Throw Away The Diet!
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mrkilbornIf there's anything you need to know about New Orleans, it's that you really can't stick to any dietary regimen while you're touring around this town. There are too many ways to eat here and all of them are overstuffed with calories.
Here's a primer for the various foods you will encounter when you visit this very fine city.
Beignet: (pronounced - ben-YAY). This is a New Orleans doughnut, quick fried and covered with powdered sugar. The closest thing to this in Los Angeles are the Funnel Cakes that they serve at the Farmer's Market across from Television City. This must be eaten with strong coffee.
Jambalaya: (pronounced - juhm-buh-LI-yah). It's the unofficial Cajun dish of the city. It has seafood, either crawfish or shrimp and rice, peppers, and all sorts of butter and spices.
Gumbo: It's almost more like a soup than a dish, but it's got all manner of vegetables and spices.
Did I mention that there is a "Louisiana" version of Tabasco Sauce? The stuff you get from your local market is actually a milder flavor of the stuff. The kind they have here is the uncut version! Believe me, you'll know it.
If you love seafood, this is your kind of town. With the crawfish, the shrimp, the crab and lobster, and all the different ways to prepare it, you can have fish for every meal of the day.
Ever eat alligator? You can here! There are restaurants that are more like episodes of "Fear Factor!" I'll spare you some of the more "exotic" menu selections. Suffice it to say that PETA members would go hungry!
There's all kinds of beverages... most famously is the Hurricane... which will get you liquored up faster than a Long Island Iced Tea. And will all of this spicy and salty food to eat, you have to keep on drinking. It's no wonder the girls can't keep on their tops!
Not to mention a lot of the recipes use beer, bourbon, wine, or other alcohol to cook with, giving you a double dose of inebriation!
I'll get back on my diet next weekend. I can already tell it's going to be a full workout at the gym every day after I get back.
Oh, one other note, David Letterman comes back from his illness on Monday, the same night as our first show from here! What a trooper! That's going to be a "don't miss" night!
Here's a primer for the various foods you will encounter when you visit this very fine city.
Beignet: (pronounced - ben-YAY). This is a New Orleans doughnut, quick fried and covered with powdered sugar. The closest thing to this in Los Angeles are the Funnel Cakes that they serve at the Farmer's Market across from Television City. This must be eaten with strong coffee.
Jambalaya: (pronounced - juhm-buh-LI-yah). It's the unofficial Cajun dish of the city. It has seafood, either crawfish or shrimp and rice, peppers, and all sorts of butter and spices.
Gumbo: It's almost more like a soup than a dish, but it's got all manner of vegetables and spices.
Did I mention that there is a "Louisiana" version of Tabasco Sauce? The stuff you get from your local market is actually a milder flavor of the stuff. The kind they have here is the uncut version! Believe me, you'll know it.
If you love seafood, this is your kind of town. With the crawfish, the shrimp, the crab and lobster, and all the different ways to prepare it, you can have fish for every meal of the day.
Ever eat alligator? You can here! There are restaurants that are more like episodes of "Fear Factor!" I'll spare you some of the more "exotic" menu selections. Suffice it to say that PETA members would go hungry!
There's all kinds of beverages... most famously is the Hurricane... which will get you liquored up faster than a Long Island Iced Tea. And will all of this spicy and salty food to eat, you have to keep on drinking. It's no wonder the girls can't keep on their tops!
Not to mention a lot of the recipes use beer, bourbon, wine, or other alcohol to cook with, giving you a double dose of inebriation!
I'll get back on my diet next weekend. I can already tell it's going to be a full workout at the gym every day after I get back.
Oh, one other note, David Letterman comes back from his illness on Monday, the same night as our first show from here! What a trooper! That's going to be a "don't miss" night!
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Date: 2003-03-28 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-28 10:46 pm (UTC)Ah well... see you later! ;)
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Date: 2003-03-28 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-28 10:47 pm (UTC)But congrats on a nice job hosting Letterman! You make a great lead-in!
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Date: 2003-03-28 11:43 pm (UTC)Thanks, it was fun. A change of pace, exciting trying something new.
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Date: 2003-03-30 05:11 am (UTC)It sounds like you're talking me into the gator!
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Date: 2003-03-28 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-28 11:05 pm (UTC)We'll have to do bourbon shots sometime! ;)
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Date: 2003-03-30 05:13 am (UTC)Come to think of it, there are about 90 things the writers have listed for me to do for the 5 shows we've got and that may be on the iist, for all I know! I'm sure by Friday it'll feel like my eyes are glowing green!
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Date: 2003-03-29 09:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-30 05:16 am (UTC)You have gator in the freezer?
With this many people asking me to try it, I guess I'm going to have to have a taste. Better me than the gator, I say!
I had no idea you could prepare gator, Deb! All this and the Cover of TV Guide the week I take my first trip... Your, timing, like your fashion style, is impeccable.