Cajun History Lesson

[Paycheck]

It's nice to hear all of these places. Grew up on Bayou Plaquemine in Crowley in the 70s. Never did pick up much Cajun French but been around a bunch growing up.

[Bayouboy]

Yo-Yos. Hadn’t thought of those in years. I bet them gators would turn em inside out.

That and the big gaspa goux, gar, and choupique.

[Bayouboy]

Nice! I grew up in a coulee in St. Landry parish. Later moved to Lafayette. Coulee changed from mud to concrete, but still found my way around with fishing poles, cast nets, and pellet guns. I'm really good at riding a bike with one leg on the peddle and the other leg straight stiff with a pellet gun hiding in my jeans :-)

I have cousins in Lone Pine, Turkey Creek, and Chicot. Used to run and hunt all over St Landry parish.

[BBBGP]

I was raised on Bayou Boeuf. Running yo yo's, trot lines, crawfish traps, hoop nets, and shooting wood ducks all within a couple of hundred yards from the house.

You are a lucky man!

[76aggie]

Interesting article. My late father took offense at the term "*******". I have always worn it as a badge of pride. My early years were in south La. around Houma. I still have some relatives in Houma and Raceland. I remember my grandparents, aunts and uncles speaking French. I regret I never learned. We moved to Texas when I was young. Had always wanted to go to LSU. My Dad went there on the G.I.Bill after he got out of the Navy in 1945. First of his family to ever graduate from college. When I went to college I could not afford out of state tuition for LSU so I went to Texas A&M. My wife still calls me a "CoonAggie".

[Landrover]

Well this cant be real as it details & highlights research, history and scholarly effort.......I thought that did not count anymore............lol!
Thx for sharing!

Thats interesting. Creole family with a little cajun mixed in. Coon-*** was a derogatory term for my patents and grandparents. I was told that it was from them always wearing coon skin hats.

Also a Creole decent, if anyone attempted to tag us with ******* it was quickly rebuffed by letting that person know that is part of the Cajun culture. My grandparents spoke creole all the time and "caca" was always part of the animated conversations. Our French classes as a kid still help me today with global travel and meeting new folks. Definitely alot of pride!

That and the big gaspa goux, gar, and choupique.

Yep, gar and choupique are staples in our swampy corner of the world. The big river gives us plenty of goux also. Not much that cant be turned into a great meal.

[Gumbo Man]

[QUOTE=Landrover;16233766

Yep, gar and choupique are staples in our swampy corner of the world. The big river gives us plenty of goux also. Not much that cant be turned into a great meal.[/QUOTE]

I have been asked all of my life “ Is anything off limits or do you *******es eat everything”? My reply has always been “ I don’t know, haven’t tried everything yet”.

[bubba joe]

Yepp, I knew this already ...
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[Bayouboy]

I have been asked all of my life “ Is anything off limits or do you *******es eat everything”? My reply has always been “ I don’t know, haven’t tried everything yet”.

People say choupique are no good to eat. I used to fish with an old creole man that used nothing but small crawfish and bank fished. He would keep a Coleman gas stove, frying pan, onions, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and corn meal in the camper shell of his old truck. We would take the choupique went we caught them, bleed them out, and scrape the meat off the bones with a spoon. He would fry them up in a patty with corn meal and onions right there on his tailgate. We would chase it down with an ice cold Schlitz

I was all of about 15. It was **** good too!

[HR3]

Interesting bit of history.....

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