The Fried Meat Johnny Cash Always Had With His Morning Eggs - Tasting Table

""I remember smelling the aroma of it frying in the farm kitchen as I walked outside on winter days [at our home] in Bon Aqua, Tennessee," he wrote in " The Cash and Carter Family Cookbook: Recipes and Recollections From Johnny and June's Table." "Dad would buy canned biscuits, eggs, and sliced bologna. He liked the bologna slices nearly crispy - some almost burned. He always loved crispy and well-done foods.""

"Carter Cash also went on to detail his dad's cooking process, including how he'd never beat his eggs before half-scrambling them in the skillet full of bologna drippings. And as for condiments, the musician would apparently slather "local honey and butter" on his biscuits and put ketchup on his eggs and bologna. "Simple, but very much one of his favorite foods," as Carter Cash said."

"If that description of Cash's breakfast got your stomach rumbling, you're probably ready to grab that skillet and start frying up a piece of bologna for yourself. However, anyone who's tried this before knows that it'll often cook unevenly, as the edges will lift up from the pan and not cook at the same rate as the center of the bologna. However, you can prevent this by using a sharp knife to either create a cross in the middle or making four,"

Johnny Cash often enjoyed fried bologna for breakfast with eggs and canned biscuits. He liked the bologna slices nearly crispy, sometimes almost burned, preferring well-done foods. He cooked eggs without beating them first, half-scrambling them in the skillet of bologna drippings. He spread local honey and butter on biscuits and put ketchup on eggs and bologna. The meal was simple and a favorite. Fried bologna can cook unevenly because the edges lift from the pan and cook faster than the center. To prevent curling and uneven cooking, score the bologna by cutting a cross in the middle or making four cuts around the edges.

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