You May be a Cajun if...
- You start an angel food cake with a roux
- Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook
- You think the head of The United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreaux Guillory
- You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids
- 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 Lounge in Mamou means more to you than The Grand Ol' Opry
- You have an "envie" instead of a craving
- You use a No 3 washtub to cover your lawn mower or outboard in your yard
- You use a gill net to play tennis, badminton, or volleyball
- You use two or more pirogues to cover your newly planted tomatoes to protect them from a late frost
- The horsepower of your outboard motor is greater then 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're asked to name the "Fab Four" and you answer: "Paul Prudhomme, John Folse, Justin Wilson, and Vernon Roger."
- Your description of a gourmet dinner includes the words "deep fat fried,."
- You think the Mason-Dixon line is at Bunkie
- You let your black coffee cool and it gels
- You describe a yard of boudin and cracklins as breakfast
- Your mama announces each morning, "Well, I've got the rice cooking, what will we have for dinner?"
- None of your potential vacation destinations are north of the Old Mississippi River Bridge
- You refer to Louisiana winters as a" gumbo weather."
- You get a disapproving look from your wife and you describe it as "She passed me a pair of eyes."
- You think of gravy as a beverage
- You greet your long lost friend at Lafayette International Airport with ...... "aaaaaEEEEeeeee!"
- You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "Don't eat the dead ones," and you know what he means
- You learned bourre' the hard way...holding yourself upright in your crib
- You don't know the real names of your friends, only their nicknames
- You gave up Tabasco for Lent
- You know the difference between Zataran, Zeringue and Zydeco
- Your dog thinks the bed of your pickup is his kennel
- You can look at a rice field and tell how much gravy it will take to cover it
- You think a yard of boudin and a six-pack of Bud is a gourmet seven course meal
- You know Georgia's Gift Shop is the only place in Natchitoches to get your Louisiana souvenirs
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