re: Who here remembers "Silver Moon Cafe" behind the tracks on Nicholson?

Momma is still around and cooking. She mostly caters out of her house in North Baton Rouge mainly to small groups, but she still remembers and loves all her 'babies.'

She left LSU because they raised the rents to drive she and her Chimes Street neighbors out. The land sold to condos and national chains for more $$$. She set up a restaurant in St Gabriel (??!?) for a time, but it burned down. A Chinese joint now sits where the Chimes Street location used to be. The original 'Moon' off Nicholson is still standing, though unused.

I remember for breakfast, she would give you: 2 pcs Fried Chicken, 3 eggs, grits, a biscuit floating in Momma's 'Love Gravy,'and something to drink. For 6 bucks. And that old jukebox was filled with 45s, not a CD in sight.

Gotta love any cookbook where the Fried Chicken recipe says 'start with 50 lbs of chicken!" She was never very specific with the seasonings, though.