Moving to Southern Louisiana, need info

[RetailWorkhorse]

Mom and Dad are looking to move to Louisiana next year. Mom's done a ton of research and have decided she wants to try the New Iberia area. She's got information on everything (campground rent, Sam's Club locations, Hospital locations, what the area is like, what the people is like, what the economy is like, all that rot).

Now, I know that Bell Peppers (green and or red) are part of the Holy Trinity of Seasonings so Mom will have to be careful about what she orders (allergies, really don't need her dead) but I was wondering if it's roasted in the open air like the green chilies in New Mexico.

She has to take an anti-histamine here in NM for the chilies because they clog up her sinuses, then the chili smoke gets into her lungs and she's sick as a dawg. And I really don't need anymore hospital bills than what Dad's heart attack on Mom's Day did to us.

Now I know we got some folks living in LA. Can y'all help me? Any advice would be fabulous (restaurants would be good, too, since we're all foodies).

[Midnight12]

oooooo lemme give you some pointers!
New Iberia is south from Lafayette
welcome to the holy trinity of SPICES! Tony Chachere's! pronounced Sash-er-ry
boudain (boo-dan) sausage with LOTS of green onions and where if you ask if its spicy and are told mild, it will still burn
As far as I know bell peppers or peppers are not used much save for in veggie mixes and are not open air roasted.

its humid, muggy and if you don't like the weather wait 10-30 minutes. hehe summers are REALLY hot, and its a humid heat not dry
in Lake charles we just got some new cuisine restaurants so i have no idea about how culturally open it is in New Iberia
Get used to things being spelled one way and pronounced another, thats the cajun french language. :-D its all good.
people are nice and friendly and welcoming and often willing to help you just have to ask.
if you go out to eat PLEASE make your server aware of any food allergies and the server and cook will be more than happy to oblige.
and for sillyness, be prepared for more spicy things on the store shelves such as "slap ya mamma" cajun seasonings. ehehe

also, food staples or main dishes here
jambalaya
dirty rice, fried food, sweet potato pie, roux, sauce picaunt (not picante sauce but a kind of sweet tangy sauce) gumbo and many varieties of
frogs legs, yes...fried frogs legs...and apparently lots of checkers/rallys, sonics and dairy queens!


if i missed anything someone correct me!

[Frantic Freddie]

Now, I know that Bell Peppers (green and or red) are part of the Holy Trinity of Seasonings so Mom will have to be careful about what she orders (allergies, really don't need her dead) but I was wondering if it's roasted in the open air like the green chilies in New Mexico.

Nobody does chiles like New Mexico,there are no chiles like New Mexico chiles "Red or Green?"

The roasting of chiles in huge rotating drums over immense gouts of gaseous fire is pretty much unique to our state,I wouldn't worry about it anywhere else.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Thank goodness, decent food. I got a whole lotta cajun cookin' in my genes and I have been missing it something AWFUL!

Already used to the cajun language (my Uncle Tony lives in southern LA) due to how I used to be duel-language French-English. With any luck I'll run into someone that can unlock all that French that's still in my head (the My French Coach for the Nintendo DS is NOT HELPING!).

Thanks for the info, I passed it on to Mom and she's happy for the extra goodies. Dad will especially be happy about the frog legs (he loves them, can only get them in certain Chinese Buffets and that makes him a Sad-Dad).

[Midnight12]

sorry but french and cajun french are two different things.
and we has the buffets here and not sure about lunch but the dinner set has frog legs and crawfish.
how could i forget about the crawfish! gah!
yesh so happy that after the spill its ok to fish again....

[fireheart]

sorry but french and cajun french are two different things.

Agreed. The main reason behind this is that Cajun French evolved differently to standard French. Kind of like how American English, British English and Australian English are all different.

For instance, in Standard French, the terms for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner respectively are "Petit Dejeuner", "Dejeuner" and "Le Diner" (I THINK). In Cajun French, it's "dejeuner", "diner" and "souper" respectively.

And if someone calls someone else a farce, it means that they're a good joke-teller.

And galette and cocotte are words to be avoided because they refer to female genitalia...

I just grabbed this from about five minutes of skimming through a page on Cajun French. Specifically: this one

This may also help: http://cajunlanguage.net/

[Midnight12]

wow. ok now i know where dinner/supper came from. i just through that it was breakfast lunch and dinner and when i came to my grandmothers it was breakfast dinner and supper but now i know where it came from

and its a southern thing i suppose?

[RetailWorkhorse]

sorry but french and cajun french are two different things.

I KNOW that. I'm saying it will be easier because I used to speak French.

Sheesh.

And every proper southerner knows it's Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper (unless you're Mom, at which point Brunch, Linner, and After Midnight Snack is stuck in there, but then I think she took the Hobbit-meals to heart when she was a kiddie).

[fireheart]

In SA it's like this:

Breakfast,
Morning Smoko (tea break)
Lunch
Afternoon Smoko (tea break)
Dinner
Beer O'Clock.

[Midnight12]

and i learned something. cool
oh also, there is bacon here, lots and lots and lots of baaaacccooooonnnn

[fireheart]

and i learned something. cool
oh also, there is bacon here, lots and lots and lots of baaaacccooooonnnn

that sounds like his home

[Midnight12]

that was the plan. moving from one baconated home to another baconated home.
:-D not so much on the turkey bacon though