fried bologna

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Originally posted by njkim

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Originally posted by MellowRoast

Has anyone ever heard of bologna spread? I understand it's made by grinding bologna and adding mayo, pickle relish, etc. Similar to tuna salad. I've never had it, but I may just have to give it a shot.

Wow, that sounds nasty to me.

It's similar to what is done with ham, which is quite traditional. If one cut the bologna in chunks, it's bologna salad.

Bologna Salad:

Thanks, MiamiDon, that's the first time I've actually seen a bologna salad or spread. I'll have to try it pronto.

Miami Don--
What else is in the Bologna Salad?? The recipe please!@

INGREDIENTS
4 eggs
1 (16 ounce) package bologna
1 (16 ounce) jar creamy salad dressing or mayonnaise
sweet pickle relish

DIRECTIONS
Place eggs in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.

Chop, or Grind the bologna and eggs in a meat grinder with a medium blade.

In a large bowl, mix the bologna mixture with desired amount of mayonnaise or creamy salad dressing and desired amount of sweet pickle relish. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours, or until chilled.

Optional Additions: Chopped celery; chopped onions; chopped scallions.

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To keep it on-topic, frying the bologna would probably be an interesting variation.

INTERESTING!!!!

Looks great, thank you! (Awww, can't we keep it off-topic?)

So many of these ideas are exactly what my Mother used to do to stretch what she had on hand to make a meal. Most of the time, we had garden items preserved via canning, and fresh vegetables because of the same garden, and meats from my Grandfather's farm and butchering expertise, but sometimes, Mom had to do with far less. And she would make potato cakes from leftover mashed potatoes (love them), fried bologna for the meat, and maybe Dandelion greens for salad. At any rate, she was creative in her meals and we never left the table feeling hungry. What wonderful memories.

I still love bologna, and fried bologna sandwiches, and bologna meat salad (spread). I still resort to some of Mom's ideas to stretch a less than full pantry or freezer, or to simply recall some of her ideas for a good comfort food supper. AGain, what wonderful memories.

Donna

tried fried bologna...about 1/3 thick w/ fried egg on eng muffin...pretty good....but still not as good as pork roll....but in a pinch since it can get it...will have to do..just have to tell the taste buds it's port roll

Had fried bologna and egg sandwich today...only had a hamburger roll around...with melted cheese...a great sandwich!

Leethebard: You're not just whistlin' Dixie!

Read this and just made myself another...minus the egg...you just can't ignore your cholesterol!!!

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Originally posted by Donna Douglass So many of these ideas are exactly what my Mother used to do to stretch what she had on hand to make a meal. Most of the time, we had garden items preserved via canning, and fresh vegetables because of the same garden, and meats from my Grandfather's farm and butchering expertise, but sometimes, Mom had to do with far less. And she would make potato cakes from leftover mashed potatoes (love them), fried bologna for the meat, and maybe Dandelion greens for salad. At any rate, she was creative in her meals and we never left the table feeling hungry. What wonderful memories.

That smacks of a whole new topic or three.

1. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23487
2. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18873
3. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25417

Meal stretchers I couldn't find when I searched, but these are from a search of the word "leftovers", and are all pretty interesting.

I make mine like a grilled cheese sandwich, my kids like it to, wife said no way. I also got my kids to like PBJ grilled sandwichs.

I noticed,however,cheap bologna has so much grease and doesn't taste as good as the good stuff...don't like Oscar mayer..too greasy...use boar"s head, or the like!

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Originally posted by MiamiDon

INGREDIENTS
4 eggs
1 (16 ounce) package bologna
1 (16 ounce) jar creamy salad dressing or mayonnaise
sweet pickle relish

DIRECTIONS
Place eggs in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.

Chop, or Grind the bologna and eggs in a meat grinder with a medium blade.

In a large bowl, mix the bologna mixture with desired amount of mayonnaise or creamy salad dressing and desired amount of sweet pickle relish. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours, or until chilled.

Optional Additions: Chopped celery; chopped onions; chopped scallions.

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To keep it on-topic, frying the bologna would probably be an interesting variation.

MiamiDon,
Sounds great...what do you call it?

Sounds like a tuna or chicken salad with bologna instead of tuna or chicken. That would logically make it a bologna salad, IMHO.

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Originally posted by Big Ugly Mich

Sounds like a tuna or chicken salad with bologna instead of tuna or chicken. That would logically make it a bologna salad, IMHO.

Sounds like a mess, logically it could be called anything...

That was my question, not your dig.

I just call it bologna spread. It sure is tasty when nicely seasoned.

I'm hesitant to use eggs in it, though.

I grew up and still live in the Boston area and fried bologna sandwiches were a staple when I was a kid.
My dad used to cut up bologna into small pieces and mix it up with eggs and scramble them. Great stuff.

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Originally posted by janzy

I grew up and still live in the Boston area and fried bologna sandwiches were a staple when I was a kid.
My dad used to cut up bologna into small pieces and mix it up with eggs and scramble them. Great stuff.

Yep...been there, done that!!!

I love fried, balogna sandwiches. This salad sounds interesting.

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Originally posted by mncorn Sounds like a mess, logically it could be called anything...

That was my question, not your dig.

Dig? I answered an honest question. You should see some of the sandwiches I eat if you think that's a mess.

I've been eating fried bologna my whole life. I usually like to fry thicker slices but my kids like slices you can see through. I posted these pics on another thread.