Although it can’t quite compete with America’s Best Burger in actual culinary excess, Buffalo, New York’s Charcoal Broiled Helicopter Bologna Sandwich certainly has it beat in the naming department.
I find the article a bit confusing, though. Is the bologna fried or merely broiled? Can any gourmands from the great city of Buffalo enlighten us?
(Thanks to expat Buffalonian Mitch Gerber for the tip.)
That article disappoints without a picture of said sandwich. What does charcoal grilled bologna look like? Just what kind of lackadaisical journalism are the practicing in Buffalo anyway? (“Food coma” is not an acceptable excuse, true as it may be.)
I brought this up when the donut burger came up before, but will bring it up again as I still feel that this sandwich has yet to be bested:
http://www.nanbelegorn.com/sandwich/
The 30,000 calorie sandwich is certainly impressive. But it’s kind of like the concept cars the auto manufacturers show off at auto shows: it’s an awesome display of human ingenuity, but it’s never going to be street legal.
The bologna is broiled (not fried) over charcoal.
This information comes direct from the grill man at Louie’s. As for a picture, well, the Helicopter Bologna Sandwich is perhaps best left to the imagination.
Ahhh — the concept sandwich. I see your point. While one man’s individual effort in this arena may be impressive, perhaps even achieving the level of artistry, our sights are set upon new hights of _systematic_ gluttony.
Well played, Yankee Fog. Well played indeed
Meanwhile, the Brits come up with this sandwich:
http://www.selfridges.com/index.cfm?page=1010&articleID=5330