Jazzfest food discussion time

[BTG]

I am still somewhat new to the jazzfest deal, so please enlighten me to some of the must haves related to food. I know about the crawfish monica and the softshell crab.

Also, if I were to sneak in a water bottle with rum or vodka in it, what do they have good out there to mix it with?

[edible complex]

mango freeze is good w/coconut rum!

for food, love the Trout Baquet w/crabmeat from Li'l Dizzy's; Lamb Tagine and Crawfish, Spinach, Zucchini bisque from Jamila's; shrimp macque choux from the Native American Village; Spinach Artichoke Casserole, Seafood Au Gratin, Sweet Potato Pone fromTen Talents Catering; Pheasant, Quail & Andouille Gumbo, Crab & Crawfish Stuffed Mushrooms, Crawfish Enchilada from Prejean's Restaurant; Jamaican Chicken, Caribbean Fish, Curry Chicken Pattie, Steamed Vegetables from Palmer's Jamaican Cuisine; Jama-Jama (Sautéed Spinach), Fried Plaintains, Poulet Fricassee (Chicken on a Stick) from Bennachin Restaurant...to get you started.

[Turbodog]

Rum with strawberry lemonade is the bomb.

As for food, I like a lot of what is on edible's list (Prejean's stuff is awesome, and I also like Palmers stuff. I must add the fried gator poboy with fried jalapenos and onions from Guil's (Food 1), Couchon De Lait Poboy (Food 1), BBQ Chicken Sandwich (Lill's, Food 1) and creole stuffed bread (Mrs. Herbert, Food 2). I'm sure I forgot a bunch of good stuff, like crawfish beingeits.

[nikinik]

My signature drink that I made up last year was sooooo good!

Vodka
Strawberry lemonade
Sprite
Mango Freeze

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Tip on how to sneak in alcohol:

Get some large ziplock freezer bags and fill it with your liquor of choosing.

Tape the bag to the underside of the seat part of the fold up type chairs.

Put the chair in the it's bag with the zip lock bag facing down.

Done successfully for years.

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Favorite foods:

Soft-shell crab po-boy
Cochon du lait po-boy
Crawfish Monica
Mango Freeze
Meat Pies
Crawfish Sacks
Raw Oysters
Crawfish Enchiladas

[justagirl]

When I feel like drinking, I bring in vodka and pour it into the Herbal Iced Teas. Refreshing :)

[BTG]

When I feel like drinking, I bring in vodka and pour it into the Herbal Iced Teas. Refreshing :)

That sounds good. I just grabbed a bottle of Tito vodka at the store this evening so that will be my drink of choice this weekend.

[flyinbayou]

When I feel like drinking, ....

Huh?
What?
Is there something we should know?
When DON'T you feel like drinking?! :toast:

[kcdixiecat]

When I feel like drinking, I bring in vodka and pour it into the Herbal Iced Teas. Refreshing :)

hmmm when don't you feel like drinking?

[willifred]

If I had to choose one thing only, it would difinately be the pheasant and quail gumbo from Prejeans........and I miss the viet/thai/whatever booth that had the great salads...

[kcdixiecat]

I'm easy in this department. Bring on the meat pies.

[yum]

meat pies
cochon du lait po boy

[buzd]

Old Sober (Ya Ka Mein). Stand by for me, and awesome hangover helper.

[RouxTheDay]

You can also hide your liquor of choice in one of those spray bottles that people use to spritz themselves with.

My bro in law wears a "Beer Belly" full of Rum punch.
www.thebeerbelly.com (http://www.thebeerbelly.com). I gave this to him for Christmas one year and it's been a lot of fun at Jazz Fest....of course then he has to lug it around all day, but it's worth it.

I personally, fill water bottles with vodka and glue the tops back on. ...and drink it with whatever is available. Usually lemonade.

Seems like I always get the soft shell craby po-boy...and once the liquor sets in, I get whatever has the shortest line. :covri:

[cstoehr]

Tip on how to sneak in alcohol:

Get some large ziplock freezer bags and fill it with your liquor of choosing.

Tape the bag to the underside of the seat part of the fold up type chairs.

Put the chair in the it's bag with the zip lock bag facing down.

Done successfully for years.

Last year they had us take our chairs completely out of the bags.....they caught people with beer etc in the legs and seats. I am surprised you got through. They were very gestapo.

[Gourmondo]

I did a rapid-fire tasting of mine and others today -

crawfish enchilada - great item as usual
soft shell crab po-boy - I didn't care for it as much this year, batter change?
roast duck po-boy - this was pretty good, but I had to deduct points for too much juice making the otherwise great bread a soggy mess
mirliton seafood casserole - medium spice, but it kind of runs together after a while
jama-jama - sauteed spinach was OK
crawfish bread - I used to like this but this year it was just a big gunky mess with little crawfish and everything kinda got lost in gooey blandness
mango freeze - a cool(ing) tradition
my favorite this weekend was the cochon de lait po-boy- juicy without destroying the bread, intensely smoky flavor that I just loved
herbal tea - for hydration

missed some of my favorites, which I will get next weekend if I have time to return - crawfish sacks, jerk chicken and veggies, shrimp mache choux, jambalaya, shrimp and okra gumbo, want to try the stuff from Jamila's like merguez, cous-cous, steak pita from Bennachin

[TulaneRebel]

Boudin link - meaty, spicy, hot and delicious.
Vegetable roll from Ninja - cool down.
Meat pie & broc/cheese pie - I think I like the broc & cheese pie even more than the meat pie.
Nectar Snowball from the place formerly in Chalmette - not good. The ice is chunky, nothing like Plum St. or Hansen's.

[Turbodog]

TR-AJ's is the Snowball stand in question (at least it was AJ's last time I looked, like 10 years ago).

[jshushan]

Group:

My food impressions from Sunday.

Shrimp, Okra and Sausage Gumbo from "Fireman Mike" was excellent. I may get it again.

Duck po-boy from "Electro Reps, Inc." was also really good. It was quite juicy but I like that. The flavor was good and the hot sauce, unlabeled, they offered added the needed kick. Try it if you like duck.

Shrimp and Sausage Maque Choux from the Houma Indians. Good as always.

White Chocolate Bread Pudding from Coffee Cottage. John Caluda is a really good pastry chef. Nuff said.

That's it for the first weekend. I'll probably get back the second one. More then. Have fun all.

Jonathan

[jodyrah]

Key lime tart is good. The little pecan pies they put out at the VIP reception area are really good. I think they're the same ones they sell near the Gentilly stage. Ribs and meaty white beans next to Lil Dizzy's stand have been good in prrevious years.

[BTG]

My signature drink that I made up last year was sooooo good!

Vodka
Strawberry lemonade
Sprite
Mango Freeze[COLOR="Silver"]



Hey Nikinik, I sent you a PM. Any help would be appreciated. If you don't want to do it, maybe Tiger Attorney will.

[edible complex]

crawfish enchiladas packed great flavor. the curried chicken pattie is a must.

for years I held off on the crawfish monica, as it was just okay. revisited it this year, and still think it's bland and overrated. also revisited the crawfish bread, and it's still bland and lacking any crawfish.

alligator sauce piquant is to die! trout baquet is still a winner, w'a healthy portion of both trout and crabmeat. crawfish beignets were okay. boudin balls were better. the p/d/a gumbo tasted like more; wish I was going back.

[Blue Cross Sux]

All great recommendations. But to me, more important is what not to eat. Unless you're an out of towner, why on earth would you eat red beans and rice, fried chicken, jambalaya, BBQ chicken, or BBQ anything.

Worst of all is Crawfish. It's expensive, a pain in the ass, incredibly messy (without a means to clean up), and you have that lingering cayenne factor that sticks to your fingers and somehow ends up in your eyes or your johnson before the day's out. Then everyone leaves the remnants strewn all around the tables and surrounding areas. The single worst selection at the fest, on a multitude of levels.

[Oyster]

Unless you're an out of towner, why on earth would you eat red beans and rice, fried chicken, jambalaya, BBQ chicken, or BBQ anything.



Dunno. Unless the same reason a dog licks his ba**s?