The podcast with J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, The Recipe with Kenji and Deb , launched this spring. Their new episode, out today, is all about BLTs.
Given the BLT love on HO, I’ll be curious what this podcast duo has to say.
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I recently went to a diner and asked for “roast beef club” and they served it with cheese instead of bacon! It freaking ruined my day. To top it all off the waitress never came back to check so I couldn’t even ask to have the order fixed. 
I only ate 1 of 4 pieces and brought the rest home and added bacon myself.
For me, the best club is roast beef club on toasted rye. Heavy mayo like you said and extra black pepper.
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I’ve heard kenji talk about this, and I’m in agreement with him. A BLT is best when it’s like a salad sandwich with bacon acting as a seasoning. Too much bacon ruins the balance.
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Does not compute.
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To each his own, but that sounds like claiming the best hamburger is a gyro.
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Using the bacon fat to grill the bread 
vs toaster/buttered
Where have I been?!
I Def oven bake the bacon.
I use the tomato basil bread from Panera.
Adding: a BLAT came up during the podcast epi. Kenji recommended that the avocado be mashed and used like mayo (which I do).
And, No less than 4 slices of bacon slices on a BLT.
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I’m with you on this one. There must be enough bacon to actually taste the bacon among all the other ingredients. None of this “in the background stuff”, otherwise, it’s a waste of good calories. This covers not only BLTs, but a bacon-cheeseburger.
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My ideal of a Club has roasted turkey breast (not a big ole pile of cold cuts), good quality bacon, tomato, lettuce, mayo. I like the quarter cut, but can accept triangles.
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I’ve never bitten into a sandwich and thought, “Gosh, this has too much bacon, I wish it had less.”
I am happy to be proven wrong.
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Now you got me thinking.
Bacon salad.
Find me some, I need to.
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A ‘Club is s club is a Club, is a Club’.
• Defining a club…Breakfast Club…Roast Beef Club…Vegan Club
• Defining a Caesar Salad…Kale Caesar…Shrimp Caesar…Blackend Tri Tip Caesar…
• Defining a salad dressing…Lemon Vinaigrette…Sriacha Louis/Louis dressing…Avocado- basil Green Goddess dressing…
Modifiers are important!
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I’ve had a BLT with too much bacon. Anyone familiar with Lee’s Deli in SF? Use to be like 20 outlets in downtown SF, before the pandemic. Might be down to one or none now. Any way, I stopped by for a late lunch around 2:30 and ordered a BLT. The deli worker grabbed a fist full of bacon from the pile and jammed in on very average toasted white bread, along with a couple of tomato slices and lettuce. There was more bacon than bread or veg. It was way out of balance….more like bacon with some stuff.
Their BLT was a cheap sandwich, like around $3 in the early 00s, a layer of bacon and then lettuce and tomato. For a cheap sandwich it was good, just enough bacon to satisfy, not a huge sandwich. With too much bacon it was nearly inedible.
Never thought that was possible but it is. Yes, the bacon was sitting there for a while but it was still bacon.
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I tried to find a dictionary definition and instead found this pretty confusing article.
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“What’s in a name…?”
I do find it interesting the descriptions of dishes in restaurants, tho.
They’ve all shuttered.
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Last night's 'traditional Club sandwich' with 'Waldorf' salad'.
Lightly toasted sliced sourdough (well, the only non-traditional item—no white bread in the house)
2 slices of thick, ‘double smoked’ bacon, Best Food’s mayo, very thinly sliced tomato slices and iceberg lettuce. The turkey element was the sous vide turkey breasts prepared as mentioned before. So tasty and sooo moist! I also crisped the turkey skin per the Serious Eats recipe. I seasoned it with too much pepper for my taste, but the method for crisping was spot on.
Frilly pick, no pickle or chips.
Waldorf was Cosmic Crisp apple, red seedless grapes, toasted walnuts, pretty light inner celery and a mix of mayo and Greek yogurt. Sweet and crisp and perfect for dinner on a hot day.
We're going to repeat this meal another time. The turkey will freeze well.
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had a similar experience at a place in downtown crossing, boston. a blt is all about balance. so what too much bacon means is there’s not enough tomato and lettuce.
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The same place I got my tuna club from also does a BCBLT - blue cheese BLT. They let you add avocado. It is one of life’s great sandwiches.
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Oooh - sounds so good! What kind of bread?
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