Po' boy

Country Of Origin: USA 🇺🇸

A po' boy is a traditional sandwich from the state of Louisiana. Although there are many different varieties, it almost always consists of meat, which is usually roast beef or fried seafood, such as shrimp, crawfish, fish, oysters, crab or even alligator. The meat is served on New Orleans French bread, known for its crisp crust and fluffy center.

History: The poor boy sandwich, now known as the po' boy, originated in 1929 during the streetcar strike at Martin Brothers’ French Market and Coffee Stand in New Orleans. The Martin brothers, Bennie & Clovis, were both streetcar conductors from the mid-1910s, until they opened their restaurant in 1922. The poor boy sandwich was then created in 1929 when the Electric Street Railway employees went on strike, and the Martin brothers gave away sandwiches to the strikers. The original Martin poor boy sandwiches were typically fried potatoes, gravy, and spare bits of roast beef on French bread. Whenever a striker would walk into the restaurant Benny would shout to Clovis, “Here comes another poor boy!”.

The po' boy quickly gained popularity and started appearing in newspapers and on menus across the country in the 1930s. Po' boys began replacing older New Orleans restaurants sandwiches, called “loaf” or “loaves”.

Fun Fact: The longest oyster po' boy ever made was created at the 2014 Louisiana Oyster Jubilee. It required over 30 chefs to assemble, used more than 5,000 fried oysters, and took up an impressive 340ft of Bourbon St. It was given away for free to the hungry public, who of course devoured the entire thing in mere minutes.

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