On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 12:48:06 PM UTC-4, Sal Paradise wrote:
> On 8/1/2015 10:44 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 8:00:12 AM UTC-4, Chatty Cathy wrote:
> >> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:07 -0700, Gregory Morrow wrote:
> >>
> >>> So seeing Sheldon's garden pix got me all nostalgic about when I was a
> >>> kid. A childhood memory was some of the food that my Midwestern small
> >>> town grandparents routinely ate in the late 50's and into the 60's, some
> >>> now seem a bit "old - fashioned" to me (but grandpa lived 1876 ->
> >>> 1965!). Here are some:
> >>>
> >>> - ring baloney
> >>
> >> OK, I hafta ask, what's 'ring' baloney? (as opposed to 'normal' baloney -
> >> which is known as 'polony' in my neck of the woods...)
> >
> > Ring bologna is stuffed into a narrower casing than regular bologna. Maybe
> > 1.25 inches in diameter.
> >
> > It's twisted into sections about yay long (sorry, I don't know exactly how
> > long--maybe 18-20 inches?) and the ends of the sections are brought together
> > before it is cooked; it stays in a curved shape afterward. Here's a picture
> > of ring bologna in a package:
> >
> > http://www.walmart.com/ip/Eckrich-Ri...14-oz/20934730
> >
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
>
> Looks like a nice fat keilbasa, is the taste similar?

Nope. Tastes like bologna.

My mother used to score it, dump catsup on it, and bake it.

Cindy Hamilton