The word of the day u define is creole??

A Creole is a Cajun who likes tomatoes.

The term Creole describes the population of people who were born to settlers in French colonial Louisiana, specifically in New Orleans. In the 18th century, Creoles consisted of the descendants of the French and Spanish upper-class that ruled the city. Over the years the term grew to include native-born slaves of African descent, as well as free people of color. Typically, the term French Creole described someone of European ancestry born in the colony, and the term Louisiana Creole described someone of mixed racial ancestry.

A segment of Louisiana population that makes great food, but speaks a language I don't understand.

Dear Otis,

It is such a beautiful word...and it seems to have a very wide range of meaning!

My friend Gonga was born in a Creole community of rural Louisiana... Direct descendants of slavery days, and without much racial mixing. At the time I was visiting in the 1970's, people were very dark and Gonga himself was known to his family as "the blue boy."

There in Louisiana, Creole also referred to the language; i could not understand it but Gonga said it was a mixture of English, French, and Spanish. And because Creole was his first language, he could also understand French and Spanish.

And yes, the cooking was wonderful; crowder peas, crayfish, shrimp, gumbo...the place was New Roads, Louisiana, nestled among the bayous there.