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On 2/9/2013 8:39 AM, sf wrote:
> The bread wasn't stacked and the roast beef wasn't "sandwiched"
> between two pieces of bread. It was bread on the plate, then thin
> slices of (well done - no pink on this stuff) beef, a scoop, made with
> an ice cream scoop, of (pdg) mashed potatoes and covered with a smooth
> diner style gravy. The images I saw in google did remind me that the
> potatoes often had a well on top where even more gravy sat, but it was
> pretty simple to construct. I also knew that I wasn't going to like
> it if they built it any other way.
>

The open face hot roast beef sandwiches I've had were not on white
bread. It was a sandwich roll (just half of one, french or hoagie-type)
topped with thinly sliced roast beef and gravy. Mashed potatoes (yes,
with gravy) were on the side

> Channeling Sheldon Cooper: There's a right way and a wrong way to do
> this. Don't give it to me the wrong way because it won't taste the
> same.


LOL Sheldon Cooper. Thai food on pizza night?! French toast on
oatmeal day?!

Jill