On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 09:54:00 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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

Only better It's something you can do in the smoker or on the grill
or in oven on a dish of sauerkraut, or. . . .
Janet US