Recently a friend told how a long ago coworker made up his lunch for the week. Starting with a loaf of bread and pile of bologna, he alternated slices of bread and bologna - no mayonnaise, mustard or other fixings, just bread and bologna. Then he put the whole thing back in the bread bag and took out something to eat every day.
That story brought back memories of Trail Bologna from Ohio. We didn't have it very often but periodically our bodies would tell us it was time for some Trail Bologna. Every once in a while on my way home from Mom's and Dad's I would stop at the Cheese House in Plain City and get 3-4 slices of Trail Bologna and matching number of slices of Baby Swiss cheese. That always took care of the craving for a while.
Click here for a story about this family business that's been operating for more than 100 years and what makes this bologna so good. Here's another article. I always thought Trail bologna was named for Trail, Ohio. This website says that's the case. But the Troyer's website says - "Originally named not for the town it was produced in but for the fact it was the most portable meat that could be eaten after not being refrigerated for quite some time." Trail bologna was eaten on the trail. This article talks about the Midwest and bologna; Troyer's Trail Bologna is mentioned.
These days you can find about anything on the Internet - even Troyer's Trail Bologna from Trail, Ohio. We had some shipped to the west coast last week. Now, if we could only find a way to get broasted chicken from Der Dutchman out here :)
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After typing bologna so many times for this post, I started wondering about the origin of the word and why it is spelled bologna and pronounced baloney. dictionary.com's explanation includes connections to Italy, Ireland, Poland, and politics.
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