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Well, we didn’t win…

blt challenge | September 2, 2016September 28, 2009 by Mardi Michels

but we sure had fun trying! We’ll be doing it again next year (actually we’re curing more bacon and pancetta right now…) Check out the winners of Michael Ruhlman’s BLT from Scratch winners here…. Photo by Jerad Dunnohew (the overall winner!)

Michael Ruhlman’s BLT from Scratch

blt challenge | May 16, 2011September 21, 2009 by Mardi Michels

“Wow” is all I can say! You can read more about his sandwich here. As it says in his post, his wife (and photographer) Donna will be reviewing the entries for the contest this week and will post the results next week. I am not hopeful we will win anything but boy, it sure was … Read more

Better late than never…

bacon, blt challenge, eat, pancetta, tomato, tomatoes | September 20, 2009 by Mardi Michels

Well our second tomato plant finally started producing fruit (it’s now about 6 feet high -a bit of a slow developer!) so it looks like some more tomato salads are going to be in order. Speaking of tomatoes, some of our friends were quite unhappy that they missed out on the BLT from scratch extravaganza … Read more

They say it takes a village to raise a child…

bacon, blt challenge, bread, eat, keep it local challenge, mayonnaise, tomato, tomatoes | May 16, 2011September 13, 2009 by Mardi Michels

I say it takes a city to make a BLT from scratch… Earlier this summer, I read about Michael Ruhlman’s challenge to make our own bacon, bread and mayonnaise and grow tomatoes and greens to make a BLT from scratch. We started out just thinking about it: We planted a tomato plant: Bought a pork … Read more

BLTeaser….

blt challenge, pancetta | September 12, 2009 by Mardi Michels

After the bacon and the first pancetta (and tomatoes!)….. We proudly present… Check back in Sunday to see how we get on with our BLT from scratch meal (for 20 – yikes!!!!)

Adventures in bread baking

baking, blt challenge, bread, tomato, tomatoes | September 4, 2016September 9, 2009 by Mardi Michels

(or why I am clearly not a baker!) So it all started out when I decided that the BLT from scratch challenge was something Neil and I would participate in. I was completely convinced that this would be do-able. And, for the most part (the parts that we have a say in, so nothing to … Read more