A collective challenge for all of you who really love to cook: Make a BLT from scratch. No, this does not mean raising a piglet for the bacon or growing your own wheat to grind into flour. Yes, extra credit for either, but I want this to be a challenge that everyone can accept, whether you live in a Manhattan walk-up or rural North Carolina, Alaska or suburban splendor: make a BLT from scratch, photograph it and send the photo to me. If you blog, blog about it (and please link back to this post to encourage others to accept the challenge).
From scratch means: You grow your tomato, you grow your lettuce, you cure your own bacon or pancetta, you bake your own bread (wild yeast preferred and gets higher marks but is not required), you make your own mayo. All other embellishments, creative interpretations of the BLT welcome.
If I liked BLTs, I'd consider trying it.
If I had a pig, I’d do it.
All that work for… a BLT? Kinda anti-climatic. If someone comes up with similar challenge involving a cheesecake, I’m there.
cheesecake… cream cheese sounds like a real bitch to make.
but a from-scratch pizza: make your own dough, cheese, sausage, and sauce. you’d still have to grow tomatoes and cure meat, but pizza > BLT