22.3.12

chevreuil and bouillie


I often see a chevreuil or two in the morning on my way to work.  I see them on the side of the road all the way past Clearwater.  I had to slam on my brakes once because a chevreuil ran in front of my car.  I had horned at it but instead of running the opposite way it bolted across the road.  That woke me up more than the little energy shot I had for breakfast.  I saw one walking around in the middle of Turkey Creek.  You never see them during the day but they’re all over the place in the morning.  Take a look at LSU’s Cajun site.  They have a recording of the word and it sounds the same as Mom and Dad saying it. 

I can’t eat a bouillie.  The different meats in it makes it a lively taste.  I can be enjoying the food one second and the next bite will make me want to throw up.  But I think Mom and them call a regular soup a bouillie too.  It doesn’t need to have all the weird meats in it to be a bouillie.  I’m not sure and I’ll have to ask.  The LSU site has BOOYEE as the pronunciation but I always thought it sounded like BOO –EE without the Y.    

Evangeline Parish French Creole Heritage

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