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A Sandwich a Day: BLT from Olympic Island Restaurant in Wildwood, NJ

What you are looking at is possibly the best BLT I have ever had. No, the bacon is not a fancy-pants Nueske's or Benton's bacon. The tomatoes, while fresh, flavorful, and juicy, are probably not heirloom. And the lettuce, though perfectly crisp and cool, is just plain ol' iceberg and not some precious designer lettuce. But sometimes you just want the archetypical version of a BLT.* And this is it.

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15 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Tagged: A Sandwich a Day, BLTs, New Jersey, sandwiches, Wildwood Crest NJ, Wildwood NJ

Results of Michael Ruhlman's BLT-from-Scratch Challenge

One Hungry Chef's DIY BLT flowchart. Earlier this summer, food writer Michael Ruhlman challenged his readers to make BLTs from scratch and to go as "from scratch" as possible. This morning, Ruhlman announced the winners on his site. Among various categories--Best BLT Photo, Best BLT Interpretation, Most Inspirational BLT--was the Best Over All BLT, made by Jared Dunnohew of One Hungry Chef. As his cool flow chart shows, Dunnohew did almost everything short of raising the pig and growing the wheat. He foraged in parks for herbs for the bread, the homemade mustard, and the pork cure. He harvested his own sea salt (25 liters of ocean water yields 1 kilogram of salt, he reports). He grew his own...

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: bacon, blogs, BLTs, Michael Ruhlman

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It ...

Photograph from Foodistablog on Flickr Food writer Michael Ruhlman has thrown down the gauntlet on his blog, where he's challenging readers to make a BLT from scratch. Don't worry, you don't have to raise the pig: From scratch means you grow your tomato, you grow your lettuce, you cure your own bacon or pancetta, you bake your own bread (wild yeast preferred and gets higher marks but is not required), you make your own mayo. All other embellishments, creative interpretations of the BLT welcome. This sounds like a great idea. I think we're going to have to buy one of those upside-down tomato buckets and try growing some plants in the SE office window....

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10 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 9, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Tagged: BLTs, Michael Ruhlman, sandwiches