# I Pit "Cafe Society" people **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051 "2025-02-08T15:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/41 "2025-02-08T19:26:22Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I imagine they said, “in a blind taste test of ketchups, our testers rated Heinz the best.” > > Tastes vary. If you prefer Hunt’s, there’s no shame in that, unless you are waaaaay overreacting to a TV food show. I prefer Heinz to Hunts, probably because that’s what i grew up with. But i can’t imagine a less important hill to die on than your preference between major brands of ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/42 "2025-02-08T19:27:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But i can’t imagine a less important hill to die on than your preference between major brands of ketchup. Come visit Chicago, where the concept of putting ketchup (of any brand) on a hot dog generates more heat than debates over sports teams or politics. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/43 "2025-02-08T19:29:05Z")
I like Chicago and visit it often. I don’t eat hot dogs in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/44 "2025-02-08T19:44:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, there are people who don’t put ketchup and mayo on a Reuben? What do you use instead of the Russian/Thousand Island dressing? Not being a fan of either Thousand Island or Russian, due to the sweetness, that pretty much rules out ketchup too. I sometimes mix mayo with a little picante sauce, but plain old mayo works for me. Corned beef is kinda rare in my home, but if I do have some (like after St. Patrick’s Day) I love to make a home made reuben. Sauerkraut improves almost anything 🙂 I _do_ like Hellman’s and Duke’s mayo a bit better than others, but not enough to warrant paying more for them. Store brand is fine. And I eat a LOT of mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/45 "2025-02-08T19:48:48Z")
Down with those people who like that thing they like. How very dare they? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/46 "2025-02-08T19:58:06Z")
When I was pregnant for my oldest 1986, I worked in a sandwich shop that made Reuben sandwiches. In the early am the three other pregnant girls and I would argue over who had to open the saurerkrat. Not a fun thing to open a giant ass can of that stuff when you’re pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/47 "2025-02-08T20:01:13Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > In the early am the three other pregnant girls and I would argue That sounds like a very promising start to an “Amazing workplace situations you would never expect” thread. Or to a Netflix sitcom. A small retail shop with 4 pregnant people on duty in the wee hours. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/48 "2025-02-08T20:04:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A small retail shop with 4 pregnant people on duty in the wee hours. With containers of sauerkraut and kimchee that need opening. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/49 "2025-02-08T20:06:11Z")
Just add a pizza delivery guy w a big moustache and some boom chikka wowwow music and we’re off to the races!!! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/50 "2025-02-08T20:07:41Z")
I was press-ganged into a mayonnaise civil war one time. It was pretty terrible. Lots of people suggested I should try Winiary mayonnaise (a Polish brand), saying it was the best in the world. I tried it and found that it was a perfectly good and fine implementation of the oil emulsion known as Mayonnaise, and I said as much. I was immediately set upon by people who scolded me and asserted that Winiary was vile filth and Kielecki was the one true mayonnaise. I tried that too and it was pretty good. I thought about trying to mediate some sort of peace between these beligerent factions, but soon realised the sensible thing was just to withdraw from the crossfire. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/51 "2025-02-08T20:11:39Z")
Reminds me of the bit about academic politics being so vicious because the stakes are so small. The entire range of mayos across the world encompass a very, very small slice of the spectrum of possible flavors. Given such a tiny range, _of course_ the most trivial nigh-undetectable differences in flavour arise to fightin’ words. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/52 "2025-02-08T20:25:55Z")
Big and little endians ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/53 "2025-02-08T20:36:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I recommend either drink less or drink more before posting. I believe you have put your finger precisely on the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/54 "2025-02-08T20:37:24Z")
_Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?_ _Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop Dave? Stop, Dave._ _Look Dave, I can see you’re really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over._ ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/55 "2025-02-08T20:47:24Z")
This thread _must_ be preserved for future generations of anthropologists to study. Ah, if only the three Macbeth witches had had such delicate ingredients available to add to the simmering pot! ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/56 "2025-02-08T20:56:38Z")
Then my grandfather said, “It’s high time that you knew of the terribly horrible thing that Zooks do. In every Zook house and in every Zook town every Zook eats his bread with the butter side down!” “But we Yooks, as you know, when we breakfast or sup, spread our bread,” Grandpa said, “with the butter side up. That’s the right, honest way!” Grandpa gritted his teeth. “So you can’t trust a Zook who spreads bread underneath!” ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/57 "2025-02-08T20:59:15Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > I like Hunt’s ketchup, despite what “Americas test cooking” shows say. “Oh you’re a loser… haha if you buy the brand they don’t recommend, you’ll be laughed at…” Is America’s Test Kitchen in the room right now? ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/58 "2025-02-08T21:06:39Z")
> [@DaveUnknown](#): > > real Corned Beef should be plate/brisket. I have not found that where I live, it’s all top round this is a good point. If you buy "corned beef’ at the grocery store deli, it’s almost always top round and not brisket. If you buy a whole packaged corned beef, its usually the brisket flat (without the point). If you buy a fresh whole packer brisket, cure it yourself, and then cook it, you are a boss! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/59 "2025-02-08T21:13:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > I recommend either drink less or drink more before posting. > > I believe you have put your finger precisely on the problem. To be clear … I’ve done that, or something adjacent, myself a time or three over the years. Not quite that far gone, but equally ill-tempered and badly thought through. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051/60 "2025-02-08T21:36:37Z")
There’s a place where I live that offers a wonderful Reuben sandwich. They make it on homemade rye bread with excellent corned beef, homemade sauerkraut, Russian dressing, Swiss cheese and… grilled with a nice bunch of shredded Parmesan cheese pressed onto the outside of the bread. The Parmesan makes a delicious crisp and salty cheese hit to the sandwich. Classic? No. Fabulously delicious? Oh, yeah – and don’t knock it till you’ve tried it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cafe-society-people/1014051.md?page=4)