Cajun Nation

It seems to me that whenever I hear the word “Cajun” my mouth immediately starts to water. Cajun brings into mind its herbs and spices, unique flavoring, and intoxicating smell. The secretion of salvia is even beginning to fill my mouth as I type. I think about all the types of Cajun related food that I have acquired a taste for: gumbo, Popeye’s, crawfish, clams, and especially the fries all of which may not be completely authentic Cajun food, but is good regardless. I have the scent and taste of the food, it drives me crazy not to satisfy the hunger. This is what is going on inside my head when I hear the word “Cajun” but from the looks of things around certain restaurants , I’m may not be the only one thinking of such thoughts.
I live in Westminster and just down the street there is a Popeye’s restaurant. Every time I pass by the store the fumes of the herbs just seem to pull me in. The other day after eating lunch I drove to a store next to Popeye’s to run some errands and the next thing you know it I was in line to purchase some pricy and oily chicken along with an overpriced portion of Cajun battered fries. It was an epic failure on my part seeing as how I was too full to even eat the chicken, so now it sits in the fridge getting cold. It is amazing how people like the Cajun twist to things but on that day there were barely three customers or so. But when Tuesday comes around the corner, the line to get chicken is worthy enough to match the lines at the beach hut sometimes it gets as bad as the lines to get books during the first week of school. Why Tuesday? Tuesday is the Popeye Tuesday sale, similar to taco Tuesday, where customers can get a 2 piece (leg and thigh) deal for just a buck.
Good food and bargains seem to go hand in hand and always on a Tuesday! If these restaurants were eager to make profits, instead of competition with each other for customers on one day, why not have different deals for different food joints every night then everybody would be happy. But is that legal? Premeditated actions to pull customers in? Similar to two gas stations on a street corner that takes turn having the lower price to get customers. But that’s just some food for thought.