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Faux "Cajun" Items at Fast Food and Popular Chain Restaurants
Posted on 3/6/23 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 3/6/23 at 9:39 pm
I am currently doing research at UL Lafayette on the commercialization and commodification of Cajun food in the 1980s. Does anyone who was alive back in the 1980s remember any of the faux "Cajun" menu items from that era that appeared at fast food restaurants and popular restaurant chains or any examples that exist today for that matter? (Emphasis on National Corporations)
Contemporary examples include Wingstop's "Cajun" flavored wings or Chili's "Cajun" chicken or shrimp pasta.
From research gathered from Shane Bernard's The Cajuns
- Pizza Hut "Cajun Pizza"
- Bennigan's "Cajun Chicken Salad"
- Chili's "Cajun Chicken Sandwich"
- TGI Friday's "Cajun-Fried Chicken, Blackened-Cajun Chicken, Cajun Chicken Fingers, and Spicy Cajun Chicken Pasta"
- McDonald's "Cajun Chicken Deluxe, Cajun McChicken Sandwich, and Cajun Biscuits"
- Burger King "Cajun Whaler, Cajun Chick'n Crisp, and Cajun Cheeseburger"
Not to mention Popeye's...
Any additional items remembered would be of great help, Thanks!
Contemporary examples include Wingstop's "Cajun" flavored wings or Chili's "Cajun" chicken or shrimp pasta.
From research gathered from Shane Bernard's The Cajuns
- Pizza Hut "Cajun Pizza"
- Bennigan's "Cajun Chicken Salad"
- Chili's "Cajun Chicken Sandwich"
- TGI Friday's "Cajun-Fried Chicken, Blackened-Cajun Chicken, Cajun Chicken Fingers, and Spicy Cajun Chicken Pasta"
- McDonald's "Cajun Chicken Deluxe, Cajun McChicken Sandwich, and Cajun Biscuits"
- Burger King "Cajun Whaler, Cajun Chick'n Crisp, and Cajun Cheeseburger"
Not to mention Popeye's...
Any additional items remembered would be of great help, Thanks!
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Posted on 3/6/23 at 9:48 pm to rajuncajun225
I'll think on it. You cited some great examples, and I think it's a unique topic of study. 
Posted on 3/6/23 at 9:50 pm to rajuncajun225
quote:is legit regardless
Wingstop's "Cajun"
ETA:
This place is at the mall in Arlington Virginia
This is in Baltimore
This post was edited on 3/6/23 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 3/6/23 at 10:39 pm to rajuncajun225
Subway had a bourbon street sauce for like a year. sounded GROSS. Also five guys has cajun style fries.
This post was edited on 3/6/23 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 3/6/23 at 10:46 pm to Mikaelomo
quote:
bourbon street sauce
You don’t eat that
Posted on 3/7/23 at 3:48 am to rajuncajun225
I don't know if there was any of this in the 80's and this may not be what you're looking for but I've noticed "blackened" items on menus.
Sorry I can't be more helpful. Good luck on your research. It sounds very interesting.
Sorry I can't be more helpful. Good luck on your research. It sounds very interesting.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 5:23 am to rajuncajun225
quote:
Burger King "Cajun Whaler,
Was actually pretty good to my 12 year old taste buds.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 5:37 am to rajuncajun225
Does this count?
quote:
Krispy Krunchy Chicken, also known as KKC, is an international fried chicken food chain founded in 1989 in Lafayette, Louisiana, by Neal Onebane
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:08 am to rajuncajun225
This is perhaps a bit outside your scope, but we went to London about 5 years ago and noticed that some places randomly threw the words Louisiana or Cajun on food items that had no connection to either.
There was a Louisiana BBQ stand at Borough Market, and the Museum Tavern had a Cajun Burrito that was just a regular burrito. There were other examples that I've forgotten the specifics on. We decided that the labels were intended to indicate quality or flavor; they obviously had a positive connotation, but the food items bore no resemblance to Louisiana or Cajun cooking styles.
There is a YouTube video called "The Louisiana Gumbo. Eaten in Borough Market. London Street Food" that shows the item being made in a giant paella pan. Plenty of tomatoes, red onions, yellow peppers, etc. It may be good, but it ain't gumbo.
There was a Louisiana BBQ stand at Borough Market, and the Museum Tavern had a Cajun Burrito that was just a regular burrito. There were other examples that I've forgotten the specifics on. We decided that the labels were intended to indicate quality or flavor; they obviously had a positive connotation, but the food items bore no resemblance to Louisiana or Cajun cooking styles.
There is a YouTube video called "The Louisiana Gumbo. Eaten in Borough Market. London Street Food" that shows the item being made in a giant paella pan. Plenty of tomatoes, red onions, yellow peppers, etc. It may be good, but it ain't gumbo.
This post was edited on 3/7/23 at 6:13 am
Posted on 3/7/23 at 6:52 am to rajuncajun225
Burger Tyme Cajun Blaze
also read Shane's Bayou Teche book if you haven't already
also read Shane's Bayou Teche book if you haven't already
Posted on 3/7/23 at 7:18 am to Twenty 49
When I lived in Vancouver BC and traveled around Canada I used to play a game of seeing how many restaurants had the word Cajun at least once on their menu. Pretty much anytime they wanted to have something "spicy". Once you start looking for it you realize that something like 80% of them had it at least once.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 7:28 am to Twenty 49
quote:
There was a Louisiana BBQ stand at Borough Market, and the Museum Tavern had a Cajun Burrito that was just a regular burrito. There were other examples that I've forgotten the specifics on. We decided that the labels were intended to indicate quality or flavor; they obviously had a positive connotation, but the food items bore no resemblance to Louisiana or Cajun cooking styles.
There is a YouTube video called "The Louisiana Gumbo. Eaten in Borough Market. London Street Food" that shows the item being made in a giant paella pan. Plenty of tomatoes, red onions, yellow peppers, etc. It may be good, but it ain't gumbo.
I think that was replaced by a Spanish stand. Went last year and that big arse paella pan was still there and I got some of the paella
Posted on 3/7/23 at 7:39 am to rajuncajun225
I had “Cajun” fries at a sports bar one time that were just their normal fries with Tony’s sprinkled on them.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 7:54 am to tlsu15
‘Bourbon Street Sauce’ is a dark human entity who will tell you where you bought your shoes.
This post was edited on 3/7/23 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 3/7/23 at 9:17 am to rajuncajun225
Krispy Krunchy and Popeye's get a pass for me. They're actually Louisiana brands. Sure it ain't mawmaws cooking, but its still good.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 9:29 am to BlackPot
Every low-end restaurant I went to in Scotland and England had Cajun chicken of some kind on the menu 20 years ago.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 11:16 am to HoboDickCheese
That cajun filet biscuit looks fricking mint
Posted on 3/7/23 at 11:41 am to S
quote:
That cajun filet biscuit looks fricking mint
Bojangles has the best biscuit in the fast food world imo.
Posted on 3/7/23 at 12:31 pm to S
quote:Hard to argue that.
Bojangles has the best biscuit in the fast food world imo.
quote:Add Pimento cheese and an egg to that bitch and it's on! (bacon too if you're feeling frisky)
That cajun filet biscuit looks fricking mint
Posted on 3/7/23 at 1:36 pm to S
quote:
That cajun filet biscuit looks fricking mint
100% legit. It's the king of all fast food chicken biscuits, and it's not close.
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