# What sort of sandwiches do you like then? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424 "2016-06-03T20:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/41 "2016-06-05T13:21:31Z")
Give me a Ruben. I have been making something different for lunch at work. Toasted rye bread. A THICK schmear of cream cheese, THICK sliced tomatoes and roast beef. Salt and pepper to your liking. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/42 "2016-06-05T15:33:02Z")
Can’t go wrong with a philly… mmmm with peppers, without, cheddar, cheese wiz provolone, it’s alllllll good. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/43 "2016-06-05T17:41:15Z")
Real deli pastrami piled high, seedy brown mustard, caraway rye bread. Perfection. Runner-up: BLT - thick sliced pepper bacon, thick sliced vine-ripened 'mater, 1 perfect leaf of lettuce, Miracle Whip, good quality bakery white bread-toasted. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/44 "2016-06-05T18:14:27Z")
I’ve been buying thin-sliced ribeye - $12 a pound! - give it a quick saute in a very hot pan with a drop of olive oil, just till it loses most of the pink. Sprinkle generously with A-1, pile in a bakery sub roll, top with white American cheese. Put in the microwave for about 30 seconds, and that’s some good eats! I like green pepper and onion and provolone cheese with mine. I think it’s the ribeye that makes it so good, other roast beef or shaved steak is certainly OK, but the expensive meat makes a difference. I can’t seem to make a good sandwich at home, I’ll read this thread in detail. One of my guiltiest pleasures is bologna on white bread with lots of mayonnaise. I could eat it every day with no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/45 "2016-06-05T18:19:39Z")
Reuben, baby. Fresh rye bread, tender corned beef, a good sauerkraut, and TI dressing optional depending on my mood, nicely grilled with a dill pickle spear or two on the side. I also like a slight variation with horseradish sauce (just horseradish and sour cream, please) instead of TI. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/46 "2016-06-05T20:37:24Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Did you ever notice that gigi likes things like this \<------ > > and ludovic likes things like this ------\> ? Can’t we all just get along?! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/47 "2016-06-13T18:03:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Reuben, baby. Fresh rye bread, tender corned beef, a good sauerkraut, and TI dressing optional depending on my mood, nicely grilled with a dill pickle spear or two on the side. I also like a slight variation with horseradish sauce (just horseradish and sour cream, please) instead of TI. My local grocery just changed ownership, they used to offer Reuben sandwiches in the cold deli section, I would get one and take it home for dinner, they stopped doing that. They put out a menu every month for the hot deli,with the standard fare of fried chicken, mac and cheese, mashed potato and what not,along with a special item everyday.When the menu came out this month, it had reubens listed on the 13th(today) told my coworkers to make sure I remember to go get one.They reminded me, so I went to buy my sandwich, and they didn’t have them, said they were out of kraut. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/48 "2016-06-13T18:07:40Z")
I love a good Reuben, and will sing its praises whenever asked. A while back, a co-worker of mine finally took that to heart, and tried one, and raved about it. My reply: _“Oh? Where did you go?”_ _“Subway,”_ he said, enthusiastically. I shook my head sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/49 "2016-06-13T18:14:56Z")
I ordered a Reuben at a Spokane “deli” a few years ago, and the waitress asked me what kind of meat(chicken, pork or beef), cheese(swiss or cheddar) and bread(white or wheat) I would like, and what condiments(if any) would I like on that. We walked out. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/50 "2016-06-14T04:55:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I ordered a Reuben at a Spokane “deli” a few years ago, and the waitress asked me what kind of meat(chicken, pork or beef), cheese(swiss or cheddar) and bread(white or wheat) I would like, and what condiments(if any) would I like on that. > We walked out. I hope that wasn’t the place I mentioned in my previous reply. It shouldn’t have been since Domini’s doesn’t have Reubens on their menu. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/51 "2016-06-14T06:20:19Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I love a good Reuben, and will sing its praises whenever asked. > > A while back, a co-worker of mine finally took that to heart, and tried one, and raved about it. My reply: _“Oh? Where did you go?”_ > > _“Subway,”_ he said, enthusiastically. > > I shook my head sadly. Time to introduce him to a good Jewish deli. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/52 "2016-06-14T07:46:52Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Give me a Ruben. > > I have been making something different for lunch at work. > > Toasted rye bread. A THICK schmear of cream cheese, THICK sliced tomatoes and roast beef. Salt and pepper to your liking. Well, I like that with a bit of mustard. Otherwise–similarly–smoked ham and cream cheese on toast is divine. But my favorite sandwich is this. Take good bakery bread (call it baguette or Italian or whatever) and put it under the broiler with a good shmear of butter, garlic, salt, a teensy bit sugar and basil. Once it’s toasted, pile on rare roast beef and cheddar or aged Gouda or Havarti, broil again. Then add thin sliced tomato and red onion. Smush together, maybe mayo on the side. Perfect sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/53 "2016-06-14T08:18:35Z")
^^^ That one I gotta try! I’m not a big sandwich eater, but I do like a nice BLT on wheat toast, with mayonnaise. Or the classic summertime treat - fresh sliced tomatoes on squishy, nutrition-free white bread, with mayo. Eaten over the sink. And every couple of years, I have to have a childhood favorite: sliced banana on white bread, with mayonnaise. In the non-mayo department, ham on rye or pumpernickel, with a good mustard. ---
**Author:** ![jasnooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/54 "2016-06-14T08:33:24Z")
Honey ham, Colby jack, lettuce, tomatoe, dill pickle, salt, pepper , parsley, and miracle whip, all on white bread ---
**Author:** ![jasnooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jasnooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasnooks)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/55 "2016-06-14T08:34:34Z")
Hopefully the DEA didn’t see that post ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424/56 "2016-06-14T21:08:04Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Mayo on a grilled cheese instead of butter! It browns very nicely. > > StG But but but… then it doesn’t taste buttery! Aauuugghh! Tried that once, to quote Mr. Horse, No sir, I don’t like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-sandwiches-do-you-like-then/756424.md?page=2)