Rams Booster Club--decked out in blue-and-gold finery--marched on the French Quarter on Friday night. So what if the Rams got tromped by the Saints, 24 to 7, in the Superdome on Sunday? Members of this high-spirited group always come out winners. For boosters, the mighty Mississippi represented Phase One of the three-day fling that would begin with a relaxed river cruise and end with some tense moments at the Superdome. But, first things first.
Earlier Friday--after catching a redeye out of Los Angeles--Faria and her pals, Linda Moomau and Wanda Hansen, hired a stretch limo to take them on a plantation tour.
And so were the three women, they thought, sailing along the old river road in a Cadillac. We ended up eating chicken and moon pies we bought at a Texaco station. Here the boosters dined in a private room on French-fried souffle potatoes--crisp, hollow poufs invented for a king of France--and pungent shrimp Remoulade, a specialty of the house.
Boosters had a choice of grilled fish fresh from the gulf and cochon du lait , milk-fed pig that is slow-roasted. The Orts--who chatted with Bono--had met him when they attended a bash in his home during the Palm Springs film festival last year. Here, in a building constructed in , brunch was born, DeMers said. And it was also the birthplace of Bananas Foster, a banana-and-brown-sugar confection that is doused with banana liqueur and flamed before being poured over a double-scoop of vanilla ice cream.
This was the treat the boosters enjoyed before they headed for Mahogany Hall on Bourbon Street for a Dixieland jazz fest performed into the wee hours by the Dukes of Dixieland. On the menu: Southern gourmet treats that ranged from Eggs Sardou poached eggs served up on artichoke hearts and a bed of spinach and turtle soup to bread-pudding souffle soaked with whiskey sauce.
