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History of Cajun Cuisine
Cajun vs. Creole
Famous Cajun Dishes
Influences on Cajun Cuisine
Culture
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Where did Cajun cuisine originate?
Where is Louisiana
100
Which cuisine originated first?
What is Creole
100
Name two types of vegetables that can be put in a Maque Choux
What is tomatoes, onions, corn and peppers(any two of these are acceptable answers)
100
What is the famous holiday in Louisiana that feature a lot a Cajun Cuisine?
What is Mardi Gras
100
What dialect of French did the Cajuns speak?
What is Cajun French
200
Where did the people who created cajun cuisine come from?
Where is Acadia/Nova Scotia, Canada
200
Which cuisine is known for being less fancy?
What is Cajun
200
Give and example of a two types of meat that could be put in an etoufee?
What is crawfish, shrimp, crab, and chicken(any two of these are acceptable answers)
200
Why did Cajuns settle in the swamps rather than in the city of New Orleans?
What is because they were not welcomed by French Aristocrats living in New Orleans
200
What other type of music is often confused with Cajun music?
What is Zydeco music
300
What event forced Acadians to flee Acadia?
What is a British invasion
300
Which cuisine is more popular in urban areas?
What is Creole
300
What is a dish thickened with flour containing chicken, sausage, vegetables, and spices such as cayenne pepper?
What is a Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
300
What aspect of Acadia influenced Cajun's to cook a lot with seafood?
What is proximity to Atlantic Ocean
300
Once moving coming to Louisiana, from which groups did Acadians take influence for their music?
Who are African Americans and Native Americans
400
In what year were Acadians forced to leave Acadia?
What is 1755
400
Which Cuisine is more popular in rural areas?
What is cajun
400
A dish containing vegetables, crawfish, and often served on white rice
What is crawfish etouffee
400
How did living in the bayous influence Cajun cuisine?
What is it resulted in them not having access to fancier foods as Creoles did
400
What was the first type of music performed in Acadia?
What is a cappella
500
Where did Acadians initially settle before moving to Louisiana?
Where is the to be US east coast
500
Which 7 Cultures blended to form Creole cuisine?
Who are Native Americans, French and Spanish settlers, Germans, West Africans, English and Italians/Sicilians
500
What is a vegetable-based dish with tomatoes, onions, corn and peppers?
What is a Maque Choux
500
Where were crawfish found to make them so popular in Cajun cuisine?
What is in the mud of the bayous
500
What caused the decline in speaking Cajun dialect?
What is the state forced them to start teaching in english at their schools