I've been waiting a long time to try this with mortadella as it's impossible to find in my area. Tried it with bologna before but it's not as good as this. Second one I added a fried egg and hotsauce. I used Dietz & Watson's which I imagine is on the lower end for mortadella? I honestly don't know much about Italian meats.

by Albino-Buffalo_

15 Comments

  1. Shot_Measurement_543

    It’s ok but not that good ( I love Bourdain very much but just being honest here)

  2. chef-hoot

    It’s an easy and satisfying sandwich to throw together after a busy shift (or in the middle of one) and much better when you have freshly sliced mort on hand. Sorry you don’t have easy access to those things.

  3. One-Animal8900

    ffs whats the recipe/ingredient list man? come on!

  4. anonuemus

    There are very different qualities of mortadella.

  5. Wide_Ad_7784

    I didn’t care for it. Found it too fatty and greasy

  6. I tried real mortadella once. Tasted exactly like bologna, just had the fat concentrated, but even where the fat wasn’t, it tasted like bologna to me. Maybe I have a less sophisticated palate :/

  7. FreddyMightCare_

    People get so worked up over a fried bologna sandwich I don’t get it

  8. In the past month there have been 17 posts on making this sandwich. We get it, Bourdain made a sandwich, let’s move on.

  9. shortwa113t

    Miss Bourdain. Just came back from Thailand and visited most of the restaurants he went to. RIP.

  10. Successful_Oven5642

    looks good, the thing that sets mortadella aside from bologna is pistachios and sometimes olives but you still have the random lumps of fat so you’re not *that* far off in terms of texture. flavor wise you are very, very far off lol.

  11. comewshmybck

    Dietz and Watson are definitely on the higher end of deli meats.