A week or two ago a Facebook friend posted that she made shrimp po' boys. I had requested the recipe but it's been slow to arrive, so we used Emeril Lagasse's recipe to make them for dinner tonight. They were really, really good.I learned that the po' boy, or poor boy, sandwich originated around the time of the Great Depression, similar to the cheese dream, the subject of Post No. 91.
As the story goes, two brothers who were former streetcar operators opened Martin Brothers Coffee Stand and Restaurant in New Orleans. When the streetcar operators went on strike in 1929, the brothers offered free sandwiches to the strikers. One of the brothers said, "We fed those men free of charge until the strike ended. Whenever we saw one of the striking men coming, one of us would say, 'Here comes another poor boy.'"
As the story goes, two brothers who were former streetcar operators opened Martin Brothers Coffee Stand and Restaurant in New Orleans. When the streetcar operators went on strike in 1929, the brothers offered free sandwiches to the strikers. One of the brothers said, "We fed those men free of charge until the strike ended. Whenever we saw one of the striking men coming, one of us would say, 'Here comes another poor boy.'"
The generosity exhibited by the brothers proved to be a wise business decision that earned them great respect, fame and hundreds of new customers.
Oh yeah, and I made eggs in a nest, the subject of Post No. 122, for breakfast this morning, the version with the egg inside a hole cut into a piece of toasted bread.
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