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RealCajunCooking.com lets you choose from hundreds of authentic Cajun recipes. Learn to easily prepare and cook original Cajun-style family meals with help from south Louisiana's Cajun cook and connoisseur, Jacques Gaspard, who's been preparing great Cajun meals for decades. Create the best gumbos, seafood, jambalaya, stews, salads and deserts -- the way they were originally prepared. Besides great original recipes, you will discover a hodgepodge of stories, recordings, videos and humorous anecdotes to entertain. So enjoy! Don't forget to tell all of your family and friends about Real Cajun Cooking.

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Original Bayou Country 4th of July Meals and Appetizers

Fourth of July celebrations are immensely popular with the French Acadians (Cajuns) of south Louisiana. This is largely so because they cherish their freedom, too. In fact, Cajuns struggled  for independence from the British Empire long before the first Fourth of July.

Thus, in the spirit of independence, Cajuns do not always adhere to preparing the traditional foods in celebration of that event, i.e., burgers, hotdogs, barbecues, etc., unless the foods have been "Cajunized" with a variety of traditional spices common to Acadiana.

Hence, searching for something different and unique to serve your family and friends this 4th of July holiday... something independent of the same old traditional meals... something revolutionary... something with a medley of explosive flavors, should not be a problem. Examine the recipes in the following list of suggestions to learn how easy it is to make these delicious Cajun foods.

These spicy fried catfish nuggets are positively delicious! There is no doubt your friends will ask for the recipe. Not a problem. Just send them over to RealCajunCooking.com/ where they can learn how to prepare this and other delicious meals, too.

The following short-list is a small sampling of the many kitchen-tested and original recipes you will discover when you visit our website.

  1. Fried Catfish Nuggets
  2. Bacon-Wrapped Cajun Burgers 
  3. Cajun Dirty Rice (Rice Dressing) 
  4. Homemade Habenero Potato Chips 
  5. Char-grilled Ribeye Steaks
  6. Lemony Fried Catfish Nuggets
  7. 3-Meat Cornbread Dressing
  8. Indoor Smoked Beef Brisket
  9. Slow Cooked Red Beans Over Rice
  10. Cajun Style Deviled Eggs
Bon appetite! God bless.

E. Pluribus Unum... ("Out of Many, One") Pray for the freedom fighters.
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