re: Preserving the Poorboy: a history of its desecration and road to preservation

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TulaneLSU

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You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.

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Tell you what, I may require all poorboy shops that have in their names poboy or advertise poboys to change their names and advertisements before I will stop my tour bus at their establishments.

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A bold move for a tour that doesn't exist yet

Bubba, let us know when the bus tour starts up. I'm coming down...not to ride, tho.

I'm going to set up an ambush on your route to pelt your arse with eggs as you and your one waterhead customer putter by.

Is a WF smoked burger on Leidenheimer a poorboy? Ontologists' heads will spin!

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What's a shame is that poboys have gone from being a cheap food for the masses to $20 for a sandwich

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Well thats because it used to just be fried potatoes with gravy, and maybe a tiny bit of roast beef. Now most places sell them with much more expensive ingredients. Some places will still sell you the original kind. In BR they sell it at Jed's, and its $4.95 for a regular. So it can be pretty cheap still, but don't expect a cheap fried oyster poboy.

I always figured what defined a po boy was a big meaty sandwich for CHEAP! it wasn't about the bread it was about hungry workers needing cheap easy to eat strike food. It was about cheap and filling and they would have eaten it on slice bread if that was what was given away back in the day. Food snobs are always saying its all about the bread or only roast beef or etc etc. Hell whas wrong with you people, food poodles? It's simple a po boy or poor boy is exactly what the name suggests. a cheap filling sandwich us po folk can afford

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I always figured what defined a po boy was a big meaty sandwich for CHEAP! it wasn't about the bread it was about hungry workers needing cheap easy to eat strike food. It was about cheap and filling and they would have eaten it on slice bread if that was what was given away back in the day. Food snobs are always saying its all about the bread or only roast beef or etc etc. Hell whas wrong with you people, food poodles? It's simple a po boy or poor boy is exactly what the name suggests. a cheap filling sandwich us po folk can afford

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An interesting take. However, the original poorboys served to the cost conscious and strikers were fried potato with gravy and lettuce and tomato soaked with roast beef gravy. A meat filled sandwich would have been cost prohibitive for the workers, strikers, and the poorboy shop owners.

I always thought, the seeded Italian loaf is an underrated po(or)boy bread. There's a few places that use those. Sadly, I can't specifically recall which ones offhand.

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Poorboy -> Po'boy -> Po-boy

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->. Banh Mi

Never in history has food been cheaper than it is today in America. It is miraculous how cheaply and consistently we can get a great range of foods. I give gratitude to God for this, but also to those who set up this great system, including our government which helps keep that supply safe and affordable.

Younger folk, however, do spend significantly more that middle aged and older people on their food, precisely because they eat out so often. It certainly helps the economy, providing jobs. But some of the kids today I've noticed think nothing of spending $25 on a meal. They could easily eat at home for $50 a week, but will spend that in a meal or two out and they eat out sometimes 4 or 5 times a week.