Bout to put some together myself. Local tomatoes from St Helena Island, Dukes, basic bacon and white bread is all we have. But it will do!
Started adding avocado thin sliced last summer with thick cut bacon plastered heavy to both sides of the bread with dukes to hold in place. If you want to get loco...add palmetto cheese as the base instead of mayo.
If you’re serious, toasted white bread, backyard tomatoes, lettuce, Duke’s mayo, bacon, salt and pepper. I don’t care for the thick cut on BLTs as it’s a chore to eat through and throws off the consistency of the thing.
Rye sourdough bread, and I'll get extra bacon, put a piece of cold cheddar on there, and take the tomato off to eat it separately. I don't like a wet sammich.
I'm with you but a little lettuce is good. I prefer Butter Lettuce on a BLT. Italian bread toasted. Dukes or Kraft -- no Sweet stuff. And a great South Georgia bright red tomato (which I can't get anymore). I settle for vine ripe at the store, but it's not as good. Thick bacon is better as long as it's cooked and crispy.
Dude! On my way up to visit my now wife in Knoxville I drove through Madisonville for the sole purpose of getting some of Bentons bacon and saying I've been to his headquarters. Alan was there and I was like a kid I was so excited. He was about to leave and I asked for a picture, he ended up giving me a tour of the entire place and had an employee come with to take pictures with my phone. My wife was in medical school and it turns out his son is a doctor up in Bristol. We chatted about medical policy, etc and he told me to tell my wife best of luck with everything. Ended up even buying shirts that we both still wear, lol.
Bacon needs no toppings (although it's great with many). And although I'll eat bacon on a burger, I don't prefer it that way. Burgers are great without bacon, and bacon is great without beef. Let them stand on their own as the star attractions.
add a fried egg
I sneak in a little yellow mustard on that bad boy with a dash of Tabasco.
My BLT has mustard or horseradish sauce; no mayo for me. I don't toast the bread if it is nice and fresh. I don't eat Hormel bacon either.
Good God, man! The only acceptable substitute to Duke’s mayo is when there’s no Duke’s available and you can settle for Blue Plate. Mayo by definition and recipe is a fat based condiment, to make it fat free makes it not mayo at all. TURKEY BACON!!!??? That’s a myth and a lie accepted only by cowards and sissy men. Good day!
You obviously haven’t tried that Jennie-O turkey bacon. Mmmmm. And it’s heart healthy to boot!
Not really. Turkey bacon is not that much nutritionally different from pork bacon. The marginal difference isn't worth the sacrifice.
