Can someone tell me the difference between Cajun and creole cooking?!
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Answers: In broad terms, Creole cooking is city cooking, based on French traditions, but with influences from Spain, Africa, Germany, Italy, the West Indies, etc. Cajun cooking is peasant food, the cooking the Acadians (later Cajuns) developed as they learned to live in the south Louisiana swamps. Creole food is more refined and subtler. Cajun food is pungent and more highly spiced.
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Cajun is more hot. Creole is french with other influences like african etc. Where creole people come from is. .. well back in the slave days... Black and white people mixed. Down the line.. they have the look of french italian. A very pretty color in apperance, and pretty features too. Great food! Years and years ago.. they were very poor people.. cajun and creole.. so they made do with what they had. They lived on and near the water, so seafood was plentiful.. so that's why so many recipes have seafood in them. They were able to catch this food at no cost to them.
http://www.tabasco.com/taste_tent/menu_p...
This article is very detailed about the differences and the similarities. I didn't want to take up too much space so I just sent you the link. I found it very interesting and informative. I know the difference now.