1. REGIONAL CUISINE NEW ORLEANS

2. Tidewater cuisine: Virginia & North Carolina fried chicken, crab cakes, oysters Low Country Cuisine: South Carolina, Georgia, & Northeastern Florida; low country boil, S&G Gulf Coast area: Mississippi Delta & Louisiana.

3. What factor might influence the cuisine here? – HISTORY: Native American. Then conquerors: influx of Spanish, French, Italian, English, German & African immigrants. – GEOGRAPHY: Gulf Coast area; swamps

4. CREOLE COMES FROM NEW ORLEANS; FROM HOMES OF RICH FRENCH & SPANISH LAND OWNERS. BLENDS FRENCH CUISINE & TECHNIQUES OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS. GULF COAST into FL. SPICY. SOME CARIBBEAN SPICES. Cajun COMES FROM SWAMPS & BAYOUS IN SW LOUISIANNA. HISTORY: PG 646 ADAPTED FRENCH COOKING TO BOUNTY OF SWAMP. ie. Bay leaves, thistle, wild onion & garlic, game. More spicy than creole.

5. Trinity: Cajun and Creole has their version. Bell pepper instead of carrot. Foundation of LA cooking.

6. CREOLE GUMBO HAS ROUX; CAJUN DOESN’T Soup w/ trinity, shrimp, brown roux, okra, file’(thickener made w sassafras leaves)

8. Cajun Spicy rice dish w chicken, Andouille sausage, shrimp, crayfish, trinity, veggies, broth, seasonings. Andouille – pork sausage w/ strong, smoky, garlicky seasonings.

22. History Channel http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mard i-gras

23. Traditionally, in the days leading up to Lent, merrymakers would binge on all the meat, eggs, milk and cheese that remained in their homes, preparing for several weeks ofeating only fish and fasting. In France, the day before Ash Wednesday came to be known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.” The word “carnival,” another common name for the pre- Lenten festivities, may also derive from this vegetarian- unfriendly custom: in Medieval Latin, carnelevarium means to take away or remove meat.

24. Concept of Mardi Gras: Eat, Drink and be merry, for tomorrow we all die. 1 Chorinthians 15:32 When Christianity arrived in Rome, religious leaders decided to incorporate popular pagan local traditions into the new faith, an easier task than abolishing them altogether.As a result, the excess and debauchery of the Mardi Gras season became a prelude to Lent, the 40 days of penance between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Along with Christianity, Mardi Gras spread from Rome to other European countries, including France, Germany, Spain and England.

25. A Pre-Lent celebration. (baby Jesus in King cake) Celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. Purple=Justice Green=Faith Gold=Power