On a recent trip to New Orleans, I wasn't able to get hold of a muffuletta.
I think I've blogged about this before, but I got addicted to this New Orleans delicacy while living in Tuscaloosa, Ala. and eating at a restaurant on the Strip. I can't remember the exact name of the place and it may not be there in its original form anymore.
But I absolutely loved the things and, over the last few years, have been in search of the perfect muffuletta. On our last trip to New Orleans in 2004, I got a muffuletta at a place which was probably in or near the area that got clobbered by Katrina.
So for not many other reasons than to get a muffuletta at Central Grocery, the place apparently established as the originating source of the phenomenon, I think we need to make another trip to New Orleans when we can do it!
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, September 03, 2005
The search for the perfect muffaleta
I went to college at the University of Alabama some (muffle, cough, shuffle papers) years ago and there was this shop called the International Deli that served a muffaleta (I'm not sure if I'm spelling it right) sandwich.
For those who don't know, muffaletas are New Orleans specialties. I can't remember what all they have on them, but I got hooked on them and went back several years later, only to find the place was different.
Since then, I've tried other places in the South which serve muffaletas and never found one which came close to the one at the Deli.
Last October, Amanda got to go on her first trip to New Orleans during our sixth anniversary celebration last October.
This was at least my third visit to the city, including an impromptu excursion one night from metro Mobile, Ala. more than 13 years ago.
We visited the French Quarter, the D-Day Museum, Cafe Du Monde and the Riverwalk shopping area. We enjoyed what we saw and pledged to go back. Now it may be a long time and the city may never be close to the same.
We stayed in an area off Gentilly which is probably under water and unfortunately, many of the people we rode the bus with into downtown are probably dead or were evacuated under the most recent extreme conditions.
A few blocks away, we went to a local restaurant which served what probably was an authentic muffaleta. I think I came away recalling that the International Deli version was pretty close to this.
Anyone with information on what constitutes a textbook muffaleta, please feel free to share as we try to remember the good things about New Orleans.
For those who don't know, muffaletas are New Orleans specialties. I can't remember what all they have on them, but I got hooked on them and went back several years later, only to find the place was different.
Since then, I've tried other places in the South which serve muffaletas and never found one which came close to the one at the Deli.
Last October, Amanda got to go on her first trip to New Orleans during our sixth anniversary celebration last October.
This was at least my third visit to the city, including an impromptu excursion one night from metro Mobile, Ala. more than 13 years ago.
We visited the French Quarter, the D-Day Museum, Cafe Du Monde and the Riverwalk shopping area. We enjoyed what we saw and pledged to go back. Now it may be a long time and the city may never be close to the same.
We stayed in an area off Gentilly which is probably under water and unfortunately, many of the people we rode the bus with into downtown are probably dead or were evacuated under the most recent extreme conditions.
A few blocks away, we went to a local restaurant which served what probably was an authentic muffaleta. I think I came away recalling that the International Deli version was pretty close to this.
Anyone with information on what constitutes a textbook muffaleta, please feel free to share as we try to remember the good things about New Orleans.
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