You Might Be a Cajun If....

"You Might Be a Cajun If" is a friendly salute to the unique, fun-loving culture found in French Louisiana.

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You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids. 

You are asked to name the four seasons and your reply is "onions, celery, bell pepper and garlic." 

Watching "Wild Kingdom" makes you hungry. 

You've ever given up Tabasco for Lent. 

You refer to Louisiana winters as "gumbo weather." 

You let your black coffee cool off and find that it has jelled up. 

You take one bite of 5-alarm chili and reach for the Tabasco. 

Your high school band's rendition of the anthem starts with "Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File' Gumbo." 

You think "Damn Yankees" is a play about a Cracker from North Louisiana. 

Your favorite book starts with "First, you make a roux..." 

You think the four food groups are boiled seafood, fried seafood, broiled seafood, and beer. 

You know what "Don't eat the dead ones" means.

You think a seven-course meal is a link of boudin and a six-pack.

You think four dozen oysters and a six pack constitute a 10-course meal. 

You've ever used a trash can lid for a pot cover. 

In describing a gourmet dinner you use the term "deep- fat fried."

Your Mama announces each morning, "Well, I've got the rice cooking:  What do you want for supper?" 

You've ever greeted someone at the Lafayette Airport by shouting, "AAAAAYYYYYYEEEEEEEE." 

You've ever used a gill net to play volleyball, tennis, or badminton. 

Your outboard motor has more horsepower than your car. 

Your boat has a higher appraised value than your house. 

You use two+ pirogues to protect your tomatoes from a late frost. 

After a hurricane you pray for a rain shower to wash the mud off the grass. 

You'd pass up a free trip to Paris if it conflicted with the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. 

You played your first game of Bourre while sitting in a high chair. 

You consider the seasons of the year to be Winter, Spring, Summer and Hunting. 

Your favorite band has an accordion player and fiddler, but no guitarist. 

You stand when they play Jolie Blonde. 

You think the Fab Four are Doug Kershaw, Wayne Toups, Clifton Chenier and Rockin Doopsie. 

You smile and your feet start tapping when you pass by Floyd's Record Shop in Ville Platte. 

You'd rather be at The Rendez Vous des Cajuns Show than at the Grand Ole Opry.

You've danced at Fred's Lounge in Mamou on Saturday morning.

Your name ends in "-eaux" or "-oux." 

When your wife gives you an angry look, you describe it as "She passed me a pair of eyes." 

You have more than one relative whose first name is "T" or "Boo." 

You have relatives whose first names are "Taunt" and "Nonc." 

You have a "Parrain" instead of a godfather. 

You know the difference between Zatarains and Zydeco. 

You can estimate how much gravy it will take to cover the rice while it's still in the field.