Cajun
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Cajuns are people that descended from a French group of people who
moved to South Louisiana following their expulsion from Acadia, or Nova Scotia, in the 1700s. They then melded with mainland French immigrant cultures and with Haitian, Spanish, English, German, and Native American cultures in the area(generally the further south you go, the more Cajuns in the area).
Cajun isn't a name given to just anyone from a particular area, with a
certain accent, or all Louisiana folk that enjoy a good crawfish boil1, but those people to whom the word applies will probably tell you the fact in pride.
Cajuns are blamed for such creations as: really spicy foods, crawfish
boils, boudin, Mardi Gras2, jambalaya, gumbo, and really spicy foods.
similar to tiny lobster, then eat them with a side of corn and
potatoes.2A huge party that lasts for weeks and usually ends on "Fat Tuesday" which involves lots of parades, beads, candy, dabloons, and horsemen that dance for chickens.
