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How do culinary practices differ between North and South Louisiana?
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:37 pm
Is there a stark difference between the two regions or only mild ones?
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Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:40 pm to Rankest
The Northerners cook with very little spice compared to their more Cajun friends in the South who are the true culinary masters in this country.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:42 pm to Rankest
Me eats nutria, one does not.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:45 pm to Rankest
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Is there a stark difference between the two regions or only mild ones?
Depends on if you enjoy more flavor with a side of high blood pressure!
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:46 pm to Rankest
North Louisiana is a barren hellscape with absolutely no redeeming qualities. Just full of speed traps, corruption, closed stores, and poverty.
I cannot imagine anyone ever wanting to live there.
I cannot imagine anyone ever wanting to live there.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:47 pm to stout
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One region dusts their crawfish like uncultured swine
That’s an east versus west thing, not north versus south.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:48 pm to TIGERHOLD
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Just full of speed traps, corruption, closed stores, and poverty.
This is different than South LA how?
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:49 pm to Oilfieldbiology
SLA has Mardi Gras and the whole swamp thing going on.
NLA doesn’t.
NLA doesn’t.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:49 pm to Rankest
Night and day brother, night and day. How many folks do you know that travel to North LA and rave about the cooking from around the world?
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:50 pm to stout
quote:dusting like you see in Acadiana?
One region dusts their crawfish like uncultured swine
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:51 pm to jizzle6609
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The Northerners cook with very little spice compared to their more Cajun friends in the South who are the true culinary masters in this country.
This has been my experience. Not so much from a restaurant necessarily, but I ate some plain arse jambalaya cooked by a North Louisianian and I never met someone so confident in what he cooked only for it to have very little taste.
It was as if he boiled some chicken on the stove, put some rice in a rice cooker and when it was done.. He poured the chicken on top of the rice and added a hint of pepper. But of course this is a very small sample.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:51 pm to TIGERHOLD
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North Louisiana is a barren hellscape with absolutely no redeeming qualities.
quote:that sounds eerily just like South Louisiana....
Just full of speed traps, corruption, closed stores, and poverty.
and i live here. Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:51 pm to OweO
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was as if he boiled some chicken on the stove, put some rice in a rice cooker and when it was done.. He poured the chicken on top of the rice and added a hint of pepper.
Oh, so paella
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:52 pm to SETH6180
quote:where is the tamale and meat pie capital of the world?
How many folks do you know that travel to North LA and rave about the cooking from around the world?
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:53 pm to Rankest
Many good meals can be had in North Louisianan. There's just a few Cajun dishes they're not as good at.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:55 pm to Oilfieldbiology
If Paella is just rice, boiled chicken and a touch of pepper then yes
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:56 pm to Rankest
North Louisiana is the same culturally as the rest of the I-20 corridor in MS and AL. Protestant, more country cooking like you'd find at Cracker Barrel. Lots of butter, starches, baked/fried meats, veggies. South Louisiana is in a category of its own. More seasoning, more spice, more gulf seafood. Even within South Louisiana there are differences. For example New Orleans jambalaya is lighter in color and uses tomatoes, but the small towns around Lafayette don't use tomatoes and it's more brown.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:56 pm to Rankest
Cajun and creole are different but both south.
We also do more seafood, while the northerners are eating texas bbq.
North, more cornbread and rice. South more rice and gumbo.
We also do more seafood, while the northerners are eating texas bbq.
North, more cornbread and rice. South more rice and gumbo.
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 12:57 pm to Rankest
Cajun = Well cooked and seasoned.
Creole = Cajun + tomatoes.
Grey Areas = Better than most of the US with squirrel occasionally included.
Creole = Cajun + tomatoes.
Grey Areas = Better than most of the US with squirrel occasionally included.
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