Kodi mumapita ku New Orleans pa tchuthi? Muyenera kuphunzira chinenero musanayambe kuyenda mu The Big Easy. Kuyambira "kuvala" kupita ku "kwakuti kwat, ndi kotani momma ndi dem?", Takuphimba.
Ovala
Inu mwafika ku New Orleans ndipo inu muli mu Quarter ya France . Inu mumamverera bwino pa chirichonse ndipo mukuganiza kuti mukuyesera oyster oyipa. Koma, mumasankha kuyamba ndi oyster - oyster oyster Po-Boy . Inu mumayang'ana mmwamba kwa waitress ndipo mumalangiza mwachidwi.
Iye akutembenukira kwa iwe ndipo akufunsa "atavala?" Amayima moleza mtima ndi pensulo yokhazikika pamwamba pa phukusi lokonzekera pamene mukuyang'ana pozungulira. "Pepani?" mumanena. Waitcher anati, "Kodi mukufuna Po-Boy wako atavala?" Azindikira kuti ndi ulendo wanu woyamba ku New Orleans ndipo akufotokoza kuti, "Izi zikutanthauza ndi letesi, tomato, ndi mayonesi." Izi ndizo chimodzi mwa zipilala ku New Orleans "lankhulani." Nthawi zonse timayambitsa masangweji amtundu uliwonse (koma osakhala "amaliseche!").
Lagniappe
Mukuyendayenda mumsika wa French ndikukondwera ndi alimi komanso ogulitsa. Mumaganiza kugula tomato watsopano wa Creole ndikufunsa mlimi paundi imodzi. Amakuuzani kuti muzisankha zomwe mumafuna ndipo muzipereka kwa iwo kuti aziyeza. Iye akutembenukira kwa iwe ndipo akuti, "Ndikukupatsani lagniappe." (Lan-yap) Kodi muthamanga, mutseke pakamwa panu ndi mphuno ndi maskiki opaleshoni? Ayi, "Lagniappe" amatanthauza "chinthu china chowonjezera." Kotero, kugula kwanu mwina kulemera pa mapaundi imodzi, koma iye anakupatsani inu mowonjezera kwaulere.
Kusalowerera Ndale
Mukupempha njira yopita ku sitima yapamtunda kuchokera kwa anzanu okondana, akuuzani kuti muwoloke mumsewu ndikudikirira kumalo osaloĊµerera kumbali. Kodi tili pankhondo? Ayi, "malo osalowerera ndale" ku New Orleans ndi apakati pomwe mukuchokera. Ndi mzere wa nthaka pakati pa mbali ziwiri za msewu wopatulidwa.
Where Yat, Ya Momma ndi Dem?
Mukuyendera ulendo wodzisamalira wa Garden District. Anthu awiri omwe ali achikulire amacheza pamsewu pafupi. Mmodzi akunena kwa winayo, "Alikuti yot?" ndi mayankho ena, "Kodi ndi momma ndi dem?" Uwu ndiwo moni wovomerezeka wa ambiri a New Orleanians. Zimangotanthauza, "Moni, muli bwanji ndi banja lanu?" (Mwapadera: nthawi zambiri "th" kutsogolo kwa mawu amalowetsedwa ndi "d." Choncho, si "momma momwemo ndi iwo," ndi "momma ndi dem.")
Parishi
Mukuyendetsa galimoto kuchokera ku concierge ku hotelo yanu kukawona malo ena. Akukuuzani momwe mungapitire ku I-10 akupita kumadzulo ndikukuuzani kuti mudutse mzere wa parishi. Kodi ichi ndi chinthu chachipembedzo? Pakati pace. Chifukwa chakuti New Orleans inakhazikitsidwa ndi French ndi Spanish m'malo mwa Chingerezi, zigawo za ndale zinakhazikitsidwa potsatira miyambo ya Chikatolika. Mizere yapachiyambiyo yasintha koma mwambo wa kugwiritsa ntchito liwu la parishi silinatero. Kotero, parishi ku Louisiana ndi ofanana ndi dera lanu.
Makin 'Groceries
Mwapitanidwa ku nyumba ya kuderako kuti mudye chakudya. Amakuuzani kuti mubwere pa zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi kuvala mopanda kanthu. Ndiye akuti akuyenera kuchoka kuti "azigula zakudya." Musati muwopsye - inu mudzadyabe.
Amangotanthauza kuti akupita ku golosale kukagula zakudya kuphika chakudya chamadzulo. Kawirikawiri, ammudzi "amapanga" malonda osati kuwagula. Uku ndiko kuponyedwa kuchokera ku Creoles olankhula Chifalansa omwe adagwiritsa ntchito mawu oti "kuchita," kutanthauza "kupanga" kapena "kuchita." Mu chilankhulo china chofanana, New Orleanians "kudutsa" ndi nyumba yanu pakubwera kudzakuonani. Mwachitsanzo, "Ndadutsa m'nyumba ya mchimwene wanga usiku watha." Kutembenuza, "Ndinapita kukachezera mbale wanga usiku watha."
Pitani ku-Cup
Mwapita ku Mardi Gras nthawi yoyamba ndipo muli ndi mwayi wokitanidwa kunyumba yachinyumba. Mukudabwa kuti palibe amene akuwombera mikanda ndipo pali ana omwe akupezekapo. Ndi mkhalidwe wosiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe mwaziwona pa TV. Koma inu mukuyamba kusangalala nazo ndipo pali zakudya zambiri ndi zakumwa, kotero zonse ziri bwino.
Ndiye wina akufuula "PARADE YAM'MBUYO." Aliyense amagwira kapu ya pulasitiki, amalembapo dzina lake ndi zizindikiro zambiri, amatsanulira chithandizo choyenera chakumwa kwawo, ndi matabwa ku St. Charles Avenue. Ichi ndi chikho chokwera. Mukhoza kumwa pamsewu ngati simukugwiritsira ntchito galimoto ndipo mulibe zida zamagalasi. Sangalalani!