You start an angel food cake with a roux.

Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspire you to write a cookbook.

You think the former head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreauz Guillory.

You think a lobster is a crawfish on steroids.

You think boudin, hogshead cheese, and a Bud is a bland diet.

You think Ground Hog day and Boucherie Day are the same holiday.

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

Fred's Lounge in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole Opry.

You have an "envie" for something instead of a craving.

You use a #3 washtub to cover your lawn mover or your outboard motor.

You use 2 or more pirogues to cover your tomatoes to protect them from the late frost.

You use a gill net to play tennis, badminton, or volleyball .

The horsepower of your outboard motor is greater than that of your car motor.

You pass up a trip abroad to go to the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge.

Your favorite TV talk show host is "Okra Winfrey".

Your children 's favorite bedtime story begins "First you make a roux..."

Your school teaches the four basic food groups as "Boiled seafood, broiled seafood, fried seafood, and beer".

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

You are asked to name the "Fab Four" and your respond, "Paul Prudhomme, John Fosse, Austin Wilson, and Vernon Rogers."

Your description of a gourmet dinner includes "deep fat fried".

You let your black coffee cool and find that it has jellied.

You describe a yard of boudin and cracklins as "breakfast".

Your mamma announces each morning, "Well, I've got the rice cooking, what will we have for supper?"

None of your potential vacation destinations are north of the old Mississippi River Bridge (US 190).

You refer to Louisiana winters as "Gumbo weather."

You get a disappointing look from your wife and describe it as "She passed me a pair of eyes".

You think of gravy as a beverage.

You greet your long lost friend at the Lafayette International Airport with AAAAAAYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE......"

You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says, "don't eat the dead ones", and you know what he means.

You learned Bourre the hard way...holding yourself upright in your crib. You don't know the real names of your friends, only their nicknames.

You gave Tobasco up for Lent.

You know the difference between Zatarains, Zeringue, and Zydeco.

Your dog thinks the bed of your pickup is his kennel.

You can look at a rice field and tell how much gravy it will take to cover the rice.

You consider the four seasons as Winter, Spring, Summer, and Hunting.

Your high school band's rendition of the National Anthem begins with "Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, and File Gumbo."

You stand up when they play "Jolie Blonde."

Any of your dessert recipes call for jalapenos.

You consider Breaux Bridge the capital of the state, and Lafayette the capital of the nation.

You think the Mason Dixon Line is at Bunkie.