My Cajun story.......

[steveodtw]

Do you have the Poor White Trash cookbook. Yes it is real. I think every recipe starts with a cup of Blue Plate mayonnaise.

Yes, I did have it. Lost it maybe in a divorce. I remember a lunch/snack, consisting of crumbled saltine crackers in a glass of milk!

 

[steveodtw]

And you can't leave out the best movie about Cajuns...Southern Comfort. I did grow up with a bunch of kin that would have been perfect extras and an Uncle that could have been a stand in for Brion James as the one armed trapper:


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Great movie. National Guard weekend gone bad. Always liked Powers Booth.

 

[Watertender]

My Dad was a pipeliner and worked with a lot of Cajuns. They were good people and hard workers. Some of what they ate was questionable.... The crockpot was always filled with something that they found on the job or along the road. It was a delight to hear them talk and they were great welders. One of them kept a Colt Python .357 Magnum in a gun rug in his welding rig. Another had a prewar Colt Woodsman Sport. Both handguns were well used but in great shape.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

McDermott's very large construction yard for fabrication of offshore Jackets and Decks was located in Morgan City/Amelia LA. Since it is South of I-10 there were quite a few Cajuns working there. Some were from way down the Bayou and could barely speak English. Yes they were outstanding craftsmen. I enjoyed working and playing with all of them. The Cajun Women were also great and had a good sense of humor.

Built by a Few Cajuns A 1000'+ Jacket

Loading a small Topsides onto a barge for the trip offshore.