Thank you for making my point. New Orleans is French cuisine. I know how much you people love the French, heh?
Well, the Louisiana people I grew up with were mostly French, that's right -- there were Theriots and Thibodeaux's and Fontenots; there were LeJeunes and LeBlancs and even the odd Cazayoux and Hollier, and several Dufrenes and Daigles. I dated a girl named Daigrepont from suburban New Orleans when I was in college.
So what's your point?
Oh, and you've never heard of General Beauregard's Louisiana Tigers? They were very Southern, and very French, and very Confederate.
How about Cajun?
Not really french... I suppose a Crawfish Etouffe' is something served in Paris during Cajun Days festival