Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

[concernedperson]

All of you have mentioned my favorite haunts except Tipitino's. Fun, fun and the best music.

 

[shopper]

All of you have mentioned my favorite haunts except Tipitino's. Fun, fun and the best music.

Ditto!

I like thinking about the good old times but I'm getting sad now.

 

[Olivia77]

All of you have mentioned my favorite haunts except Tipitino's. Fun, fun and the best music.

Tipitina's is great. I saw Better Than Ezra there and aside from the giants in front of me - I'm 5'2 and had the four tallest people in the club, women who towered over my ex-bf - it was a blast! I wonder if it made it through?

 

[Olivia77]

Shrimp n grits sounds great Olivia.

Jackson Square (Andrew Jackson the Hero of the Battle of New Orleans) reminds me of the long history of the city established in 1718.

Went to the Cat's Meow years ago.......saw the Rolling Stones at the Superdome in 1989--and they were OLD then!

Was there one weekend when the Tenn. Volunteers were playing football. I have never heard "Good Ole' Rocky-Top" sung SO many times in every bar we went to.

A deep fried grit patty covered in shrimp in a cream jalapeno sauce. The one time I was ready to throw down with my FI over a plate of food.

Does anyone have the Brennan's banana's foster recipe? That's going to be our wedding dessert and I'd love to give our caterer the original recipe. All I know is a lot of butter, brown sugar, banana's and rum.

 

[TexMex]

A deep fried grit patty covered in shrimp in a cream jalapeno sauce. The one time I was ready to throw down with my FI over a plate of food.

Does anyone have the Brennan's banana's foster recipe? That's going to be our wedding dessert and I'd love to give our caterer the original recipe. All I know is a lot of butter, brown sugar, banana's and rum.

Deep fried grits? Now THAT'S gotta be good...

http://www.brennansneworleans.com/r_bananasfoster.html

Banana's Foster
¼ cup (½ stick) butter
1 cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ cup banana liqueur
4 bananas, cut in half
lengthwise, then halved
¼ cup dark rum
4 scoops vanilla ice cream


Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet. Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

 

[Olivia77]

Deep fried grits? Now THAT'S gotta be good...

http://www.brennansneworleans.com/r_bananasfoster.html

Banana's Foster
¼ cup (½ stick) butter
1 cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ cup banana liqueur
4 bananas, cut in half
lengthwise, then halved
¼ cup dark rum
4 scoops vanilla ice cream


Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet. Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum. Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum. When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

Thank you so much! I'm saving that and exactly 13 months today will be eating it at my wedding!!

 

[lostfaith]

Boy, am I dumb! I thought this thread was about Miss New Orleans, as in a woman with a crown. I thought you all were discussing how the huricane would affect her! :doh:

New Orleans sounds like such fun, wish I could have made it there to visit. It will probably never be the same.

 

[TexMex]

Boy, am I dumb! I thought this thread was about Miss New Orleans, as in a woman with a crown. I thought you all were discussing how the huricane would affect her! :doh:

New Orleans sounds like such fun, wish I could have made it there to visit. It will probably never be the same.

LOL...it's an old Louis Armstrong song lostfaith,

Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans--- Lyrics
Louis Armstrong

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
And miss it each night and day
I know I'm not wrong... this feeling's gettin' stronger
The longer, I stay away
Miss them moss covered vines...the tall sugar pines
Where mockin' birds used to sing
And I'd like to see that lazy Mississippi...hurryin' into spring

The moonlight on the bayou.......a Creole tune.... that fills the air
I dream... about Magnolias in bloom......and I'm wishin' I was there

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that's where you left your heart
And there's one thing more...I miss the one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans

The moonlight on the bayou.......a Creole tune.... that fills the air
I dream... about Magnolias in bloom......and I'm wishin' I was there

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that's where you left your heart
And there's one thing more...I miss the one I care for
More.....more than I miss.......New Orleans

 

[BarnGoddess]

That's the receipe I have, I think......I have all the ingredients at home, except I need to stop for bannanas.

On another note, I've been trying to find info on a hs classmate of mine that lives there. We were holding our mini class reunion there next summer and Roy Jones was hosting for us. I googled until I found him. He was the CWA union president there for years. By googling right, I found a union newsletter on line and up to date. He has lost his home, but he's alive. It seems as if the CWA workers of America are donating $4 mil to aid their employees and retirees working in the telephone industry in the LA/MISS/AL/FL area.

 

[ShowerSinger]

-Riding the Natchez down the Mississippi
-Cafe du Monde
-Breakfast at Brennans
-Mint juleps at the Court of the Two Sisters
-Perfume from Hove'
-Pecan pie at the Magnolia Grill
-Art of Ron Picou
-Dinner at Pascal Manale
-Music! Music! Music!
-Walks in the Garden District
-The French Market
-Boys tap dancing in the streets

I forgot a few of these...
BUT,
Pascal's Manale Barbecue shrimp!!!!!!!!
K Paul's!!!!
NOT to mention the inebriated fun of being there for a business seminar!!!!! WOO-HOO!
What a joke. Thanks for the memories!
Bourbon Orleans Hotel. Corner of what else? Bourbon & Orleans! They always treated me like royalty. AND always made sure I made it there, and back safely.
Oh, and those carriage rides....
Pat O' Brian's, or was it Bryan's... a bit foggy after a few cocktails there!
The funerals down the street, the voodoo doctor I went to see to put a hex on the ex....
I've got the photos, and the refrigerator magnet.
I don't think it will ever be the same. Probably shouldn't.

 

[TexMex]

Thank you so much! I'm saving that and exactly 13 months today will be eating it at my wedding!!

Congrats on the wedding.

Breakfast at Brennan's always ended w/bananas foster for me!

 

[TexMex]

I forgot a few of these...
BUT,
Pascal's Manale Barbecue shrimp!!!!!!!!
K Paul's!!!!
NOT to mention the inebriated fun of being there for a business seminar!!!!! WOO-HOO!
What a joke. Thanks for the memories!
Bourbon Orleans Hotel. Corner of what else? Bourbon & Orleans! They always treated me like royalty. AND always made sure I made it there, and back safely.
Oh, and those carriage rides....
Pat O' Brian's, or was it Bryan's... a bit foggy after a few cocktails there!
The funerals down the street, the voodoo doctor I went to see to put a hex on the ex....
I've got the photos, and the refrigerator magnet.
I don't think it will ever be the same. Probably shouldn't.

My bro in law had just returned from NO and we were fixing to go to NO. He told us a place a cab driver told him had the best crabcakes in town.
So we get there and it's a bar called Lord VJ's. There are maybe 5 tables in
the bar. We sit down and the cook, an ancient African American lady, "Miss Gladys" shuffled out and assured us that we would love her food. In a little
bit she shuffles back out with the crabcakes with crawfish etoufee sauce. Best crabcakes I ever had!

 

[Pepper]

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

And I thought you were talking about Miss New Orleans, as in beauty queen! :bang:

 

[BarnGoddess]

Congrats on the wedding.

Breakfast at Brennan's always ended w/bananas foster for me!

And every other meal too !!!!!

 

[BirdieBoo]

*The Cat's Meow
*Being offered a "Hurricane" with any breakfast
*The cemeteries, beautiful and scary
*The bill after eating at Emeril's Delmonico OMG but worth it.
*Oyster shooters at Acme oyster house
*The streetcar, after you ride to the end of the line, you have to turn the seats around
*Steamboat Natchez, even though it was mentioned before
*Storyville
*Red beans & Rice
*The Bayou Barn, a little joint off the highway that serves fried chicken & gumbo, while live music plays, and yes it really is a barn.
*Homeless people who are actually nice
*And yes, I'll mention it here, flashbulbs going off left and right whenever a girl lifts her shirt for beads in front of "Tricoh House".

New Orleans is very special to me, after 9/11, when Bush said we should travel or go about our daily business, whatever it took to support the US economy, etc. My hubby, although we were not married at the time, took me for a long weekend in New Orleans. All over the place, were banners that said "thanks for traveling" We support the USA" ETC.

And we were walking along the street really late one night, and a homeless man said to me,: "Hi. I like you. I saw you on TV" Being a skeptic, I said to him "When did you see me on TV?" He then accurately detailed a TV appearance I'd made in San Diego while he was there, and hung a string of beads around my neck, and told me how he'd really liked me. Even though my TV appearance was totally inconsequential, he was telling the truth. Small world, huh. We chatted with him a few minutes, and bought him a couple of drinks in a bar, and gave him some money. He was a totally nice guy, and down on his luck. I hope he made it through OK. I still have the beads he gave me.

I've been back to New Orleans since then, the people were always very nice and hospitable. I'm sorry for them that this happened.

 

[TexMex]

Since 1840 world-renowned Antoine's Restaurant has set the standard that made New Orleans one of the greatest dining centers of the world.

And Corinne Dunbar's that had a famous appetizer of oysters and artichokes called Oysters Dunbar. ...

 

[concernedperson]

Since 1840 world-renowned Antoine's Restaurant has set the standard that made New Orleans one of the greatest dining centers of the world.

And Corinne Dunbar's that had a famous appetizer of oysters and artichokes called Oysters Dunbar. ...

One of my extended relatives is an Antoine's employee/family member and one my daughter just helped relocate temporarily. I hope they relocate to Atlanta as I would love to have the food available but New Orleans roots run really deep. My other cousin owns and is a chef at Patout's in the quarter, mostly cajun food but pretty good. As far as oysters, it was Oysters Bienville for me. Now that is falling in love. Goodness, I hope the cuisine isn't lost forever.

 

[Toby]

All of you speak as though the things you love(d) about New Orleans are gone...rest assured they are not. The Old Lady will return. It may not be quite as dirty as it once was (oh yes, it was one of the dirtiest cities in the country, if not the world lol), but it'll be back.
You will still be able to get Hurricanes from Pat O's
Beignets and Cafe' au Lait from Cafe' du Monde
Mard Gras will be back stronger than ever
the River will still churn by like the Great Lady that she is
the horse drawn carriages will pass through the French Quarter as they always have
Street musicians, artists, dancers will all be back in force

All the things you love about New Orleans will return. The people will not let this wonderfully interesting, fun, scary, dirty, raunchy, riske', magical city disappear.

It will be back.

 

[concernedperson]

I hope you are right. I will miss the old lady too much to see the total destruction of so much that has formulated my life. The art and antiques are another clue. Too painful for me to deal with in a lump sum, I have to go in increments.

 

[TexMex]

All of you speak as though the things you love(d) about New Orleans are gone...rest assured they are not. The Old Lady will return. It may not be quite as dirty as it once was (oh yes, it was one of the dirtiest cities in the country, if not the world lol), but it'll be back.
You will still be able to get Hurricanes from Pat O's
Beignets and Cafe' au Lait from Cafe' du Monde
Mard Gras will be back stronger than ever
the River will still churn by like the Great Lady that she is
the horse drawn carriages will pass through the French Quarter as they always have
Street musicians, artists, dancers will all be back in force

All the things you love about New Orleans will return. The people will not let this wonderfully interesting, fun, scary, dirty, raunchy, riske', magical city disappear.

It will be back.

I think you are right. Saw a report that city officials have a plan to reopen tha Quarter in 90 days---and are planning a scaled down Mardi Gras