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re: Debate over whether a sandwich is a "po boy" or a hoagie
Posted on 1/23/15 at 7:03 am to Mitty Taster
Posted on 1/23/15 at 7:03 am to Mitty Taster
1--a poboy isn't ever made on a baguette. It's made on NOLA style French bread, a loftier, softer loaf than a baguette....said french bread properly has a thin, shattering crust and is never tough or chewy. A baguette is long and skinny, with a firm to chewy crust. See Breads on Oak or Bellegarde for a proper baguette.....Leidenheimers or Binders for NOLA french bread.
2-it isn't a poboy if the bread is wrong. Those Jimmy Johns things are subs, not Poboys. Ditto for the fried oyster loaf at Casamentos: a most excellent sandwich, but it's on a pan loaf/Pullman bread. So it's not a poboy.
The regional names for overstuffed sandwiches are varied, but those names cover a wide range of subtle differences. They're not all the same thing....and when you add in the cheapest-possible-ingredient national chains, you skip over some awesome American food culture rooted in regional ethnic history. Stop eating chain store sandwiches and patronize your local independent places......
2-it isn't a poboy if the bread is wrong. Those Jimmy Johns things are subs, not Poboys. Ditto for the fried oyster loaf at Casamentos: a most excellent sandwich, but it's on a pan loaf/Pullman bread. So it's not a poboy.
The regional names for overstuffed sandwiches are varied, but those names cover a wide range of subtle differences. They're not all the same thing....and when you add in the cheapest-possible-ingredient national chains, you skip over some awesome American food culture rooted in regional ethnic history. Stop eating chain store sandwiches and patronize your local independent places......
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 7:06 am to hungryone
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Ditto for the fried oyster loaf at Casamentos: a most excellent sandwich,
Good example but now I'm hungry
Posted on 1/23/15 at 8:15 am to hungryone
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french bread properly has a thin, shattering crust and is never tough or chewy.
The problem with french bread getting chewy/tough at some local places is because of the shelf life. French bread is only going to have a shelf life of 2-3 days. Any longer than that and it gets tough. As a restaurant you should be changing it out every day or every other day at max. Any longer than that and you will have chewy french bread. Not all restaurants here follow that. Since Leidenheimer delivers pretty much every day, it shouldn't become an issue but some restaurants don't like to throw out money.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 8:31 am to JasonL79
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Leidenheimer delivers pretty much every day,
Yup but they don't deliver to south Arkansas and that's the problem the OP is having.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 9:06 am to hungryone
ok im just playing devil's advocate here simply to understand how others think.
so if the bread at jimmy johns had a 'shattering' crust, it would be a poboy? don't get me wrong, i dont think jimmy johns serves poboys. but then again when i go to a poboy place, i dont consider anything with ham and cheese to be a "poboy," regardless of the bread.
so if the bread at jimmy johns had a 'shattering' crust, it would be a poboy? don't get me wrong, i dont think jimmy johns serves poboys. but then again when i go to a poboy place, i dont consider anything with ham and cheese to be a "poboy," regardless of the bread.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 9:34 am to Houma Sapien
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but then again when i go to a poboy place, i dont consider anything with ham and cheese to be a "poboy," regardless of the bread.
The ham n cheese poboy is a standard at most poboy shops. Not sure why you don't consider it a poboy. If it's on proper bread, it's a poboy.....fillings have always varied widely, but ham n cheese is like hot sausage patties: pretty much available at all area poboy shops.
Now prosciutto and fontina on a ciabatta roll? Not a poboy. Prosciutto and fontina on Binders bread? A gussied up ham n cheese poboy.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:13 pm to hungryone
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. If it's on proper bread, it's a poboy.....fillings have always varied widely, but ham n cheese is like hot sausage patties: pretty much available at all area poboy shops
This.
A traditional poboy must be on new orleans french bread. The most popular ones are overstuffed with seafood or roast beef.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 12:17 pm to Houma Sapien
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ok im just playing devil's advocate here simply to understand how others think. so if the bread at jimmy johns had a 'shattering' crust, it would be a poboy? don't get me wrong, i dont think jimmy johns serves poboys. but then again when i go to a poboy place, i dont consider anything with ham and cheese to be a "poboy," regardless of the bread.
Tell them you want it dressed. Let us know what their response is homie.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:39 pm to pookiebear
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So...since we have people from all regions on this...what's the difference between a ham and cheese poboy and a ham and cheese on French bread from jimmy johns?
nothing imo. both are poboys.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 1:50 pm to pookiebear
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So...since we have people from all regions on this...what's the difference between a ham and cheese poboy and a ham and cheese on French bread from jimmy johns?
nothing imo. both are poboys.
wat?
I had JJ's for dinner last night. It is not poboy bread son.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:14 pm to LSUintheNW
Nothing like that bread on those "po-boys" from Darrell'in Lake Charles - someone had to say it -lol...
Posted on 1/23/15 at 4:16 pm to LSUintheNW
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I had JJ's for dinner last night. It is not poboy bread son.
Oddly, it seems closer to it to me than most "sub" bread I've run across. Much more so than subway for sure.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 5:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Kim's Seafood down the street from Notini's (which has really good spaghetti and spiced tea) has good fried seafood po-boys made by an Asian family who moved up from NOLA after Katrina.
Herby-K's po-boys are good too. If the OP does not care for po-boys from those two places, then he probably won't like anybody's.
Herby-K's po-boys are good too. If the OP does not care for po-boys from those two places, then he probably won't like anybody's.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 7:28 pm to hungryone
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Stop eating chain store sandwiches and patronize your local independent places......
Posted on 1/24/15 at 7:44 am to TigerWise
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It's ok, they aren't for everybody and it's not exactly the greatest thing since sliced bread.
And yet . . . ironically . . . they require sliced bread. The world is an interesting place, no?
Posted on 1/24/15 at 7:49 am to TigerWise
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Stop serving shite po-boys. Problem solved.
This
Eggg-zakly.
ETA: Just a simple search using 'da Google makes it pretty clear that the "poor boy" vs. "po-boy" battle is pretty much a lost cause.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 7:52 am
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