# What sandwich would you order at a deli? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418 "2012-03-10T22:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Conrad_Shadowdale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/21 "2012-03-11T03:16:08Z")
Beef tongue with red onions, tomato and spicy mustard on pumpernickel. Outstanding. They do not have them at Jason’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/22 "2012-03-11T03:39:23Z")
I always want a reuben but I have high standards and am afraid of being disappointed. So, roast beef and cheddar on some kind of cheese-crusted bread please. With tomato and onion. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/23 "2012-03-11T04:42:13Z")
Right now? I’d order a nice roast beef and cheddar on a kaiser roll, with regular mustard, thin tomatoes, pickles, slight red onion, and a little oil and vinegar. At home, if I could have the materials to make any sandwich I could, I’d do a liverwurst and cheese with yellow mustard on seedless rye. I make them better and more to my taste than a deli around here would. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/24 "2012-03-11T05:51:50Z")
Montreal smoked meat on rye. Or a Reuben. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/25 "2012-03-11T06:25:21Z")
Funny, that no one listed Pickle Loaf on their dream deli sandwich. 😛 My mom made pickle loaf sandwiches when I was a kid. \ I had to eat those nasty things or get sent to my room for an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/26 "2012-03-11T06:26:50Z")
HOT pastrami on _toasted_ rye, swiss, spicy mustard and pickles. With a side of slaw please. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/27 "2012-03-11T06:30:37Z")
Capicolla, Mortadella, Salami, and Provolone with hot giardiniera (or equivalent.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/28 "2012-03-11T07:45:13Z")
If I don’t see something else interesting on the menu, a Reuben is my default order. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/29 "2012-03-11T09:15:48Z")
So many choices of meat! I don’t know what to pick. For me, I think the only constant would be Swiss cheese (although with roast beef, I’d go also go with chedder). Bread: always sourdough (if available). Otherwise, in order of preference, French, wheat, or rye. As for condiments, I’d go with sweet hot mustard if I picked turkey or chicken and either brown or regular yellow mustard for everything else (and maybe a little pure horseradish for roast beef). No mayo ever (I’m allergic). If I order anything else, it’s on the side. ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/30 "2012-03-11T19:15:44Z")
Chunky chicken salad with melted swiss on sourdough toast, or a BLT with avacado. Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/31 "2012-03-11T19:24:01Z")
Thanks guys, now I’m hungry! I used to hollow out a loaf of something crusty, pile in the deli meats, cheeses, various pickled vegetables, sriacha, and put it in the oven until I couldn’t stand the yummy smell ONE SECOND MORE and pulled it out and dug into it like a starving hyena. Haven’t done that in a while, hrm. Otherwise it depends what’s on the menu. I like Reubens, except Schlotzky’s, gross. Something about their bread is just…gross, to me. I want REAL BREAD, damnit. I don’t make sandwiches at home, ever, except for the aforementioned monstrosities, (and of course the bi-annual peanut butter-mayo-pickle sammich) and in fact don’t even use bread for burgers or dogs. But put me into a deli and you’d think that was ALL I ever ate. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/32 "2012-03-11T19:25:38Z")
Tuna on rye with mayonaise, pepper and onions. Also has the benifit of keeping your co-workers away from you during afternoons. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/33 "2012-03-11T19:27:27Z")
Roast beef on white (challah if they have it) with mayonnaise. My husband would have a Reuben. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/34 "2012-03-11T20:30:39Z")
If they have grilled sandwiches, a grilled Swiss on raisin bread with a side of slaw and chips. If they don’t, tuna on toasted seeded rye, slaw and a sour pickle spear, rare roast beef on a seeded kaiser roll with course brown mustard, a pickle spear and slaw or chicken salad on toasted challah with a cup of chicken noodle soup and fruit salad. Now, time for lunch. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/35 "2012-03-11T21:37:58Z")
BLT is my go to sandwich if the tomato looks good. Failing that, bring on the corned beef and a L-I-G-H-T touch of spicy mustard, no cheese please. Either sandwich goes on a nice toasted multigrain bread. Whole dill pickles on the side. If it’s not too sweet, cole slaw can go in a separate dish ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/36 "2012-03-11T21:51:13Z")
Last time I got Roast beef & brisket, white cheddar, coleslaw, with Russian dressing grilled on Jewish rye. It was seriously nom. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/37 "2012-03-11T22:20:44Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Roast beef on rye with pepperjack cheese, banana peppers and spicy mustard. > > Mmmm. Are you me? The only thing I would add to that would be onions. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/38 "2012-03-14T17:19:28Z")
The Reuben with a big kosher dill pickle, and extra dressing on the side. I’ve eaten Reubens just about everywhere. Love 'em. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/39 "2012-03-14T17:49:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Reuben with a big kosher dill pickle, and extra dressing on the side. I’ve eaten Reubens just about everywhere. Love 'em. Same here. Or if they have it, Chicago Hot Italian Beef - [Classic Chicago Italian Beef Sandwich Recipe As Seen On Hulu's "The Bear" - Meathead's AmazingRibs.com](http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/italian_beef.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418/40 "2012-03-14T18:00:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Pastrami on rye with mustard. Slaw on the side. Dr. Brown’s Cream Soda to drink. > [@samclem](#): > > Pastrami on rye with mustard or corned beef on rye with mustard. This assumes you’re getting it at a NYC deli. > [@Shoeless](#): > > Pastrami on rye with mustard works for me too. > [@Shakes](#): > > HOT pastrami on _toasted_ rye, swiss, spicy mustard and pickles. With a side of slaw please. These fine folks have the right idea. Hot pastrami on toasted rye with swiss cheese, a slice of lettuce, and brown mustard. Potato salad or slaw on the side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sandwich-would-you-order-at-a-deli/615418.md?page=3)