On 10/30/2011 11:40 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:30:12 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> I go into a long-established hofbrau-type restaurant (Brennan's,
>> in Berkeley Ca) and order a half a corned beef sanfwich on light rye.
>> Now I confess it's been five or more years since I've eaten there,
>> but they were reliable in the past.
>>
>> So the otherwise perfectly-good sandwich came with mayonaisse on it,
>> leaving me the choice of complaining, or trying to blot it off with a
>> napkin (I did the latter).
>>
>> Am I confused, or is this completely unreasonable? (This place has
>> mustard out by the tables so I don't expect anything condiments
>> to be on the sandwich.)
>
> I think you're getting icked too easily. I put mayo on corned beef
> and pastrami sandwiches all the time. Does it say it comes with mayo
> now? They can't leave may out on the tables like mustard so they must
> be applying it themselves by default, unless otherwise instructed.
>
> Then again I put mayo on hot dogs, too. But never on fries.

Same here, mayo is fine with me but I'm pretty surprised it would
just show up on a corned beef sandwich when mustard is the expected
condiment.

And I'd happily have mayo on my fries, especially mixed with ketchup.

nancy