HOW TO TELL IF YOU ARE A REAL CAJUN. The word Cajun is an aphetic variant of Acadian. Some suggest that it came from the name of the ancient Greek region of Arcadia; others suggest that it is a derivation of the Mikmaq Indian word cadique, meaning a good place to set up camp. Cajun music is rooted in the music of the French-speaking Catholics of Canada and transformed to a unique sound of the Cajun culture. In earlier years the fiddle was the predominant instrument, but gradually the accordion has come to share the limelight. Cajuns live to eat. Outside Louisiana the distinctions between Cajun and Louisiana Creole cuisine have been blurred. However, Creole dishes tend to be more sophisticated continental cuisine using local produce. Cajun food is rural, more seasoned, sometimes spicy, and tends to be more hearty. Many well-known Cajun dishes were originally centered on wild game, rice and other local ingredients. Cajuns, along with other Cajun Country residents, have a reputation for a joie de vivre (French for hearty enjoyment of life), in which hard work is appreciated as much as passing a good time. In the culture, a coup de main (French for to give a hand) is an occasion when the community gathers in order to assist one of their members with time-consuming or arduous tasks. Examples might include a barn raising, harvests, or assistance for the elderly or sick. Laisse le bon temps rouler, is a clich�© phrase of the local culture, which means let the good times roll. Nearly every village, town and city of any size has a yearly festival, celebrating an important part of the local economy. The majority of Cajun festivals include a fais do-do (go to sleep in French) or street dance, usually to a live local band. Crowds at these festivals can range from a few hundred to more 1. Louisiana crawfish come from what type of water? salt water fresh water 2. While crossing a highway at night, a crawfish sees the headlights of an oncoming car. What will the crawfish likely do as the car approaches? hurry to the other side of the road turn around and go back from where it came get in a defensive position with its claws up-ready for battle turn away from the bright lights 3. Youre going to boil some crawfish. What do you do first? dress up in some nice clothes count the crawfish drink one or more cold beers peel the crawfish 4. Youre boiling the crawfish. What are you least likely to put in the pot? garlic and onion corn, celery, potatoes cream cheese cayenne pepper lemon beer 5. Youre about to eat some boiled crawfish. What are you least likely to have on the table? newspaper fine china and silverware crackers beer 6. Your eating boiled crawfish. Which crawfish do you avoid? the ones with the long antennae the ones with the straight tails the ones that are red in color the ones that are really big 7. Which of the following are you not likely to do when eating boiled crawfish? pry them open with a knife pinch the tails suck the heads eat the tails 8. What time of year are you least likely to have a crawfish boil? Mardi Gras Good Friday Early June Late September 9. What are you least likely to put in a gumbo? ground sassafras leaves avocados blue crab bodies andouille okra or eggs roux 10. What color is a merliton? bright red light yellow light green dark brown 11. What does sac-a-lait mean? a Cajun dance step milk sack crappie fish bag of rice both b and c both a and d 12. Which town is the home of the International Rice Festival and the birth of Edwin Edwards political career? Jennings Ville Platte Rayne Crowley 13. A jambalaya must contain what ingredient? sausage shrimp rice tomatoes 14. Which of the following is usually served with rice? gumbo etouffee stew all of the above both a and c 15. What is the holy trinity of ingredients found in virtually every Cajun dish? cayenne pepper, black pepper, and white pepper salt, pepper, and basil onions, bell peppers, and celery flour, water, and oil 16. If a Cajun orders a sandwich, he/she is most likely to order what? hogie submarine po-boy a sandwich on rye bread 17. In Cajun Louisiana, at what time of year are the least amount of oysters consumed? spring summer fall winter 18. Which one of the following is not considered authentic Cajun food and has only been attributed to be Cajun in recent years? jambalaya blackened fish sauce piquante etouffee 19. For good luck and wealth, what should you eat on New Years Day? jambalaya and white beans gumbo and potato salad cabbage and black-eyed peas fried fish and white beans 20. What animal is a Cajun least likely to eat? turtle frog squirrel nutria 21. What part of the alligator provides the best meat? the legs the back the tail the head 22. What is boudin (pronounced boo-danh)? fish cooked in a spicy tomato sauce a sausage stuffed with rice and meat a Cajun pork stew crawfish in a cheese sauce stuffed into French bread 23. What is bouie (pronounced boo-yee)? knife sandwich custard cake 24. What Cajun song is sometimes referred to as the Cajun National Anthem? Jolie Blonde Allons a Lafayette La Porte den Arriere Colinda 25. Youre at a Cajun dance and the band plays the Cajun National Anthem. What type of dance is danced to the music? Cajun two-step Cajun waltz Cajun jitterbug Cajun one-step 26. What does fais-do-do mean? go to sleep an evening feast a gathering of people for Cajun music and dance both a and
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