Fried Balogna Sandwich

Don D

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-10-03 AT 11:08AM (CST)[/font][br][br]No joke! This is the best. The perfect, quick, inexpensive treat for chilly days. Excellent with ice cold beverage or coffee.

One iron skillet
One thick slice balogna (called 'nickel slice')
Two slices bread, buttered
One slice pepper-jack cheese
Salt and pepper to taste

In a cast iron skillet heated to medium, add two drops oil or bacon grease. Add one thick slice balogna. Cut edge of balogna inward one inch to prevent curling. Flip, browning each side.

Lightly and evenly butter one side of each bread slice. Remove balogna, placing one slice bread in skillet, butter side down. Place balogna on top of bread.

Place slice of pepper-jack cheese on top of balogna and complete sandwich with other slice of bread, buttered side up.

Toast the bread, flipping the sandwich, exactly as you would a grilled cheese sandwich. Be sure it's golden brown and crunchy.

Romove, cut in half, enjoy. Man O Man. The pepper-jack cheese is the perfect addition.

ritaanz

Fried baloney is my favorite. I always used American cheese. Gots to try it with the pepper-jack. Thanks for the suggestion. Also, serve it with tomato soup.

ray a

I used to make an open-faced balogna and cheese sandwich in the toaster oven. One slice of bread, thick slice of balogna (cut edges as Don said), topped with American cheese. Set toaster at 400 and heat until cheese is melted and turning slightly brown (about the shade of Beagle's leather flight jacket).

I'll have to try Don's recipe, sounds great - especially at 5AM. I had a craving for a good open faced balogna sandwich the other day and asked my wife to buy some good balogna when she did the grocery shopping. She came home with cheap turkey balogna - baloony!!

ritaanz

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Whirlwind2

My mother used to make fried balogna sandwiches for lunch, but with the following required side dish: a can of shoestring potatoes browned in the skillet in the remaining balogna drippings.Yum! Do they even make those shoestring potatoes anymore?

JudyT929

One of my favorites too I skip the cheese and add fried green bell peppers.

Margaret Morford

Try pickle relish and mustard.

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Don D

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-12-03 AT 08:37AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I'm probably the only one who'll admit this, but, a Spam sandwich fixed like this is next to Heaven too! Or warmed Viennas sliced on a toasted hamburger bun with mayo, mustard and a tad of relish. (edit) I was experimenting further yesterday with my fried sandwich. I added some thinly sliced olives and hid a few jalepenos in the cheese (although it was already pepper-jack). then I added a chipped up slice of fried bacon. I realized if I keep this madness up, I'll be making pizza! I also followed the advice of Ritaanz and served my sandwich with hot tomato soup. I'll bet at least one of you tries it this weekend. x:-)

Dutch2

My family loves fried balonga and also fried spam with eggs for breafast... especailly with a slice or two or more of home grown maters. "There's only two things that money can't buy and thats true luv and home grown da-maters."
You can take the boy out of Arkansas, but ya can't take Arcansaw out of the boy.
Have a great weekend,
Dutch2

San Francisco

Don, you have to be kidding. I just can't believe you'd really eat that stuff. Sorry, I tried not to post on this cause I'll probably get slammed, but every time you post,it just gets worse. Tell me you are kidding. If not, you are gonna die young and this is from someone who's not a real health nut - my arteries clod just reading this.

Elizabeth

Don D

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-13-03 AT 07:22AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I just did 60 pushups on the patio while grilling three 24 oz porterhouse steaks. Potatoes were waiting inside to be loaded with all the stuff you load them with. We just polished off cherry cobbler and another iced tea. So, what's the deal about spam and the balogna sandwich? My cholesterol is 166, my BP is 130 over 78 and my pulse rate is 57. By the way, is it the bacon or the tomato soup that you fear will clog your arteries? I also have a sip of wine each evening. How else do you think I got to be 74?

San Francisco

You're right, it really wasn't the artery clog, it was the spam and the bologna. Just a personal big ICK! And I have more than a sip of wine, trust me.

Elizabeth

mcmel

Don, 74? In your picture on the HR Forum calendar, you don't look a day over 60. Kidding!

From one Spam lover to another, you'll forgive me, won't you?

Don D

60s not as far away as it used to be. Here's another way to look at it: If YOU are not getting closer to 60 every day, then your name was in the paper this morning!

HiltonHeadIslandHR

First time messager....Have y'all seen the movie Bad Santa? Fried baloney sandwich is his specialty!