Big Beautiful BLT! by Barbara L. Steinberg©
On a recent visit to Santa Rosa, we were treated to a most interesting feat, feast, and a fête of sorts. The building...assemblage...of what was touted as the world's biggest BLT. Yes, that's right. The most delightful and homespun of all sandwiches...the bacon, lettuce, and tomato. Well, it wasn't quiet the largest but a healthy 56 feet and enough to feed 200 people. The largest was actually created in 2003 at the Kendall Jackson Tomato Festival -- it was a whopping 106-feet-long and 15,000 square inches. We can thank Michele Anna Jordan, High Empress of BlT, for this most recent foray into the world of the perfect BLT.
But not just any BLT. A locavore BLT. All parts -- including the labor -- made from local goods. Organic freshly-picked salad greens. Heirloom tomatoes -- beef steak, also fresh-picked that day. Lovingly cured bacon from Black Pig Meat Company by Owner/Chef John Stewart of Zazu Restaurant in Santa Rosa. Naturally raised, hormone-free and smoked over apple wood -- pigs may not fly but this bacon is above the clouds. And the bread...Oh! My! God! the bread. Eight-foot loaves of the most beautiful ciabatta bread from Costeaux French Bakery (ca 1923) in Healdsburg, an award-winner at the Sonoma County Fair. My head was spinning. And absolutely...NONE, NO WAY do I want to see Miracle Whip. The Mayo Queen was on hand to curse anyone who might suggest such blasphemy.
The BLT is one of those wonderful childhood memories...something that when I say, "don't mess with perfection" I mean what I say. I am a snob when it comes to my BLTs. Are the tomatoes fresh? Is the bacon crisp? And how much of this most important ingredient will you spare? I just hate a skimpy BLT...do not skimp on the B!
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