Comments on: Getting Down to Business http://www.onlineinsider.net/2010/06/17/getting-down-to-business/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: grant parish http://www.onlineinsider.net/2010/06/17/getting-down-to-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 grant parish Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.onlineinsider.net/?p=631#comment-2256 I can't believe a professional researcher would make such mistakes about a culture. New Orleans is not Cajun - the Cajun area of Louisiana is in the Southwestern part of the state centered around Lafayette. New Orleans is creole. Chicory coffee is not bitter - chicory root is added to coffee originally as an extender during lean times but now as a way to mellow the flavor. It is the french roast process not the chicory that makes the coffee taste stronger and more robust than "regular" American style coffee. As a native Louisianian, it pains me to think that visitors to our city - especially librarians - would not take time to learn a bit about the culture. I can’t believe a professional researcher would make such mistakes about a culture. New Orleans is not Cajun – the Cajun area of Louisiana is in the Southwestern part of the state centered around Lafayette. New Orleans is creole.

Chicory coffee is not bitter – chicory root is added to coffee originally as an extender during lean times but now as a way to mellow the flavor. It is the french roast process not the chicory that makes the coffee taste stronger and more robust than “regular” American style coffee.

As a native Louisianian, it pains me to think that visitors to our city – especially librarians – would not take time to learn a bit about the culture.

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