National Cold Cuts Day

5 Trivia Facts about National Cold Cuts

1. Cold cuts are sliced, precooked or cured meat, often sausages or meat loaves.
2. Usually they are served on sandwiches or a platter with cheese and crackers.
3. They are most commonly for sale vacuum-packed at the grocery store or sliced-to-order at the deli.
4. Most pre-sliced cold cuts are higher in fat, nitrates, and sodium than those that are sliced to order.
5. The CDC advises that those over 50 reheat cold cuts to “steaming hot” 165 °F (73.9 °C) and use them within four days.

The Dagwood sandwich has been around for quite a long period of time and mad especially famous by the Blondie and Dagwood cartoon strip series. In honor of the Superbowl I am sharing with you as my vintage Thursday Recipe for a dagwood sandwich

1/3 cup mayonnaise

2 tablespoons yellow mustard

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 pinch cajun seasoning

10 thick slices white sandwich bread

1/4 pound sliced pepperoni

1/4 pound thinly sliced Swiss cheese

1/2 pound thinly sliced turkey breast

1/4 pound thinly sliced provolone

1/2 pound thinly sliced roast beef

1/4 pound thinly sliced mild Cheddar

1/2 pound thinly sliced pastrami

1/4 pound thinly sliced pepper jack cheese or Monterey jack

1/2 pound sliced salami

5 pieces thick-cut bacon, cooked crisp and halved

1 medium tomato, cut into thin slices

10 whole green leaf lettuce leaves, washed, patted dry, and stem end removed

3 red cherry tomatoes

3 small pickle slices

3 long metal skewers

Combine mayonnaise and mustard in a small bowl. Season with chopped garlic and cajun seasoning. Arrange 5 bread slices on a large cutting board. Spread 2 tablespoons of the mayonnaise mixture evenly on each slice. Layer the meat and cheeses evenly among the bread slices in this order: pepperoni, Swiss, turkey, provolone, roast beef, cheddar, pastrami, pepper jack, and salami. (Fold the meats so that the sandwiches will stack evenly on top of each other.) Top each of the sandwiches with tomato slices and the remaining bread slices. Spread about 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise mixture on top of each sandwich and lay 2 bacon halves on top of each sandwich. Place 1 cherry tomato and 1 pickle slice through each skewer. Carefully build the Dagwood Sandwich by stacking all 5 sandwiches on top of each other. Separate the sandwiches by placing 2 lettuce leaves in between. To keep the sandwich tower from falling over, fit the skewers into the sandwich tower all the way through the center. To serve, pull off the desired amount of bread, meat and cheese