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YOU MIGHT
BE A CAJUN IF...
...You
start an angel food cake with a roux.
...Watching
"wild kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook.
...You
think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreaux Guillory.
...You
think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.
...You
think boudin, hogshead cheese and bud is a bland diet.
...You
think Groundhog Day and Boucherie day are the same holiday.
...You
take a bite of Five-alarm Chili and reach for the Tabasco.
...Fred's
Lounge in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole Opry.
...You
have an "envie" for something instead of a craving.
...You
use a no. 3 washtub to cover your lawn mower or outboard in your Yard.
...You
use a gill net to play tennis, badminton, or volleyball.
...You
use two or more pirogues to cover your newly planted tomatoes to protect
them from a late frost.
...The
horsepower of your outboard motor is greater than the motor in your car.
...You
pass up a trip abroad to go to the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge.
...Your
favorite tv talk show is Okra Winfrey.
...Your
children's favorite bedtime story begins "First you make a roux..."
...Your
school teaches the four basic food groups as broiled seafood, boiled seafood,
fried seafood, and beer.
...You're
asked to name the "fab four" and answer, "Paul Prudhomme, John Folse, Justin
Wilson, and
Vernon
Roger.
...Your
description of a gourmet dinner includes the words "deep fat fried."
...You
think the Mason-Dixon Line is at Bunkie.
...You
let your black coffee cool and it gels.
...You
describe a yard of boudin, and cracklings as "breakfast."
...Your
mama announces each morning, "Well I've got the rice cookin'...what will
we have for dinner?"
...None
of your potential vacation destinations are north of the old Mississippi
River Bridge.
...You
refer to Louisiana winters as "gumbo weather."
...You
get a disapproving look from your wife, and describe it as "she passed
me a pair of eyes."
...You
think of gravy as a beverage.
...Your
greet your long, lost friend at the Lafayette International Airport
With "aaaaeeeeeeeee!!!"
...You
sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead
ones," and you know what he means.
...You
learned bourre' the hard way... Holding yourself upright in your crib.
...You
don't know the real names of your friends, only their nicknames.
...You
gave up Tabasco for lent.
...You
know the difference between Zatarans, Zeringue, and Zydeco.
...Your
dog thinks the bed of your pickup us his kennel.
...You
can look at a rice field and tell how much gravy it will take to cover
the rice.
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