ad ines ▁Ok ra ▁On ions ▁P ec ans ▁S ats uma ▁or anges ▁Sc all ions ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁green ▁on ions ▁or ▁on ion ▁to ps ) ▁S qu ash ▁St raw ber ries ▁S weet ▁pot atoes ▁Tab as co ▁pe pper ▁Tomatoes ▁ ▁Me at ▁and ▁sea fo od ▁Cre ole ▁folk ways ▁include ▁many ▁techniques ▁for ▁pres erving ▁meat , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁w an ing ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁avail ability ▁of ▁re fr iger ation ▁and ▁mass - produ ced ▁meat ▁at ▁the ▁gro cer . ▁Sm oking ▁of ▁me ats ▁remains ▁a ▁fairly ▁common ▁practice , ▁but ▁once - common ▁prepar ations ▁such ▁as ▁tur key ▁or ▁du ck ▁conf it ▁( pres erved ▁in ▁p oul try ▁fat , ▁with ▁sp ices ) ▁are ▁now ▁seen ▁even ▁by ▁Ac ad ians ▁as ▁qu aint ▁r ar ities . ▁ ▁Game ▁is ▁still ▁uniformly ▁popular ▁in ▁Cre ole ▁cook ing . ▁ ▁The ▁recent ▁increase ▁of ▁cat fish ▁far ming ▁in ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁D elta ▁has ▁increased ▁its ▁usage ▁in ▁Cre ole ▁cu is ine , ▁replacing ▁the ▁more ▁traditional ▁wild - caught ▁tr out ▁( the ▁salt water ▁species ) ▁and ▁red ▁fish . ▁Sea fo od ▁F resh water ▁ ▁Bass ▁( Common ly ▁known ▁as ▁green ▁tr out ▁in ▁south ▁Louisiana ) ▁Cat fish ▁Sac - au - L ait ▁( white ▁per ch ▁or ▁cra pp ie ) ▁Y ellow ▁per ch ▁Salt water ▁or ▁bra ck ish ▁water ▁species