New Orleans

[toastykitten]

It is hot here. I've been wondering why, if New Orleans is so hot and humid, do the locals eat so much spicy and fried stuff?

The food here so far has been good, if somewhat the same. Oysters, gumbo, crab, catfish, etc. on every menu.

My mom asked me to bring back some dried shrimp ("ha mai") back to her. She said to find the Chinese people.

Comments

Hot Food in Hot Places

[lylehsaxon.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it either, but a lot of hot places have very hot food. Same thing with Mexico and Thailand for example. Someone told me that there's some benefit to eating that kind of food in a hot and humid climate, but I can't remember what it was.

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/