ramblings and musing of the "fur~babies" momma: "Fried" Cheese Stuffed Bologna & Squares #8

Saturday, August 15, 2009

"Fried" Cheese Stuffed Bologna & Squares #8

I'll just bet you are asking yourself, "What do Fried Cheese Bologna and Squares have to do with each other?"

In my world, they are close to being the same . . . two things I REALLY, REALLY like. Well, to be perfectly honest, I like "Open Face Bologna and Cheese sandwiches" the best, but it wasn't offered today.

Today was The Taste of Tonawanda at Gateway Harbor. I actually went for a Wine Slush from Niagara Landing, but they weren't there, so my 1st choice was the Knights of Columbus' Fried Bologna stuffed with cheese. If you are a bologna lover, I am sure you have pan fried bologna before. Personally, I like mine cold out of the refrigerator wrapped around a slice of Colby Cheese (thus an Open Face Bologna and Cheese Sandwich). When I eat it, I feel like the one dog from a cartoon in the 1970's who, when given a dog biscuit, would float in the air with ecstasy. (I think it might have been Muttley from Dastardly and Muttley fame.)

I digress. the "fried" bologna at the K of C tent was actually a 1/2 slice of bologna wrapped around a white cheese (I thought i t was mozzarella, but Gene said it was something else and for the life of me I can't remember what now.) coated in a beer batter and then deep fried. W-O-W-Z-A, W-O-W-Z-A, W-O-W-Z-A did it ever hit the spot.

#2 on our tasting adventure was a slice of Carrot Cake from Simply Sue's on Main Street here in town. It had been made in a jelly roll pan so it was thin BUT, they cut the sheet in half length-wise. Then they served a piece , probably, 2" wide and they piped a TON of cream cheese frosting on it. WHEW! Talk about a sugar rush! This was the moistest carrot cake I have ever had, and the cream cheese icing overwhelmed it. But, of course, Gene and I had to finish it, sweet or not :0}

#3 was a visit to Crazy Jake's, on Webster Street in North Tonawanda, for an order of BBQ Ribs. Again . . .SO GOOD. We think they the BBQ sauce was a bourbon based sweet sauce . . and the meat fell of the bone.

#4, back to the K of C for some Seafood Pasta Salad. Bow tie pasta, small ( but not the tiny) shrimp, crab meat (I think imitation crab, which I like a lot), celery, red/green & yellow peppers and I tasted some celery seed. Very refreshing.

When we left, we had 2 tickets left (tickets are $0.50 apiece and then each merchant assigns their samples anywhere from 1 to 6 tickets) so I got a Cheese Stuffed Fried Bologna "for the road."

We had fun, even though they get fewer and fewer participants each year. I hope the Chamber of Commerce can build it up for next year. So many eating establishments are members I would think they would all be there.

Okay, now for the squares. Here are the last squares I received. I don't have time, at the present, to link them to their patterns, but I will get that done in a day or two.

Circle of Friends