Mission Statement
We decided to create this web log (blog) or online journal because there was an overflow of questions coming into maw-maw through the Ask Maw-Maw page on RealCajunRecipes.com. It seemed as though people really wanted to know more about Cajun culture and Cajun life in general. A journal gives us a platform for sharing our experiences as both Cajuns living in Acadiana and our journies as displaced Cajuns. The three creators of the site will be involved. Here’s a quickie intro for each of the bloggers.
Chrissy - I’m a young Cajun, born and raised in Kaplan, and I come from the following families: Bourque, Faulk, LeMaire and Lange. I’m currently living in Los Angeles. I moved to Southern California back in 1997 (I was 19) and I miss home a lot but I really enjoy living in L.A. I’ve made it my mission to introduce as many people as possible to both Cajun Culture and Cajun Food. I’ve got a lot of people hooked and now some of my friends even make Cajun food for their family and parents!
Maw-Maw - The mysterious Maw-Maw is a grandma of 9 years. She’s actually my mother and grandma of my niece and nephew, Maddie and Everette. She relocated to Phoenix but spends about 4 months of the year visiting in Louisiana. She’s even got her own room at her friend’s house in Forked Island. Maw-Maw comes from the familes Lange, Richard, Bourque and Mouton.
Brandon - "Buns" and I have been knowing one another since high school (go KHS!) and he moved out to San Diego back in 2000. He currently lives in beautiful Coronado Island and makes an awesome crawfish fettucini. Brandon comes from the families Abshire, Dartez, Hebert, and Mayes.
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Weird to be a displaced Cajun, isn’t it? I moved from big bad Rayne to Seattle in 2000. I think I’m still experiencing a generous amount of culture shock. I *did* find this amazing Cajun restaurant in Tacoma, owned by these two brothers originally from Opelousas. Ca c’est bon.Good to read that I’m not the only one missing everything but the humidity..
Once upon a time, three cajun children over at maw maw’s house when she was away, blew up some of her famous baked chicken with an M80, then ran like all heck to see how many smoke bombs they could light inside a moving vehicle without rolling down the windows. The answer is 3.
haha. your memory fails you, anonymous. it was her famous ham, well, the ham bone that was blown up with an M80.
mmmmmmmm…. i miss blowing up maw maw’s cookin! and i just want to let you know, i put my name in the name site, but it came up anon… this time i put my name in the email box too just to see, but maybe you should fix that slacker!
haha. I wondered why everyone was anonymous. thanks. ill fix it.
Is maw maw kin to or knows of Clovis & agnes Mouton? Clovis is my grandmothers brother.I spent many weekends duck hunting at “Liberty Farms” the property that he owned. They are both deceased now, but I am kin to all the Moutons and Guidrys living in Cow Island, as that was where I was born and raised for two years before moving to the big city of Kaplan,
Hey tell aunt Ruby I said hello. Gosh, it has been too long since I have seen you guys.