Po-Boy Festival in 2007 Panel Discussion: Po-Boy/Poor Boy Debate
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video excerpt recorded during the first history panel discussion held as part of the inaugural Po-Boy Festival in 2007. The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities funded the History Center activities. Since 2011, the Po-Boy Fest History Center has been located at Squeal Bar-B-Q at 8400 Oak Street. Cartoonist and artist Bunny Matthews, radio personality and food writer Tom Fitzmorris, and Vance Vaucresson of Vaucresson’s Sausage Company engage in a lively debate regarding the proper way to order New Orleans’ favorite sandwich: Po-Boy or Poor Boy.
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Po-Boy Sandwich
As with many culinary innovations, the poor boy or po-boy sandwich has attracted many legends regarding its origins. However, documentary evidence confirms that stories about one particular restaurant…