Cajun cuisine
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Cajun cuisine is a subset of Louisiana cooking developed by the Cajuns, itself a Louisianan development incorporating elements of Native American, West African, French, and Spanish cuisine.
Gumbo, the state dish of Louisiana, prepared with seafood in a Cajun style.
Cornbread is a staple Cajun starch.
Cajun woman reaching for strings of garlic suspended from rafters. Near Crowley, Louisiana, 1938.
Smoked boudin
Gumbo
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Gumbo is a stew that is popular among the U.S. Gulf Coast community, the New Orleans stew variation being the official state cuisine of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Gumbo consists primarily of a stron
Cajun cuisine
…culinary traditions were adapted and, in time, incorporated Native American and African American traditions—as exemplified in the classic Cajun dish gumbo, which takes its name from the word for its principal ingredient, okra, in the West African Bambara language. In Louisiana, the Acadian settlers replaced…
A bowl of shrimp, chicken and sausage gumbo, served with rice
Okra pods
Sassafras leaves, source of filé powder
Cajun seafood gumbo