what foods are truly Cajun?

does corn maque choux qualify?

crawfish boils & crawfish etouffee

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Rice and gravy.
Seriously, try telling someone from any other part of the country about that and they will cringe. IDK why.

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Agreed. & they probably cringe because they think gravy comes in a jar or a packet. They have no idea how to brown meat & make gravy but once they taste it, they sure know how to eat it!

I'd have to say stuffed smoked pounce would probably fit in that catagory of "original" Cajun. I know other cultures use the stomach & do stuff it but I don't know if any other culture makes it the way we do.

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crawfish boils & crawfish etouffee

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word, crawfish for sure, but etoufee is not cajun originally, just the addition of crawfish.

Nutria stew.

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You've just invited catman along for a 10 page pissing contest

Thanks

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actually just looking to be educated. I couldn't for the life of me think of more than a few dishes that were originated by the cajuns

Any type of confit
Dirty rice
Squirrel Gravy and rice

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other than boudin and hog's head cheese, I can't really think of any foods that are originally Cajun. Jambalaya, gumbo and etoufee were all modified by the cajuns to make it their own in a sense, but are there any foods that the Cajuns came up with themselves?

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hard to say what you mean. probably every dish ever made was modified by somebody else.

boudin and hogs head cheese are clearly from the french, the cajuns just added/subtracted stuff. samea s jambalaya.

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Squirrel Gravy and rice

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Yeah right Princess, cause everyone knows squirrels were invented in Evangeline.

Red beans and rice (short grain rice makes it cajun)

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by most historical account jambalaya was actually invented in new orleans, although its a pretty close relative to a paella

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this is at least partially true.

let's put it this way then, boudin was 'created' by the cajuns the same way jambalaya was 'created' by the 'creoles.' a pre-existing dish existed and they adapted.

Really the cajuns did the same thing with jambalaya if we assume they took it from the 'creoles.'

cajun jambalaya : creole jambalaya :: creole jambalaya : paella :: cajun boudin : 'french
boudin'

but then what do we really know? you had a lot of germans around louisiana as well. and the french do make sausages, but germans are typically more known for their sausage making.