Authentic Bologna

[TastyReuben]

Lebanon "Sweet" Bologna is generally thought an invention of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
it is distinctly different than other bologna of the mortadella style
Sweet Bologna

I like the regular Lebanon bologna, and buy that frequently, but I don’t care as much for the sweet variety.

 

[CookieMonster]

the Lebanon type is essential for the classic "fried bologna sandwich"

 

[karadekoolaid]

I like to think that way back under the Old Gods*, they were all sitting up there wherever they were, and one day Zeus said, “I’m feeling generous…let’s give the mortals this wonderful item and I’ll call it bologna.”

I think you think too much. I do, however, expect you to write a novel as soon as you retire, with all these wildly creative ideas. You could call it : Valhalla meets the Elysian Fields - Bologna & Ambrosia.
Seriously though. I 'd always thought bologna/baloney was an American invention. A sensible way of preserving leftovers. I'd surmise the pseudo-Italian name came because the settlers had eaten Italian cured sausages, German cured sausages, and so on.

 

[TastyReuben]

I do, however, expect you to write a novel as soon as you retire

I’m working on the character of a medieval friar/deli meat expert who finds himself in all sorts of culinary adventures…Bolognius Monk:

 

[TastyReuben]

Here’s a bologna variation that’s a local favorite, olive loaf:

Bologna studded with green, pimento-stuffed olives.

 

[msmofet]

Here’s a bologna variation that’s a local favorite, olive loaf:

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Bologna studded with green, pimento-stuffed olives.

We call that olive loaf

 

[TastyReuben]

We call that olive loaf

Yep, that’s what we call it here, too.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I thought Olive Loaf was Popeye's baker.

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

 

[msmofet]

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I remember that ad.

But I prefer schickhaus bologna.

 

[TastyReuben]

I remember that ad.

But I prefer schickhaus bologna.

Around here, Kahn’s was (and probably still is) the most popular product, because it’s considered a hometown item (that and their hot dogs). Even though we had very little money growing up, and we always bought off-brands of things we couldn’t produce ourselves, Dad always insisted on Kahn’s bologna.

While I don’t consider myself a bologna connoisseur, I do love it, so whenever I’m at this or that deli, I always look for whatever bologna they have and try to buy it from makers I’ve not had before. There’s a lot of good lunchmeat that comes out of Cleveland, for example, so the farther north I get, I look for those.

Now I’m off to have an olive loaf sandwich…

 

[TastyReuben]

 

[karadekoolaid]

Looks remarkably like UK luncheon meat to me, served efficiently at school dinners during the 50s and 60s, and on margarine-slathered sandwiches at UNI in the 70s.