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U.S. Janet B.

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Mar 28, 2017, 7:58:28 PM3/28/17
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:51:07 GMT, "l not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:

>Years ago, I was a big fan of olive loaf and pickle loaf lunch meats. I
>haven't had either in years because I'm just too cheap to spend
>$9-something/lb for Boars Head. At $4.39 for an 8 ounce package, Oscar
>Mayer adds insult to injury by charging Boar's Head prices and adding
>chicken-sludge to their loaf.
>
>In a moment of weakness, or temporary insanity, I snatched an 8 oz. package
>of OM Olive Loaf from the Geriatric Meat bin because it had been marked down
>to $2.50. I didn't expect much and my expectations were well met with OM
>Olive Loaf on whole wheat with coarse-grain mustard. Not good enough that I
>would pay full price, not bad enough to swear off forever. BUT...today, I
>had another OM Olive Loaf sandwich; this time on Pumpernickel spread with
>cream cheese - wow, I've found THE way to eat low-rent Olive Loaf. The
>pumpernickel was not the fluffy stuff you find in the bread aisle of many
>supermarkets. This was the real deal pumpernickel; dense, dark, whole-grain
>found in German specialty shops. Each slice is about an 1/8th inch thick
>and about the surface area of regular sandwich bread. I spread two slices
>of pumpernickel with a modest layer of cream cheese, added two ounces (2
>slices) of OM Olive Loaf and had a tasty sandwich.
>
>I won't be rushing out to buy OM Olive Loaf again anytime soon; but, I won't
>be throwing the remainder out, having found a way to make it edible in spite
>of chicken sludge.

olive loaf was a fav of mine as well.
Janet US

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Mar 28, 2017, 9:47:43 PM3/28/17
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I always liked olive loaf, too, and yes, it has gotten
ridiculously expensive. Some meat packers market it as
pickled pimento loaf although it was not in a loaf form
as it was sliced.

Wayne Boatwright

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Mar 28, 2017, 11:11:11 PM3/28/17
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On Tue 28 Mar 2017 02:51:07p, l not -l told us...

> Years ago, I was a big fan of olive loaf and pickle loaf lunch
> meats. I haven't had either in years because I'm just too cheap
> to spend $9-something/lb for Boars Head. At $4.39 for an 8 ounce
> package, Oscar Mayer adds insult to injury by charging Boar's Head
> prices and adding chicken-sludge to their loaf.
>
> In a moment of weakness, or temporary insanity, I snatched an 8
> oz. package of OM Olive Loaf from the Geriatric Meat bin because
> it had been marked down to $2.50. I didn't expect much and my
> expectations were well met with OM Olive Loaf on whole wheat with
> coarse-grain mustard. Not good enough that I would pay full
> price, not bad enough to swear off forever. BUT...today, I had
> another OM Olive Loaf sandwich; this time on Pumpernickel spread
> with cream cheese - wow, I've found THE way to eat low-rent Olive
> Loaf. The pumpernickel was not the fluffy stuff you find in the
> bread aisle of many supermarkets. This was the real deal
> pumpernickel; dense, dark, whole-grain found in German specialty
> shops. Each slice is about an 1/8th inch thick and about the
> surface area of regular sandwich bread. I spread two slices of
> pumpernickel with a modest layer of cream cheese, added two ounces
> (2 slices) of OM Olive Loaf and had a tasty sandwich.
>
> I won't be rushing out to buy OM Olive Loaf again anytime soon;
> but, I won't be throwing the remainder out, having found a way to
> make it edible in spite of chicken sludge.
>

When I was growing up my mother would always buy olive loaf, pickle
loaf, braunsweiger, and salami. The olive and pickle loaf and salami
was always bought fresh sliced from the deli counter, never packaged.
Back then I think we made the sandwiches with white bread and mayo,
which I would never eat now. I haven't bought luncheon meat in a
while, but I generally prefer it on some tpe of rye bread. I really
like the sound of your sandwich on the thin pumperhickel with the
cream cheese. I must try that. Otherwise, I would go witih mustard.

--

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Wayne Boatwright

Cheri

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Mar 29, 2017, 1:03:35 AM3/29/17
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"Wayne Boatwright" <waynebo...@xgmail.com> wrote in message

> When I was growing up my mother would always buy olive loaf, pickle
> loaf, braunsweiger, and salami. The olive and pickle loaf and salami
> was always bought fresh sliced from the deli counter, never packaged.
> Back then I think we made the sandwiches with white bread and mayo,
> which I would never eat now. I haven't bought luncheon meat in a
> while, but I generally prefer it on some tpe of rye bread. I really
> like the sound of your sandwich on the thin pumperhickel with the
> cream cheese. I must try that. Otherwise, I would go witih mustard.

About once a year I buy bologna from the butcher, thick sliced, fry it and
eat it on soft white Wonder Bread. Last year my good friend brought me the
ingredients for my birthday. It was a great sandwich.

Cheri

U.S. Janet B.

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Mar 29, 2017, 11:45:22 AM3/29/17
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:10:08 GMT, "l not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:

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>> --
>Yes, mustard is generally my condiment of choice with cold cuts. But, I
>like cream cheese on toasted pumpernickel for breakfast occasionally and
>thought it might work with the olive loaf.
>
>Hmmm. now I want toasted pumpernickel with cream cheese this morning.

try poached egg on your toasted, buttered pumpernickel for breakfast
-- wunderbar
Janet US

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Mar 29, 2017, 5:03:57 PM3/29/17
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:16:08 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:51:07 GMT, l not -l wrote:
>
>> Years ago, I was a big fan of olive loaf and pickle loaf lunch meats. I
>> haven't had either in years because I'm just too cheap to spend
>> $9-something/lb for Boars Head.
>
>All Boar's Head stuff is way overpriced. My supermarket gradually
>phased out a half dozen other brands that provided a nice selection of
>quality meats at reasonable prices (including a really good head
>cheese for $4.30/lb).
>
>Now they just have a limited selection of their house brand and the
>other two thirds is the BH BS. I ain't gonna pay $8.99 for BOLOGNA,
>ferchristakes. I can get top Choice ribeye for that price (or less).
>All the other BH selections are around $10-15/lb. I rarely ever see
>people ordering from that side of the case.

Depends where you live... away from NYC you're paying a premium for
transport. In Brooklyn and on Long Island BH head cheese, olive loaf,
pimento loaf, and pepper loaf are all between $3.99/lb & $4.99/lb
depending on how high faluting the store. Upstate NY the prices run
between $5.99/lb & $$6.99/lb depending on how far from NYC and how
fancy schmancy the store. In the small market in town they'll
regularly run a BOGO sale in their deli, occasionally it's buy a pound
of BH head cheese at $6.99 and get a pound free... that's a good deal
and since I like BH head cheese a lot I'll get three orders that week
= 6lbs for $21. I can easily eat a 1/2lb a day for lunch. Last week
the BH BOGO was for hard salami & genoa salami, at $6.99 I bought the
deal twice and got one pound of each each time. I like those salamis
but usually don't buy them due to the extra heavy fat content, head
cheese contains the least fat of any cold cut.
But usually for sandwich meat I'll buy boneless pork loins at under
$2/lb, season, roast, and slice for very healthful sandwiches...
pepperoni seasoning works very well (easy on the red pepper flakes).
The whole boneless loins are $1.79/lb this week but I still have 2/3
of one in the freezer.... they weigh near 20 pounds so I cut them into
thirds for the freezer. It would be easy to butterfly one and roll it
filled with pimento stuffed olives, a schmear of tomato paste, a few
crushed fennel seeds and a dusting of parm, I think I will next
time... excellent pure pork olive loaf for $2/lb.

>I've taken to buying my beef bologna at Walmart for $4.49/lb. Eckrich
>or Wunderbar brand, and lately, Prima Della house brand (most of the
>Prima Della stuff is made by Smithfield or Plumrose last I looked).

Wonderbar isn't the best bologna but it's a lot better than OM... the
market in town has Wonderbar at $3.99/lb every day, sometimes on sale
at $2.99/lb, that's when I may buy a pound because bologna is not a
favorite unless it's Mortadella... BH's version with pistachios is
superb, but I don't buy it up here as it sits, not much turnover so I
don't trust it. Upstate NY deli at smaller stores is iffy.
http://boarshead.com/products/detail/509-mortadella-small-with-pistachio-nuts-half
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/Mortadella.asp

penm...@aol.com

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Mar 29, 2017, 5:08:12 PM3/29/17
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:53:35 GMT, "l not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:

>
>On 28-Mar-2017, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:51:07 GMT, l not -l wrote:
>>
>> > Years ago, I was a big fan of olive loaf and pickle loaf lunch meats. I
>> > haven't had either in years because I'm just too cheap to spend
>> > $9-something/lb for Boars Head.
>>
>> All Boar's Head stuff is way overpriced. My supermarket gradually
>> phased out a half dozen other brands that provided a nice selection of
>> quality meats at reasonable prices (including a really good head
>> cheese for $4.30/lb).
>>
>> Now they just have a limited selection of their house brand and the
>> other two thirds is the BH BS. I ain't gonna pay $8.99 for BOLOGNA,
>> ferchristakes. I can get top Choice ribeye for that price (or less).
>> All the other BH selections are around $10-15/lb. I rarely ever see
>> people ordering from that side of the case.
>>
>> I've taken to buying my beef bologna at Walmart for $4.49/lb. Eckrich
>> or Wunderbar brand, and lately, Prima Della house brand (most of the
>> Prima Della stuff is made by Smithfield or Plumrose last I looked).
>>
>> -sw
>Most cold cuts I want are available in excellent quality at the
>international grocer nearby; it may take the rest of my life to sample all
>the bologna varieties they offer. Sadly, olive loaf and pickel loaf are not
>among the cold cut offerings. I may have to try the German butcher shops to
>see if any offer them.

If your international grocer doesn't stock olive loaf and pickle loaf
it's not much into international... those are very common at any deli.

penm...@aol.com

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Mar 30, 2017, 10:01:04 AM3/30/17
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:59:11 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:03:53 -0400, penm...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Depends where you live... away from NYC you're paying a premium for
>> transport. In Brooklyn and on Long Island BH head cheese, olive loaf,
>> pimento loaf, and pepper loaf are all between $3.99/lb & $4.99/lb ....
>
>Yeah, maybe 20 years ago. You suck at prices, Pussy Katz. Here are
>the current Boar's Head prices in New York City. The only BH meat
>under $7 is Head Cheese at $6. Bologna is $8 and the prices go up
>from there - average $10.50/lb - for everything except salamis and
>pepperoni.
>
>https://shop.fairwaymarket.com/departments/deli/cold-cuts.html

Most any pinhead knows Manhattan prices for anything are always higher
than the rest of NYC, or for the entire US for that matter, and the
prices at that Fairway web site include Delivery. Prices are even
higher buying BH from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=boar%27s+head+salami
The dwarf sucks at geography, common sense, etc... the one area where
the dwarf excels is Dishonesty!

The Greatest!

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Mar 30, 2017, 12:25:20 PM3/30/17
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Lol...maybe he could call you on your speaker phone...then he could argue about what a "speaker phone" is...

If the Dwarf had a mite of intelligence, one might call him "disingenuous", but considering his mental faculties "dishonest" is the apt term...

--
Best
Greg

Wayne Boatwright

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Mar 30, 2017, 1:43:40 PM3/30/17
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On Thu 30 Mar 2017 07:00:59a, told us...
The Boar's Head brand is sold at Fry's Supermarket (Krogers) in the
Phoenix area. Their prices are well above the ones you quoted,
Sheldon. In fact, they are almost exactly the same as what Steve
quoted.

Rick Mathers

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Mar 30, 2017, 3:08:28 PM3/30/17
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Sheldon Katz <penm...@aol.com> whined :
> Depends
>

Hey Katz, is your filthy sheeboon any better looking
than the one hog head Gregory Morrow bangs?

https://postimg.cc/image/addur1fn9/ YAK!

penm...@aol.com

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Mar 30, 2017, 3:51:01 PM3/30/17
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"The Greatest!" <gregorymorrowchicago wrote:
>Sheldon wrote:
>>Sqwertz wrote:
>> >penmart01 wrote:
>> >
>> >> Depends where you live... away from NYC you're paying a premium for
>> >> transport. In Brooklyn and on Long Island BH head cheese, olive loaf,
>> >> pimento loaf, and pepper loaf are all between $3.99/lb & $4.99/lb ....
>> >
>> >Yeah, maybe 20 years ago. You suck at prices, Pussy Katz. Here are
>> >the current Boar's Head prices in New York City. The only BH meat
>> >under $7 is Head Cheese at $6. Bologna is $8 and the prices go up
>> >from there - average $10.50/lb - for everything except salamis and
>> >pepperoni.
>> >
>> >https://shop.fairwaymarket.com/departments/deli/cold-cuts.html
>>
>> Most any pinhead knows Manhattan prices for anything are always higher
>> than the rest of NYC, or for the entire US for that matter, and the
>> prices at that Fairway web site include Delivery. Prices are even
>> higher buying BH from Amazon:
>> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=boar%27s+head+salami
>> The dwarf sucks at geography, common sense, etc... the one area where
>> the dwarf excels is Dishonesty!
>
>
>Lol...maybe he could call you on your speaker phone...then he could
>argue about what a "speaker phone" is...
>
>If the Dwarf had a mite of intelligence, one might call him "disingenuous",
>but considering his mental faculties "dishonest" is the apt term...

Disingenuous is not in the dwarf's monosyllabic vocabulary.
His moma knew, she named him single sylable Steve/Sqwertz.

col...@gmail.com

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Mar 30, 2017, 8:39:26 PM3/30/17
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I liked pimento Velveeta.

penm...@aol.com

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Mar 30, 2017, 9:27:53 PM3/30/17
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coltwv wrote:
>
>I liked pimento Velveeta.

Still made but not easily found... usta like it in Toast-E-Tites.
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