Bologna or Baloney? The History of Your Favorite Lunch Meat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2022
- Weird History Food is here for your lunch meat needs. The history of bologna or baloney has a storied history both in both Italy as well as America, which, thanks to German immigrants, gave the rise to American kids' favorite TV jingle -- My baloney has a first name it's O-S-C-A-R. We will spare you the rest, but get your white bread and mayo ready, because we are going on a bologna trip. And that's no baloney.
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I grew up poor and fried bologna sandwiches were a staple for lunch, dinner, or a snack. I'll never look down on a food that got me through hard times.
Same here. Fried bologna sandwiches annnnddd cold bologna wrapped in a warm tortilla. I actually still eat both these items 30 years later. ☺️
My dad is the opposite. He hates bologna now since they had to eat it so very often when he was a kid
Fried bolonga with a little Cheez whiz and yellow mustard on toasted white bread is an instant memory of my Grandma….God I miss her.
fried bologna is great, sometimes I still just fry it and dice it up and eat it on its own
I always loved fried butthole sandwiches too
I immigrated from Germany as a child. The first time I had lunch at a friends house, they served a Baloney sandwich. I thought it tasted off, maybe even spoiled. When I returned home and told my mother about it, she laughed and said, "You're use to German Baloney and you had American Baloney." The quality and taste is quite different. I've served German Baloney to friends that HATE baloney and they love what I serve them. Oscar must have changed his recipe during the depression.
That's really interesting @Sven. Now I'd like to give the German kind a try! (I'm half German, after all!)
@@josephgaviota Schmalz German Bologna is the best but Schaller & Weber is more commonly found. Give 'em a try, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
I don't like Oscar Mayer bologna. I prefer the deli style bologna. It has more flavor. It's probably more similar to German bologna. You should try it.
@@josephgaviota you dumb krauts wouldn't know a good meal if it bit you in the ass
its mostly soy and ground grain with little grade F meat. 😁
As the son of an Alaskan fisherman, I am very grateful for the processed miracle that is bologna. Fish can get boring day after day.
But fish is so much better for you
@@seanbrown9048 actually fish every day can be worse for you due to mercury build up.
@@Oturan20 That's really only an issue if you consume meals with large fish such as king mackarel, tilefish, swordfish and even sharks.
eat a seal or crewmate
@幻滅Unknown Swordfish is pretty damn good though
We used to call fried baloney sandwiched 'pac-man sandwiches', and there was nothing better for an after school snack, ever.
Fried baloney is sooo underrated and forgotten nowadays
@@Allegedly_Angel We grew up slicing thick slabs about 1/4" to 1/2" thick to fry, the way the fat rendered out and soaked the bread was so dang good!
Except literally ANYthing else
@@Allegedly_Angel I remember these! My mommy used to make me these as a kid. Couldn’t eat them now though, awww
@@presmasterflash7555 I'm glad someone said it 😂
Suggestion: The history of movie theater concessions food and snacks. Some movie theaters these days offer beer and wine to enjoy while watching things blow up on screen.
Another suggestion: The history of shopping mall food courts. I worked at two food courts in St. Louis, MO way back in the 1980's.
Good suggestions :)
History of movie theater snacks sounds cool
Great ideas!
CNBC Business Insider already did that.
@Pamela makes me want to watch _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ again.
_"Wursts of every variety. The best of the wurst, if you will."_ 😂😂😂
I grinned at that line too ;)
Hey at least it's not worse than it is now
okay "always wanted to punch that kid" got me
Didn’t we all though? Lmao
I’m 61 and been eating bologna all my life. Tried many different brands, including Boar’s Head, but nothing beats Oscar Mayer. Fried bologna, egg, & cheese sandwich for breakfast, and bologna & cheese sandwich, a bag of pork rinds, and an RC cola for lunch. Livin’ large!
Great video, thanks! 👍
You must of been rich as a kid lol I was raised on cold cuts as a kid and tons of fried bologna with scramble eggs cheese sometimes with bacon.when I got older I only ate fresh bologna from the local german butcher shop they made every thing fresh I would put there delicious potato salad on it too.tomorrow I'm going to do a road trip to get me a fresh delicious bologna hero with the works yum yum
"Livin' large" is too accurate with a diet like that 😂
Balogna was something my dad liked, so it was pretty common to have some at home, but for me it was always a "I'll eat it if there's nothing else" option.
I used to like it but one day I just couldn't eat it anymore.yet I have never actually ate top grade bologna ,only the grocery store usually Oscar Meyer brand so that might be why I tired of it
Revealing you had a baloney sandwich during school lunch was the best way to reveal you were poor af.
Nope not having anything to eat at lunch was
@@Elephant-Fresh true true
In Australia it was a step up from a vegemite sandwich and you could always trade a “devon “ and tomato sauce sandwich
Was it? It was a pretty common lunch for me growing up and no one ever said it was because I was poor lol. But then again I alternated between balogna, turkey, tuna or peanut butter and jelly. :)
@@Elephant-Fresh Nope that would be child abuse not poverty
Don't ask how the sausage is made, just enjoy it.
Worse yet, scrapple
Sound advice.
Grinding meat and fat into a paste with seasoning, how horrifying
_Don't ask how the sausage is made, just enjoy it._
Exactly. Sometimes we don't want to know all the gory details.
Yall are gonna be like "Why do I or someone I know about have stomach cancer? I thought baloney was good for you!"
You know regularly eating baloney is as dangerous as cigarettes right? Oh well, I guess you don't need to know how Chemotherapy is made either just that it really hurts to have cancer.
Literally LOLed when he said "I've always wanted to punch that kid!" 🤣
Not me. Creeped me out.
I’m 64 and I’ve ate baloney since childhood. I still love it and about always have some in the fridge.
My baloney has a first name. It's O S C A R
My baloney has a second name. It's M A Y E R.
I love to eat it every day, and if you ask me why I’ll saaaaaayyyyyyyy!
Jeffrey Dahmer sings...
I still get that jingle in my head from time to time, though I've made an updated version that I sing to my hubby playfully "My hubby has a first name" lol it's fun :P
@@susanrobinson910 cause, Oscar Meyer has a way with BOLOGNA!
@@natebalcerak1659 THANK YOU for finishing the jingle 😊 I didn’t want to come back and finish it myself, lol! That would make it look like I had nothing better to do this past weekend but keep checking 😅
worked at Troyers trail bologna in Lil town in Ohio. we made the bologna out of nothing but beef. even did deer. both in bologna and Jerky. all smoked. pretty good stuff. still eat it once in while. it's super popular in the state.
I was today years old when I learned what a "bologna boat" is. Definitely on it
I'm from Portugal and "mortadela" is something that we get/eat quite often. This video just made me understand the differences between what he eat and its US cousin.
Mortadella is sold in the U.S too
Same in Latin America, we call it Mortadella.
Same in PR we eat mortadella and “queso de bola” 🤤
It’s very common in the U.S😂 it’s not the 30’s still lol
@@mistrgiggls2554 which one you like more? Bologna or mortadela?
I am so craving a bologna sandwich now! 🥪
Me too! Going grocery shopping tomorrow, so I'm going to grab some.
when I first moved to Texas and asked the deli guy at the local kroger for some mortadella he was like "Morta what, I got oscar mayer is that what you want?" being from Boston the lack of fine Italian meats like Mortadella, prosciutto and capicola was shocking
I have THE same story; Texas and Tennessee.
How embarrassing for the deli guy. Imagine being in that line of work and not knowing Italian meats….
@@lookoutforchris it's Texas they aren't that cultured to appreciate fine Italian meats
@michaelinterbartolo3 Or they just don't care about such cultures by choice, they've their own culture (which ironically you seem to look down on aswell)
@@KaoticReach1999 redneck isn't a culture to celebrate
Ate a ton of fried Bologna myself as a kid. To this day fried Bologna is one of my favorite foods.
I have it so seldomly any more, but I do have fond memories of it growing up.
Doesn't it bother you that it's unhealthy?
@@CordeliaWagner _Doesn't it bother you that it's unhealthy?_
No. Pizza is unhealthy, an In-N-Out burger is unhealthy ... I have them once in a while. As my grandfather used to say, "All things in moderation, including moderation itself."
@@josephgaviota lol...that's some good wisdom right there.
87 yrs old and enjoy such a sandwich every week
I literally just bought 2 packs a few minutes ago.
Kinda scared to watch it now. 😆
How many slices did you eat?
That scene of it being made nearly made me vomit x.x
@@williamgerman6813 6 so far. 😆
Once as a child, maybe 10 years old, I was left to watch my brother maybe 2 years younger and 2 younger cousins. We believed we invented fried bologna and hearing this I know we did not. In the progress of that, we added apple butter to the finished sandwich. It is really good. As an adult I've added ingredients--sliced onions are essential
I'm from Pennsylvania. We have Lebanon Bologna (pronounced buh lone uh). It's all beef, semi-dry, and available in original or sweet varieties. Invented by German immigrants who settled in the region of Lebanon County Pennsylvania.
I grew up in PA, and I live in Texas now, I miss Lebanon bologna so very much.
Once or twice a year I have my sister send me a couple packs so I can spread some cream cheese on a slice and roll it up
Lebanon Beef bologna is yummy. I live in Texas too. It's not easy to find here. Once in a while I buy some at an HEB grocery store in my area.
Bologna sandwich with lettuce and yellow mustard. Ah, childhood.
So good! I want one now!
I once hear baloney was just a different shape of a hotdog?
When I was little I used to love cutting the bologna into four triangles and then placing each triangle on a saltine cracker. I used to also take bologna sandwiches to school for lunch. Just miracle whip and white bread with the bologna, cut into four squares of course.
The white bread would always stick to the roof of my mouth so I usually got whole wheat and that stopped the sticking issue
I DON’T want to know!!!! Somethings need to remain a mystery!
Hooray! for the turkey and the wolf, I live right down the street from it on Jackson Ave in New Orleans, go there all the time. Love them!!!
Love these videos! If could leave a suggestion, I think the history of the sub-sandwich would be great! It has so many names and variations; the po'boy, grinder, subway-sandwich, etc... But always comes down to the basics: Loaf of bread, veggies, cold-cuts, and condiments (or vinegar).
Plus there's the fascinating history and rivalry between Quiznos' "toasted subs" and Subways' imitation, but with better marketing.
I remember when everyone thought that Quiznos' "spongmonkeys" were the worst restaurant mascots ever. Then the truth about Subway's Jared Fogle came out.
I tried Quizno's and Firehouse once each and I thought they were both barf. Subway is total barf the way they bring out the ingredients in the little plastic bags pre-weighed. Guck. I'm deprived on the west coast anyway and a coworker from Pennsylvania said you could;dn't get a good sub out here. I don't know about that because I stopped in to a roadside restaurant in central PA and got some kind of a pizza roll, and it was barf.
Don't forget "submarine sandwich".
Fried bologna and eggs served over toast. Yum!
The narrator is one of the best on TH-cam! I love these videos!
You should make a video on the 80s McDonald's Olympics promotion that cost the company millions in free food. That one legendary summer in the early 80s that people who were there remember fondly, and those who weren't wish they had experienced.
I was alive then but too young to remember it. I do remember the Krusty Burger parody of this event on The Simpsons, though.
Well this video was full of bologna. I now have that jingle stuck in my head and most importantly it’s made me want to go the store and buy a pack of it.
About the preservative/runway de-icer chemical thing:
Sodium chloride is not only used in food, and necessary for human life, but it's also used to de-ice roads. Dihydrogen monoxide is in almost all food, but it's the most common and powerful solvent on the planet. Talk about scary!! 😒🙄
I love fried bologna sandwiches! I still eat them from time to time, but you should do the history of frank n beans/pork n beans. Ate that alot as a kid
Bush baked beans with Ball Park franks is heavenly
@@seanbrown9048 It's so good!
@@princesskristan delicious and easy to make
Damn... now I need to make a fried baloney sandwich... with American cheese, raw white onions, fried jalapeños, battered, & deep fried.
You make two of those, then put four 1/4 lb patties in between them, then deep fry the whole thing again. Cuisine of the gods.
I remember when I was very little my mom frying baloney and then serving it with a can of Pork and Beans. I loved it. I also loved the 'second choice' lunch when I was a child in the 70s and I got a soup, which was Campbells I think, and a baloney sandwich, which was made with butter. Both delicious! I don't buy it now, because I don't need the fat and my kids don't care for it. But hard times are coming, so we may need to economize and fried baloney may become a staple food again. If so, I won't mind that much!
@Karina is right.
Our current economy really makes me miss Trump. Love him or hate him, things were good back then.
You should make a video about the weird cult-like following for White Castle, there's nothing that affects me the way those little steamed burgers with delicious patties, pickle, and onion juice drippings do.
I'll never forget the first time I ever ate it I was 16 years old, and I ate a whole 10 sack of original sliders. I didn't even know that I liked onions until that day, it was in a parking lot in northeastern Ohio with my father.
I've driven over 75 miles sometimes just to visit one of these restaurants, from Phoenix Arizona all the way to New York City I've had White Castle sliders.
For a 100-year-old Burger place, they're really effective at marketing and they introduced the world to the greatest Trifecta of burger flavors which is onion, pickle, cheese.
A lot of higher-end smashburgers and burgers of that nature only use onion pickle and cheese, so it's weird that they introduced that holy Trinity but with their own twist on it: the burgers are steamed in the onions, the onions are scooped off of the grill after caramelizing, and haphazardly tossed onto the burger, and the buns are stacked heel to top in order to absorb moisture and soften.
The pickles are unceremoniously tucked in between the burger halves as it's assembled.
It is the greatest of all American cheeseburgers.
I only know harold and kumar go to white castle
They affect me to, affect me right to the bathroom.
White Castle is good, but Krystal is better.
@@TheDucatiPilot no its not. Krystal has mustard which distorts the trifecta of flavors, vinegar and pickle is too much overpowering.
They don't steam their buns on the grill so they don't absorb the onion juice at all.
Speaking of which, they don't grill their onions either, so there is no large amount of onion umami flavor being transferred to the meat or being broken down on the grill.
Krystal is a very good attempt from the south to make small hand-sized burgers, but it is a full level below White castle, at the very best
Yeah, I've had them and they're gross to me, so I don't understand the fascination.
This sounds like a big bunch of deliciousness...baloney! Love it!!!
Fried bologna with yellow mustard on bunny bread still rocks 👌
This was awesome, who knew there was so much to baloney? Keep it up!
Lived off of bologna sandwichs as a kid in the 60's. braunschweiger with the fat edge was a special treat.
Bolinguist and bolexicographer! High level references - quality education!
Would love to learn about vienna sausages! You could do a video about all popular canned meats!
Hurricane supplies, you mean? Half the homes on the Gulf Coast got a closet full of Vienna sausages, potted meat, crackers, Chef Boyardee, ramen, dried fruits, cookies, and bottled water.
Yes, I'd love a video on Vienna sausages, as well. Are they really from Vienna, Austria?
@@spookyskeptic4978 not really hurricane supplies haha 😅 maybe just poor people meat honestly, i grew up on a lot of canned foods like spam, Viennas, corn beef hash. But if thats how you see em then yeah 😀
Nutsacs, taints, and sphincters.
That's another thing I can't get down anymore and used to eat them all the time.but now it's the sodium issue for me
Sodium chloride is a more commonly used deicing agent. It's also a food preservative, and makes food taste great as table salt.
Agreed 100%.
I hate when videos/ media talk about"chemicals" as some strange, dangerous substance... When they have almost zero understanding how ubiquitous and mundane chemicals are..
Might as well say "every year, thousands of people die from asphyxiation from being smothered in H2O.... 🤣
Kids at school used to give me a bunch of crap for eating boloney and hot dogs all the time. I was pretty poor, but I just liked it. I still eat it all the time. lol
There really is nothing better than fine german bologna.
we call it Fleischwurst (meat sausage) or Lyoner
Ate Baloney sandwiches growing up and loved them !! I still love them and now even have fried Baloney sandwiches. I prefer the all beef Baloney over the regular.
Hey, I love this channel and your main channel "weird history", so I was wondering if you can do history on cereal brands and where they got their mascot? I've always been curious 🤨🧐
“Icy Deliciousness” had me rolling 😂😂😂
What a load of baloney!
or, uh... bologna.
Nothing better than a bologna and cooper cheese with miracle whip sandwich! Too bad you can't get Oscar Myer bologna at the deli counter anymore, you gotta get the presliced stuff in that plastic clamshell package.
Beer, cheese, bologna… Wisconsin meal of champions! You’re welcome world!
🍻🧀
I needed to know all of this thank you!
As a young adult starting out on my own in the mid 80's, I found creative ways to eat bologna sandwiches but nothing beats a fried bologna sandwich with egg, swiss and dill pickle slices on toast w/ mayo and Dijon mustard.
I can't eat pickles (texture drives me nuts), but a fancy dill sauce sounds like it would go really well with fried bologna.... I might have to try it sometime.
One of my favorite sandwiches growing up involved bologna and liverwurst between two slices of toast. Somehow, my grandparents didn't think it was weird, at all.
damn that sounds good
Mustard on one side, mayo on the other.
For all the beer lovers out there, Snitz Creek Brewery in Lebanon, PA (whose bologna is renowned) makes a marzen ale brewed with bologna called Seltzer's Smokehaus #7 and it's really good.
Also, Flying Fish Brewery in New Jersey makes Exit #7, a pork roll porter, which is also delicious.
(I have no idea if the number seven thing is a coincidence or not.)
Lebanon bologna is the best
“All good societies throughout history have tubes in meat form” - Anthony Bourdain
Good one !
That's what SHE said.
I love my fried Bologna , always have,
How about a video on haggis
When I grew up in Poland we used to have breaded mortadella cutlets instead of pork schnitzels as normal meat was very expensive. Still remember the smell when it cooked :)
That actually sounds better than regular schnitzel
@@johnr797 Leftover "meat" sounds good to you ?
@@albundy9918 you clearly have no idea what mortadella is. Also, pretty sure you liked your own comment.
If you use the bologna facial mask overnight and you share your bed with a dog or a cat ... I can guarantee you will only use it once.
Taylor Ham is a staple in my old home State of New Jersey!
Ayyy. North Jersey bro. 👊
@@FluffyEmmy1116 yep! Lived in Bergen County. Moved back to AR after 25 years up there because of the huge taxes and and missed my family down South. Glad I moved but hell I miss that cuisine up there! 😂
Damn right it's Taylor Ham! No pork roll over here.
Lunchtime favorite suggestion: Variations of the classic PBJ sandwich. Is there such a thing as regional PBJ sandwich recipes?🥜🍇🍞
How Awesome are the job descriptions
We call in luncheon sausage in New Zealand, and it's really popular with young kids, but I've never seen it served hot.
Do you have Devon and Strasbourg as well?
Yh we call it luncheon meat in the UK xxx
I ate a lot of baloney sandwiches during my childhood.
I always keep Bologna in the fridge. When I don't know what I am in the mood to eat I can always go to the old standby, a baloney sandwich.
If it wasn't for Oscar Mayer's commercial. I don't think I would be able to spell Bologna. Still to this day I have to run that commercial in my head to be able to spell it. LOL. And a fried bologna with cheese and mustard hits the spot sometimes.
I get deli bologna occasionally, it's the best quality made with beef meat. They slice it from a loaf. I usually get pastrami too, along with peppered turkey and hard salami.
I know what is in it, and how it is made, but I still enjoy bologna to this day.
Sometimes I choose it over other meats because I just like the taste.
That, and making fried bologna grilled cheese sandwiches is really tasty.
Yeah I like it, haven’t had it in a while, but it has that great super-salty flavor
Shortening ‘ethnic’ names when traveling to the States is very common: germans, poles, etc all found that and the descendants quickly altered the accenting as well
This was such a bolog-neat episode!
A bologna and cheese sandwich will always be one of my favorite comfort foods
Suggestion: Can you do hot pockets and pizza rolls?
I used to hate bologna but after eating it more and more I enjoy it. I love a simple thick cut white bread with a thin layer of mayo and a squeeze of mustard with a single slice if bologna and if I have any a kraft single. So simple yet yummy 😋👍
And unhealthy.
I'd rather eat an apple.
@@CordeliaWagner Why not both? Makes a great lite lunch 😉👍
Didn't expect a Koegels mention in this vid. Nice 👍
love this channel
The comment about deicer wiping away wrinkles had me rollin'. Very interesting and informative vid.
When my stepfather was alive he likes to eat Oscar Mayer Bologna with his sandwich 🥪. 😀👍
In the 4th grade, I ate a baloney sandwich with mustard and it didn't agree with me. 30 something years later I haven't touched the stuff.
I LOVE this channel
"I always wanted to punch that kid" I should not have laughed as loud as I did!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪
Do one on potted meat
Yes!
Deviled Ham is awesome! My kids look at me is disgust when I eat it. 😂
@@parisite99 I like it too 😁
In California, just about the only thing that’s _not_ carcinogenic is soy!
Y’all should do a video on “delta tamales” they are unique to the Mississippi Delta region. I never knew what traditional tamales were until I was an adult!
Do Tell !! Maybe I'd like a Delta Tamale!?!
@@josephgaviota They are the best! It’s corn meal with ground pork or beef wrapped in corn husk and boiled for hours in spiced water! It sounds simple but so good! It is definitely a comfort food!
Like Manuel’s back in the 80’s ❤
@@92celizabeth it's a cuban tamale. They're different from Mexican ones. Some cuban mama went to the delta, made her tamales famous :)
@@josephgaviota it's a cuban tamale. Way diff to the mexican kind.
A single slice of bologna with mayo and a handful of Fritos between two pieces of white bread. A go-to comfort food.
New Weird Fact: Food Police was a thing back in the Middle Ages.
A video on Hostess fruit pies and their comic book adventures would be fun
What a perfect suggestion! I loved those cherry pies!
I want a fried Bologna sandwich now!
SAME
_I want a fried Bologna sandwich now!_
You're gonna like it !! I'm a little jealous!
🤣🤣🤣Dancing Bacon!😂😂😂 Thank you, I needed that.
Ever try Bologna, yellow mustard, and potato chips? Tried it when we ran out of lettuce. 😁
I use to make bologna sandwich with sliced tomatoes lettuce and german potato salad on A Kaiser roll yum yum
Made a fried bologna sandwich everyday for lunch during high school, never got sick of it. I think I may want one now…
I love a good fried bologna sandwich!!! I don't eat it often anymore, but when I do it's so good!!! 🙂
In Australia we call it Devon
Devon has a different flavour profile
German bologna is still one of my favorite comfort foods, especially for fried bologna sandwiches. This is just making me crave one.
Bologna just like any other sausage varies greatly depending on its ingredients and casing/cooking process. That being said, it is a great sausage when done right, even the cheap stuff in the grocery store is great pan fried in butter.
Great, now after going through this video, I want a bologna sandwich.
We all do 😄
Amazing
Love these videos, thank you, WHF! The more you know! Funny, just the other day, my good buddy said, and I quote "I fucking hate bologna!", and I never heard anyone say that before. I for one dont mind it at all, and Ive pronounced its name every which way, and everyone I knew enjoyed a good bologna sandwich for lunch, back in the good old days
Bread
Mayo
Cheese
Tomato
Avocado
Thick cut Bologna
Doritos
Mustard
Bread
Press down and get that crunch sound and either a jalapeño or pickle spears and that always hits the spot 👍🏻