Fried baloney sandwiches

MJ5150 · #1 01-28-2012, 12:50 PM

OK, right to the point here....is this a black thing? Any white boys eat fried baloney sandwiches?

Here is why I ask. My sister was married to a black guy for about 10 years. I never heard about fried baloney sandwiches until I met him. Sure enough, when we went to his family get togethers, fried baloney was served many times. When we visited his family in Compton, we had fried baloney. Then today, I am watching a show on Food Network called "Cooking For Real", hosted by Sunny Anderson who is an attractive black woman, and she starts talking about the days in the ghetto eating fried baloney sandwiches.

-Mike

**colcifer** · #2 01-28-2012, 12:51 PM

Are they good?

hdracer · #3 01-28-2012, 12:57 PM

I grew up eating them on the farm. I still love them with a slice of fresh tomato.
My family came from Germany.
I never thought of it as a black thing, thought it was a German/Polish thing.
Or just a "poor" thing

bassplayerbob · #4 01-28-2012, 01:00 PM

We used to spice up our grilled cheese sandwich with a slice or two!

LAG · #5 01-28-2012, 01:05 PM

Aint a black thang. This white boy makes up bolagna sandwiches once in awhile. Been doing that all my life and im old (53). Sorta tasty on toast with ketchup.

hover · #6 01-28-2012, 01:09 PM

I used to eat them all the time....they were essentially fried hot dog sandwiches...but it was good because it was easy for me to make for myself when I was younger, and I dug that they looked like little sombreros when they were just about cooked in the skillet.

Smurf-o-Deth · #7 01-28-2012, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hdracer

Or just a "poor" thing

Yep. I was poor as hell growing up, and I've had my share of fried bologna sammiches.

hover · #8 01-28-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Deth

Yep. I was poor as hell growing up, and I've had my share of fried bologna sammiches.

I dunno if it was necessarily a "poor" thing, we could afford hot dogs too.

5StringFool · #9 01-28-2012, 01:25 PM

Here's my fried boalney sammich method: first you fry two pieces of baloney, then you sandwich two slices of American cheese between them, put them on buttered bread and grill it like a grilled cheese. Dee-licious.

This poor ol' Eastern Kentucky hillbilly has eaten my fair share of those.

Bloodhammer · #10 01-28-2012, 01:28 PM

Frying a piece of baloney is the only way to make it not taste like Vienna Sausage.

The blistering process gives it more of a ham flavor, so I wouldn't say it's a black or white thing. Just cheap and easy for kids to make for themselves when parents are working (I was home alone a lot as a kid, so I figured out many meals like this on my own).

And BTW, are there any TBers from Vienna? Because I seriously doubt that those tiny bologna sticks in a can of pungent water could possibly be an Austrian delicacy....

Ayce · #11 01-28-2012, 01:32 PM

I'm white, and I love fried balogna, aka "newfie steak" (not to offend any Newfoundlanders who may be here, but that's what some Maritimers call it)
i really love a nice thick slice with fried eggs, yum yum.
I also slice mine about 1/2 way to prevent the middle from not getting brown (sombrero bubble)
The only thing then is, it looks like Pacman when done.

I also like fried chicken and watermelon, (not at the same tiime, at least) so I never did buy into that sterotype.

Jerk chicken is another matter, never did aquire a taste.

hdracer · #12 01-28-2012, 01:32 PM

NO NO NO, you don't use sliced baloney.
To make the best sammich you need to slice a piece at least 1/2" thick (3/4 is better) that way it is more like a ham steak and doesn't shrivel up to nothing.

fenderhutz · #13 01-28-2012, 01:35 PM

It's bologna.

**fuzzy beard** · #14 01-28-2012, 01:38 PM

We always called them fried steak sammichs! We wernt poor but not far from it!

Sharknose79 · #15 01-28-2012, 01:39 PM

....MMMmmmmmmmm.....fried baloney sammies...

50 y.o. white boy here....been eating them for more than 45 years.

5StringFool · #16 01-28-2012, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fenderhutz

It's bologna.

Dude, your from West Virginia... you know better than that.

hover · #17 01-28-2012, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by fenderhutz

It's bologna.

No, I think he was serious.

**lowendfriend** · #18 01-28-2012, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

OK, right to the point here....is this a black thing? Any white boys eat fried baloney sandwiches?

Here is why I ask. My sister was married to a black guy for about 10 years. I never heard about fried baloney sandwiches until I met him. Sure enough, when we went to his family get togethers, fried baloney was served many times. When we visited his family in Compton, we had fried baloney. Then today, I am watching a show on Food Network called "Cooking For Real", hosted by Sunny Anderson who is an attractive black woman, and she starts talking about the days in the ghetto eating fried baloney sandwiches.

-Mike

I used to eat 'em in hometown Pittsburgh in the 50's and 60's. It was a variation on regular baloney sandwiches which you'd get sick of. Mom would jazz 'em up that way and she was Irish! Kinda like a Zappa "burnt weeny sandwich"!

duff beer · #19 01-28-2012, 03:17 PM

There is so much good food available these days...and yet people still waste money on baloney??

I don't get it...

Bassman316 · #20 01-28-2012, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ayce

I'm white, and I love fried balogna, aka "newfie steak" (not to offend any Newfoundlanders who may be here, but that's what some Maritimers call it)
i really love a nice thick slice with fried eggs, yum yum.
I also slice mine about 1/2 way to prevent the middle from not getting brown (sombrero bubble)
The only thing then is, it looks like Pacman when done.

I also like fried chicken and watermelon, (not at the same tiime, at least) so I never did buy into that sterotype.

Jerk chicken is another matter, never did aquire a taste.

I heard this on an episode of Trailer Park Boys, and had no idea what the hell "Newfie Steak" was until now. Cool.