I have a sweet friend who occasionally gets me treats from the US Base. She asked if I ever wanted anything specific from the clearance/day old rack, to let her know. I said, "anything and everything." This week she got me bologna. I was so excited, it had been so long since I'd even seen it. I said, "Girls! Guess What! We got some bologna!" Silence. Stares. One said, "Maybe I had that once before, I don't remember." Blink. Blink. "Girls! It's lunch meat! And not just that, it's lunch meat that I used to eat when I was a kid!" Then I thought about reading the ingredients to them, but since the first one was "mechanically separated chicken" I thought not. Anyway, today I made them bologna sandwiches for lunch, not just to feed them but to educate them on this important part of American culture. They were so excited. But I didn't just make them plain 'ol bologna sandwiches, I made them JUST like I used to eat them.
One side with ketchup smiley faces.
One side with mustard frowny faces.
My Aunt Ethel made them like this for me every single day. I have absolutely no idea why. My guess is that I came up with the idea, begged her, and so she did it. I loved her. And I also love memories from those happy times.
One side with ketchup smiley faces.
One side with mustard frowny faces.
My Aunt Ethel made them like this for me every single day. I have absolutely no idea why. My guess is that I came up with the idea, begged her, and so she did it. I loved her. And I also love memories from those happy times.
2 comments:
I always ate banana (sliced), bologna, and miracle whip sandwiches. Has to be miracle whip, tastes awful with mayonnaise (though that's what I put on every other type of sandwich I eat). I still eat it on occasion. It's really the only way I want bologna (and I still sing the song in my head to spell bologna). David likes to fry his bologna, b/c of course... that's how he ate it as a child :)
Bologna does NOT need ketchup! Mustard is even optional. Mayonnaise is the key, unless of course you are frying it.
B-O-L-O-G-N-A!
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