Lots of people think that you can't do much to ruin a bacon/lettuce/tomato sandwich. For me, a BLT is a benchmark of what a restaurant is capable of and they are often very mediocre. You have to have good bacon and it has to be cooked well enough to be crispy without being burnt. The bacon also has to be thin enough so it doesn't just pull out of the sandwich in one big lump, leaving you with a long string of meat, (or under cooked fat, yuk) hanging out of your mouth. The tomato has to be ripe and sweet without being too mushy, and again it has to be thin enough so it you can get a mouthful of it without a mess. There has to be good bread, preferably a multi-grain, and it can't be toasted too much or it cuts the inside of your mouth. And the lettuce has to be fresh and also easy to get a mouthful of. You can see that for me there are many pitfalls in a BLT, many of them related to my small mouth (only small physically, not under exercised!). And I haven't even mentioned the mayonnaise of which there can't be too much or too little. I hate having mayo ooze all over my hands.
Despite all the things that can go wrong one of us often orders a BLT when we are travelling because at least it is recognizable on an unfamiliar menu. The worst ever was in Coulee City, Washington; truly awful and having virtually all the nasty elements I've just mentioned. Jim says he had possibly the best ever on this trip, but we've forgotten where which is a great shame because 'best-evers' deserve to be noted. We are sure it was in Calistoga but not sure which restaurant.
Which bring me back to Las Vegas and the reason for this post.We went to the Carnegie Deli at the Mirage and faced with a huge menu we
both opted for a BLT.
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| this is half of one sandwich! |
Good grief! There had to be 2 pounds of bacon in each sandwich. On the upper left part of the plate you can just see the bacon left over from the half I ate. We each ate half and took the rest away with us, in TWO boxes. Next day we had refreshed BLTs; the following day I used a bunch of bacon with some shrimp, mushrooms, onions, lemon juice, and cream cheese to make a pasta (delicious I might add); and we still had bacon left over. It's nuts. And in a land of excess, this might top the list.
3 comments:
Wonderful story......completely amazing excess! Although I could certainly have eaten all that bacon in one sitting, I would have rebelled at the iceberg lettuce!
Em and Brian leave for Vegas on Friday and word is out that the weather is changing. Too bad but I think they're just happy to be away alone for the first time in years. I get the kids for A WEEK.....EEEEK!!
Keep having fun! XXX
I just love BLTs, especially with a slice of cheddar cheese thrown in. I never would have imagined being given too much bacon (I thought such a thing as impossible) but that was definitely, positively too much bacon. And lettuce, like Sally says!
I would add that the mayo has to be good mayo, and just the right amount: enough to moisten the whole shebang, but not so much it goops out all over.
Well, thanks a lot! After reading that mouth watering detailed description I'm hungry all of a sudden. Now I'm off to make myself a BLT!!! It will look rather puny next to that MONSTER!
You should have sent it back, and asked them to "Supper Size" it for you. :-)
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