I did not make this a “Mayo On a Reuben” thing! Just stop it.
Reubens = corned beef, kraut, rye, swiss & thousand island (or whatever variable), WELL BALANCED
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?
The fuck you didn’t.
Someone pissed in DaveUnknown’s Cheerios today. Or maybe on his Reuben.
This isn’t just about Reuben sandwiches. It’s more about people claiming Hellman’s is worthwhile because they have their minds made up from some stupid sponsored TV show, or haven’t noticed the formula change.
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…”
Parallel, make your own f.cking reuben. extra kraut, extra thousand isl…
You don’t make your own sauerkraut??! Do you have any idea how easy it is?
Thousand Island is just a mix of mayo, ketchup, and relish. Russian dressing has more ketchup. Don’t tell me you don’t make your own dressing either??!
Nice comment. haha… No, I don’t make my own kraut, but I did get a crock thing and the intentions to make it…
The canned kraut, not the jarred kraut, is real kraut where I live now. Not as good, not the fresh kraut. Read the labels
Did they say that? Really?
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.
But, hey, it’s your rambling Pit thread. You do you.
My roommate made me a homemade reuben once. It’s how I found that I didn’t like reubens, sauerkraut or thousand island dressing. It’s just a ruined corn beef sandwich, in my opinion.
Years ago, I raved to a coworker about how much I liked a good Reuben. He was skeptical — a sauerkraut sandwich, with Thousand Island dressing? — but, some time later, he told me I was right; he’d tried one, and it was delicious. I asked him where he got it.
“Subway,” he said, with a look of pure joy.
I wasn’t sure what to say.
You don’t say anything. Back away slowly, facing the animal with arms spread wide above chest level to make yourself look larger, and be prepare to use pepper spray if it looks like it is going to charge.
Stranger
Heh. Reminds me of the anecdote of a tourist in Manhattan who called up his friend and asked him to join him in Little Italy for some Italian food.
“Sure!” said the friend. “Where should I meet you?”
“Olive Garden.”
As someone else said, I don’t normally have the ingredients to make any sort of sandwich at home, so a homemade Reuben isn’t possible. That said, I used to visit a deli for lunch from work and ordered the Reuben in part because no questions were asked; the sandwich was defined well enough.
Well, the difference is that my roommate really could cook very well. He’d been employed in several restaurants as a cook, and I generally loved his food (good roommate to have). It was a well made sandwich, but reubens just suck.
I did learn something through it, though. I had last had a Big Mac when I was 7 or 8 when someone thought they were doing me a favor by ordering me a “big person’s cheeseburger”. I thought it sucked, but wasn’t sure why this was the worst cheeseburger I’d ever had. After having a reuben, I understood the answer was clearly thousand island dressing was bringing the suck in droves.
Irony.
My Reuben confession…
I never liked sauerkraut, or at least I was sure I wouldn’t. Just wouldn’t touch it. We never had it in the house growing up.
Then I was getting ready to be married for the second time. I was in my mid-30s. We were checking out potential caterers for our wedding. One of them had these little mini Reuben finger sandwich things as an appetizer so I tried one. And it blew my mind how delicious it was. Ever since then I loved them. It also opened me up to sauerkraut and I really like it too.
It took me well over 30, closer to 40 years to even bother trying it. So much wasted time!!!
(Also I’ve never made my own Reuben so I have no opinion on the best way to do it.)
I’m allergic to eggs, so I couldn’t eat it even if I wanted to.
I totally agree! I live a nice corned beef sandwich. A little lettuce and a dab of mustard can be good, but I’m really okay with just corned beef. I like Swiss cheese on it, too (my Orthodox ancestors wi6ll in their graves.) But sauerkraut or thousand Island dressing really ruin it for me.
I’ll have a Reuben once in awhile with Russian dressing on the side, and rarely have any of the dressing. Sauerkraut is OK, but for the most part, gimme a good thick corned beef sandwich (the good stuff is hard to come by) with minimal condiments and yes, some mayonnaise.
Hellmann’s hatred seems like a weird hill to die on, but whatever.
I think mayonnaise in general tastes like ass, and my only criteria for ketchup is whichever bottle opens from the bottom. I think you greatly overestimate people’s devotion to such condiments.