Do single women make and eat roast beef sandwiches just for themselves?

[Lissla_Lissar]

I rarely, if ever, see women order roast beef subs or sandwiches when standing in lunch counter and deli lines, and in dining out I rarely see women order a straight red meat item like steak for dinner.

You obviously don’t live near me. I always get steak or roast beef subs. I am violently repelled by healthy diet-type stuff. I am a married woman, but my eating habits haven’t changed significantly since I married.

Crock-pot roasts make great sandwiches. Layered with havarti or cheddar, onions, and yellow mustard. Or barbeque sauce. I may need to go get some shaved roast beef for dinner.

[Miss_Mapp]

@Ukulele Ike

Psssssssst…astro! They’re all lying!

Everybody KNOWS that when chicks are all alone, they cut the crusts off of thin pieces of white bread and make sandwiches out of sliced cucumbers (seeded) and lots of mayonnaise. Cut into quarters.

Oh, I have those too (with cream cheese, btw, not mayo)–on Saturday afternoons with tea, little cookies, and sometimes scones if I feel like baking.

Who’d have a big roast beef sandwich with afternoon tea? It’s just not right.

[dwyr]

My older brother works in restaurant supply and once upon a time he gave me a wonderful piece of prime beef. I dry aged that sucker for a week then roasted it to medium rare. Made the best frikkin’ sandwiches I’ve ever had. I don’t eat beef very often because I just don’t want it all the time but when I do want it, I want the good stuff.
This all reminds me of the time two of my brothers, my sister, and I took our elderly cousin out to dinner. My siblings and I all ended up ordering somewhat frou-frou entrees I guess, things like salmon and chicken prepared in gourmet fashion. Our 90 year-old cousin on the other hand… she ordered a big steak and black coffee. Probably could have whipped us with one hand tied behind her back too.

[CBCD]

@Ukulele Ike

Psssssssst…astro! They’re all lying!

Everybody KNOWS that when chicks are all alone, they cut the crusts off of thin pieces of white bread and make sandwiches out of sliced cucumbers (seeded) and lots of mayonnaise. Cut into quarters.

Your point being…?

[vetbridge]

So then, we have anecdotal evidence that the ladies will, at times, consume a roast beef sandwich. Although somewhat surprised, at least we can all agree that the same does not hold true for a grilled Reuben sandwich, right?

[Lissla_Lissar]

I have roast beef. We will be eating sandwiches for dinner. Thank you, astro.

Perhaps this weekend I should do some beef in the crockpot, too.

Incidentally, Mr. Lissar has requested cheddar, hummus and roasted pepper sandwiches for lunch. Somehow that seems girly.

[dwyr]

I wish I could find a good reuben! My favorite place went out of business years ago. There’s a little deli around here that does a pretty good one but they’re only open for lunch and I work at night so I’m usually asleep then.

What a choice to have to make.

[Carol_the_Impaler]

@astro

Do any single women buy fresh roast beef and sandwich fixins, just to make and eat a nice roast beef sandwich all by themsleves? I know they’ll do it for friends and family, and SO’s, but do any single women go into the supermaket thinking "I want a big, Dagwood style, rare, roast beef sandwich, with a fresh thin slice of red onion, vine ripe tomatoes, a little mayo and crispy lettuce when I get home?

I’m thinking they don’t. Am I wrong? Are there women out there that lust after fresh roast beef sandwiches?

For your information, sir, I was just today dreaming of getting some fine roast beef, some roma tomatoes, some dijon mustard, some fine crusty bread, and some fine bleu cheese to make a sammich.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

[gfloyd]

Reubens are the best! And I am female. You men are just thinking you understand chicks, always a bad idea.

[Guinastasia]

@Larry Mudd

Yeah, but they like that femme honey-mustard on 'em.

And girly-girly sweet pickles.

I think it’s cute.

What is this foulness you speak of? Honey mustard goes with CHICKEN! NEVER roast beef!
Arby’s beef and cheddar fucking rules. Especially when the cheddar’s all hot and melty, and it gets all over your fingers. drool

[Guinastasia]

@Lissla Lissar

I have roast beef. We will be eating sandwiches for dinner. Thank you, astro.

Perhaps this weekend I should do some beef in the crockpot, too.

Incidentally, Mr. Lissar has requested cheddar, hummus and roasted pepper sandwiches for lunch. Somehow that seems girly.

Doesn’t he have long hair and like cats? What are you doing to this man, Lissla?

[Eva_Luna]

@astro

I should have been more expansive and clear in the OP, but I was tired, and being a single man, and lacking a soft womanly bosom to rest my head upon until more lucid, simply plowed ahead with my inquiry.

Eat enough of them there roast beef sandwiches, and you can have your very own soft bosom - no woman required.

BTW, single woman here - I have nothing whatsoever against red meat, but usually prefer my beef hot, as in a nice boeuf bourignonne aux herbes de Provence,, or kebabs, or just plain pot roast and veggies. Just had a lovely braised lamb shank tonight, in fact. And if there is any hot beef to be had chez Eva Luna, it is usually cooked by me - the bane of being a single person is that unless you invite people to dinner all the time or foist off hunks of meat on your friends and family, if you cook something like a pot roast, you are eating it bloody forever or until it goes bad, whichever comes first.

Freeze the leftovers, you say? Well, if there were any freezer space left, I would - but I think there’s a black hole in my freezer, from which things like beef stew cannot possibly hope to escape. Plus they never quite taste the same once they’ve been frozen and defrosted.

[Lynn_Bodoni]

@vetbridge

So then, we have anecdotal evidence that the ladies will, at times, consume a roast beef sandwich. Although somewhat surprised, at least we can all agree that the same does not hold true for a grilled Reuben sandwich, right?

I’ve been known to eat a Rueben or two. However, I prefer to just have a corned beef and Swiss on rye, with mustard. Sometimes grilled, sometimes broiled, sometimes cold. In fact, I had a broiled corned beef & swiss on rye with mustard about two hours ago, for my midnight meal.* I just don’t care for the dressing on a Rueben, and every place I’ve ever had one always insisted on putting WAY too much kraut on it.

*I love my toaster oven.

[Telperien]

@astro

I rarely, if ever, see women order roast beef subs or sandwiches when standing in lunch counter and deli lines, and in dining out I rarely see women order a straight red meat item like steak for dinner. It’s always some chicken or fish or non-red meat dish. I just wondered what happened to women and red meat. I know it’s somewhat unfashionable, but I can’t imagine going without roast beef. I wondered if women getting their beef secretly, or was it off the menu for them these days?

The responses are encouraging. Sturdy, red blooded women eating red meat means there is hope for mankind.

Beef. It is good. I love steak. I know what I’m having for lunch with the parents this weekend. A big steak and a little potato. I like chicken and turkey as much as the next woman, but sometimes red meat is the way to go.

I don’t like Reubens though. Sauerkraut!

<—note smiley with teeth for steak eating

[Mariemarie]

When will the world forget about the chicken wings and discover the salty tender juicy hot seedy horseradishy yumminess that is beef on weck?

And in fact, it is this roll that makes the sandwich unique. Made only in the Buffalo-Rochester area, the kummelweck—often alternatively spelled kimmelweck—is basically a Kaiser roll topped with lots of pretzel salt and caraway seeds. Inside, very thinly sliced roast beef is piled high, and the whole thing is served with a dish of “au jus” (I suppose it is too much to expect a German sandwich to make sense of French prepositions), for dipping. Alternatively, the cook sometimes dips the top of the roll into the jus just before serving it. In either case, the beef on weck sandwich must be accompanied by a pot of freshly grated, sinus-clearing horseradish.

::drool::

[Odinoneeye]

Beef is wonderful.

When my kidneys were failing, they kept saying “cut down on protein”, now that they’ve failed and I’m on dialysis, they say, “You have to eat lots of protein”

Ok, I’d rather my kidneys worked, but there is an up side.

Two steaks for dinner last night.

[Anaamika]

@astro

I rarely, if ever, see women order roast beef subs or sandwiches when standing in lunch counter and deli lines, and in dining out I rarely see women order a straight red meat item like steak for dinner. It’s always some chicken or fish or non-red meat dish. I just wondered what happened to women and red meat. I know it’s somewhat unfashionable, but I can’t imagine going without roast beef. I wondered if women getting their beef secretly, or was it off the menu for them these days?

Uh, I wasn’t going to answer, seeing as how I don’t have any strong feelings for roast beef (oh the horror) but watch it with the steak comments, pal. I LOVE a good steak more than anything. I love a not-so-good cut of steak more than many things!

Mmmm, steak.

[Genghis_Bob]

<checks lunchbox>. . . hmm. . . leftover KFC. The next best thing to a cold roast beef sandwich with spicey mustard and onion.

[Lissla_Lissar]

Doesn’t he have long hair and like cats? What are you doing to this man, Lissla?

He lost the long hair. Very sad. Stupid needing-a-job. And we did eat roast beef sammiches yesterday. I’m going to have another one today. Maybe with fries. Beef and potatoes are perfect together.

[phall0106]

@Kallessa

Roast beef sandwiches are okay, but I’m more of a turkey, ham and bacon, with smoked gouda or cheddar cheese, maybe a few sprouts or a couple slices of cucumber on chewy sourdough. With mayo. No mustard. No tomatos. No lettuce. In fact, I don’t really like vegetables on my sandwiches–meat and bread, and maybe cheese, if you don’t put on a bunch of green or red stuff, you get more meat. And cheese. When I want veggies, I eat a salad.

As a single, I make the roast beef (or turkey), mashed potatoes and gravy (and green veggie) about once a month. Then I take the leftovers to work for lunch. I also make myself meatloaf, meaty spaghetti sauce (meaty enough that it doesn’t need pasta), clam chowder, pot roast, lasagne (okay, usually when I have guessts, and some still goes in the freezer, but when you want lasagne, ya gotta have lasagne). I also occasionally eat standing over the sink or in front of the refrigerator, and I drink milk right from the carton. I’ll deny that last one until my dying day, but it might be true. Or not.

And I’ve gotten up at three in the morning and made a sandwich from leftover Thanksgiving Day turkey and not-yet-stale rolls.

I’m not just a lady, I’m a dame!

Kallessa you are evil, just evil. I finished lunch not more than one hour ago and now I’m hungry and it’s all your fault. :rolleyes: