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Gregory:
Here in Louisiana we are famous for our extremely hot and spicy foods. We love to eat boiled crawfish, Gumbo(a spicy seafood and rice stew), and just about anything else that lives in the swamps and waters of Louisiana. We love to have a festive time. In fact, nearly every town and city in Louisiana has its own special annual festival. A few examples are the Crawfish festival, The Frog festival, The Rice festival, and many more. You might have noticed a common theme here. Most of the occasions center around food. We love to eat!! Please post and tell us about some of your local festivities. I am very excited about hearing from you all, or "Ya'll", a slang contraction used alot here in the southern USA. Hope to hear from you soon!
Jessica
Here in Louisian we do much of the same things most everyone does:spend time with friends and family,go to work or school.I also enjoy travling. One of my favorite cities is New Orleans. It is one of the most interesting cities due to it's heritage. What do you like to do?
Cora:
Hello Hello again! I thought Id drop in and say a few words. Greg is right in saying that we love to eat in Louisiana. As a woman coming up in this culture, it is almost imperative that you know how and what to cook (laughing). My mother is desperately trying to teach me some of the delicacies, but with my current schedule, it is a bit difficult to find the time. In addition to food, we Cajuns love to have a fais dodo (that is french for party). Festivals are a great way to celebrate too and many people here have what we call "suppers". A "supper" incorporates food and a gathering of friends for a good time. Please do post a reply and let us know about some of your delicacies in your country and some of your favorite foods.
Meghan:
Good Afternoon! Louisiana culture seems to have a style of its own. Spending time with family and friends and cooking seems to be a favorite pass time for many people in south Louisiana. As my fellow classmates have already mention Louisiana's festivals are a way for the people here to combine there two loves: friends and food. You will always find warm friendly people when you visit our state.
Sylvia:
As stated before me, food is a big part of us but also Cajun music (traditional instruments are fiddle, accordion and triangle) hunting (Deer, Turkey, Rabbit, and Ducks) and fishing. We have a unique heritage, which includes Cajun French and Louisiana Creole French. Our agricultural includes seafood, cotton, soybeans, cattle, sugarcane, poultry and eggs, dairy products, and rice. Some of our industry includes chemical products, petroleum and coal products, food processing, transportation equipment, paper products, and tourism. We are all excited to learn about your culture and heritage and hope to hear from you soon.
Morgan:
Louisiana has the BEST food ever. Like my fellow classmates have said, festivals play a big part in our culture. There is even a festival called the "zydeco festival" which gives us "cajuns" a chance to show off our heritage. What are some of your favorite foods and activities?
Laura:
Although Lousiana is known for its Cajun heritage and most of my classmates are familiar with it, I am not. I have a more country background where we enjoyed homemade fried chicken and mashed potatoes, riding four-wheelers, camping, and hunting. I am learning just as much about the Cajun heritage as you are! I love to get together with my family and have a nice evening watching a movie, eating, and having a good time! These are some of my favorite things to do, however, it seems like the main thing that I do now is study!
I live in a town with a population of approximately 5000 people. How about you?
Rhonda
As previously stated, Louisiana is known for the spicy cajun food, cajun music, and just having a good time. We have many fine colleges in our state offering two-year as well as four-year degree programs. We have a wonderful LSU Tiger football team,(Geaux Tigers!!!), a pro football team-The New Orleans Saints, and a pro basketball team the New Orleans Hornets. We also enjoy hunting, fishing, crabing, and golfing. Louisiana is my home and I am proud of it. Maybe one day you will have the opportunity and time to come for a visit. Hope to hear from you soon.
Julie,
I also come from a very small town but the rewards from coming from a small town are great because everyone knows everyone! We all like to get together and have a good time, after all like everyone else has stated, leze bon ton roule (let the good times roll) which is what everone in the great state of Louisiana loves to do!!!
Sandra:
Hi, Iam back again, and everything my classmates told you about Louisiana is correct. Louisiana is probably the only city in the U.S., that has people making up festival names for each and every type of food, just to cook, eat and celebrate. We are always having fun in Louisiana, Its a great place to live!
Ericka:
I Love Louisiana, yes we enjoy cooking and eating! I live in a small town in Louisiana, and there's really not much we can do in my town, but I spend plenty of time with my family cooking and eating southern food.
Lisa
Our cajun cuisine (a style of cooking) orignated from French american immigrants,that came to South Louisiana. The French, learned to live off the land and adapted their cajun style of cooking to local ingredients such as rice, crawfish and sugar cane. Rice is one of the major ingredients. Listed below defines cajun food.
Traditional Cajun food....
is not fancy
is not extremely hot from pepper
does not use wine as part of the cooking.
does not require expensive or exotic ingredients.
is not avaliable from a box
is often simple and brown
does not contain cream or pasta as an ingredient
is not often seen on restaurant menus.
does not frequently use blackened meat
can be successfully made in areas outside of Cajun country
Hope to here from you!!!
MJ:
HI! ALTHOUGH LOUISIANA IS PORTRAYED AS A BUNCH OF OUTLAWS THAT LIVE IN SWAMPS AND HUNT ALLIGATORS, THE VAST MAJORITY DO NOT LIVE AS SUCH. AS A LOUISIANIAN, I AM VERY PROUD OF MY CAJUN HERITAGE. I DO NOT HUNT ALLIGATORS BUT I DO LIKE TO EAT THEM. FOOD IS OUR EXPERTISE AND WE DO HAVE STRANGE TECHNIQUES BUT I GUARANTEE, ONCE YOU HAVE A TASTE OF OUR COOKING, YOU WILL WANT THE RECIPE. TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO LOUISIANA I LIKE TO TELL THEM THAT ONE VISIT ADDS FLAVOR TO THEIR HEART!
It sounds like you all practice the same culture,"the Cajun culture"Well, here in Kenya there are as many different cultures as there are different tribes(ethinic groups).In my tribe-"kikuyu",a woman is looked at as the one to manage the homestead despite having a career or being a house wife.We therefore carry ourselves with alot of dignity.We also have our traditional delicacy-Mukimo(mashed irish potates with other various ingredients)that is taken with any stew of choice.Do you have different ethinic groups?And tell me more about the cajun culture.
Here in Kenya we have 42 ethnic groups each with its own culture.I belong to both the Abagusii and Kipsigis ethnic groups.My parents come from the two ethnic groups and I love the culture of both communities.The traditional delicacy of the Kipsigis is "mursik' which is milk spiced with preservatives and served in a guard called "sotet".The delicacy of the Abagusii is a kind of vegetable cooked in animal blood.Both communities have a very important festival and that is the circumcision festival which is normally carried out in the month of December.I would like to hear more about the Cajun culture.
Sylvia:
Cajuns or Acadians have a unique dialect of the French language. I do not speak this language but my grandmother does. Cajuns come from many different ethnic groups that inermarried over many generations, including British, Spanish, German, Native American, Métis and French Creole settlers to make Cajuns. We have a festival called Mardi Gras or "Fat Tuesday" is the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40 day period of fasting and reflection in preparation for Easter Sunday. It typically involves parades with public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations.
Jessica,
Right now we are celebrating Christmas here in Louisiana. This is my favorite time of year!To celebrate we decorate a tree with lights and ornaments and put presents we buy for family and friends under it. On December 25 (Christmas morning) we open them. We also go to church and have parties were we eat. We love to eat in Louisiana!!! What are some holiday's you celebrate?
Eric:
Louisiana'a cajun culture is distinctive, and the food is great. I have lived in several other states as well as Louisiana, and every region, state or area does have its own subculture and the regional foods can be quite different. If you ever get a chance to, you should try barbecue from eastern North Carolina.
Sal;
To respond to Jessica's question,Our major holidays include public holidays.We just celebrated one yesterday-Dec 12th in commemoration of attaining our independece.The president has to address the pulic and more so honour the freedom fighters.It's a great history.
We also celebrated Christmass festivities with family and friends;but many people prefer making safaris and visiting geographical sites.
Do any of your ethnic groups have tabbooes?For example, here in Kenya there is a tribe that believes when a woman sits with her legs apart before a fire place,she will never concieve.It's funny,haa!
Sal;
Sorry for the typing error in my previous comment.
Sylvia:
Merry Christmas to everyone! We celebrate Christmas on December 25 when do you celebrate it? We have superstitions. For example, Friday 13th is believed to be a bad day. Also, if you walk under a ladder or a black cat cross your path it is believed that you will have bad luck.
Jessica:
I have been watching some of the news on Kenyas elections. I found it very interesting. We have are national elections this year it should be very interesting to see who wins the two parties nomiations and who wins the election. I am still not sure who I am going to vote for. It is still early in the process.
Happy American New Year 2008! I too have been watching Kenyan elections and I hope all of you are safe. The news we are getting reports alot of fighting and fires between different tribes and many deaths. Do any of you have any more specific news from Nairobi? Are you able to safely get to the lab to work? Look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Sal;
Hi.Bet most of you have heard news about Kenya's post-election violence.We are safe now and things are slowly falling back into place.It's calm now.We are only having some bit of transport crisis and the uncertainity about more violence is making many people not to report to work.I will update you once things become stable here.
Jessica ,
Glade to hear things are getting back to normal. Our elections hear are getting interesting. The Republican party has a canidate ,however the Democartic party is still undecided. It is anyone's guess. It also Valentine's Day this week. A day to tell that special someone in your life you love them. Hope you have a great week.
I am happy to hear that you are all safe and back at the hospital. Right now I, along with my classmates, are in Clinicals. This is the part of our training where we get to go to a lab and work with techs. I love it! Everyday after I am on my way home I think, " I am so glad I chose this as my profession!!" How did you all choose this as your profession?
Laura
Sal,
Hi.Choosing a profession can be challeging when you dont have that feeling that tells you,"this is what i want to be".Iam also happy with my career and i do enjoy each passing day.
However,I know there are challenges of new kinds of infections,technology advancements, etc. but I believe we have to keep on progressing.Here in kenya,this is done through capacity personal development(CPD).This is done during post-qualification practice.
We are abit restricted by the protocols that we must follow for the project.That is why we are slow.Please bear with us,but we are making progress.
I worry sometimes about infection control, also. It seems like the more information, tests, and studies that are completed, the more things that are found to be contaminated and infectious. I think there are more good things in this job than bad things. Hope you are all doing okay.
P.S. Sylvia and I presented our project at the LSCLS conference this past week and everyone seems to have really liked it. Hope your project is going well.
Laura
Finally i've got the address correct
! but where are you people?
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