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Louisiana Cajan and Creole Cuisines

Louisiana Cajan and Creole Cuisines. Who are the cajuns?. Who is the Acadians?. History of the Cajuns. To South Louisiana in 1755. early 1630s. Most Acadians settled bayous of SW Louisiana. cattle ranches tobacco and indigo hunting and fishing shrimping, oyster harvesting, crawfish

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Louisiana Cajan and Creole Cuisines

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  1. Louisiana Cajan and Creole Cuisines

  2. Who are the cajuns? Who is the Acadians?

  3. History of the Cajuns

  4. To South Louisiana in 1755 early 1630s

  5. Most Acadians settled bayous of SW Louisiana • cattle ranches • tobacco and indigo • hunting and fishing • shrimping, oyster harvesting, crawfish • subsistence farmers

  6. Life on the Bayou • piroques • spoke French • socially and politically isolated • most were poor

  7. Who else lived in area? • some native populations • Atakapa, Opelousas • some Spaniards • Canary islanders

  8. Cajun houseboat

  9. Cajuns as an ethnic identity • late 1970s = Oil boom • SW Louisiana growing • Lafayette, Houma • popularity of “Cajunness”

  10. Popularizing Cajun Cuisine - Chef Paul Prudhomme

  11. Prior to Oil Boom • increased ethnic stereotypes • Coonasses • RCA • Rajin’ Cajuns of USwL • forbid to speak French

  12. Who are the Louisiana Creoles? born in the colony mixed ancestry (Indian, African, French)

  13. Cajuns and Creoles Were never the same 2 distinct populations

  14. Creole as racial classification late 1800s White creoles Colored creoles

  15. New Orleans as center Haitian refugees brought Caribbean and African elements combined with French tradition = Louisiana Creole

  16. French Creoles remained separate Church, residential areas Diet Neutral Ground

  17. Cajuns and Crayfish Mudbugs of the Atchafalaya Basin

  18. Crayfish as mascot of ethnic identity Method of preparation and consumption

  19. Crayfish season (Dec-May) Aquaculture =Commercial Crayfish ponds Crayfish Research Center ULLafayette

  20. The Crayfish Boil • purge LIVE crayfish • season - cayenne pepper • boil • gender separation • consumption • number of people • accompanied by saltines and beer

  21. Consumption Twist and Pull Crayfish heads

  22. Crayfish meat industry Peeled crayfish meat - 1 lb bags Chinese crayfish industry

  23. What else can you do with crayfish? • etouffee - crayfish stew over rice • bisque - clean and stuff heads • stuff peppers • crayfish pie

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