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Justin Wilson (1914–2001)

Auteur van Justin Wilson's Homegrown Louisiana Cookin'

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Justin Wilson is an internationally acclaimed humorist whose records have sold millions of copies. He has hosted four television cooking series and is the author of four other cookbooks. He writes music and enjoys singing. He is a practicing safety engineer and teaches in various police academies. toon meer Jeannine Meeds Wilson, Justin's wife, took many of the photographs for the book. The couple lives in south Louisiana, with their two dogs, Charlie and Phideaux. toon minder

Bevat de naam: JUSTIN WILSON

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1914
Overlijdensdatum
2001-09-05
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2023 - ‘70’s Immersion Reading Challenge

Justin Wilson’s Cajun Humor by Justin Wilson and Howard Jacobs (1974) 133 pages. Read online at Internet Archive.

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https://archive.org/details/justinwilsonscaj00wils/page/n6/mode/1up

Nobody has a first name, but a front name and a behind name (p. 6-7)

Aw! Justin Wilson with his suspenders and his panama hat, was famously known for his weekly television cooking shows back in the ‘70’s. I can still hear his voice. Every week, in his signature Cajun dialect, “I’m glad fo’ you to see me, I gar-on-tee”. According to Wilson, the Cajun patois was already disappearing back in the ‘70’s.

Unfortunately, his little stories and jokes in this little book fell completely flat for me, but I did enjoy freshening up with the Cajun dialect, which you don’t hear at all any more over here in Southeast Texas.

Below is an example, and a challenge, of one of many pieces you’ll find in this book. So, put on your Cajun accent and give it a shot.

Trail Blazers

Years ago at a place called False River dey got two fallow wen’ one day to catch deyse’f some bream perch fish. An’ dey go to a Cajun name Olivier Guillaume- dass Oliver Williams in English- to rent a boat. Dey go out dair an’ start to catch dem bream as fas’ as dey can bait a hook, an’ one dem fallow say, “Dis de bes’ doggone place to fish I never saw befo’ ag’in in ma’ life.” An’ de odder one say, “Ma’se’f, I bleeve dat, too. I wish we could mark dis place so we can fine it ag’in.”

“I fix dat r’at now,” de odder fellow say. An’ he reach in his pock- ett an’ got his knife an’ notch on de side o’ de boat.

Soon dey got de boat so full o’ bream iss about to sink isse’f, so dey pull up anchor an’ head fo’ home. W’en dey mos’ back to de dock one dem fallow say, “You know, planty smaht to t’ought o’ dat. But jes’ suspose we don’t got the same boat nex’ time- how in de hell we gonna fine dat place?”
(p. 48)

I know, pretty carny, right? And this was one of the better jokes. Ha! Imagine reading 133 pages of this.

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Justin E. Wilson (1914-2001) was born in Roseland…near Amity, Louisiana, lived in Baton Rouge, and died in Baton Rouge, at age 87. He is buried at Port Vincent Community Cemetery, Port Vincent, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. His father, Harry D. Wilson, was the Louisiana State Commissioner for 32 years. He was second youngest of seven children.
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MissysBookshelf | Aug 27, 2023 |
Eggplant appetizer a la Justin, p.9, very nice hot, better cold. I'd broil the eggplant rather than fry.
Boiled shrimp in shell, p.43, meh, I'd halve the recipe.
 
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DromJohn | May 16, 2013 |

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