Monday, August 24, 2009

Fried Bologna Sandwich?


There are a few foods that I no longer eat because they were my staples when I was a starving student. They were the cheapest food I could afford and once I started to earn a real salary I swore I'd never eat them again. The list is boxed mac n cheese, Ramen noodles, hot dogs and bologna. Bologna is now being placed on the breakfast menu of a fast food restaurant.
In the southeastern United States, a unique method of preparing bologna has long been a staple on diner menus from West Virginia to Arkansas. “Fried bologna,” actually made by browning bologna on a flat-grill, is often served in a sandwich, scrambled with eggs and cheese for breakfast, or, of course, paired with a biscuit.

Oh Lord, my stomach goes queasy just looking at Hardee's new Fried Bologna Biscuit. I've never considered bologna a "comfort food". It was always the cheapest piece of meat I could afford next to hot dogs. Think it will be a hit? I bet all those health nut do-gooders are having conniption fit.

3 comments:

steven estrada said...

I don't know, I might give it a try.

In my younger bachelor days, I used to save all my bacon grease. Didn't need to buy cooking oil, you see. Well, during those bologna and cheese sandwish days, I used to fry my bologna and cheese in the bacon grease. When I felt like 'beefing' my sandwich up, I would put some peanut butter in there. When it was finished I had the grilled cheease, bologna and peanut butter mess.

Hmmm!

Valerie said...

The bologna and cheese fried in bacon grease sounds fine but peanut butter? Eww!

Hardtack said...

The only way I can eat a bologna sandwich, in any way, shape or form, is with Tabasco Sauce. That hides the taste.