In New Orleans. This is Brigtsen's seafood platter. Two of the best ten things I ever ate were on this plate. Just go.
Is that blackened catfish becuase that would be outstanding?
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Is that blackened catfish becuase that would be outstanding?
Brigtsen's Seafood Platter (aka the "Shell Beach Diet")
~Grilled Drum Fish with Shrimp & Jalapeño Lime Sauce
~Shrimp Cornbread with Jalapeño Smoked Corn Butter
~Baked Oyster LeRuth with Shrimp & Crabmeat
~Baked Oyster Rockefeller
~Shrimp & Napa Cabbage Cole Slaw with Roasted Jalepeño Dressing
~Sea Scallop with Asiago Cheese Grits & Fire-Roasted Vegetable Salsa
this is on the current menu. The stuff on the edges will vary a bit from day to day, but the fish and dressing is the centerpiece. Those are the two. The rest are just in the top 200 or so.
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that looks beautifulSeafood Gumbo
Blackened snapper
Grilled cheese sandwich
That's American by God cheese, too! USA USA USA!Grilled cheese sandwich
How could a girl possibly turn down such a proposal?
New York style cheesecake
Not exactly American, but can't think of New Orleans without thinking of beignets
A true Alabama delight, of which few are aware. The Lane Cake, a tribute to the work ethic of the Alabama housewife.
From the Encyclopedia of Alabama:
The original Lane Cake recipe states that the cake should be baked in medium pie tins lined on the bottom with ungreased brown paper, rather than in cake pans. She specified “one wine-glass of good whiskey or brandy” for the filling and that the raisins be “seeded and finely clipped.” She also insisted that the icing be tested with a clean spoon. In Lane’s time, the cake would have been baked in a wood stove. Lane also suggested that the cake is best if made a day or so in advance of serving, presumably to allow the flavors to meld.
In Alabama, and throughout the South, the presentation of an elegant, scratch-made, laborious Lane cake is a sign that a noteworthy life event is about to be celebrated. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Alabama native Harper Lee, character Maudie Atkinson bakes a Lane cake to welcome Aunt Alexandra when she comes to live with the Finch family. Noting the cake’s alcoholic kick, the character Scout remarks, “Miss Maudie baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight.” Shinny is a slang term for liquor.
From the Encyclopedia of Alabama:
The original Lane Cake recipe states that the cake should be baked in medium pie tins lined on the bottom with ungreased brown paper, rather than in cake pans. She specified “one wine-glass of good whiskey or brandy” for the filling and that the raisins be “seeded and finely clipped.” She also insisted that the icing be tested with a clean spoon. In Lane’s time, the cake would have been baked in a wood stove. Lane also suggested that the cake is best if made a day or so in advance of serving, presumably to allow the flavors to meld.
In Alabama, and throughout the South, the presentation of an elegant, scratch-made, laborious Lane cake is a sign that a noteworthy life event is about to be celebrated. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Alabama native Harper Lee, character Maudie Atkinson bakes a Lane cake to welcome Aunt Alexandra when she comes to live with the Finch family. Noting the cake’s alcoholic kick, the character Scout remarks, “Miss Maudie baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight.” Shinny is a slang term for liquor.
Cobb Salad
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Yarmolenko ? Yes please
@SerenityNigh -not overly familiar with Tex-Mex, just straight up Mexican.
Missing a lot of American food down here...and the pictures aren't helping. But lomitos are cheap, and churrasquerías are absurd. (linked my fave place here. only eaten there once, was enough meat to last three days. will be going next month for my b-day.)
Missing a lot of American food down here...and the pictures aren't helping. But lomitos are cheap, and churrasquerías are absurd. (linked my fave place here. only eaten there once, was enough meat to last three days. will be going next month for my b-day.)
Not exactly American, but can't think of New Orleans without thinking of beignets
It's not on the menu, but a local joint has started serving mini-sandwiches in beignets. Pulled pork in a beignet is a wonderful snack.