# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 179
**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 9, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3857 "2025-02-09T14:08:25Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But i also don’t like Russian dressing, and it really ruins an otherwise nice corned beef sandwich for me. The one I ate yesterday in honor of the Reuben threads here was served with the dressing on the side. I generally enjoy the dressing, but dipped only maybe half my bites. Otherwise the dressing overwhelms the sandwich. Zero is a perfectly good amount if that’s your preference. IMO it’s still a Reuben if you choose to call it that, dressing or no. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3858 "2025-02-09T14:13:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Zero is a perfectly good amount if that’s your preference. IMO it’s still a Reuben if you choose to call it that, dressing or no. I endorse this message. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3859 "2025-02-09T14:29:46Z")
WI the meat, instead of corned beef, is…turkey? 😈 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3860 "2025-02-09T14:36:06Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > WI the meat, instead of corned beef, is…turkey I believe in equal opportunity Reuben sandwiches for all. If you like turkey better, go for it. It’s the sauerkraut and Swiss cheese on top of the meat of choice that make it a Reuben. Live a little, expand your sandwich horizons! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3861 "2025-02-09T14:37:37Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Live a little, expand your sandwich horizons! Oh I love a Turkey Reuben all right; it just doesn’t love me all that much, expanding my stomach volume to Hindenbergian levels in short order. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3862 "2025-02-09T14:51:15Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But I’ve never liked sauerkraut. Maybe i should try it again. Sauerkrauts vary. You might want to try several different ones. (Or, of course, if you really dislike the stuff, maybe not.) I generally dislike Swiss cheese, and am not wild about most sauerkrauts though I’ve had some that I found delicious; but I like reubens. Something about the combination of flavors works for me, despite what I think of some of the individual ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3863 "2025-02-09T16:17:20Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve never liked sauerkraut. Maybe i should try it again. Next time you’re in Milwaukee, give a holler and we’ll hit Mader’s restaurant (serving german dishes for over 120 years). I’m not a big kraut fan in general, but their red cabbage kraut is pretty damn good. Paired with their sauerbraten and some spaetzle it makes a fine entree. They also make a pretty good Reuben Roll: Corned Beef, Sauerkraut and Swiss cheese inside a wonton wrap, with crispy spinach and Dusseldorf mustard sauce. Maybe I should take some of their red kraut home and try it on a reuben. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3864 "2025-02-09T17:41:19Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’m not a big kraut fan in general, but their red cabbage kraut is pretty damn good. Paired with their sauerbraten and some spaetzle it makes a fine entree. In Leavenworth, WA there are a couple of great German restaurants and they serve the same thing. Red sauerkraut is freaking delicious to eat on its own and does go great with spaetzle. (And you can get a great schnitzel there too.) I also appreciate a restaurant where the food is almost as fun to pronounce as it is delicious, ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3865 "2025-02-09T18:30:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Zero is a perfectly good amount if that’s your preference. IMO it’s still a Reuben if you choose to call it that, dressing or no. I second this wise message. With very rare exceptions, salad dressing of any kind (Hellman’s mayo isn’t salad dressing) has no place in any sandwich. I, too, was inspired by the Reuben discussion but not to make an actual Reuben, as I prefer Montreal smoked meat to corned beef or pastrami, and a toasted onion bun to rye bread. The inspiration was to buy some sauerkraut and try that with my Montreal smoked meat on a bun creation. No salad dressing, of course, but an appropriate amount of Dijon mustard. And no cheese. I wonder what our pedants might call that creation? Reuben Lite? Montreal Reuben? I prefer “Montreal smoked meat sandwich with sauerkraut”, or “Wolfpup sandwich” for short. ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3866 "2025-02-09T18:58:07Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > or “Wolfpup sandwich” for short. Soon they’ll be everywhere and folks will have forgotten what buffalo wings ever were. You’ll have created the next must-have menu item throughout North America. Shame it’s already in the public domain; you coulda been rich! 🤦‍♂️ :dog\_facepawing: ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3867 "2025-02-09T19:05:21Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I second this wise message. With very rare exceptions, salad dressing of any kind (Hellman’s mayo isn’t salad dressing) has no place in any sandwich. Not even… … CAESAR?!?! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3868 "2025-02-09T19:10:36Z")
Need I remind you that Caesar (the fine beverage), Caesar (the salad and the associated dressing for it), and Caesar (the Roman emperor) are all distinctly different? 😉 I have, however, sometimes been tempted to add Caesar salad dressing to one of my signature grilled chicken sandwiches with bacon, lettuce, and tomato. That would be one of the rare exceptions of salad dressing on a sandwich that meets with my approval. But usually the temptation passes, and the sandwich is made with Hellmann’s mayo, which apparently our resident food critic herein being pitted feels we should have nothing but scorn for. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3869 "2025-02-09T19:10:40Z")
Now we have _three_ fucking Reuben threads ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3870 "2025-02-09T19:11:52Z")
It looks like I have to take this thread off tracking. But a good Reuben is great. ---
**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 9, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3871 "2025-02-09T19:25:38Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Now we have _three_ fucking Reuben threads They’re breeding! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3872 "2025-02-09T19:27:03Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The magazine industry is funny in that they advertise a “suggested retail” full price that you’ll pay if you subscribe directly from them. And they’ll be happy to take your money if you do. > > But if you subscribe through any number of historical “subscription houses”, the discount to the full price is half or more. > > What an odd sales model. Magazines (and newspapers, back when those existed) make the vast majority of their income off of ads. The only reason that they sell subscriptions at all is that advertisers place a higher value on customers who are demonstrably actually reading the thing, rather than people who just grab free papers for birdcage liners and craft projects. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3873 "2025-02-09T19:42:20Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > With very rare exceptions, salad dressing of any kind (Hellman’s mayo isn’t salad dressing) has no place in any sandwich. I’ll pay extra for vinaigrette on a salad, and I’ll pay extra for it on an Italian sub, and I don’t recall ever regretting either. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3874 "2025-02-09T19:49:27Z")
Please feel free to emulate the eminently incoherent poster **DaveUnknown** and start a thread sanctimoniously pitting the regrettable culinary tastes of fellow Dopers. A massive ingestion of some powerful alcoholic beverage is recommended to get into the proper spirit of the thing. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3875 "2025-02-09T20:03:52Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Now we have _three_ fucking Reuben threads The discussion has expanded to positively Reubenesque proportions. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3876 "2025-02-09T20:08:23Z")
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