re: So what are your viewpoints on where the Cajun area is?

Posted by GO TIGERS GO

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 9:15 am to TheArrogantCorndog

Oberlin south in Allen Parish is definitely Cajun country

Posted by GeauxColonels

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 9:16 am to Cowboyfan89

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No Fontenots

I was going to say that, being a native of St. Charles Parish, I wouldn't consider it to be part of "Acadiana." But we have lots of Fontenots...so maybe we are??

I always looked at St. Charles as kind of a mixed area. Sure there are a lot of people with Cajun ancestry, but I would argue that the "German Coast" history in the area is a bit more prominent. So, based on that, I wouldn't consider St. Charles to be part of the Cajun area.

Posted by Splackavellie

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 9:20 am to sta4ever

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We put seasoning on the outside of our crawfish when it is done boiling

Gosh that is horrible.

Posted by Quinn225

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 9:20 am to Paul Allen

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The heart of Cajun prairie is Evangeline parish. The rest is inconsequential.

Acadia Parish.

Posted by jeffsdad

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 9:21 am to Topisawtiger

lifelong north louisiana here. i stay in Lafayette and of there a few days a week.

Nicest people I've ever met. Never met one that wasn't.

Posted by Mufassa

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:12 am to GeauxColonels

What is the German Coast? Is that like Des Allemands? I know that means Germans

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Posted by WildManGoose

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:37 am to TheArrogantCorndog

You could probably shrink that area to the one circled in red. I'd say Jennings to Breaux Bridge or Henderson, and Bayou Chicot to Pecan Island. There's really not much celebration of cajun heritage outside of that box.

Posted by Kingpenm3

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:43 am to Paul Allen

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The heart of Cajun prairie is Evangeline parish. The rest is inconsequential.

I wish this were true

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Posted by jimbeam

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:49 am to Kingpenm3

Vermilion, Acadia and Evangeline are the top 3 no doubt.

Posted by doublecutter

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:51 am to Kingpenm3

The heart of Cajun Country is the Breaux Bridge/ St Martinville area.

Posted by sta4ever

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 12:40 pm to Splackavellie

It is horrible. I don’t know why they do it like that up here. I’m from South Louisiana and I never eat the crawfish up here. I wait till I go back down south to eat crawfish

Posted by choupiquesushi

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 12:42 pm to Mufassa

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What is the German Coast? Is that like Des Allemands? I know that means Germans

areas of st charles, st john, ascension parish along the river that were settled by german immigrants/exiles..

names like folse, triche, trahan among others....

Posted by Vdrine

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 1:06 pm to choupiquesushi

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What is the German Coast? Is that like Des Allemands? I know that means Germans

areas of st charles, st john, ascension parish along the river that were settled by german immigrants/exiles..

names like folse, triche, trahan among others....

There are a lot of people of German ancestry in the Elton, Jennings and Kinder area as well.

Posted by choupiquesushi

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 1:17 pm to Vdrine

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What is the German Coast? Is that like Des Allemands? I know that means Germans

areas of st charles, st john, ascension parish along the river that were settled by german immigrants/exiles..

names like folse, triche, trahan among others....

There are a lot of people of German ancestry in the Elton, Jennings and Kinder area as well.

yes vidrine too.... lol.. some in acadia parish as well...

Posted by Mufassa

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 1:25 pm to choupiquesushi

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some in acadia parish as well...

I knew there was a bunch of German heritage in Acadia Parish. In high school I remember when we played Notre Dame, their players’ names were always things like Zaunbrecher and Stover and Stovall.

Posted by samson73103

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 1:54 pm to choupiquesushi

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vermillion, jeff davis, evangeline, acadia, avoylles, st landry, lafayette, cameron, st martin, st mary, assumption, st charles, st james, lafourche, terrebone, pointe coupee, iberville parishes.... end of story....

Iberia must be its own little Mecca.
okay I left one out.......

What about Allen, Calcasieu, Ascension, St. John, and WBR? There are a lot of people there with Cajun surnames.

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Posted by Pussykat

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Posted on 12/19/17 at 1:55 pm to Midtiger farm

Think you need to include the south and east portion of Allen Parish, with the Prairie Cajuns