# What's in a BLAT? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939 "2006-07-02T15:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/1 "2006-07-02T15:05:21Z")
So I’m at the cafeteria ordering a BLAT. The counter man asks me what kind of bread I want. Wheat, I tell him. Do I want lettuce? 😕 I tell him yes, I want **B** acon, **L** ettuce, **A** vocado and **T** omato. ‘So lettuce is okay?’ he asked. ‘Yes,’ I reassured him. ‘You want tomato?’ :smack: At least he didn’t ask me if I wanted bacon or avocado. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/2 "2006-07-02T15:11:50Z")
I’ve never heard of adding avocado to a BLT. Is this a California thing? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/3 "2006-07-02T15:33:35Z")
I was getting a burger with avocado when I worked at Edwards AFB. The woman at the NCO Club asked if I were a native Californian, since she’d never heard of anyone else putting avocados on a burger. (Then there was the time when a woman from back east looked at the big bowl of guacamole at the O Club, and I had to tell her what it was for.) This was in the early-to-mid-'80s. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/4 "2006-07-02T15:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] since she’d never heard of anyone else putting avocados on a burger. [/QUOTE] Actually, she said ‘sandwich’; not ‘burger’. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/5 "2006-07-02T15:41:25Z")
I just got to wondering what other A one would put on a BLT: Artichoke Anchovy Almonds Apricots Apple sauce Anise seed Andouille Allspice Is there some cheese that starts with A? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/6 "2006-07-02T15:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Is there some cheese that starts with A? [/QUOTE] Asiago, Asadero, … ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/7 "2006-07-02T15:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=Homebrew] Asiago, Asadero, … [/QUOTE] Cool. Never heard of either one. How would they taste with bacon and tomato? Better yet, what do they taste like compared with other cheeses? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/8 "2006-07-02T16:12:44Z")
I once ordered trout almondine at a restaurant. It came out without almonds. I brought this to the waitress’s attention, thinking the garnish guy forgot them, and she said, “Oh, yeah…we’re out of them.” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/9 "2006-07-02T16:23:58Z")
Asiago is a semi-hard nutty flavored cheese somewhat like, but not as sharp as, Parmesan. Asadero comes from Oaxaca, Mexico and is a soft, white mild cheese. It’s great for topping anything baked so that it melts into creamy goodness. It’s the base of terrific Chili con Queso. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/10 "2006-07-02T16:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=Homebrew] Asiago is a semi-hard nutty flavored cheese somewhat like, but not as sharp as, Parmesan. Asadero comes from Oaxaca, Mexico and is a soft, white mild cheese. It’s great for topping anything baked so that it melts into creamy goodness. It’s the base of terrific Chili con Queso. [/QUOTE] Sounds like I’d go with the asadero, but I’m partial to sharp cheddar with bacon, so maybe the asiago might work. Is it anything like feta, perhaps? Maybe we could expand the BLAT to BLEAT by adding some eggs or eggplant? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/11 "2006-07-02T16:37:40Z")
Cheese should never be part of a BLAT or a BLT. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/12 "2006-07-02T16:39:54Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Cheese should never be part of a BLAT or a BLT. [/QUOTE] Very well. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/13 "2006-07-02T17:02:11Z")
“Bisexual, Lesbian And Transgendered?” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/14 "2006-07-02T17:04:30Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve never heard of adding avocado to a BLT. Is this a California thing? Neither have I, but it sounds like a really good combination. And I’m not even a particularly big fan of avacados. Cheese, though, I somehow think would conflict with the bacon-tomato flavor combination. Oh, and add to the A-list, alfalfa sprouts would also, I think, do well on such a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/15 "2006-07-03T00:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] “Bisexual, Lesbian And Transgendered?” [/QUOTE] Now **that’s** a California thing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/16 "2006-07-03T01:22:42Z")
Add sprouts, and have a BLAST. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/17 "2006-07-03T01:45:33Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Add sprouts, and have a BLAST. [/QUOTE] now strangely, that sounds quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/18 "2006-07-03T01:52:27Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I’ve never heard of adding avocado to a BLT. Is this a California thing? [/QUOTE] Yes. In fact, In fact, I have seen my wife order a BLT (listed as such on the menu at a diner, with no further description), and it came with avocado _by default_. She likes avocado, but if she wanted a BLT without one at this place, she would have had to specifically ask for its absence. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/19 "2006-07-03T05:11:57Z")
I enjoy a nice BELT for breakfast. Bacon, Egg, Lettuce and Tomato. Sandwichy goodness! ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939/20 "2006-07-03T06:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I’ve never heard of adding avocado to a BLT. Is this a California thing? [/QUOTE] Maybe West Coast thing. Nearly every deli around here automatically has avocado on the veggie sandwiches and BLTs, and most places have it as an option for burgers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-a-blat/362939.md?page=2)