This was written by Richard Troy ... OK, it's not a poem...
What I ate on my trip home to New Orleans over Jazz Fest, '96 Summary: Entres or dishes: Crawfish: Crawfish omlet Boiled crawfish (more than once! about 2.5 lb each time) Crawfish cakes Crawfish bread Crawfish sacks Crawfish pie Oysters: Turkey/oyster gumbo Oysters on the 1/2 shell Oyster Gumbo Oyster po-boy Shrimp: Shrimp spring rolls (not fried) Shrimp wrapped sugar cane Shrimp Fetuccinni Alfredo Barbeque Shrimp served three different recipes Shrimp po-boy Other unusual dishes: Aligator pie, Fried softshell crab topped with bar-b-que shrimp, Cochion de Lait po-boy (pork) Esscargo Okra Gumbo, Seafood Gumbo, Local New Orleanian goats cheese over special spiced bread, Camillia burger, double, with swiss and chedar cheese, chille Miscelaneous: Home made biscuits Stuffed mushrooms Cerial, with strawberries and bananna. Hot & sour soup, Various chineese stir-frey dishes: Shrimp , Crab, Pork, and vegitarian. Onion rings Deserts: Bread pudding, Spamonni (sp?) ice cream, Beverages: Beers: Pelican, Abita Beer, Sam Adams, Fosters, Tsing-tao Myers rum & coke Coffee every morning and then some Chocolate ice milk, Milk Orange juice LOTS of Manderine or Rosemint tea (no alcohol) The specifics: Wednesday - fly in - Dinner at home: boiled crawfish, turkey/oyster gumbo, spamonni (sp?) ice cream, Pelican brand beer Thursday Breakfast at Mothers: crawfish omlet, home made biscuits, coffee, milk, orange juice At the Fest: LOTS of Manderine or Rosemint tea (no alcohol) Dinner at Pasqual Minalli's: Oysters on the 1/2 shell, crawfish cakes, stuffed mushrooms, esscargo, fried softshell crab topped with bar-b-que shrimp, Myers rum & coke Friday Breakfast at home: cerial, coffee, milk, orange juice, strawberries and bananna. At the Fest: Cochion de Lait po-boy (pork sandwitch), crawfish bread, crawfish sacks, crawfish pie, LOTS of Manderine or Rosement tea, some Fosters beer. Dinner at Kim Toung: Shrimp spring rolls (not fried), hot & sour soup, Shrimp wrapped sugar cane, and various chineese stir-frey dishes: Shrimp , Crab, Pork, and vegitarian. Sing-tao beer. Saturday Breakfast at home: Local New Orleanian goats cheese over special spiced bread, with cerial, coffee, milk, strawberries... Lunch: 2.5+ lbs fresh boiled crawfish tails Dinner: At Doug's: Shrimp Fetuccinni Alfredo, beer Sunday: Breakfast at home: cerial, coffee... At the Jazz fest: Barbeque Shrimp, Aligator pie, Bread pudding, Okra Gumbo, Seafood Gumbo, and LOTS of Manderine and Rosemint tea Dinner at the Camillia Grille: Camillia burger, double burger with swiss and chedar cheese, chille, chocolate ice milk, onion rings Monday: Breakfast at home: coffee Lunch at home: Oyster Gumbo ... and a little later, two po-boys - one Oyster, the other Shrimp... ...home