My father was born in 1934 outside Jennings, LA. He made this when I was a kid. It's nice to hear an old timer speaking French and seeing him cooking the old way. I'd give anything to be back in those days with my Dad and old fashioned Cajun cooking. Bless you, sir, and fantastic job on the sauce piquante. I can almost smell it.
I ate this all the time growing up.... you know you done some good cooking down here when you got a good flat roux spoon like that... They don't have no more of them big 100+ pound turtle back there, they use to find 'em hundreds of years old with Indian arrows and old ball shot sometimes. I remember having the big yard water kettle full with a bunch in there when I was small. Then we had a pen with alligators. You can't live like we use to anymore or they'd put you under the jailhouse nowadays.
Dear Rabalais family - I left a comment on this video and received a reply once before which I absolutely appreciate, but without going look for it I’ll just leave another one with some thoughts I’m having after being taken here again. It’s better that this French be called Louisiana French because it’s a mixture of 4 different types of French besides just the Acadian type (it’s a mixture of dialects from France, Quebec, Acadie, St Domingue) peppered with borrowed words from other non-French ethnicities (Spanish, German, English, Native American) so calling it “cajun French is doing it a disservice. As I’ve spoken with you before and that you’ve acknowledged, Mr. Calvin and the Rabalais family (including your other Mayeux family) are French Creoles rather than Cajuns (Acadian Creoles). I received a reply from you once that you knew Rabalais (and Mayeux) were French Creole surnames and not Cajun (Acadian Creole) surnames and you said cajun was just easier to use to describe the French spoken and family’s ethnic identity in the video, but it is these very misconceptions and deliberate falsifications that has eroded the creole identity in Louisiana (although Cajuns are also creoles and many Cajuns don’t think Cajun is creole and they think it’s something different and they only use the term Cajun and never creole for themselves) and this sets the stage for the Cajunization of Louisiana to take place and if there is this going on, surely this will misinform the rest of the USA. Literally, we have come to point where many people in Louisiana and the nation think gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, corn maque choux, po-boys and Mardi Gras and spicing everything up with cayenne came from Cajuns as if they were eating these foods up in Canada which never took place. I hope you understand my concerns, I’m from the Greater New Orleans area and we are trying to rebuild the 300 year old creole identity in Louisiana (which even Cajuns are a part of. And we especially would like to highlight the presence of the various groups of white creoles in Louisiana as many think we are extinct or don’t even know about us and many think creole is only a race of mulattoes when it 100% is not) so cajunizing everything makes this an extremely difficult task and I ask that you help spread truth about the creole identity in Louisiana (and help to stop the Cajunization of Louisiana) being that you’re French Creoles. Thanks ⚜️⚜️⚜️
Hello Torres, When to your channel because I wanted to ask a question privately. I'm now in my 60's but in my mid 20's made friends in Louisiana, that were white. They were in their 50' and her dad in his 70's. Their dad only spoke what she said was French. Here is where my question comes in. She would say with much pride that they were "coonass". What ethnic makeup would they have been? Mrs. Broussard was her name, fun loving and very welcoming people. Have many fond memories of them.
@@donb8888 Cooonass is a term used by native Louisianians of French heritage from the lower socioeconomic strata as a nickname for their identity. It’s most used by lower class Cajuns (Acadian Creoles) the most, but other lower class Louisianians of French heritage use it often as well such as French Creoles (white Louisianians of French heritage) and Creoles of Color (White/black mixed race Louisianians). Upper class Acadian Creoles, French Creoles and Creoles of Color do not use it for themselves and view it as a low class insult for Louisianians of French heritage. Just a side note, upper class Acadian Creoles are the same ancestry as Cajuns, but they don’t use the term Cajun for themselves because they see it as a low class insult, the same way they view the term coonass. They identify as Acadian Creoles or simply as Acadians. The term Cajun started in the 1860’s as an insult from Anglo-Americans to call Acadian Creoles as a synonym for a low class hillbilly type Acadian Creole. Back then, even Acadian Creoles from the lower socioeconomic strata interpreted the term Cajun as the insult ai explained and it was usually considered “fighting words” to be called a Cajun. It was equally the same to be called coonass back when too. Lower class Acadian Creoles didn’t adopt the Cajun insult as an identity until the 1960’s in an attempt to make a negative into a positive. Upper class Acadian Creoles continued to see both Cajun and coonass as the insults they were for up to 100 years beforehand. So if the the family you met were whites from Louisiana and identified as coonass they could have been Cajuns or French Creoles from the lower socioeconomic strata. However, Cajuns use it the most of any of the French heritage Louisianians so they were likely Cajuns. I hope I’ve answered your question sufficiently.
@@IslenoGutierrez Awesome reply! Thank you very much for sharing the history and background. I've always enjoyed the differences in mankind from all over this one planet that we all live on.
My father was born in 1934 outside Jennings, LA. He made this when I was a kid. It's nice to hear an old timer speaking French and seeing him cooking the old way. I'd give anything to be back in those days with my Dad and old fashioned Cajun cooking.
Bless you, sir, and fantastic job on the sauce piquante. I can almost smell it.
Amen
This was the best video ever! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Great video!!! Love to see my home state on the tube!!! Thanks for the recipe.
God Bless you Mr. Calvin! I love cajuns
Mr. Calvin is not a Cajun, he’s a French Creole.
@@IslenoGutierrez we all cousins
@@dontjustbeanotherbrickinthewal true
Still coming back to this video
Thanks for sharing your cooking and culture with us!
Hearing that cajun french makes me miss my grandparents
God bless you Monsieur. Rabalais
Y’all made my day. Made me hungry too!
You made our day, too! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Im cooking my turtle tomorrow
Sounds great! Let us know how it comes out!
What a sweetheart❤
Hello from Texas. You've got my subscription!
I ate this all the time growing up.... you know you done some good cooking down here when you got a good flat roux spoon like that... They don't have no more of them big 100+ pound turtle back there, they use to find 'em hundreds of years old with Indian arrows and old ball shot sometimes. I remember having the big yard water kettle full with a bunch in there when I was small. Then we had a pen with alligators. You can't live like we use to anymore or they'd put you under the jailhouse nowadays.
And that big magnalite pot too!
Pink is so cute and chubby. Aww!
thanks you for this recipe, i can write my answer on french exam
Thank you for your service.
Just found this recipe and looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. Hope you are well.
Man that looks great!
Great 👍🏼 video
My brother made this today. This was our first time trying turtle and will not be our last! It was really good.
Bow That's Good Eats
Delicious!
Where did you get your spoon?
Watching this makes me miss my paw paw
What kind of pot are you using, the silver cast iron type one.
it's an antique Magnalite pot
Dear Rabalais family - I left a comment on this video and received a reply once before which I absolutely appreciate, but without going look for it I’ll just leave another one with some thoughts I’m having after being taken here again. It’s better that this French be called Louisiana French because it’s a mixture of 4 different types of French besides just the Acadian type (it’s a mixture of dialects from France, Quebec, Acadie, St Domingue) peppered with borrowed words from other non-French ethnicities (Spanish, German, English, Native American) so calling it “cajun French is doing it a disservice. As I’ve spoken with you before and that you’ve acknowledged, Mr. Calvin and the Rabalais family (including your other Mayeux family) are French Creoles rather than Cajuns (Acadian Creoles). I received a reply from you once that you knew Rabalais (and Mayeux) were French Creole surnames and not Cajun (Acadian Creole) surnames and you said cajun was just easier to use to describe the French spoken and family’s ethnic identity in the video, but it is these very misconceptions and deliberate falsifications that has eroded the creole identity in Louisiana (although Cajuns are also creoles and many Cajuns don’t think Cajun is creole and they think it’s something different and they only use the term Cajun and never creole for themselves) and this sets the stage for the Cajunization of Louisiana to take place and if there is this going on, surely this will misinform the rest of the USA.
Literally, we have come to point where many people in Louisiana and the nation think gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, corn maque choux, po-boys and Mardi Gras and spicing everything up with cayenne came from Cajuns as if they were eating these foods up in Canada which never took place. I hope you understand my concerns, I’m from the Greater New Orleans area and we are trying to rebuild the 300 year old creole identity in Louisiana (which even Cajuns are a part of. And we especially would like to highlight the presence of the various groups of white creoles in Louisiana as many think we are extinct or don’t even know about us and many think creole is only a race of mulattoes when it 100% is not) so cajunizing everything makes this an extremely difficult task and I ask that you help spread truth about the creole identity in Louisiana (and help to stop the Cajunization of Louisiana) being that you’re French Creoles. Thanks ⚜️⚜️⚜️
Hello Torres,
When to your channel because I wanted to ask a question privately.
I'm now in my 60's but in my mid 20's made friends in Louisiana, that were white. They were in their 50' and her dad in his 70's. Their dad only spoke what she said was French.
Here is where my question comes in.
She would say with much pride that they were "coonass". What ethnic makeup would they have been?
Mrs. Broussard was her name, fun loving and very welcoming people. Have many fond memories of them.
@@donb8888 Cooonass is a term used by native Louisianians of French heritage from the lower socioeconomic strata as a nickname for their identity. It’s most used by lower class Cajuns (Acadian Creoles) the most, but other lower class Louisianians of French heritage use it often as well such as French Creoles (white Louisianians of French heritage) and Creoles of Color (White/black mixed race Louisianians).
Upper class Acadian Creoles, French Creoles and Creoles of Color do not use it for themselves and view it as a low class insult for Louisianians of French heritage. Just a side note, upper class Acadian Creoles are the same ancestry as Cajuns, but they don’t use the term Cajun for themselves because they see it as a low class insult, the same way they view the term coonass. They identify as Acadian Creoles or simply as Acadians. The term Cajun started in the 1860’s as an insult from Anglo-Americans to call Acadian Creoles as a synonym for a low class hillbilly type Acadian Creole. Back then, even Acadian Creoles from the lower socioeconomic strata interpreted the term Cajun as the insult ai explained and it was usually considered “fighting words” to be called a Cajun. It was equally the same to be called coonass back when too. Lower class Acadian Creoles didn’t adopt the Cajun insult as an identity until the 1960’s in an attempt to make a negative into a positive. Upper class Acadian Creoles continued to see both Cajun and coonass as the insults they were for up to 100 years beforehand. So if the the family you met were whites from Louisiana and identified as coonass they could have been Cajuns or French Creoles from the lower socioeconomic strata. However, Cajuns use it the most of any of the French heritage Louisianians so they were likely Cajuns. I hope I’ve answered your question sufficiently.
@@IslenoGutierrez
Awesome reply!
Thank you very much for sharing the history and background.
I've always enjoyed the differences in mankind from all over this one planet that we all live on.
Tout le monde se trompe avec ces cafetières !
You lost me at the celery...
Never have eaten turtle. I use shrimp and crawfish.
It makes me so sad that Americans like this - and the way they lived - are going away.
Man that looks good!