# Sandwiches nobody eats anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714 "2024-12-16T16:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/382 "2025-02-07T23:32:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Because I see cheese on that sandwich That’s a Ruben, it’s supposed to have cheese. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > and they offer bacon on others. [Scroll down to the last page for their Deli stuff.](https://www.celebritydelly.com/_files/ugd/ca3bd7_74ee2cd259704c64943148de72b29b7d.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/383 "2025-02-07T23:34:57Z")
I was going to say that - don’t go to a real Jewish deli looking for a Reuben sandwich. I assume there must be _some_ outside of the NYC area. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > That’s a Ruben, it’s supposed to have cheese. It is - but an actual Jewish (kosher) deli isn’t going to serve it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/384 "2025-02-07T23:35:44Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > Jewish (kosher) deli Ah. [That place isn’t claiming to be _kosher_.](https://www.celebritydelly.com/contact-3) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/385 "2025-02-07T23:40:45Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I just had a lick and simpy cannot taste the paprika them Duke boys crow about zip and all that. I just got my Amazon order from last night. Yay! What do you mean about the paprika? I’ve never heard them crow about that. The zip is the tang. It’s definitely tangier than Hellman’s. My current list of favorite mayos is: 1) Duke’s, 2) Kraft, 3) Hellman’s, and then Kewpie for only certain things. I do _not_ like it as a general-use mayo. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/386 "2025-02-07T23:40:57Z")
I know that - but if you say > [@Skywatcher](#): > > You need to look for delis in the style of New York City (i.e.: Jewish). somebody reading that might not know the difference and end up at a place that’s either kosher or kosher-style that doesn’t serve Reubens or any other meat-cheese sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/387 "2025-02-07T23:46:11Z")
Emphasis on the -ish, then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/388 "2025-02-08T15:27:25Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > > [@Kedikat](#): > > > > I personally don’t eat Reubens anymore. > > The last one I ordered was at a big family restaurant…it was awesome (they have a housemade Thousand Island dressing, I haven’t had a Reuben in years either, because none can compare to the One True Reuben I used to get at a place in the Midtown area of Detroit called the Schnelli Deli. Alas, long gone now. Part of what made it so good was the sauce or dressing used. Most places use Thousand Island dressing on their Reubens. The Schnelli used a dressing that was a much darker reddish-orange color (like the color of some types of Russian dressing, but I don’t know if it was Russian dressing). I asked the owner about it once and he would only say he imported the dressing from New York. So I had assumed that it was an authentic New York dressing used on proper Reubens, but I looked up a picture of a Carnegie Deli Reuben and it had the pale orange Thousand Island dressing on it. I actually made a post on my Reuben experience over 10 years ago: > [@The perfect Reuben?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-reuben/705065): > > Of all the sandwiches I have known, by far the most sublimely delicious was the Reuben at a place called the Schnelli Deli in Detroit. Sadly, it’s gone now. For those who may be familiar with Detroit, it was on the corner of Warren and Woodward Avenue, just down the street from the Detroit Institute of Arts on Woodward and Wayne State University on Warren (there was another Schnelli Deli to the north, by the Fisher building, also gone). As a college student at WSU (30 years ago :eek:) I would ge… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/389 "2025-02-08T16:53:41Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Wait a minute: Reuben pot pie?!? Does a [pasty](https://www.cornishpastyco.com/menu/) count? (Center column, one up from the bottom) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/390 "2025-02-08T17:32:42Z")
Wish-Bone (I think) used to make a red “Russian dressing” with poppy seeds in it. I don’t know if they still do, but that might be what the deli had. I lived in Russia for almost 20 years, and the closest things to salad dressing I ever saw were mayonnaise, sour cream, and vinaigrettes. ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/391 "2025-02-08T17:42:16Z")
I may have brought this up before, there is a was to mix canned corned beef (USA people) with canned kraut, and 1000 island dressing and put it on rye and have an ersatz reuben. if you want an example, reply in the comments ( yayy you…) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/392 "2025-02-09T05:52:54Z")
We called up [Lareira Restaurant](https://www.lareirarestaurant.com/) and told them we were looking for a Portuquese restaurant around here where we could get a Francesinha sandwich to go. (It doesn’t appear on their menu). _Pause_ “Was that one sandwich?” “Two, please, for pickup” They were quite nice. A **LOT** of food. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/393 "2025-02-09T15:35:19Z")
Just tried a sandwich with black olives and cream cheese. I didn’t put very many olives on it, and I think I had a bit too much cream cheese. Probably wouldn’t get a craving for it, but it’s a good way to use up black olives and cream cheese. The bread is some sort of thin sliced seedy whole grain, which I think is more suitable than plain white bread. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/394 "2025-02-11T15:03:41Z")
With all this Reuben discussion lately, and my aversion to carbs, last night I made… Reuben eggs? Chopped up my beef, began frying it up, scrambled in some eggs, layered on some Swiss cheese, then then stir-fried some kraut in the pan while the cheese melted. The result was tasty enough I’m probably going to do it again tonight. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/395 "2025-02-11T16:22:08Z")
A “Reuben scramble” I’d call it. Sounds great! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/396 "2025-02-11T16:41:42Z")
I like fried eggs cooked in the pan with corned beef hash. I’m not a big fan of rotting cabbage but sounds like a great dish for those with a different opinion of that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/397 "2025-02-11T19:48:43Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I made… Reuben eggs? > > Chopped up my beef, began frying it up, scrambled in some eggs, layered on some Swiss cheese, then then stir-fried some kraut in the pan while the cheese melted. I fully approve and have a recommendation from my secret recipe archives. Toast & grind some **caraway** seeds and sprinkle over the top. That adds a toasty tang normally fulfilled by the bread. I often just pinch them in my fingers after a dry fry in a skillet, they break apart well enough. I use this for my Reuben rolls, a low carb cold hor devours of mine. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/398 "2025-02-11T19:53:51Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Toast & grind some **caraway** seeds and sprinkle over the top. That adds a toasty tang normally fulfilled by the bread. I like Sara Lee Delightful low-carb multi-grain bread. It’s good, but it ain’t rye. I might have to try this. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/399 "2025-02-11T20:02:51Z")
Try substituting a round of liverwurst for the corned beef. I call this my “German Omelette.” ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/400 "2025-02-11T20:54:59Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What do you mean about the paprika? I’ve never heard them crow about that. The zip is the tang. It’s definitely tangier than Hellman’s. My Dukes is here at my office and I didn’t get another chance to taste until today. I confess I though the zip was supposed to be from the _oleoresin paprika_ which is undetectable to my tongue. Perhaps it’s for color? But I don’t find it especially tangy, either. It’s good mayonnaise and I’m happy with it but I won’t be seeking Duke’s. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/401 "2025-02-11T21:04:12Z")
I definitely find it has more of a tangy punch than Hellman’s and is slightly eggier. Ah, I just remembered, it also has no sugar, which may make it taste tangier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714.md?page=21)