In 2003, the romantic comedy "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" was released starring Kate Hudson and Mathew McConaughey. The movie's title got me thinking, what things would someone have to do or say to lose a Cajun in 10 days?
From the Boudreauxs to the Thibodeauxs, to the Robins to the Comeauxs, South Louisiana and Acadiana have the Cajun last name market cornered. Wait, is there even a market for that?
You read that right. Target has rolled out a new ready-to-eat tofu "Vegan Cajun Burger" in 300 stores around the U.S. Um, that's not how this works...that's not how any of this works.
As far as last names overall, Smith, followed by Williams, Johnson, Jones and Brown are the five most common overall. It's not until number nine on the list that a Cajun last name shows up.
The folks over at Best Cajun Dubs recently took DL Menard's "The Back Door" and overdubbed it to a scene from "Tom & Jerry" and it just gets funnier the more I watch it.
While the rest of the Country has set up displays with Santa and his reindeer, one Louisiana sculpture artist Lee Romaire has set up a display with a Cajun Santa on a shrimp boat with reingators complete with crabs on their heads for the antlers.
I took a quick look on etsy.com and found some pretty great and unique Cajun and Louisiana inspired gift ideas that just may be exactly what you're looking for.
Last week, we covered the most common Cajun last names in Louisiana. That got us thinking, what would the least common Cajun last names be? If you have one of these last names, consider yourself pretty unique. It also means your family was one of the first Acadians in South Louisiana.