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Dan Abel

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> >On Jan 1, 11:19*am, aem > wrote:
>
> >> This week a casual friend dropped by just when I was
> >> making a tuna sandwich. I spread the mayo on the bread and he was
> >> genuinely startled. Why do you need extra mayo when the tuna salad is
> >> already mayo-based? But you always put mayo on the bread, I said.
> >> Not when you're using tuna or egg salad with its own full ration of
> >> mayo, he said. Everyone knows that, we both said, meaning opposite
> >> things.
>
> >> So, do you 'dress' the bread/toast first or just spread the tuna/egg
> >> salad on directly?

> I do not spread mayo on the bread when making any sort of
> mayo-containing salad sandwich. I would be surprised if many
> restaurants or delis did this either.

Every deli I've been to will put mayo on your sandwich. I doubt that it
is the default, but I don't know. I do expect that often I will be
asked for a confirmation.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA