How the great American bologna sandwich fell from grace

Growing up, my grandmother made bologna sandwiches for me the same way wrinkly Italian grandmas made their “AH-secret AH-pasta sauce” in ’80s television commercials. 

Nana told me that she used very “special” ingredients to make her sandwich unique, which I later discovered was just packets of sugar mashed into expired margarine from the back of the fridge. It didn’t matter: I was sold. I knew there were so many kids like me, victims of tuna fish and PB & J, who treated their bologna sandwiches with the same adulation most people reserve for the soldiers returning from war. 

Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the bologna sandwich was king. Nowadays, it’s rare for anyone to see a pack of bologna outside of the discount cold cut bin at your local depressing grocery store.   Read more…

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