Cajun Test

YOU MIGHT BE A CAJUN IF.....

You use your pirogue for an ice chest.
Someone yells duck, and you run to get your shootgun.
The only plant you have growing in your yard is rosezoes.
You name your dog & cat Boudreaux & Thibodaux.
If you can get to your best fishing spot in 15 min.
You wear your shrimp boots (Leeville keds) to church.
You travel by boat more then by car.
You live... up the bayou,...down the bayou,...or across the bayou.
You take your family trawling for a vacation.

(The 9 new ones 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 crawfish off of your back (better yet - front) porch.
Your last name ends with the letter "X".
You start an angel food cake with a roux.
You think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreaux Guillory.
You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.
You think boudin, hogshead 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 lounge 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 in your yard.
You use a gill net to play tennis, badminton, or volleyball.
You use two or more pirogues (small boat) to cover your newly planted tomatoes to protect them from a late frost.
The horsepower 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 "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 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 (central Louisiana).
You let your black coffee cool and it gels.
You describe a yard of boudin, and cracklings as "breakfast."
Your mama announces each morning, "well I've got the rice Cookin'...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 "gumbo weather."
You can't wait for the first cold front to cook "Corn Soup."
You get a disapproving look from your wife, and describe it as "she passed me a pair of eyes."
You think of gravy as a beverage.
Your greet your long, lost friend at the Lafayette International Airport with "aaaaeeeeeeeee"
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' ( this is THE cajun card game pronounce bure-ray) 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 zatarans, 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 the rice.
You want to know how much your friend paid for anything. Like their house, the car, the dress, or even pork chops.
You want to know how much your friend (or anyone else) makes (salary.)
When you go on vacation and your matching luggage consist of Rouses grocery bags.(Thanks to Byron Thibodaux)

Hope you enjoyed the little test and had a few laughs. If you have any statements you would like to see added to the test, simply e-mail me at granny@cajunnet.com and I will add them. Thanks for visiting my site....Judy Duet (Cajun Granny.)

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