# What's the "Lemon Pepper" they put on fried chicken on the south side of Chicago?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 12, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lemon-pepper-they-put-on-fried-chicken-on-the-south-side-of-chicago/734489 "2015-10-12T23:05:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lemon-pepper-they-put-on-fried-chicken-on-the-south-side-of-chicago/734489/1 "2015-10-12T23:05:33Z")

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[Lemon Pepper](http://www.walmart.com/ip/17341021?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015518283&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40889463632&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78818999792&veh=sem) would be the obvious answer, but no. I added some to a sadly underlemonpeppered batch of chicken and it totally ruined it. As far as I can tell, there’s no pepper in it the restaurants’ Lemon Pepper at all. It’s lemony and salty and MSGy, not peppery.

Anyone ever work for JJ’s or Shark’s? Give me the scoop!

(It’s powdered crack cocaine, isn’t it? It’s just that addictive!)

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**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lemon-pepper-they-put-on-fried-chicken-on-the-south-side-of-chicago/734489/2 "2015-10-13T01:59:34Z")

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Oooh, I haven’t been to a JJ’s in a long time, since I moved, but I think I know what you’re talking about. Could it be [Cavender’s Greek Seasoning](https://greekseasoning.com/)? Even if not, that stuff is pretty good. I keep it around when I can find it.

Now I want a big bag of lake perch and fries, darn it. :mad:

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**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lemon-pepper-they-put-on-fried-chicken-on-the-south-side-of-chicago/734489/3 "2015-10-13T02:00:35Z")

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Cavender’s is fabulous on fish, even if it’s not the spice you are looking for, it’s still worth a try.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lemon-pepper-they-put-on-fried-chicken-on-the-south-side-of-chicago/734489/4 "2015-10-13T02:13:32Z")

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> [@Elemenopy](#):
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> Oooh, I haven’t been to a JJ’s in a long time, since I moved, but I think I know what you’re talking about. Could it be [Cavender’s Greek Seasoning](https://greekseasoning.com/)? Even if not, that stuff is pretty good. I keep it around when I can find it.
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> Now I want a big bag of lake perch and fries, darn it. :mad:

Yum, no, but that stuff, with some fresh lemon juice and olive oil drizzled on thick cut french fries, is amazeballs.