An exchange heard at my favorite deli:
Lady asks for egg salad made with light mayo ( |-0)
response from deli owner: no healthy food here ma'am, this is a deli.
Funny.
Roseanne Barr said on her show once many years ago: "egg salad, chicken
salad, macaroni salad, potato salad......just other names for mayo."
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On 12/13/2012 5:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> My experience in most east coast delis is a) they've never heard of it
> or b) it's not on the menu but the owner is from NYC, knows very well
> what it is and he'll be happy to make me one by substituting pastrami on
> his regular Reuben. But it will certainly come with sauerkraut and not
> the coleslaw mentioned in the Wiki article.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 12/13/2012 5:29 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 12/12/2012 5:53 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> I haven't been to NYC in many years (except for a recent cab ride from
>>> Penn Station to the docks). Do real New York delis serve vegi burgers?
>>> I only ever used to order a Rachel. Very rare in the US other than a
>>> New York deli. Yummm. A Reuben with about a 3" high stack of pastrami
>>> instead of a 3" high stack of corned beef. No vegi burgers ever did I
>>> see there. :-)
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_sandwich>
>>
>> I agree with that definition, at least for the famous delis around Times
>> Square.
>>
>> However, my experience is that outside of NYC, the 'Rachel' name is randomly
>> applied to whatever alternative version of
>> a Reuben strikes the fancy of a restaurant chef or owner. I'm pretty sure
>> I've even run into a turkey "Rachel" out in
>> the boonies.
>>
>> Trying to apply fixed definitions like those in the Wiki to something like a
>> sandwich is an exercise in futility.
>> Nevertheless, I have been known to pass on the 'true' definition to
>> waitresses in many places. :-)
>>
>> Second Pedant Moose
>>
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