Smoked and Grilled Bologna Sammie

[BBQ Grail]

My maternal ancestors grew up as somewhat poor country folk. Whether it was the dust of the Red River basin in East Texas or the farms of Northern Alabama they were people who struggled to feed families through the 1800’s. The simple comfort country foods they ate, to make ends meet, made their way to Southern California where I enjoyed them, not because we had to, but because they just tasted great.

One of my favorite lunches was a simple fried bologna sandwich. Bologna, fried on the stove, slathered in mayo on Wonder Bread it was my “go to” after school sandwich whenever I had a chance. I’m not a huge fan of bologna normally. The flavor just doesn’t appeal to me. But fried, bologna takes on a whole different flavor.

This “enhanced” fried flavor is complimented by mayo, and makes even the cheapest, plain white bread edible. So when I got the craving for a fried bologna sandwich this week I decided that I needed to go a little over the top. Of course it has to be done on the grill. And in this case, the smoker and the grill.

The rest of the story...

 

[bigabyte]

NICE! I agree, normal bologna I could happily live without. Fried or grilled though, and move over, I'm digging in!

 

[MOS95B]

I'm the opposite. I love plain bologna, but can't take it fried. Need to try smoked, though. That looks interesting.

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Smoked Bologna is one of my best sellers at my roadside stand! :thumb:

 

[FattyMac]

That looks fantastic!

I recently discovered the joys of smoked baloney.never thought of grilling it after though, I will have to try that.

 

[DC-Q]

I used to eat fried balogna when I was a kid too.
Tried smoking it for the 1st time last Sat. it was pretty good!

 

[Grillman]

A Fried Bologna sandwich is a thing of beauty.

Ad a fried egg, and a slice of cheese; and you might
experience Nirvana.:clap:

 

[Big_AL]

Fried, thinly sliced, mega-store bologna on white bread with ketchup was a staple when I was a youngster. I ate so much I developed a distaste for it. At a bbq event a few years ago I tried a thickly sliced, smoked, hunk o' bologna sammie...tasty stuff!! :-D It's worthy of a try even for those with mega-store style bologna repelling tastebuds.

 

[GeauxBigRed]

Awesome! But you guys have it all wrong fried w/mustard is clearly the best!! :razz::thumb:

 

[deguerre]

What part of North Alabama? That's where I'm from. And fried bologna was a staple in my house. Love it. (Fried in bacon grease too)

 

[JimGass]

Mmmm. Smoked bologna. My father-in-law mentioned this to me and I tried it once a few years ago. This thread reminds me that I need to do it again, was pretty tasty stuff.

 

[Jay Bird]

Been over 45 years since I had a bologna sammie. Smoked........could happen.

 

[boatnut]

me thinks a little attention to the TYPE of bologna is the key. plain ol' say "Ekrich"..nah....but good ol' german type bologna smoked, then sliced and fried or better yet grilled. it the best! Slap on some grilled onion and pepper cheese..mmmm. mmmm. Look to your local deli for direction.

 

[Grabnabber]

me thinks a little attention to the TYPE of bologna is the key. plain ol' say "Ekrich"..nah....but good ol' german type bologna smoked, then sliced and fried or better yet grilled. it the best! Slap on some grilled onion and pepper cheese..mmmm. mmmm. Look to your local deli for direction.

MCKEECRAFT OWNER! I had a Fisherman 16- great boat, you are stoked! :thumb:

 

[Phubar]

Still gotta try me that!

 

[thunderwagn]

MMmmm! That looks REALLY good. I grew up on the Mexican border in Texas. Ate many a fried piece of bologna wrapped in a tortilla:thumb:
I gotta try the smoked chub!

 

[eribac]

Picked up a 3.5# hunk of bologna last night. Looking forward to smoking it this weekend. Thanks for the idea!

--eric

 

[grillzilla10]

I grill'em up at home football games .I love to watch people get fired up about a piece of thick cut grilled bologna.

 

[Shiz-Nit]

lookin' good indeed

 

[chambersuac]

that's just downright tasty looking!