What is the difference between creole and cajun?

Question

What is the difference between creole and cajun?

Answer 1

short answer:

creole refers to a blending of cultures:  in cajun country it would be french canadian, italian, native american among others.

cajun refers to the acadians, exiled from nova scotia, and their descendents.

creole cooking is characterized by seasoning with fresh vegatables, mostly celery, garlic and onions.  spicy but not painful.

cajun food is hot hot hot.

the muffelletta is creole

blackened redfish is cajun

Answer 2

It has to do with culture,, or the state,, country of origin

Answer 3

In broad terms, Creole cooking is city cooking, based on French traditions, but with influences from Spain, Africa, Germany, Italy, the West Indies, etc. Cajun cooking is peasant food, the cooking the Acadians (later Cajuns) developed as they learned to live in the south Louisiana swamps. Creole food is more refined and subtler. Cajun food is pungent and more highly spiced.