Anonymous
Post 12/15/2014 08:44     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

Reminds me of a former coworker. She called the office once on her day off, I happened to answer the phone.
She said "I think I might have used expired milk in my deviled eggs and want to know if you guys think they'll be OK"? I asked why in the world she put milk in her deviled eggs? "Because the recipe calls for it!" RECIPE?!
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2014 08:28     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

the key is the right mayo and that mayo is called Duke's Once you try it you will never use another mayo.

Anonymous
Post 12/15/2014 07:19     Subject: Re:Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

we do crispy bacon, no lettuce but avocado as mayo-spread over both sides of bread and tomato. Sure it is best in summer but it is till pretty good right now!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 21:43     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

It is bacon. Of course it is delicious.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 18:05     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

OP - get in your car, drive to Chapel Hill, NC. Go to Merritt's and order a double. I will accept your thanks when you return.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 16:46     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

We use arugula instead of iceberg. Also do the same thing as pp who only toasts one side, leaving the bread soft on the other side. We put the toasted side inward, so the the mayo doesn't make the bread gloppy.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 16:11     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is the wrong season for a bacon, lettuce and TOMATO sandwich if you truly want the best experience

+1
This is a summer sandwich.


Amen. Do not eat outside of July & August. Avocado is a nice addition too.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 16:10     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

Not too crisp!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 16:09     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

I don't like my bread toasted for BLT's! Plain bread, nice smear of Hellmann's mayo, tomato slices, LIBERAL multiple shakes of the salt shaker, CRISP slices of bacon, leaf of iceberg lettuce and another slice of white bread. I could eat my weight in them!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 16:04     Subject: Re:Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

I had one today for lunch. Good as ever!


+1

Only had enough bacon for one sandwich, and DW and DS were eyeing it. We ended up splitting it carefully as though it was rations and we were adrift at sea.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 15:41     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

Really, op?

I had one today for lunch. Good as ever!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 15:19     Subject: Re:Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

Yes, when DS was allergic to mayo, he loved having the bread slathered in avocado instead.
Fortunately, he outgrew that allergy, so he now enjoys mayo, but he's still an avocado hound.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 14:40     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

This is one of those sandwiches that has things I normally don't care for (except for bacon, I always love that), but is perfection all together.

White toast (not Wonder bread, but a decent white loaf)
Hellmans mayo
Medium bacon (not so crispy it cracks, but not too chewy)
Iceberg lettuce
Sliced tomatoes.

That's it.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 14:37     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

Agree with most of what's been posted. Just wanted to add that I have one kid who detests mayo of any sort, so I make his BLT using a brush of olive oil on the bread and a slice of ripe avocado. Still very good.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2014 14:37     Subject: Never had a BLT ... best recipe? More importantly, are they good?

You must be kidding.

But, agree with the previous poster: the key is the tomato. These sandwiches are best in summer with a farmer's market tomato.

The other key is using more mayonnaise than seems reasonable. I like Hellmann's best.