A Taste of History (S8E8): Cajun Cuisine of the Acadians

[@Soda3000Pop]

I love chef John Folse, he is my Cajun cousin, my name is Diana LaFleur, my family is from VillePlatte Louisiana, I love everything that you cook! I cook a little bit too ❤

[@CertifiedKyl504]

🛏🔧🚩

[@Acadian_Proud]

I am Acadian from Nova Scotia. Some of my ancestors remain in Nova Scotia (jailed by the British) others made their way back after the deportation a newly appointed governor of Nova Scotia allowed them back in. I am always fascinated by the difference between Acadian and Cajun food. One of the traditional Acadian dishes is called Rapure (Rappie Pie). It is basically grated potatoes and chicken. Boil the chicken with some onions, then use the chicken broth to start the cooking process of the grated potatoes. Place a layer of the potatoes down in a lasagna pan. Top with a layer of the debone chicken then top with the rest of the potatoes. Bake in the oven until the golden crust forms and serve. It is dish, once assembled, is baked in the oven for a few hours, and then a lot of people. FYI - The French arrived in L’Acadie (modern day Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and parts of Maine) in 1604.

[@breadmonkeys]

beautiful cooking! I really love the way he calls attention to all the sensory cues with cooking, the colours, the smoke, the sound, the smell, the texture, it's all part of the experience of cooking.

[@stacysatterfield2154]

Love Chefs Walter, John Folse. John always had a really good cooking show on PBS, while showing Louisiana.(Stirrin It Up)

[@sjferguson]

How marvelous! I was transported back to my maw maw's house. Just hearing that Cajun accent again! I need to get back home ❤

[@kathleena.callahan8511]

I think this is one of my most favorite episodes ever.

[@SurrenderPink]

Mad respect for the Acadians! "Why would we leave?" Indeed! Completely changed my thinking.

[@InGentle]

Very good stuff! Thanks for this amazing video

[@luceaschild]

Very well done! Thank you!

[@caleb12001]

Incredible video, very well made.

[@JeffTheDuckDog]

So Much FUN and that is coming from a Westerner!

[@stevedunn5546]

Great video thanks. And cast iron pans are a wonderful thing.

[@cayenneman08]

Is it just me or does Chef Walter seem not so impressed? If he is enjoying it, he is underselling it.

[@JohnLefebvre-b5z]

My mama's side of family is from nova Scotia, (hebert), my papa side is from Bordeaux, france,(lefebvre)we live along bayou grosse tete

[@chefmitch4731]

Vive la Cajun

[@morrgan76]

Just found out or family were Arcadians

[@rosecomeau-v4x]

Some deportees were dumped on Sable Island with their livestock by privateers. Those unfortunate souls eventually died of starvation and exposure to the elements but the horses still survive there to this day who survive on sea grass and rain water. No body seems to care about those animals.

[@brettbrignac7591]

John Folse, aka, false. Over the years, Folse has claimed to be from Rapides parish, from Avoyelles parish, from Saint James Parish. His accent clues us in that he attemted to lose his twang accent. Only northerners say 'again' as 'agane.' False is a legendary hoax that copied recipes of the original CAJAN ACADI! Ask mr. false when was the last time Louisiana had a FREE glut of crawfish? I don't think he knows!

[@fredfable5655]

Just edible….

[@whizkybent]

He definitely went to Petco and bought a rabbit to cook..."not same as swamp rabbit"

[@curtisross7443]

I thought Cajuns were from Europe and Creoles were from West Africa? Pretty much any cooking show in youtube can confirm this…

[@stacysatterfield2154]

I remember years ago while in PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND(Canadian Maritimes) we went to a good Arcadia restaurant.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Creoles are people born outside of the nation of their ancestry. So French born outside of France is creole. Spaniard born outside of Spain is a creole. A Senegalese born outside of Senegal is a Creole. Do you get it now? Anyone saying Creole is West African has no idea what creole means.

[@mkl6936]

😂😂😂Appears you don't know the true history.@@IslenoGutierrez

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@mkl6936 I absolutely know the true history, I’m a Louisiana Creole of French and Spanish ancestry.

[@CertifiedKyl504]

​@@IslenoGutierrezHere you go again on KZbin spreading your false information lies about the authentic definition of a Creole!!! Brah, You're not no Creole!!! Because LaLwizyàna Kréolités are authentic Black-Americans rooted here in Louisiana. Kréolé is a language heavily mixed with many Afrakan languages. Just like the Haitian Creole language and the Gullah-Geechee Creole language. Creole means: (Create), and as Black-American LaLwizyàna Kréolité people here in Louisiana, we created our very own richly unique language, regional ethnic group, cuisines, customs & traditions, culture, and history. It don't have anything do with you as a Hispanic culture vulture dat you are. And also, don't @ me on this post's comment section because just like the great master teacher Dr. John Henrik Clarke said: ("I only debate with my equals, all others i teach").👌🏾👍🏾✌🏾

[@IslenoGutierrez]

I’m from southeast Louisiana born and raised and let me say this, this video is pure nonsense. There is no such thing as Cajun cuisine. The cuisine has always been called Creole. And also, Cajuns are a type of white Louisiana creole themselves as well, and they adopted and added to the cuisine like everyone else that settled Louisiana. Let’s look at the origins of the dishes: Jambalaya, meat pies and shrimp Creole is Spanish origin, okra gumbo and smothered okra and tomatoes is African origin, sauce piquante, fricassée and Courtbouillon is French origin, Corn maque choux and boiled crawfish with corn and potatoes is Native American (but the crab boil seasoning is not), the etouffée and the meat and rice filled boudin is Acadian, the red beans and rice is Caribbean/Latin American etc. now does this sound like an Acadian cuisine? Good luck finding these in Acadie (Nova Scotia, Canada) where the Acadian ancestors of the “Cajuns” arrived. The Acadians did not survive as a genetic group isolated from other groups as a distinct people. The so-called “Cajuns” (Louisiana Acadians) are not the same as the 18th century Acadian settlers and are mixed with other ancestries. The Acadians in Louisiana mixed with the French and Québécois that were already in Louisiana and then this group absorbed ancestry from 19th century French immigrants, white Caribbeans from the French and Spanish Caribbean, as well as Spanish and Germans here or there and for some, a little English and Scots-Irish ancestry here or there. And the so-called “Cajun” chef John Folse (Folse is a German surname) is wrong about Creoles, not all were wealthy. There were also middle class and working class Creoles in New Orleans, not just rich ones and they cooked one pot meals as well and rich ones also ate dishes I named here in addition to more elegantly prepared dishes in a haute style. As he explained, Creoles were whites, but he left out that there were also some mixed race creoles and black creoles also. Lots of revisionist history in this video.

[@luceaschild]

Wow. You're history isn't exactly on point, either. This is a *lot* of misinformation. I'm Cajun and I'm appalled at what you think is history. Cajuns are indeed a mix (I'm French and German-Swiss, for a start), so just because Folse is a German name doesn't negate him from being Cajun... Especially considering he's referencing his Grandmother (who's born name isn't going to be Folse). My grandmother was born in a what we'd consider to be a shack. Her mother lived there all her adult life and it never had electricity or running water. She ate off the land almost completely, the way Folse describes, until she reached an age where she physically couldn't. She died in the mid 1960's, and still didn't have electricity or running water - as she apparently like this. All of her children grew up and away from this, but there are plenty of Cajuns who actually still fight for this more free way of life even today. Folse is very on point!

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@luceaschild My history is spot on, it’s backed by documented evidence of events in Louisiana history. I’ve been studying it diligently for 2 decades now. You identified as “Cajun” (Louisiana Acadian) and then proceeded to state that “Cajuns” are a mix and that you also have French and German-Swiss ancestry…yet you identify as an Acadian (because that’s what Cajun means, it’s a corruption of Acadian, it’s not a mix). So the real truth here is, you’re not Cajun, you just think you’re Cajun…like most people that identify as Cajun. They were fooled into identifying as Cajun. And yes, someone that is mixed ethnicity is not a Cajun because Cajun means Louisiana Acadian and they no longer exist as a distinct people in Louisiana. The Acadians intermarried with 4 other French descent groups as well as Spanish, German, British/Irish and Italian groups throughout Louisiana history. So yeah, you’re a white Louisiana Creole, but a Cajun you and all others that identify as Cajun are not. Even the real Cajuns that used to exist centuries ago were white Creoles so Creole is a constant here. I’m not a big proponent of living lies, even if it was taught to me by my loved ones because they were once fooled into believing they were something they are not. Being part Acadian does not make one AN Acadian (Cajun). Cajuns (Acadians) don’t exist anymore as a distinct people just like the colonial French don’t exist in Louisiana as a distinct people anymore. Everyone is all mixed up these days.

[@luceaschild]

@@IslenoGutierrez Frankly, your post is ignorant and it's offensive, but you're really out to make sure you're right, so have at it. Your haughtiness isn't helping you. There is no point in arguing with people with your mindset, so I won't. Just make sure you apply your logic to literally every culture and cuisine in the future. With that logic no one will be able to claim to be anything or come from any culture because literally everything is interwoven and nothing is pure. The fact that families intermarry over time doesn't mean someone isn't from a specific culture.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@luceaschild I’m not ignorant, I’m factual. I speak on behalf of verifiable facts. You are being ignorant because you know you’re mixed yet you’re identifying as an Acadian (Cajun), rather than a person of mixed ethnicity. I don’t live my life as a lie. Just because someone is PART Acadian, does not mean they are AN Acadian. There is a difference. And no, it’s not about being pure. No one in Louisiana today is pure anything. It’s about spreading the truth and that truth is Acadians (Cajuns) no longer exist as a people in Louisiana today and those that are descended from them are mixed and are not the same as the Acadian settlers in DNA or ancestry or even culture as this “Cajun culture” today which that in itself is a farce because the culture is a mixed culture belonging to all south Louisianians of all races and ethnicities and is certainly not Acadian. You can think I’m rude, that’s ok. I’m frank, I’m not interested in tippy toeing around someone’s feelings. If you’re offended by what I said, you should ask yourself why. I’ll tell you why… because I’m here telling you that the identity you’ve invested so heavily in “Cajun” (Acadian) is false. How could I say that? Because you’re of mixed background and not an Acadian. It’s very simple. So you can keep living this lie like many in south Louisiana that believe there are still Cajuns around or that there is a such thing as “Cajun” cuisine or “Cajun” culture today, or you can put your feelings aside for a minute and live a truthful life that you’re not an Acadian (Cajun), but are instead mixed background white Louisiana Creole and be happy with that. Creole has a longer history in Louisiana than Cajun, it’s traditionally more prestigious, it’s the traditional identity of all south Louisiana’s people and is the traditional name of south Louisiana’s cuisine and culture. “Cajun” today is living a pretend existence. Do you really like living a pretend existence?

[@auburn_and_cordsdude7415]

Are you Puerto Rican? Im confused after reading your comment i even click your profile but im still confused.

[@brettbrignac7591]

You lost me at celery!!! False is cooking Creole and NOT CAJAN!!!

[@houngandave]

no, celery is part of the cajun trinity. and, learn how to spell Cajun.

[@brettbrignac7591]

@ 2:25; More evidence that false is false. Piquante is pronounced picaw. The 'nte' is silent. He pronounces the 'n' in piquante. Therefore, he is not from anywhere near Acadi Cajan!

[@geneplaisance8290]

Not in the region he is from, it is pronounced just the way he said it. In Lafourche parish, it is also pronounced that way also.