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Ive been working on this BLT since July 10th 2009 when I first stumbled upon Micheal Ruhlman’s Challenge. Technically I’ve been working on it since I started my tomato seedlings back in may. Throughout the process I have been burdened by failed sourdough starters, unsuccessful bread experiments, and a horrible growing season.  Finally with the extended deadline approaching I had a perfect lively sourdough starter, red tomatoes (2 to be exact), and some lettuce to make my BLT. I decided to challenge the challenge by making a completely Vegan BLT, you might want to call it a TBLT because the main ingredient is my Tofu Bacon. And in order to hopefully woo the judges into comparing a vegan BLT with one containing real bacon (which is something I have, and most vegetarians I know have missed since going vegetarian) I decided to use a wild yeast starter for the bread. Last but not least I decided to take it up one more notch and experimented with a Pita recipe I found, by turning it into a sourdough Pita and grilling it on the BBQ.

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