With a hot sandwich wrapped in white paper, I headed home to discover what I'd been missing. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to find something fabulous once I unwrapped the sandwich. I assumed that deep fried seafood was the main attraction to the po'boy. This ignored, though, the central tenet of New Orleans cooking--if it's not delicious, then they don't sell it.
I had ordered the Fergie dressed, which in my experience typically means mayo, lettuce, tomato, and dill pickles. When I unwrapped the sandwich, though, I found that on this occasion the pickles had been left off and a new ingredient added--brown gravy. In most parts of the country, one spreadable fat would be enough. Not in New Orleans, where they logically assume that if mayonnaise tastes good and gravy tastes good, then the combination must be doubly delicious. And you know what? They are absolutely right.
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1 - DuctapeFatwa
"the central tenet of New Orleans cooking--if it's not delicious, then they don't sell it."
Truer words were seldom spoken. And I cannot imagine eating anything involving ham, brown gravy and mayonnaise anywhere else.
You have now inflamed me with a desire for this delicacy, and I am nowhere near New Orleans.
I will never understand how it is possible for anyone who lives there to weigh less than 300 pounds.