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re: Is creole and Cajun the same thing?

Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:06 pm to
Posted by Tigressa del Norte
Seattle
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:06 pm to
Be nice to the piggy. At least he came to the right source for intel.

Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:06 pm to
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The answer is yes. Same as Coonass as well. All interchangeable to describe the creatures live in south Louisiana swamps. The best part of Louisiana is along the I20 corridor


When people think about Louisiana those people aren’t thinking about North Louisiana, unless they’re worried about a duck hunting show. South/South West Louisiana and SE Louisiana are the only part of this state that attracts any meaningful amount of people that come in and spend money.
Posted by Miketheseventh
Member since Dec 2017
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:08 pm to
Not even close
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
8624 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:40 pm to
I think the real answer is that nobody fricking cares outside of this state.
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
14976 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:46 pm to
Cajun food is vastly overrated
Posted by OTbawman
Sunset
Member since Mar 2024
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:46 pm to
Uhh, no.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Lone Star State
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:09 pm to
I’m honestly always amazed at how little people from neighboring states know about Louisiana culture.

I’ve had Texans not know that north Louisiana isn’t Cajun.
Posted by Tigressa del Norte
Seattle
Member since Jan 2009
3089 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:09 pm to
Food Board topic, but have to disagree. You obviously have not had traditional Cajun cooking. There are numerous cookbooks out there, but this is a great one by Alex Patout from New Iberia where I grew up. If you follow these recipes, you'll enjoy truly delicious meals. I buy this book on the used book websites for friends all the time since it's out of print.

LINK

This post was edited on 1/11/25 at 10:11 pm
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
69059 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:14 pm to
No,

Cajuns are a group of creoles, not all creoles are Cajuns. Mestizos and mulattos are creoles

Creole is a Portuguese term
Posted by WhoDatNC
NC
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:16 pm to
You can’t be this stupid.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
69059 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:17 pm to
Correct!!
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
57892 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:21 pm to
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I live in Louisiana (the good part).
another anti-south louisiana thread by a north louisiana person.

they are so obsessed
Posted by CSATiger
The Battlefield
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:33 pm to
Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the periods of French and Spanish rule. They share cultural ties such as the traditional use of the French, Spanish, and Creole languages

The term Créole was originally used by French Creoles to distinguish people born in Louisiana from those born elsewhere,


Kathe Managan, The Term "Creole" in Louisiana : An Introduction Archived December 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, lameca.org. Retrieved December 5, 2013
Bernard, Shane K, "Creoles" Archived June 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, "KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana". Retrieved October 19, 2011
Helen Bush Caver and Mary T. Williams, "Creoles", Multicultural America, Countries and Their Cultures Website. Retrieved February 3, 2009
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:51 pm to
This has to be a troll thread.
Posted by RobbBobb
Matt Flynn, BCS MVP
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 11:29 pm to
Like I told you, its revisionist history
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The meaning of creole, when applied to people, is not fixed; rather, its use has varied with speaker and place. In the beginnings it applied to people of African or mixed descent

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The term creole was first applied to language by the French explorer Michel Jajolet, sieur de la Courbe, in Premier voyage du sieur de la Courbe fait a la coste d’Afrique en 1685 (1688; “First Voyage Made by Sieur de la Courbe on the Coast of Africa in 1685”)

Try not citing a 2010s revision as proof of a 500 year old history
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What are Pidgins and Creoles?

Strictly speaking, PCs are new language varieties, which developed out of contacts between colonial nonstandard varieties of a European language and several non-European languages around the Atlantic and in the Indian Oceans during the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. They typically emerged in trade colonies which developed around trade forts or along trade routes, such as on the coast of West Africa.

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The term “creole” was used in the 18th century to refer to specific Caribbean creole peoples language. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that historians started comparing different creoles, and the idea of class arose.
Posted by p0845330
Member since Aug 2013
5730 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 4:11 am to
No. Not even close. What the frick if an even wrong with you?
Posted by Stinger_1066
On a golf course
Member since Jul 2021
2899 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 6:25 am to
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Not at all.

Creole refers to the African heritage where’s Cajun refers to the French.

They are often, mistakenly, used interchangeably.


If a Creole mates with a Cajun, what is their kid called?
Posted by LsuNav
Sacramento
Member since Mar 2008
1642 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 7:10 pm to
Creole has multiple definitions; Cajun only has two. None of the definitions overlap.
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