Sunday, January 3, 2010

You might be a cajun if.....

You might be a Cajun if....

You Use your pirogue for an ice chest.

Someone yells duck and you run to get your shotgun.

The only plant you have growing in your yard is roezoes.

You name your dog and cat Boudreaux and Thibodaux.

If you can get to your best fishing spot in 15 minutes.

You wear your shrimp boots (Leville Keds) to church.

You travel by boat more than by car.

You live... "Up the Bayou" ..."Down the Bayou" ... or "Across the bayou."

You take your family trawling for a vacation.

These next nine were sent in by Thad Dufrene.... Thanks Thad)

Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook

Watching "Wild Kingdom" gives you an appetite.

Watching anything gives you an appetite.

The food in the school cafeteria included Gumbo.

The food in the school cafeteria was actually good.

Your school mascot was a fish.

You're able to fish crafish off your back porch or better yet your front porch.

Your lst names ends with the letter "X."

You start an angel food cake with a roux.

These were contributed by family and friends and I'm sure there are more to come....

You think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreaux-Guillory.

You think a lobster is a crawfish on steriods.

You think Boudin, hoghead cheese and bud is a bland diet.

You think groundhog day and boucherie day are the same holiday.

You take a bite of 5-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco.

Fred's loung in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole' Opry.

You have an "Envie" for something instead of a craving.

You use a No. 3 washtub to cover your lawn mower or outboard motor in yoru yard.

You use a gill net to play tennis, badmitton or volleyball.

You use two or more pirogues to cover your newly planted tomatoes to protect them from a late frost.

The hosepower of your outboard motor is greater than the motor in your car.

You pass up a trip abroad to go to the crawfish festival in Breaux Bridge.

Your favorite TV talk show is "OKRA Winfrey."

Your children's favorite bedtime story begins with "First you make a Roux..."

Your school teaches the four basic food groups as broiled seafood, boiled seafood, fried seafood and beer.

You are asked to name the "Fab Four" and you answer "Paul Prudhomme, John Folse, Justin Wilson and Vernon Roger."

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