Is Baloney a Load of Baloney?
The one deli meat I haven't given a second thought to since grade school, Baloney may have just permanently forged its way back into my life.
By chance, I just concocted a delicious sandwich with the meat in a prominent role—something I thought to be a myth.
a generous heap of baloney
a slice or two of provolone
pistachio pesto spread (a wink and a nod to mortadella)
bread of your choosing (a traditional hero roll was what I had on hand)
The sandwich of the week!
Anybody else have any surprising or go-to baloney uses/recipes/practices? Don't be afraid....c'mon.....
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13 Comments:
Well, I'm told my Ground Bologna Sandwich Spread is better than most. I keep it as simple as possible.
LunaPierCook at 12:49PM on 05/29/08
On the rare occasion my mother would get bologne, she would slice it up and fry it for 10 minutes, then she would add a tsp of shoyu and sesames after the heat was turned off. We'd eat it with rice as a quickie snack.
My husband will fry it similarly, mainly because I saw me do it once, but will add sriracha, then turn off the heat, and add Pietro sesame dressing. He eats it over rice.
He'll eat the bologne fried whole as a sammich with mayonnaise.
Cassaendra at 12:52PM on 05/29/08
Try a nicely fried piece of bologna with some spicy mustard (insert spicy mustard of choice) spread on. I recently tried a wasabi mustard (holy head explosion Batman!) and will definitely be trying it with some bologna!
AmazonGoddess at 1:38PM on 05/29/08
I never liked bologna as much as mortadelle - I guess growing up that was our bologna, I always had it on a big sub roll with mustard, provolone, sometimes salame, and some kind of italian sub dressing my dad made (still not sure what was in it...olive oil and herbs I'd guess). He always put pepperoncini on his but I don't like them to this day. And that's basically what I brought to school for lunch almost every day for years until I decided bagged lunches weren't cool...mortadelle sub wrapped in tin foil. Hmm maybe I'll have to try that again.
embolini9 at 2:00PM on 05/29/08
Well, as I've previously admitted, bologna is my guilty pleasure...my simple bologna sandwich consists of a slice of wholewheat bread, bologna and Coleman's mustard. I used to spread a thin layer of butter on the bread, but I haven't done it in ages. Sometimes I add a slice or two of provolone underneath the bologna, it adds a nice touch.
brooke29 at 2:22PM on 05/29/08
I really love mortadella and have been eating it my whole life (albeit sparingly as an adult).
Pan fry a couple of slices of mortadella till nearly crispy, crack two eggs into the pan and cook till the eggs are done to your liking. Toast some bread and enjoy.
PS - I used really cheap, very thinly sliced bologna to medicate a dog 2x/day. Nothing makes a pill go down a chocolate lab quicker than a piece of bologna!
chiff0nade at 2:54PM on 05/29/08
These recipes are great! I especially like the one with Pietro sesame dressing.
I just wish I didn't gag every time I smelled it :p
hungrychristel at 3:44PM on 05/29/08
I saw on Diners D&D with Guy F a barbecue bologna sandwich that look amazing! I love bologna sandwichs with lots of mustard on dark german rye bread.. bologna an american cheese on a poppyseed roll.
rabbitriddle at 3:53PM on 05/29/08
Haven't eaten bologna in ages. I intend to buy some, thanks to this post.
Grew up eating Seltzer's Lebanon Bologna, which is a Pennsylvania Dutch-style smoked beef bologna. It's darker than typical bologna and intensely flavored. Hope I can find it in my local market.
@rabbitriddle: Love bologna on rye, too, with a bit of mustard and Swiss. But not too much mustard or it could bury the smoke essence of the meat.
Susquehanna at 9:20PM on 05/29/08
@All - no offense, but isn't bologna ground and pressed mystery *meat*? That freaks me out as much as scrapple!
izatryt at 9:57PM on 05/29/08
I like kosher bologna on dark rye w/ Plochman's yellow mustard, and half sour slices.
I also like fried bologna, scrambled eggs, and Plochman's on regular white bread.
coolname at 10:13PM on 05/29/08
Try this:
Fried bologna (Kowalski brand, sliced thin) on toast with yellow mustard. I used to eat it all the time as a kid! It kinda tastes like a hotdog.
If you're going to eat bologna, you should definitely skip the packaged stuff and go straight for the deli!
smile at 10:47PM on 05/29/08
I've had a lifelong hate-affair with bologna. The smell and appearance keeps me away from it. Also, I think my brother let too many packages of it go rancid on the counter when we were kids.
beth1 at 10:57PM on 05/29/08