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<\/a>Years ago, in New Orleans you could find many Po-Boy shops at just about every other corner neighborhood grocery store. Many of these mom and pop corner stores would prepare other sandwiches and hot meals too, and one of the \u201cother\u201d popular sandwiches was the \u201cShrimp on a Bun\u201d, which typically consists of small 70-90 count shrimps that are battered and deep fried then served on a bun and \u201cdressed\u201d with lettuce, tomato, pickle and choice of mayonnaise too. If you are not from or have never been to New Orleans then a little explanation is in order on \u201cdressing\u201d your sandwich.<\/p>\nIn New Orleans when you order a sandwich the counter person will ask if you want it \u201cdressed\u201d. This is the local colloquialism for \u201cwould you like it with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayonnaise\u201d, you see, \u201cdressed\u201d just sounds better and is so much easier to say. I am not sure historically how this term came to be, but it has been and is still the way to order your sandwich in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
This recipe is a variation of a Weight Watchers item that called for catfish, and since none was available at the seafood counter, we opted for shrimp, which takes us back to the original story. In addition, at only 353 calories for the catfish recipe version, this shrimp version would actually be less in calories. So let\u2019s do the math, four ounces of catfish cooked is approximately 271 calories according to the Prevention.com<\/a> health tracker for foods, compared to four ounces of cooked shrimp at 163 calories. Therefore, with a calorie difference of 108, the shrimp version of the recipe total for the calories comes to 245, since all the other ingredients in the recipe remain the same, this recipe calorie re-calculation is logical.<\/p>\n Yield: 4 servings<\/p>\n