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This burgerwich with oaxaca cheese, avocado and al pastor meat. Glorious

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    Muffaletta. Made the bread from scratch, used central grocery olive salet. So good. 

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    Had a friend give me some corned beef, kraut, Russian dressing and sour pickles from Kat’z in NYC. Reuben time for dinner.

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Burger talk not going away.

On 10/29/2020 at 7:17 PM, Jameslaw121 said:

Someone bought me sourdough bread from this small bakery in denton. So BLT. I dug our some of the bread.. Also. Whoever suggested these pickles I need to rep.76fd3a8219f2585114cbdc8dda635a39.jpg402957df9aa68b6e0b98dc3aba2ac178.jpg

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Where do you get those pickles from?

2 hours ago, LarTXHorn said:

This burgerwich with oaxaca cheese, avocado and al pastor meat. Glorious

Those fries look legit, too.  Where is that?

7 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Those fries look legit, too.  Where is that?

This place in Laredo called Sweet Loring. They have other awesome burgers as well.

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Multigrain croissant, honey smoked turkey, maple honey ham, Muenster cheese, bacon, avocado, lettuce, Duke's mayo, spicy brown mustard, and Boar's Head Deli Sauce.

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On 12/6/2020 at 10:18 AM, LarTXHorn said:

Where do you get those pickles from?

Market Street. It's the cooler section near the bacon

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BLT night.

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1 hour ago, futureman said:

mayo game WEAK

It's on both sides.  It was plenty.

3 hours ago, futureman said:

mayo game WEAK

Not exactly coming strong with the bacon either.

12 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

BLT night.

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In my 39 years of living on this Earth, I have never had a BLT. I may have to do the deed. I always figured why not throw some turkey in that bitch but all these blts got me thinking. Yours looks nice as far as i can tell, but like I said I've never had one. As long as you enjoyed it compadre that's all that matters.

Can someone enlighten me as to the proper ratios to make a good BLT. Also what kind of bacon and bread. 

5 minutes ago, LarTXHorn said:

Can someone enlighten me as to the proper ratios to make a good BLT. Also what kind of bacon and bread. 

85% B, 0% L, 0% T, 15% bread.  Throw in some mayo to break the internet.

I’ve been using toasted or grilled brioche for my twice/weekly BLT’s at the house during Covid. 3-4 slices of bacon, couple pieces of romaine and 3-4 slices of Roma tomatoes. I also like to mix up my own cracked black pepper balsamic mayo (Duke’s) like they use at Corner Bakery. You can add avocado if you’re looking for a BLAT. Damn good sandy.

9 hours ago, LarTXHorn said:

Can someone enlighten me as to the proper ratios to make a good BLT. Also what kind of bacon and bread. 

Okay. This will sound strange. The tomato makes the sandwich.

You want good bread from the deli (I got sourdough from a bakery in Denton). Duke's Mayo - Don't skimp on this. Fresh crunchy romaine  and about 4-6 slices of thick cut bacon, also from the deli. Baking the bacon at 425 for about 15 minutes gets you nice flat slice. Toast the bread with some of the bacon grease on it.

But the Tomato - Try and get a heirloom tomato that feels like it's about to go bad. As in a kid should be able to easily squeeze it into tomato sauce. Put a little kosher salt on top of the sliced tomato about 5 minutes beforehand. Then a little pepper.

 

I also sometimes add some sort of Hot Sauce too

14 hours ago, LarTXHorn said:

Can someone enlighten me as to the proper ratios to make a good BLT. Also what kind of bacon and bread. 

you want at least 4 slices of thick cut bacon.  the stuff in the meat case is usually pretty decent.  i don't get flavored bacon b/c it seems like there's a lot of sugar in the solution which makes a mess when you cook it in cast iron. 

i go with a sandwich bread but not typical bag bread - if you can get it from a bakery rather than the grocery store bakery that's even better.  i like whole leaf butter/bibb/boston lettuce on mine but what type of lettuce is up to you.  high quality mayo is a must, i'll second duke's. 

the main impediment right now is that tomatoes are out of season.  you do not want the shitty roma tomatoes that are in stores right now (you don't want roma tomatoes for a blt pretty much ever, actually, but definitely not right now).  if you have a farmer's market maybe you'll find someone selling hothouse tomatoes.  as jameslaw said, you want the tomato to be ripe. 

cook the bacon using your method of choice to desired doneness.  i crack a lot of pepper on mine.  slice/season your tomatoes as soon as the bacon goes on the heat so that the salt has plenty of time to work its way in.  toast your bread, mayo on both sides.  order of assembly is:

toast
lettuce
tomato
bacon
tomato
toast

3 minutes ago, elfenix said:

you want at least 4 slices of thick cut bacon.  the stuff in the meat case is usually pretty decent.  i don't get flavored bacon b/c it seems like there's a lot of sugar in the solution which makes a mess when you cook it in cast iron. 

i go with a sandwich bread but not typical bag bread - if you can get it from a bakery rather than the grocery store bakery that's even better.  i like whole leaf butter/bibb/boston lettuce on mine but what type of lettuce is up to you.  high quality mayo is a must, i'll second duke's. 

the main impediment right now is that tomatoes are out of season.  you do not want the shitty roma tomatoes that are in stores right now (you don't want roma tomatoes for a blt pretty much ever, actually, but definitely not right now).  if you have a farmer's market maybe you'll find someone selling hothouse tomatoes.  as jameslaw said, you want the tomato to be ripe. 

cook the bacon using your method of choice to desired doneness.  i crack a lot of pepper on mine.  slice/season your tomatoes as soon as the bacon goes on the heat so that the salt has plenty of time to work its way in.  toast your bread, mayo on both sides.  order of assembly is:

toast
lettuce
tomato
bacon
tomato
toast

 

5 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Okay. This will sound strange. The tomato makes the sandwich.

You want good bread from the deli (I got sourdough from a bakery in Denton). Duke's Mayo - Don't skimp on this. Fresh crunchy romaine  and about 4-6 slices of thick cut bacon, also from the deli. Baking the bacon at 425 for about 15 minutes gets you nice flat slice. Toast the bread with some of the bacon grease on it.

But the Tomato - Try and get a heirloom tomato that feels like it's about to go bad. As in a kid should be able to easily squeeze it into tomato sauce. Put a little kosher salt on top of the sliced tomato about 5 minutes beforehand. Then a little pepper.

 

I also sometimes add some sort of Hot Sauce too

Fucking awesome. Appreciate your help. I'll get right on it. Prob gonna have a hard time finding decent tomatoes here in South TX, though.

I'm not a fan of Roma Tomatoes either. Whatever you choose on those, make sure they're really ripe. And maybe cut the core out if it has any green that you can see. Send pics when you can 

On 12/11/2020 at 10:57 PM, LarTXHorn said:

In my 39 years of living on this Earth, I have never had a BLT. I may have to do the deed. I always figured why not throw some turkey in that bitch but all these blts got me thinking. Yours looks nice as far as i can tell, but like I said I've never had one. As long as you enjoyed it compadre that's all that matters.

 

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needs more mayo. 

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28 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

needs more mayo. 

aye, captain. 

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I humbly submit my first ever BLT.

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stack height and mayo check (doctored on impulse with some chipoltle Tabasco and El Yucateco habanero sauce)

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2 hours ago, wd40 said:

stack height and mayo check (doctored on impulse with some chipoltle Tabasco and El Yucateco habanero sauce)

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Made a rotisserie chicken over the weekend. Turned leftovers into chicken salad. On toasted Mrs Baird’s white bread. Served with Hickory Habanero BBQ chips.
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Grilled some thin pork chops Sunday, had a few leftover so made a poor man's Cuban.  Pork chop, spicy dill pickles and provolone on grilled sourdough.  BTW that bread is from Easy Tiger Bakery - it is fantastic and you can get it at HEB.  They have an olive version that goes great with salami and ham.

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1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

BTW that bread is from Easy Tiger Bakery - it is fantastic and you can get it at HEB. 

I use it on burgers occasionally and grilled cheeses. you are right, it’s fantastic. 

20 hours ago, wd40 said:

stack height and mayo check (doctored on impulse with some chipoltle Tabasco and El Yucateco habanero sauce)

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This guy fucks.

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Had some leftover NY Strip roast from CE. 

Spinach,  tomato,  shaved NY strip, horseradish/sour cream sauce on toasted homemade bread. 

 

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Had some leftover NY Strip roast from CE. 
Spinach,  tomato,  shaved NY strip, horseradish/sour cream sauce on toasted homemade bread. 
 
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Goddamn that looks good. Gonna have to do this tomorrow with leftover beef tenderloin.

How did you shave that?  Mandoline?  Meat slicer?  Knife?

We have a ton of really outstanding ribeye roast and I want to do some Philly cheesesteaks (pseudo).  I was thinking of getting the meat really cold and doing my best with a sharp knife.

Cheers everyone. This is one of the best threads on the board 

13 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

How did you shave that?  Mandoline?  Meat slicer?  Knife?

We have a ton of really outstanding ribeye roast and I want to do some Philly cheesesteaks (pseudo).  I was thinking of getting the meat really cold and doing my best with a sharp knife.

It had been in the fridge for a day approx. Good sharp serrated knife and you can get it thin enough for a sandwich. 

didn't quite achieve the melted cheese action I was going for, but still slammed and went hard with the left over rib roast, horseraddish sauce, easy tiger sourdough. 

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that ET bread is a game changer.  my BLT above is on their rye.

Anastasis inspired me.  left over smoked prime rib (the other barky side, left over from NYE). ET sour dough, melted provolone.  caramelized onions and some brown gravy (to warm the meat) layered in there.  bread got a little more char than I planned, but still great.  to melt the cheese, I did each slice of bread separately in the pan I did the onions in.  then assembled it on the plate.  cast iron just takes forever to cool down.  

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chased it with a long nap, this afternoon.

Looks like somethin' the Lord made a patty melt.

Eh, you get my point 😁 Props.

One of my favorites, order one just about every time I see it on the menu. 

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