© 2016 MarcaRelli
I’m always Jonesing for bacon. Finally, the other day, I scored. I got a pound of thick-sliced bacon for two dollars and forty nine cents – and now I’m gonna use it. I can’t think of too many better ways to use bacon than the classic BLT. If you are watching your fat and cholesterol levels then I guess maybe you should make this only on rare occasions. But you should know that my wife’s wise old Irish grandmother claimed that bacon was good for you. She said – “it greases your lungs.” Don’t laugh, she lived 98 years.
When I was a kid the man on the TV told me that eating Wonder Bread “helps build strong bodies 12 ways.” I don’t recall him ever itemizing what the 12 ways were, but I believed him. I also believed that, through no effort of my own, I could “run faster and jump higher” just by lacing on a pair of Keds sneakers. I wasn’t the brightest kid.
I think a good BLT should be thick and messy, so don’t hesitate to put a generous schmear of mayo on it and pile on that lettuce and tomato. Give everyone extra napkins.
Need This
8 strips of bacon
8 slices of Wonder Bread*
1 head of Iceberg Lettuce
2 large ripe tomatoes
Mayonnaise
Do This
Fry the bacon in a large frying pan until crispy.
Toast the bread slices in a toaster until golden. Be careful if you are using Wonder Bread as it toasts up really fast.
Slice the tomatoes into thick slices. Put the Iceberg lettuce on its head and give the core a couple of good whacks with the palm of your hand. Remove the core. Tear the head in half and rip out four nice big hunks of lettuce.
Put a slab of Mayo on four slices of toast.
Assemble this way: Tomato down on Mayo: Bacon down on tomato (2 strips): Lettuce down on bacon.
Top it off with the other slice of toast. Press down gently and enjoy.
Serves 4. My cost Approx. $ 5.67 total – about $ 1.42 per serving.
* I’m using Wonder Bread for nostalgia purposes only… any white bread will do just fine. – GMN