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Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 6:31 am
by Tormahto
Bower wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 5:52 am
Tormato wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 5:39 am
Kraky wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 1:16 am
A BLT doesn't always make the tomato the star for me. I do an open-faced T with plenty of homemade mayo and coarse salt and pepper. If I wanna go fancy I'll top with slivered almonds and basil, but that brings us back to more than T.
This thread is a couple of months too early for me
It's never too early for great ideas, like making it an open-faced sandwich.
With less bread, even if it's a great tasting bread, more tomato flavor comes through. And, having two open-faced sandwiches (more tomato) instead of one closed-faced sandwich, becomes an option. One just might want to go a bit lighter on the mayo, though.
In general, sandwiches make me wonder why the invention of this cruel joke? In order to do the layers right for taste purposes, you end up with something that requires a bigger maw. Then when you do manage a bite, pieces may be pulled out, juices squeeze all over your hands...
BLT does have the advantage of being made with toast. A more solid foundation.
Oh and that flat leaf lettuce which is so useless in a salad, we know what that was invented for....obviously.
I've been known to substitute for lettuce (forgive me) with maruba santoh, trimming off the thick juicy stems (saved for stir fry).
I can harvest it at the same time as tomatoes, as lettuce from the garden is bitter by then.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 6:57 am
by worth1
Tormato wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 5:49 am
Danny wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 4:15 pm
I sort of like the bacon weave thing if I were not frying it for the best taste, but would have to use two of those in a sammy. Lots of bacon, lots of tomato and a good crisp lettuce, maybe some ripe avocado slices in there !
The day I put avocado on a BLT, is the day I grow a man bun and a soul patch.
You're behind the times.
Ya gotta have the braids as well.
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Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 7:58 am
by worth1
One must consider soy bacon, almond flour bread and some sort of organic green lettuce that doesn't exploit people, animals, water supply or the environment in general.
Same with tomato.
Eggless mayonnaise is a must made with avocado oil.
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Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 9:28 am
by Mark_Thompson
@worth1 That’s about the hippiest thing I’ve ever heard from a half-neanderthal, half-hillbilly, half-Texan!
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 7:35 pm
by Kraky
Tormato wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 5:39 am
Kraky wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 1:16 am
A BLT doesn't always make the tomato the star for me. I do an open-faced T with plenty of homemade mayo and coarse salt and pepper. If I wanna go fancy I'll top with slivered almonds and basil, but that brings us back to more than T.
This thread is a couple of months too early for me
It's never too early for great ideas, like making it an open-faced sandwich.
With less bread, even if it's a great tasting bread, more tomato flavor comes through. And, having two open-faced sandwiches (more tomato) instead of one closed-faced sandwich, becomes an option. One just might want to go a bit lighter on the mayo, though.
Yep, I always go for 2 open-faced with thick tomatoes instead of just one. I find the mayo helps bring out the tomato flavor, especially if it's homemade with a dash of olive oil. I also gently precut the sliced tomatos into cubes to minimize the chances of everything collapsing at first bite
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 7:47 pm
by MissS
worth1 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 7:58 am
One must consider soy bacon, almond flour bread and some sort of organic green lettuce that doesn't exploit people, animals, water supply or the environment in general.
Same with tomato.
Eggless mayonnaise is a must made with avocado oil.
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A vegan's dream!
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 1:34 am
by Mark_Thompson
Mhmmmm, the only thing better than when I make one is when the wifey makes me one.
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Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 7:17 am
by Cornelius_Gotchberg
Mark_Thompson wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 1:34 am
Mhmmmm, the only thing better than when I make one is when the wifey makes me one.
What kind of tomato? The lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch prepares her adoring husband a Monday Morning BLT brunch every week; 26 hours and counting.......
The Gotch
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 7:22 am
by Tormahto
Mark_Thompson wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 1:34 am
Mhmmmm, the only thing better than when I make one is when the wifey makes me one.
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Look at all of that bread acreage going to waste. Another tomato slice, cut into a couple of wedges, would have tucked in nicely.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 10:31 am
by Mark_Thompson
@Tormato To insure domestic tranquility, I will not be passing that constructive criticism along…
‘Twas either Stump of the World or this large unnamed pink that my friend gave me. He lost all his labels a few years back but saved seed from a particularly productive slicer that year and we’ve both been growing it since.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 12:20 pm
by worth1
My wife used to make sandwiches like that for my lunch at work.
Another guy saw it and went home and complained to his wife about her sandwiches she made him compared to my sandwiches.
Not only was she lazy he was stupid.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 12:30 pm
by Cornelius_Gotchberg
Mark_Thompson wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 10:31 am ‘Twas either Stump of the World or this large unnamed pink that my friend gave me. He lost all his labels a few years back but saved seed from a particularly productive slicer that year and we’ve both been growing it since.
The "ribs" suggest (IMO) it's not SOTW; looks pretty gosh darn firm, though!
The Gotch
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 1:29 pm
by Danny
Good looking tomato and sandwich, LOL. This last week, in my baconing excessiveness, I made a great blt on sourdough bread with avocado slices. The tomato was good, the bacon crisp and still slightly chewy, toasted sourdough and just right ripe avacado slices with Dukes mayo spread around.
Making myself humgry again...
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 4:17 pm
by wildcat62
Anxious to get a good BLT. Always a summertime favorite.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 4:52 pm
by karstopography
I’ve only had the one so far for 2023. Going to have to rectify that soon.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 8:54 pm
by Danny
blt right now, some slipping out to the plate, but will eat all of that too.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 9:17 pm
by worth1
The BLC.
Bacon lettuce and cactus.
The thorns keep everything together in the sandwich.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 8:43 am
by Cornelius_Gotchberg
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 11:18 am
by Tormahto
I'll mark it. But, you know I'm as slow as a turtle.
Re: 2023 Declared Year of the BLT
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 4:40 pm
by Danny
Tormato wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:18 am
I'll mark it. But, you know I'm as slow as a turtle.
Slow as a turtle AND a seedy character !!
More bacon ordered so more BLT or BLATs gonna happen.
Getcheer man bun rolling !