New Orleans/Louisiana Alphabet

[DaniLouisiana]

As some of you know, I am doing an alphabet baby afghan for my husband's co-worker. I have realized, once again, how much I enjoy doing the alphabet afghans and now I'd really like to chart my own alphabet about New Orleans and Louisiana.  Anybody have suggestions for various letters? Such as A is for Alligator? B is for beads and what else?

[GreyhoundFan]

1 hour ago, DaniLouisiana said:

As some of you know, I am doing an alphabet baby afghan for my husband's co-worker. I have realized, once again, how much I enjoy doing the alphabet afghans and now I'd really like to chart my own alphabet about New Orleans and Louisiana.  Anybody have suggestions for various letters? Such as A is for Alligator? B is for beads and what else?

That's a cute idea! I've actually never been to NO, but here are some things I think of:

B: Bourbon Street or Beignets or Big Easy

C: Crawfish or Creole or Canal Street or Cajun

E: Etouffee

F: French Quarter

G: Gumbo

H: Humidity

J: Jamalaya or Jazz

L: Lousiana or levee or Lake Ponchartrain or Louis Armstrong

M: Mardi Gras or Muffaletta

O: Oysters

P: Po-boy or Pelicans

R: Rampart Street or red beans and rice

S: Saints or Superdome (though I don't know if I'd use that one after Katrina)

T: Treme or Tulane

V: Voodoo

X: Xavier University

 

[Imrlgoddess]

C is for CousCous or Crawfish

G is for Gris Gris

H is for the Huey P bridge

K is for King cake

L is for Levy

M is for Marie Leveaux 

O is for O'Pop & Old Mom

R is for River

T is for Tabasco

V is for Voodoo

 

 

 

[DaniLouisiana]

Thank you!!! I can probably do as many as 3-5 things per letter, depending on size.  After talking to family in Louisiana this morning, said afghan is going to be a gift for my favorite Auntie.

[Imrlgoddess]

Oooo! 

Y is for Ya-Ya 

Z is for Zydeco

They'll keep coming to me 

[ChickenettiLuvr]

I'm just LOVING this idea!!!  Please do snap a photo for us when it's completed.

 

[Purrl]

A - Atchafalaya, alligator, Angola, andouille sausage, Audubon zoo, Avery Island

B - boudin, Baton Rouge, blue dog, bayou, beignets, Bourbon St, beer, bourre (boo-ray!)

C- crawfish, Cajun, catfish, courtbouillon, Clementine Hunter (also H), Cafe du Monde, Crescent City, cafe au lait, chicken run, couillon, creole, cane syrup, cayenne, Cher (sha), cochon de lait, cracklins'

D - Destrehan plantation, dirty rice, dancing

E - etouffee

F- Fleur de lis, festivals, frog festival, fried fish, fishing, family, Fais-Do-Do, fricasee 

G - gumbo, George Rodrigue (also R), grits, gris-gris

H - Holy Trinity (religious & cooking) :), home, heritage, hurricane (weather & drink), hot sauce, happiness, history

I - I-10, Indian Mounds

J - Jefferson Island, jazz, Jean LaFitte, jambalaya

K - king cake, Koasati, krewe

L - LSU, Lafayette, Lake Charles, laissez les bon temps rouler, live oaks, lagniappe, levee

M - Mardi Gras, magnolia, Maw Maw, Mississippi River, mayhaws, mosquitos, maque choux, muffuletta

N - nanny, New Orleans, N'awlins, Natchitoches 

O - oysters, Opelousas, okra, Oak Alley 

P - praline, Paw Paw, parrain, po boys, Prejean's, plantations, parish, pirogue

Q - 

R - rougarou, river boat, Ragin' Cajuns, roux, River Road, religious, red beans & rice, rosary

S - swamp, Saints (religious & sports), seafood, sportman's paradise, sweet potato pie, Southern U, swamp pop, shotgun house, streetcar

T - tabasco, Tigers, Tulane, Tony Chachere's (also C), tasso

U -

V - voodoo

W - Who Dat?, watermelon, 

X - Xavier U, 

Y - y'all

Z - zydeco, zulu, Zatarain's

 

Gotta think of some Q's and U's