Gumbo is often cited as an example of the melting-pot nature of Louisiana cooking‚ but trying to sort out the origins and evolution of the dish is highly speculative. The name derives from a West African word for okra‚ suggesting that gumbo was originally made with okra. Gumbo is a stew that originated in southern Louisiana during the 18th century. It consists primarily of a strongly-flavored stock‚ meat or shellfish‚ a thickener‚ and what Louisianians call the "Holy Trinity" of vegetables‚ namely
Premium Louisiana New Orleans Cooking
The Swamp Dwellers focuses the struggle between the old and the new ways of life in Africa. It also gives us a picture of the cohesion that existed between the individual and southern Nigerian society. The conflict between tradition and modernity is also reflected in the play. The play mirrors the socio-cultural pattern‚ the pang and the sufferings of the swamp dwellers and underlines the need for absorbing new ideas. The struggle between human beings and unfavourable forces of nature is also captured
Premium Nigeria
Britain. Since then America has grown to 50 states‚ however this expansion came at a cost. American expansion had huge impacts on the development‚ and ultimate abolition of slavery‚ and changed other major parts of American culture in the process. Beginning as early as the Louisiana Purchase in 1806‚ issues over slavery and expansion seemed to go hand in hand up until slavery was officially abolished by
Premium Slavery in the United States American Civil War Compromise of 1850
metaphor: the swamp is a metaphor‚ described as “struggle‚ closure‚” “the center of everything.” The speaker struggles trying to grasp it in its entirety: bones knocking‚ trying “for foothold‚ fingerhold‚ mindhold [italics added]‚” the last of this list qualifying that this journey extends beyond the physical‚ it is a trial of mental conception‚ of putting one’s mind around a complicated problem. Important also to note that the relationship between the speaker and swamp seems at first
Free Poetry Metaphor Literature
Christian Ruiz Mr. Kelley Period1 14 February 2013 Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚1803 the Louisiana territory‚ which was a third of the land for the new nation we call America‚ was purchased from France for fifteen million dollars. This helped fund Napoleon’s war against Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson made this decision because Jefferson did not want any other nation ruling in that territory‚ because Jefferson did not want to feel threatened with natives from the new land and France trying
Premium United States Marriage Family
to the white rulers throughout the South at the end of the Reconstruction period. The Bourbons were democrats who ruled Louisiana until well into the 20th century. After 1877 cotton and sugar planters along with wealthy New Orleans businessmen reigned over the state; many of them were sons or grandsons of those that ruled before the Civil War. The Bourbon Democrats of Louisiana quickly realized that they would not be able to completely return to the plantation South of 1860‚ so they slowly entered
Premium Democratic Party Reconstruction era of the United States American Civil War
Louisiana Purchase I believe that the Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest impacts on American society because of the large amount of land and how it helped our economy. In this report you will see how lucky that the United States is to have obtained this large piece of land from France. Their are many reasons why Napoleon had to sell this large piece of land. Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to do with it. He didn’t
Premium Tax Investment Income tax
On April 30‚ 1812 the great state Louisiana was founded‚ also known as “The Gumbo Pot”. Tourists visit Louisiana a lot based off of many thigs including; its cultures‚ food‚ and traditions. However ‚ a little known fact is that the state is being washed away by 30 football fields of land each day and soon the state is predicted to be gone‚ actions and precautions are taken we can stop the disaster from happening. Coastal erosion in Louisiana is the process of steady depletion of wetlands‚ along
Premium Mississippi River Hurricane Katrina Louisiana
The Louisiana Purchase is often credited with being one of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements of his first term as president. The territory was bought from France ‚ whose leader at the time was Napoleon Bonaparte. It was not planned for Jefferson to buy it‚ but it was a very good decision considering the circumstances that were given. “Jefferson knew that it was imperative to have access to the city of New Orleans‚ or eventually lose everything beyond the Appalachians”‚ page 178‚ paragraph
Premium Lewis and Clark Expedition Louisiana Purchase Mississippi River
Code of Ethics for the Department of Swamp Drainers The United States Department of Swamp Drainers (USDSD)‚ also known as the Swamp Drainers‚ is a newly created federal agency‚ responsible for developing and executing federal laws by eradicating fake news; fact checking alternative facts and uncorroborated allegations; eliminate unclassified twitter accounts; guarantee candor and honesty; certify when false narratives deflect from the truth; eradicate false allegations and character assassinations
Premium Ethics