re: Bayou Cajun versus Prairie Cajun boundary line

If eggs are what makes your gumbo good, I’m sorry about Your shitty gumbo.

Eggs in gumbo weren't for taste. It was to stretch protein.

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I've heard the terms "Colonial French" and "Prairie French", but not Bayou and Prairie. Can someone define or give the background behind the two terms?

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Some son of a bitch yankee professor came up with that shite, ask him about that.

In da duck blind

If you’ve had this in your pot you might be an atchafalaya cajun, whether that’s bayou or prairie I don’t know, I’m just from Lafayette, me;

Doesn’t matter, both are pure trash.

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Let’s talk about eggs in gumbo while we’re at it.

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Adding egg to gumbo isn’t a cultural recipe but a fixer for when one accidentally over-salts their gumbo as an alternative to just adding more water. The egg absorbs the excess salt without thinning it like water would. Some people do the same thing with a potato.

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i crack eggs in mine

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Works the same way.

I like to hard boil the eggs so I can take them out before serving and save them for breakfast the next day.

Somewheres around Patterson. Morgan City would be an easier location.

East of the Atchafalaya River = Bayou.
West of the river = Prairie.