Q 01/05

Which three vegetables make up the Cajun 'holy trinity'?

A) Onion, carrot and celery

B) Okra, tomato and onion

C) Garlic, onion and leek

D) Onion, celery and bell pepper

Answer · why

D) Onion, celery and bell pepper

It is Louisiana's answer to the French mirepoix, which uses carrot instead of pepper.

Q 02/05

The Cajuns descend from French colonists deported by the British from which region?

A) Quebec

B) Normandy

C) Louisiana

D) Acadia

Answer · why

D) Acadia

The 18th-century expulsion is known as le Grand Derangement.

Q 03/05

The word gumbo comes from a West African word for which vegetable?

A) Yam

B) Tomato

C) Okra

D) Pepper

Answer · why

C) Okra

In Bambara and other languages okra was known as (ki) ngombo.

Q 04/05

Which two thickeners are traditionally used in gumbo?

A) Cornstarch and egg

B) File and okra

C) Rice and potato

D) Arrowroot and bread

Answer · why

B) File and okra

File was historically added when okra was out of season.

Q 05/05

File powder is made from the ground leaves of which tree?

A) Sassafras

B) Bay laurel

C) Pecan

D) Magnolia

Answer · why

A) Sassafras

The practice was borrowed from the Choctaw.