If Princess Tiana isn’t rolling around in her DVD Box Set reeling over the thought of attaching her to name to such a horrendous misrepresentation of Cajun and Creole culture, the Internet is doing it for her.
Disney recently got their butts handed to them after posting a video called “Princess Tiana’s Healthy Gumbo.” The recipe was horrifically non-traditional (quinoa and kale in gumbo? Are you joking?) and Louisiana natives shut it down.
Not only did Disney’s recipe include quinoa and kale — the trendiest of trendy health foods — it didn’t start the recipe with a roux.
We repeat — there was no roux.
Needless to say, the Internet lost it and created the hashtag #GumboStrong in protest.
Disney can give us stereotypical characters, bad Louisiana French and bad accents but don't mess with the gumbo #gumbostrong #disneygumbo
— Prairie des Femmes (@AshleeMichot) September 14, 2016
@Disney Louisiana will forgive you. IF you give us a black Disney Prince who can make a proper gumbo. I volunteer #gumbostrong
— Emo_Unclephil (@Garykw_) September 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/fiercelyfabulus/status/775967244476157952
My Evangeline parish hen, sausage & tasso gumbo wants 2 take Disney's kale & quinoa gumbo behind the smokehouse and whoop its damn ass
— Prairie des Femmes (@AshleeMichot) September 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/bcbaileybe/status/776043613746847744
"For a healthy gumbo, try loading it up with kale!" -said no one from Louisiana ever. #GumboStrong
— Savoie's Sausage (@SavoiesSausage) September 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/allison_ellzey/status/775850136761012224
Though some did see a silver lining. All of Louisiana, regardless of race or creed, united under their mutual distaste for Disney’s gumbo appropriation.
The one thing that instantly unites Louisianans of all races and creeds is the horror of a gumbo recipe with kale and no roux #gumbostrong
— Winston Hall (@Winstonian24) September 14, 2016
Generations of fighting over who invented gumbo, #Cajuns & #Creoles both agree "that ain't no gumbo!" #GumboGate #gumbostrong #Disney
— Katherine Harper (@chefkat83) September 14, 2016
Disney has since removed the recipe after Louisiana cyberbullied the media giant into submission; however, someone did make this lovely video of Disney’s original gumbo recipe if you feel like having a healthy kale and quinoa, prawn soup (or whatever the heck it is because it’s not gumbo).
