South Louisiana Cajuns (Acadians) are a very unique culture, best known for their food, music and joy of life.
You might be from Acadiana if….
Watching wild kingdom it inspires you to write a cook book.
You take a bite out of 5 alarm chili and reach for some Tabasco.
You get a daiquiri at the drive through and you know it’s legally not drinking and driving
until you put the straw in.
You gave up Tabasco for Lent.
You were 6 when you made your first Roux.
To you the holy trinity is Onyons, Celery, and Bell Peppers.
When you eat boiled crawfish you know not to eat the dead ones.
You order your shrimp loaf dressed.
You consider the first cold snap of the year as Gumbo weather.
You think the Fab 4 are Paul Prudhomme, John Foss, Justin Wilson and Tony Chachere.
You were dancing to Chank a Chank and Zydeco before you could walk.
Every so often you have water front property.
Your last name isn’t pronounced the way it’s spelled.
You get down to tank up.
You have time to get down when you make a pass.
You don’t learn till High School that Mardi Gras isn’t a national holiday.
The crawfish mounds in your yard have taken over the grass.
The 4 seasons are LSU football, Mardi Gras, Crawfish and Hurricane.
You know someone called T-Boy.
You don’t live in a county you live in a parish.
You’re not offended by the term “coonass” if anything it’s a compliment.
Nothing is more important to you than going to the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival.
You’re favorite vacation places are south of Abbeville.
You have hurricane days instead of Snow Days.
You have a monogrammed “go-cup”.
Mai cha’, if every you find yo’self in dis neck of da woods, come meet us… we got a boil fer ya.
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