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gas station food. anyone else have a weakness for this

TopHook said:
Do you know why they are poboy's?
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This is as good an explanation as I have seen

A po' boy (also po-boy, po boy, or poor boy) is a traditional sandwich from Louisiana. It almost always consists of meat, usually roast beef, or fried seafood (shrimp, oysters, crawfish or fish). Served on baguette-like New Orleans French bread, known for its crisp crust and fluffy center. Po-boys come dressed with mayo, lettuce, tomato & pickle.

A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub, wedge, hoagie, hero, grinder, baguette, or one of many regional naming variations, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split widthwise either into two pieces or opened in a "V" on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces.
 
tiderollsonu said:
This is as good an explanation as I have seen

A po' boy (also po-boy, po boy, or poor boy) is a traditional sandwich from Louisiana. It almost always consists of meat, usually roast beef, or fried seafood (shrimp, oysters, crawfish or fish). Served on baguette-like New Orleans French bread, known for its crisp crust and fluffy center. Po-boys come dressed with mayo, lettuce, tomato & pickle.

A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub, wedge, hoagie, hero, grinder, baguette, or one of many regional naming variations, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split widthwise either into two pieces or opened in a "V" on one side, and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces.
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That's the description of it. the reason why they are called poboys is because there was a labor strike in Louisiana and 2 brothers made a business of feeding the poor(they were shrimpers). They would take extra shrimp from their catch and would walk around and find the people looking for something to eat(strikers) and say " here comes a poor boy" and feed them.
That is a very simple explanation but that's the best I can do on phone.
 
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TopHook said:
That's the description of it. the reason why they are called poboys is because there was a labor strike in Louisiana and 2 brothers made a business of feeding the poor(they were shrimpers). They would take extra shrimp from their and would walk around and find the people looking for something to eat(strikers) and say " here comes a poor boy" and feed them
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Jtrain80 said:
Holy hell, I worked up I40 from there and got my road beer there frequently.

Talk about a shit hole side of town. Even the church's have guard dogs.

What were you doing in that part of the world.
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It was only 2 miles off i-35 and was told their gyros were awesome so stopped quite frequently for that and beer. And I liked the mooslims who worked their. But yes, people from the apartments across the street would try to rob them frequently. Shit hole was an understatement.
 

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