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.
Pinhook Rd in Lafayette is one of the busiest roads in the Hub City. Countless motorist travel the road everyday and just like me, never really give any thought as to why it's called Pinhook Rd. What is a Pinhook? Is it the last name of an Acadiana dignitary from the past? Well, turns out the origin of the name "Pinhook" is a bit of a hot mess...and a slight testament to good ole Cajun ingenuity.
Blue Bell just announced their new Dr. Pepper flavor ice cream, and we can't wait to try it. That got us thinking, what if Blue Bell released some South Louisiana-inspired flavors? If they did, it might look a little something like this...