# Do people really put mayo on Philly cheese steak sandwiches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662 "2014-06-26T01:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/1 "2014-06-26T01:52:47Z")
Article today (that I’m not going to bother to find) about the 10 highest calorie Subway sandwiches. #1 was the Philly cheese steak. Then came this moment when I almost literally heard an audible record scratch… The author of the article notes the number of calories and adds something like “more if you add mayonnaise”. Um, WHAT THE FUCK??? :eek: Is this something that is actually done? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/2 "2014-06-26T02:01:06Z")
I do. I like mayo on my sammiches. To each his own. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/3 "2014-06-26T02:01:26Z")
I do it all the time! I lived in Philadelphia most of my life, it was standard at some places if you got a cheese steak hoagie. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/4 "2014-06-26T02:23:53Z")
Why wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/5 "2014-06-26T02:26:04Z")
Been doing it since the late 1950s in Arlington VA. What? You’d rather put synthetic cheese product on it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/6 "2014-06-26T02:45:49Z")
It’s never occurred to me, but I’m not from Philly. It’s a bit of gilding the lily to my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/7 "2014-06-26T02:51:00Z")
The Philly cheese steaks you can get at Gyro Bob’s cart on the corner in downtown Kent (Ohio) in the middle of the night sure do come with mayo. _burp_ ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/8 "2014-06-26T02:55:57Z")
Yes, and I’ll put mayo on pastrami! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/9 "2014-06-26T02:58:34Z")
I put mayo on fruit salad. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/10 "2014-06-26T03:11:53Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Yes, and I’ll put mayo on pastrami! ::::Contacts the other mods to watch this one::: ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/11 "2014-06-26T03:13:51Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Yes, and I’ll put mayo on pastrami! Yep. Mayo, mustard, and provolone. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/12 "2014-06-26T03:21:05Z")
I mostly use mayo on things that would otherwise be dry. But I’m not opposed to mayo on a cheese steak for aesthetic reasons. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/13 "2014-06-26T03:28:11Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I mostly use mayo on things that would otherwise be dry. But I’m not opposed to mayo on a cheese steak for aesthetic reasons. Yeah, I tend to use mayo on low-fat type foods, like chicken breast. Pastrami, Philly cheeses, hamburgers, etc., don’t need mayo for me. It’s just too much. I want something acidic (without fat) to cut through all that fat. Even “special sauce” for hamburgers (which is usually a mayo-based thousand island-type concoction) tends to be too much for me, with the exception of In-N-Out, where I’ll allow it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/14 "2014-06-26T03:39:48Z")
I know I’m going to touch a nerve with this one, but to me anything with steak and cheese calls out for: KETCHUP! I did warn ya’s. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/15 "2014-06-26T03:45:40Z")
I really don’t think mayo should be criticized considering an “authentic” cheesesteak thinks _actual_ cheese is hoity toity and so covers itself in cheese what comes from a can. > [@cochrane](#): > > I know I’m going to touch a nerve with this one, but to me anything with steak and cheese calls out for: > > KETCHUP! > > I did warn ya’s. I put that on hot dogs and such just to spite Chicago’s hotdogmatism. ---
**Author:** ![Meloy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Meloy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meloy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/16 "2014-06-26T08:26:33Z")
I’ll put mayo on any savory sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/17 "2014-06-26T09:25:28Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I really don’t think mayo should be criticized considering an “authentic” cheesesteak thinks _actual_ cheese is hoity toity and so covers itself in cheese what comes from a can. From a jar, not a can. And Whiz wasn’t on the original cheesesteaks. It’s “authentic” in that it’s a popular and common cheese topping, but many a cheesesteak connoisseur will eschew it, in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/18 "2014-06-26T09:36:56Z")
I’ve been known to put mayo on an Italian sub. Not a ton but I think it adds a little something. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/19 "2014-06-26T12:14:48Z")
So, sadly enough, some people do put mayo on a “Philly” cheesesteak. Personally, I think it’s terribly wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662/20 "2014-06-26T12:26:58Z")
I find it more perplexing that people call that thing at Subway a “Philly cheese-steak” Sandwich. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-put-mayo-on-philly-cheese-steak-sandwiches/691662.md?page=2)