re: Bad branding for USL

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It's because cajuns take a lot of pride in their cooking and when they see something like crawfish dusting, tomatoes in gumbo, jambalaya "sauce", etc. being presented as "cajun", it touches a nerve. Especially when non-cajuns try food prepared in the manners listed above and are disappointed and write-off cajun food as over-hyped.

My neighbor from TX HATED crawfish for years, until he actually tried some that were properly boiled with me. Now he's at every crawfish boil and eats more than most people.

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my wife gave me a dirty look the other day as I made a face when her mom was telling us she liked to put all these random arse chopped vegies in her jambalaya (theyre from kansas). I didnt even know how to explain to her why it made me react that way. It was almost involuntary.

this is a good explanation though.