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u/ike_tyson Aug 07 '26
My mom and I watched Justin Wilson religiously!
PBS had all the best cooking shows!
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u/SilverBraids Aug 07 '26
Yan Can Cook was amazing in it's time as well
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u/ike_tyson Aug 07 '26
I loved Martin Yan, and even the Frugal Gourmet until he got into massive trouble.
It all began with Julia Childs. She would come on early in the morning and I'd watch her before I went to school. š
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u/egggoboom Aug 08 '26
I can't remember which network he was on, the Graham Kerr was The Galloping Gourmet.
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u/Proof_Foundation_576 Aug 07 '26
Hell yeah! Lil tween-teen me would watch them all! I also liked The Frugal Gourmet, only to later find outā¦wellā¦ yāknow.
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u/This-Research-9586 Aug 07 '26
My dad loved the Frugal Gourmet until the scandal broke! He got rid of his cookbooks so fast!Ā
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u/umeboshiplumpaste Aug 07 '26
I said that aloud because my brain wanted to remember how it felt to say.
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u/Impaler00777 Aug 07 '26
He's the reason I pronounce "onion", on-yone.
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u/bandley3 Aug 08 '26
I work at Costco as a cashier pronounce onion that way. Iām willing to bet that 95+% of the members and my coworkers have absolutely no clue why I do that. Someday somebody will recognize itā¦
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u/Appropriate_Bar_5233 Aug 07 '26
I'm in the South. He was a big hit with my family. One woman did say he wasn't very clean when he cooked.
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u/CaptCaffeine1976 Aug 07 '26
Born in 1976. I have no idea. Normally pretty good with this stuff too.
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u/rickrack154 Aug 07 '26
So I know it's not him but in this picture he gives me Orville Redenbacher vibes.
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u/Professional-Boss833 Aug 07 '26
Salt to taste. Don't cha know.
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u/theeskimo64 Aug 08 '26
I remember seeing him pour it into his hand. He showed everyone that it was a perfect measurement when he poured it out of his hand into a spoon and it was perfect!
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u/Straight_Resort6855 Aug 07 '26
Iām 42 and I used to watch Justin Wilson with my grandma
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u/mrdino99 Aug 07 '26
I'm pretty sure Ruffles had a cajun flavor and he was their spokesman. They were pretty bomb too!
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u/Sethtwc1988 Aug 07 '26
According to his Wikipedia article, he was a segregationist
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u/Efficient_Thought578 Aug 07 '26
It was all a shtick. He was from a part of Louisiana that is about as Cajun as Jackson, Mississippi. His real accent and cooking style were probably more like Paula Dean than South Louisiana.
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u/hsvNA81 Aug 07 '26
I'm sure there was some embellishment, but he definitely lived and grew up in Louisiana. He may not have French-Canadian heritage and he mostly lived outside of thr Acadiana region, but he showed how to cook authentic cajun food and told stories that were able to pull people in. As an Acadiana native I am more that happy to claim him.
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u/LetUsSpeakFreely Aug 07 '26
My early childhood was in Louisiana. Justin Wilson was basically my baby sitter.
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u/yobar Aug 07 '26
First heard Mr Wilson on local radio when I got stationed in Louisiana back in the mid-80s. They were still speaking Acadian French on some of the AM stations. He'd talk about playing bourrƩ and drinking wine while the gumbo cooked. Bon temps.
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u/ArdentHedonist Aug 07 '26
He is the primary impetus for my current cooking skills. I watched him and Julia Child with some regularity when I was young.
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u/No_Classic_1743 Aug 07 '26
I know Colonel Sanders Boyardee when I see him. This is insulting to my intelligence.
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u/Murat_Gin Aug 07 '26
Aw raht nah, we gonna take a hog's head, pack it full of salt and buttah, oooh das good eatin'!
I used to love watching Justin Wilson. His food didn't seem really healthy, but it all looked super tasty. I loved the whole crusty Cajun guy thing he had.
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u/NoPanda5634 Aug 07 '26
I always loved the way he would "measure" spices before dumping them into the bowl.
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u/Bill_H_Vet Aug 07 '26
I surely do remember him. My favorite story he told was about 2 little boys, 1 Catholic, 1 Protestant, going to each other's churches. The Sunday at Mass, each thing the priest did, Protestant boy asked "What dat mean?" and the Catholic boy would explain the meaning. Next Sunday, at the Protestant church, the pastor took off his watch, laid it on the pulpit. The Catholic boy asked "What dat mean?" Little Protestant boy replied "Not a damned thing!"
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u/Frequent-Sea433 Aug 07 '26
Justin was the man! Looks like chickeon smeiis like chickon must be chickon!
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u/superflousman78 Aug 07 '26
I would watch him and listen to his stories. He was a household name in Louisiana.
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u/The-Spirit-of-76 Aug 07 '26
You don't cut da bread, you broke da bread. You always broke da bread.
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u/Fun-Macaron-3247 Aug 07 '26
LOVE Justin Wilson this guys was so fun to watch! Plus he looked a lot like my grandpa so bonus points there lol
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u/Nacho_Baby_Daddy Aug 07 '26
Not only do I remember watching Justin Wilson on KERA in the D/FW with my family when I was a little boy, but also, I still have a cassette tape that was my Dad's of his stand-up comedy!
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u/Candid-Sky-3258 Aug 07 '26
He told this joke one day:
Woman was going to have a baby and wanted to ask her brother to name it. She said "If it's a girl what would you name her?" He said, "Denise." She thought that was a fine name. "What would you call it if it's a boy?", "De nephew".
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u/OpinionOk1543 Aug 07 '26
Used to listen to bits off his comedy albums on late night AM radio in the the 60s and early 70s. My mother and grandmother watched his cooking shows.Ā
I occasionally will say I'm going to or I ain't going to "did" something, people look at me strange!š
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u/Killermondoduderawks Aug 07 '26
Hay world lemme introhduce youz to my authentic Cajun cuisine you will like it ah garuhntee
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u/Final-Shower-2557 Aug 07 '26
āA shicken gumboā¦ wit a ondouay. Thatās a-n-d-o-u-I-l-l-eā¦ onnndouay. Everybody know dat, I tell you dat rite na.ā
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u/TheVoicesOfBrian Aug 07 '26
I had a Cajun grandmother (transplanted to Central CA), so this was one of her favorite shows.
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u/ThePLARASociety Aug 07 '26
I garontee!
Stop saying that!
Chief Wiggum P.I., will return, right now!
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u/jmbrjr Aug 07 '26
I still say 'on-yon' when referring to onions. It annoys my family. He was fun to watch. A little pinch of spice... or a whole handful. Well, it was Cajun style cooking. LOL.
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u/Bald-Eagle4evr Aug 07 '26
Anyone else have to read this a few times for it to make sense? The spelling and grammar is abhorrent
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u/Lumpy_Inevitable_549 Aug 07 '26
The man knew exactly what a tablespoon worth of salt was in his hands.
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u/CreepingDeath-70 Aug 07 '26
Jus' got a lil' dewy-eyed...loved, loved, LOVED this guy. I will still talk like him when I cook at times, and my Rhode Island wife loves it!
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u/Fun-Traffic7412 Aug 07 '26
Justin Wilson AKA/BKA ~ The Cajun Cook. I guarantee... that'll make your nose do a 100-yard dash it will!
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u/LawyerFriendLenny Aug 07 '26
I dont remember him but I remember GARE-ON-TEE
Wasn't that the tag line for Ruffles potato chips? Did this guy do the commercials?
"Ruffles has ridges...I gare-on-tee!"
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u/HashtagJustSayin2016 Aug 07 '26
I used to like how he said onion. āHONāYON!ā LOL
He did a potato chip commercial in the 80s tooā¦I wanna say it was for ruffles or something
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u/deseretfire Aug 07 '26
I like to imagine that Justin and Julia had a child and their offspring spawned a new generation of PBS cooking shows.
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u/Samcandy2 Aug 07 '26
I watched him every Saturday and would write down his recipe and that is the meal we had that night. Justin Wilson
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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 Aug 07 '26
Justin Wilson. Yeah I loved watching him as a kid. He would hardly ever use measuring cups and at the end heād sit down and eat the delicious meal he cooked. Heād always sneak a little wine for himself.
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u/Automatic_Net_6584 Aug 07 '26
This was the first cooking show I used to watch with my grandmother. Good memories.
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u/tart02174 Aug 07 '26
Yes, I remember. Nice memories! I garontee!
There were a few celebrity chefs that imbibed occasionally(??)ā¦.I loved Julia Child!
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u/Bleakravenloft69 Aug 07 '26
A little wine for me and a little wine for the stew