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re: First time in Ponchatoula today
Posted on 10/7/19 at 6:33 pm to Beessnax
Posted on 10/7/19 at 6:33 pm to Beessnax
Pretty soon you'll be headed Back to Ponchatoula
Bonus YWHI
Bonus YWHI
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Posted on 10/7/19 at 7:43 pm to XxxSpooky1
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:05 pm to Beessnax
The nastiest barbecue you have ever eaten. I don’t know how they stay in business
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:06 pm to Pechon
I love how their paper sticks to the sandwiches that only a goat would be able to enjoy 
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:07 pm to XxxSpooky1
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:22 pm to Pechon
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Lunch meat smothered in barbecue sauce grilled on a flat top and pressed the shite out of on a bun. Some just get a "sauce bun" which is more poverty stricken than using sliced bread as hot dog buns.
The beef is brisket and the pork is pork loins cooked, cooled then sliced thin. In 1935 my father was 12 and drove from New York City, where he lived with an Uncle to see his father who was working at Southeastern in Hammond. Middle of the depression but they were craftsman and found work, just had to travel. Anyway, my father had his first meal in Louisiana and first Coca Cola ever at the original Hi Ho in Hammond. The bbq pork sandwich and the coke were both a nickel.
Fast forward through his war service and Dartmouth graduation he decided to move to Louisiana got married, started a business and had 8 kids all of which grew up driving to Hammond for a Hi Ho and a Coke. My first was circa 1961.
I had one the other day when driving to Amite and get maybe 2 a year. Only one I go to and it’s nostalgia more than anything but for $3.50 it’s not a bad BBQ sandwich and it reminds me of my old man. I’m ok with it not being Aaron Franklins brisket.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:43 pm to Martini
I don't doubt it was great way back when. My father was pretty nostalgic about it when we moved back to Louisiana in the early 90s. My grandparents supposedly were fans of it. We used to get them every so often when I was in high school.
However when I moved back to the area a little over 10 years ago, something was amiss. The taste was off, the sauce tasted bitter. The pork just seemed dry despite being smothered in sauce. The one in Hammond is marginally better than the one in Ponchatoula. Then they started offering them dressed and with cheese. As if they weren't messy enough.
They still wrap them in paper if you eat in. Why? Half the bun and sauce sticks to the paper. I don't remember it being that way.
See, that's a winning issue for those running for mayor. Forget the brown water, Make Hi-Ho Great Again.
However when I moved back to the area a little over 10 years ago, something was amiss. The taste was off, the sauce tasted bitter. The pork just seemed dry despite being smothered in sauce. The one in Hammond is marginally better than the one in Ponchatoula. Then they started offering them dressed and with cheese. As if they weren't messy enough.
They still wrap them in paper if you eat in. Why? Half the bun and sauce sticks to the paper. I don't remember it being that way.
See, that's a winning issue for those running for mayor. Forget the brown water, Make Hi-Ho Great Again.
This post was edited on 10/7/19 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:47 pm to Pechon
Yeah you gotta sit down and eat them fast. They don’t travel well. I think they are just so hot the wax paper molds to it. If you tell them they will put it on a paper plate in Hammond. I’ve never gone to any other nor will I. I’ve never seen one that flat either. But I do remember them being $.50.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:51 pm to Tigeralum2008
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No, no, baw...we throw down at Hi Ho.
I passed that place, what is it?
It's a vastly overrated hole in the wall BBQ joint
First, hi ho is a Hammond thing. And it’s not meant to be bbq, it’s a sandwich place that sells ll kinds of stuff. I’m a pork dressed with cheese, combination, and Barq’s dude.
Ms Celeste would roll over in her grave if you Ponchatoula river trash boys claimed hiho. Scooter might even whip some arse.
This post was edited on 10/7/19 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 10/7/19 at 8:54 pm to Bedhog
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it's no Madisonville that's for sure.
U-Haul-to-Subaru ratio just ain't quite there yet, eh?
Posted on 10/7/19 at 9:41 pm to Pechon
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However when I moved back to the area a little over 10 years ago, something was amiss. The taste was off, the sauce tasted bitter.
That's the way it is everywhere now. Nothing is as good as it was years ago. MBAs get involved in the production of ingredients and start cutting corners in order to increase profit then bullshite you with marketing that makes you think that there is something wrong with you if you don't think their cheap and now crappy product doesn't taste the same as it did 30 years ago. Cereal is that way now. Fruity pebbles taste like dog food and leaves a waxy film in your mouth. Catsup is nearly indigestible too.
This post was edited on 10/7/19 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 10/7/19 at 9:47 pm to Beessnax
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That's the way it is everywhere now. Nothing is as good as it was years ago. MBAs get involved in the production of ingredients and start cutting corners in order to increase profit then bullshite you with marketing that makes you think that there is something wrong with you if you don't think their cheap and now crappy product doesn't taste the same as it did 30 years ago. Cereal is that way now. Fruity pebbles taste like dog food and leaves a waxy film in your mouth. Catsup is nearly indigestible too.
Yeah well I’m going to tip toe out on a limb here and guess Hi Ho doesn’t have a bunch of MBA’s running the joints.
Posted on 10/7/19 at 9:52 pm to Martini
Posted on 10/7/19 at 9:54 pm to Beessnax
I was smashing a chick from Ponchatoula for a little while. Actually, I think she was originally from Loranger. Little fitness slut. Tangi is full of em
Posted on 10/7/19 at 10:06 pm to Beessnax
Four pages and no mention of Ponchatoula being the hometown of future LSU QB TJ Finley!
TJ Finley on 247Sports
TJ Finley on 247Sports
Posted on 10/7/19 at 10:10 pm to chinese58
I wasn't aware of this but I did wonder if there were any famous players from there.
On a side note, what's up with all of the cars parked in the long parking lot of the right side of the road coming into town from the business exit from 55?
On a side note, what's up with all of the cars parked in the long parking lot of the right side of the road coming into town from the business exit from 55?
Posted on 10/7/19 at 10:43 pm to Beessnax
It’s where commuters park during the day who work across the lake
Posted on 10/7/19 at 10:51 pm to Pechon
Bob Tucker sounds like a hell of a baw.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 1:58 am to indytiger
Interesting. They take a train?
Posted on 10/8/19 at 7:54 am to Beessnax
No, carpool. Hammond girls run the best trains.
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