A local restaurant/country store (family owned and NOT a chain) back in my home town (a village actually) just posted this pic of a new menu item on their FB page and it's got my mouth watering. It's fried gator tail Po-Boy with chips:
Now I'm Hungry!
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You ate a Swamp Dragon ?? In batter ?
Why is it called a Po-Boy ?
M….who's having chips for tea, with braised tofu, broccoli, carrots and peas and sweet chilli sauce.
Why is it called a Po-Boy ?
M….who's having chips for tea, with braised tofu, broccoli, carrots and peas and sweet chilli sauce.
You ate a Swamp Dragon ?? In batter ?
Why is it called a Po-Boy ?
M….who's having chips for tea, with braised tofu, broccoli, carrots and peas and sweet chilli sauce.
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"[h=2]Origin of the term[edit][/h]In the late 1800s fried oyster sandwiches on French loaves were known in New Orleans and San Francisco as "oyster loaves", a term still in use. A sandwich containing both fried shrimp and fried oysters is often called a "peacemaker" or "La Mediatrice".[SUP][4][/SUP]
There are countless stories as to the origin of the term "po' boy". A popular local theory claims that "po' boy", as specifically referring to a type of sandwich, was coined in a New Orleans restaurant owned by Benny and Clovis Martin (originally from Raceland, Louisiana), former streetcar conductors.[SUP][5][/SUP] In 1929, during a four-month strike against the streetcar company, the Martin brothers served their former colleagues free sandwiches.[SUP][5][/SUP] The Martins' restaurant workers jokingly referred to the strikers as "poor boys", and soon the sandwiches themselves took on the name.[SUP][5][/SUP] In Louisiana dialect, this is naturally shortened to "po' boy."[SUP][5]"[/SUP]
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Between fried alligator tails and fried oyster sannies, British fish and chips must seem kind of boring ?
Himself likes the occasional black pudding or haggis supper though. I suppose in some quarters those are considered just as strange
M
Between fried alligator tails and fried oyster sannies, British fish and chips must seem kind of boring ?
Himself likes the occasional black pudding or haggis supper though. I suppose in some quarters those are considered just as strange
M
I think I'd describe it as "comfort food" myself: An old, easy, simple, and reliable food that brings good memories.
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