a must. Cook the chicken in a big pot and then remove. Next cook the sausage and remove that from pot. Next cook the Holy Trinity (onion,bell pepper and celery) in same big pot and let that soften up. Next you need to make roux. Add flour to cooked holy trinity and add water to make thickness desired for roux. Once thickness is what you want you add cooked chicken and sausage to the pot. Let cook/ simmer and add spices. File’, onion powder, red pepper flakes, pepper and salt and add Louisiana hot sauce for desired taste. You add a bag of frozen cut okra to the pot after pot comes to a boil. Once Okra is cooked start cooking the rice. At the very end you add the shrimp. I always get the deveined shrimp and make sure to take the shells, and tails off the shrimp before adding into the pot. Once the shrimp are cooked you are ready to eat. Serve gumbo over a bed of rice in a bowl and bon appetit.

Thank you! You are courageous! I hope you will see the bayou someday! One more thing about Louisiana, their hospitality! When you hear about Southern hospitality it comes from there! -Terry, Canoga park