cajun culture

Today I learned about about a movie called "Southern Comfort" from 1981 that is packed full of South Louisiana Cajun goodness. The movie seems to do a fantastic and fairly accurate job of portraying what the Cajun lifestyle is all about. That's actually what a lot of people were shocked by when the movie was released. It's was a little too real for some folks, or at least this one particular scene.

There is an amazing website called "Crappy Taxidermy" and it's filled with some of the worst, most hilarious bad taxidermy you can hope to ever see. I decided to put a little Cajun twist to some of these.

If you really want to kick your Valentine's Day up a few notches, maybe this Cajun love spell is exactly what you need.

From time to time I notice how some of us just butcher words or our dialect kicks in and we just really make a word our own. And then there are times when to add to words -- like the always popular superfluous "S"!

Reindeer? We don't need no stinking reindeer, we got alligators!

Pinhook Rd in Lafayette is one of the busiest roads in the Hub City. Countless motorist travel the road everyday and just like me, never really give any thought as to why it's called Pinhook Rd. What is a Pinhook? Is it the last name of an Acadiana dignitary from the past? Well, turns out the origin of the name "Pinhook" is a bit of a hot mess...and a slight testament to good ole Cajun ingenuity.

Acadiana is one of the most unique places on earth, and our history of and culture is just as unique. Warren Perrin is a true champion for Acadiana who continuously fights to preserve our rich Cajun history. In this video, watch Perrin tell the story of the Acadian people's exile, struggle, and eventual arrival to South Louisiana.

Today, a friend and I were joking around making Cajun versions of classic fairy tales like "Jack And The Beanstalk", "Goldilocks And The Three Bears" and more. After I got home from work, I decided to get on the Google to see if anyone else had the same ideas we did. As I found out, there are indeed quite a few Cajun adaptations of classic children's fairy tales, and they look fantastic.

The whole thing would be much easier for us all to choose in South Louisiana if they were making some of these promises, don't you think? If any of the candidates could pull some of these off, they'd definitely get my vote!

Do any of these Melania Trump quotes seem even vaguely familiar to you? We're not completely certain, but some of these quotes from her just seem so darn familiar. I don't know, maybe we're crazy...

Blue Bell just announced their new Dr. Pepper flavor ice cream, and we can't wait to try it. That got us thinking, what if Blue Bell released some South Louisiana-inspired flavors? If they did, it might look a little something like this...

I came across "Cajun All Day Every Day" and they have some pretty great content. I wanted to share with you just a taste of the Cajun greatness you can find over in the Facebook group.

If you're from South Louisiana, you probably already have a Cajun name. T' Mike, Boosta, Boogie, and Struck are a few people that I know. But, what if you don't officially have a Cajun name? Have no fear, because the "Cajun Name Generator" will fix you right up like dat!

This is a fantastic visual history of Acadian style houses built by the early early Cajun settlers and their descendants of the "Great Expulsion of 1755-1763".

No doubt about it, I love living in Lafayette and Acadiana. I love it so much, I've never truly considered living anywhere else. It's hard to define what makes this place so irresistible to me. Is it the food? Is it the culture? Is it the music? When I start to try and put a finer point on it, I keep thinking of more reasons I love it here so much. Come to find out, the folks over at onlyinyourstate.com feel the same way, and are calling Lafayette "The Best City In America".

The way I see it, South Louisiana is the perfect place to be for the zombie apocalypse, and Cajuns are the perfect folks to survive it. You don't think so? Well I'll prove it to you...

We were surfing through one of our favorite websites BuzzFeed.com today when we came across a list of the 29 Most Austin Things That Ever Happened. That got us to thinking... what were the most Cajun things that ever happened? After some careful deliberation, we think we've got a pretty definitive list.

When you grow up in Acadiana, certain things we say and do become second nature. Almost like breathing, we might let out a random "Mais La" or a "Come see". I know it's hard to imagine, but people don't do these things in other parts of the country.

We're going to walk into a grocery store, say in Arkansas, and ask you where the "White Bread" or the "Guidry's" is. You'll justifiably have no clue what we're saying. To help you out, here's your "Translation Guide To Cajun Grocery Shopping" so you can understand what the heck we're asking for.

Hopefully, the odds will stay in their favor, as Louisiana has run away with this award ever since it's been around.