# "Guy" Foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256 "2008-04-21T17:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/101 "2008-04-23T22:28:03Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] My favorite sister and my wife both do this; now that I think about it, so did my mother. I am utterly flabbergasted each time I witness it, for nothing, in my view, could be more pointlessly gross. I mean, the microwave is RIGHT THERE. [/QUOTE] But… the microwave makes the crust all gummy and the cheese all greasy. Ick. If you’re gonna reheat it, at least put it in the oven or toaster oven.\* \*not the upright slot toasters. Terrible idea. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/102 "2008-04-23T23:32:51Z")
I should have mentioned peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. Definitely a guy food, and only for the few and the proud. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/103 "2008-04-24T01:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Sure, but it’s French, so that takes it down a few notches on said scale. 😉 [/QUOTE] But when you order it in Wisconsin, in January, that bumps it back up. I was on a buisiness trip in Waukesha and commented to someone how the folks there were either fat or skinny…he said the skinny ones were just visiting. There seems to be a strong relationship between man food and coronary issues. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/104 "2008-04-24T01:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] I should have mentioned peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. Definitely a guy food, and only for the few and the proud. [/QUOTE] AMEN! Although I should confess that I learned the secret of PB and mayo from a female classmate eons ago. Of course, she put lettuce in the middle, which lowers the guy quotient some. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256/105 "2008-04-24T11:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] AMEN! Although I should confess that I learned the secret of PB and mayo from a female classmate eons ago. Of course, she put lettuce in the middle, which lowers the guy quotient some. [/QUOTE] You and **Chefguy** have reminded me of the Mayo/PB combo from my younger days. Experimentation with things lying about the kitchen, when Mama was not there to see to the task, yielded many such concoctions that my brother and I would put together. Another favorite from those days was a peanut sandwich where the mayo-lathered white bread was covered with crushed peanuts (couple handfulls of salted nuts rolled up in a towel and beat with a hammer until they were molecular sized). Depending on the available foodstuffs, this might involve a slice of tomato, some cheese, celery stalks, bacon, banana, scrambled eggs, cherries, bologna, and/or other things most people, including me these days, might find repulsive or nauseating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-foods/446256.md?page=5)