hold the mayo...

[jay]

(scratches head) who puts mayo on a cheese steak sandwich? When I've eaten them in Philly, it was an argument over the bread or the kind of cheese, but never a problem with mayo or mustard being added. I went to the roach-coach (portable kitchen truck, visits buildings on a schedule) for lunch today, ordered a cheese steak, then took it back when it had mayonnaise present.

A couple of years ago, it would have felt as though I were being too demanding to take it back and insist on a properly prepared sandwich. That's progress... not that I understand why anyone uses mayo anyway, I don't see any redeeming virtue to the stuff other than as a lubricant...

Comments

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

(grin)

It *is* a lubricant. Therefore silly on something with cheese and steak on it. But if I'm eating something like lettuce, tomato, cucumber, sprouts and peppers, it requires a bit of lube. Voila. Mayo.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

It's tangy. I like tangy.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Heh. Mayo is one of the foods I simply cannot live without. (Hyperbole, sure, but not by much.)

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

I have used it as hair conditioner when I had nothing else in the house. It worked even better than whipped cream (the real stuff, not the fake stuff), which I discovered as a hair conditioner during my teenaged years in Florida. (Think pool fights.)

m is not for mayo

[mary919.livejournal.com]

Mayonnaise is only good in chicken salad and then only when mixed with a little vinegar, pickle juice or olive juice. Otherwise-- that stuff's just nasty.

[geekchick]

who puts mayo on a cheese steak sandwich

Everybody, so far as I know. I like it.

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

In general, I agree. Commercial mayonaise is an abomination. Period. End of story.

But, homemade mayonaise is the joy. And aioli, which is homemade mayo with garlic incorporated... bliss. My former landlord introduced me and I am still in love with it.