Category Archives: Sandwich spreads

Bad Ass Bologna Sandwich Spread

Posted by Sherry in Condiments, Sandwich spreads and tagged with ,

This may be a regional thing. I’m not sure. All I know is that I ate a fair amount of it as a kid growing up in Michigan.

My mother made. I’m pretty sure her’s was just bologna, mayo and sweet relish.

This recipe is a tweaking of a great update by Cathy Nunn at JustAPinch.

I’ve only changed and added a bit.

I simply love this stuff. But then I grew up loving bologna since we had the best bologna in the world.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 lb bologna (Get it in one big chunk at the deli if you can, otherwise get the BEST BEEF bologna you can find
  • 1/3 c minced celery
  • 1/3 c minced onion
  • 1/4 c pickle relish
  • 1/4 c roasted red peppers
  • 1 heaping tsp pickled jalapeños
  • pepper to taste
  • 1/3 c mayonnaise

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Add the celery and the onion to a food processor, mince further a bit.
  2. Add the relish, peppers, jalapeños, and pulse a couple of times, just to mix.
  3. Cut up your bologna roughly into like 1 inch pieces. Add and pulse until fairly small.
  4. Add the mayo and pulse a few times to mix.
  5. You don’t want the mix to be mush, you should still be able to pick out pieces of the ingredients.

Serves: 1 lb. It should keep a week, if you can leave it alone.

Ham It Up Spread

Posted by Sherry in Condiments, Pork Dishes, Sandwich spreads and tagged with ,

I don’t think I ever ate ham spread (salad to some) until I was an adult. I grew up on bologna spread which my parents made by grinding up bologna and adding whatever they added.

So I was shocked when I took my first bite of ham spread. Yikes, it was awful. Salty and drowning in mayo and toooo sweet! And try to find bologna spread in any deli in Iowa. Ain’t happening.

But I ran across a recipe over at JustAPinch, and then I got to thinking, and I have left over ham, and so I, in my pomposity decided I could do this.

And I did. And I corrected all the crap I didn’t like. So.

You might like it, or you might now. Only way to know is to continue reading I guess. :)

INGREDIENTS:

  • 3 c diced ham
  • 2 chopped up sweet gherkins
  • 4 scallions chopped, white part and a bit of the green
  • 1 heaping tbsp of pickled jalapeño
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1/4-1/3 c mayonnaise
  • 2/3 tsp pepper

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Put everything in a food processor with not all of the mayo and pulse until it is like small pebbles and comes together.
  2. Taste and adjust for seasonings.