The Bastard Meat
Posted by Chewy on Monday, April 7th, 2008
Sure, you can get purebred luncheon meats like ham or turkey. But olive loaf is an unholy alliance of bologna (snouts and asses pureed and put back together again– like Frankenstein but not as lonely) and green olives with pimentos. The result is a sweet, sweet forbidden fruit. And that is the money fruit. Er, money meat, in this case.
At work we started making our own dried sopresetta and chorizo (courtesy of Charcuterie and chemicals) and lamb flavored Slim Jim type dealies. I really want to figure out how to make olive loaf.
Here’s a haiku for my love:
Oh, my olive loaf
Soon you will be hip, trendy
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Soon, my pretty, soon.
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Comment written by Michele on 12:15 pm on the 7th of April, 2008
One of the things I look forward to now that I eat pork and pork by-products is olive loaf. Wheeeee!
Comment written by laduchessa on 12:50 pm on the 7th of April, 2008
My girl got me that book for xmas, my version of a great bed time story.
Comment written by Rob on 10:52 pm on the 7th of April, 2008
HA! Olive loaf was a family favorite. I thought it was an Italian-American thing, but maybe it’s not? It’s totally delish and completely nasty at the same time.
Comment written by We Are Never Full on 3:17 pm on the 9th of April, 2008
i grew up with olive loaf and mortadella, which is basically olive loaf with pistachios. thanks for the reminder, i have to buy that soon!
Comment written by mechanic on 1:44 pm on the 18th of April, 2008