LUNCHEONETTE.
NO MATTER  WHERE  YOU CELEBRATE  OR WHAT YOU CALL  IT,  THAT TUESDAY, THIS IS A   DAY CELEBRATED BY EATING AND   LOTS OF IT.
TALKING THAT ONE OF  THE MOST BELOVED  CAJUN CREOLE   FOODS IN HYDE PARK  AND A BRIEF  HISTORY OF THE PO'BOY.
>>  A PO'BOY IS A SANDWICH BORN  OUT OF NEW ORLEANS .
IT'S A  SANDWICH THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY  MEAT, THESE DAYS .
MY FIRST   ONE WAS A FRENCH FRY PO'BOY.
IT'S HARD TO NAIL DOWN THE   EXACT ORIGIN OF THE NAME,   PO'BOY , BUT THIS WAS A  HISTORIC RESTAURANT IN NEW  ORLEANS  AND  WORKERS  WOULD   WALK TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT  AND IF I'M NOT  MISTAKEN, IT   WAS DURING A STRIKE AND THEY   WOULD YELL, "TRAN03 COMING UP."
WE HAVE SHRIMP,  ALLIGATOR ,   WE HAVE THIS VERSION OF IT.
THESE DAYS ,  SOME OF THESE    RESTAURANTS HAVE DECIDED TO    DEFINED AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT,   BUT IT WAS ORIGINALLY LETTUCE  AND  TOMATO AND ONION.
THESE   CAME FROM MY LATE AUNT .
SHE   MARRIED A NEW ORLEANS MAN  AND   WE JUST THOUGHT , YOU KNOW,  WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO PAY  TRIBUTE  TO THIS FOOD THAT IS  FAST AND FESTIVE.
FOR THE   MARDI GRAS SEASON.
WE PLAN ON   BEING PART OF THE RESTAURANT