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BLTs......what's your favorite version?

rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7

12 years ago

BLTs are a personal thing, I've discovered, for some people. I like them lots of ways so it's easier for me to just say what I don't like. No Mieacle Whip or white bread, thanks. Toast the bread and add mayo on both pieces, not too much.

I don't think that I even have a favorite, all time version! I like a flavorful bread, not too thickly cut, a high quality bacon, fresh garden tomatoes, crispy lettuce...the greenest leaves if iceberg.

What do you hanker for in a BLT?

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Comments (15)

juellie1962
12 years ago
REALLY good on an oven toasted cibatta roll! Fresh from the garden tomatoes make any sandwich better! :)
Today for lunch I made blt wraps, those are tasty too!
User
12 years ago
I like BLT's just bacon, lettuce and tomato on toast, with a little mayo. But I like them even better as a Clubhouse with 3 slices of toast and turkey added to the mix. Yum! Now I want a sandwich.
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jim_1 (Zone 5B)
12 years ago
Having been raised on white bread, that is what became out habit. When I learned about other breads, I switched.

One thing is constant (as far as I am concerned) is that the bread must be toasted. No other way to have a BLT.
sheilajoyce_gw
12 years ago
The tomatoes must be home grown. Makes all the difference in the world.
monica_pa Grieves
12 years ago
My BLT is made on a potato bread dinner roll.
Lightly spread with Hellman's mayo
A leaf of green letttuce on each side, on top of the lettuce, then a slice of tomato on each side, and then 2 pieces of cooked Oscar Meyer center-cut bacon in the middle.
hounds_x_two
12 years ago
Good bacon
Vine - ripened tomatoes
Leaves from hearts of Romaine lettuce
Wheat bread, not toasted
Mustard (yellow hot dog mustard)
Alice_sj
12 years ago
I like my blt with turkey bacon, romaine lettuce without the rib, ripe tomato slices, mayo, miracle whip, or avocado, and I prefer toasted sourdough, but I also like toasted white bread.
sudiepav
12 years ago
Benton's bacon
Toasted bakery bread
Garden fresh tomatoes
Crisp, green lettuce
Duke's mayonnaise
Orchidllauraga
12 years ago
I love my BLTs with melted Velveeta on one of the pieces of wheat bread and plenty of Hellemans Lite Mayo Wrights Thick Sliced Smoked Bacon, I prefer Romaine lettuce big homegrown tomato (prefer beefsteak, & cut out of the middle)and salt & pepper. oh and a bib to catch the tomato juice & mayo mix...lol
oldfixer
12 years ago
Exactly what the initials imply. B + L + T. White toast, sometimes a triple decker. 4-5 slabs of bacon. Mayo. Breakfast or brunch too.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
Original Author
12 years ago
I'm a big Duke's fan, too...or Blue Plate. Last year, I added a little wasabi to the mayo and it was a nice, spicy complement.

Ooh, BLTs make a great breakfast! What about with a fried egg in the middle?

I'll be picking my first Brandywine today! I've been eyeing it for days.
Marilyn Sue
12 years ago
Well, my favorite way is white bread toasted, Miracle Whip and lettuce and home grown tomatoes. The bacon can be thick or thin. I think mayo and Miracle Whip are two different things and I like them both.

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Orchidllauraga
12 years ago
All this talk about BLTs made me crave one for breakfast!!!! So I fixed myself one...well Tony fried the bacon. Although we had Romaine in the fridge, I chose not to have that much cold this early in the A.M. the mayo was enough. It sure was good
lindaohnowga
12 years ago
White bread toasted and buttered, bacon crisp...no fat, leaf lettuce, slice of homegrown tomato and Hellman's mayo.
kittiemom
12 years ago
Toasted whole wheat bread, heirloom tomatoes, bibb or romaine lettuce, and mayo. I also like to add avocado sometimes.

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