Am I living in the Bizarro world?

[Craig Nickles]

I always put mayo on mine.......

[Justin Leiwig]

The only way to eat corned beef is on sourdough with spicy brown mustard and swiss cheese!

[Robert Brandt2]

You haven't had the california pizza with the flowers yet?

[Ben Rafael]

You haven't had the california pizza with the flowers yet?

That's Berkeley.

[mark page]

Didn't a bona-fide reuban (sp?) samich have Russian dressing on it???? I know I'm straying a bit from a straight corned-beef samitch and also throwing the Kraut and Swiss on it.
It don't matter much to me as I love corned-beef no matter how it's served.

[David DeCristoforo]

Being Italian, I never eat corned beef except on St. Pat's day and then only 'cause my wife's Irish. But we NEVER put anything on it but mustard. Scheech. It's like those "new wave" sushi bars where they put mayo in the sushi!?!? BARF. It's gotta be because all of the fast food joints and their tasteless crap that is always slathered with mayo because that's the only way to give it any flavor. So now everyone thinks you gotta put mayo on everything. Oh and BTW, anyone who puts fruit on a pizza should be banished from the planet or at least sent to live in Hawaii where they will have nothing to eat but pineapples and coconuts for the rest of their lives.

[Eric Larsen]

First I get a corned beef brisket, and dump the contents (meat, seasonings, blood) into a foil pouch.

Then I add half a bottle of brown ale to the pouch. Let rest.

Next, light some charwood (not charcoal - never use charcoal). Use four/five good sized chunks.

While the charwood burns down, boil some red potatoes. Then season them with salt & pepper and place around the sides of the grill.

When the charwood is ready, place the pouch on a grate about 2 inches from the coal bed. Allow to cook for 1/2 hour.

Next, remove the brisket from the pouch, reserve the liquid.

Return the brisket to the grill and char the sides until well caramelized.

Rest the meat under tinfoil.

Then, make a blond roux. Create a milk gravy from the roux, reserved liquid and some half-and-half. Seasoning will be unnecessary, the liquid is very salty.

Remove the potatoes from the grill (or earlier, depending on how hot the fire was).

Slice brisket on the bias wafer thin and serve with mustard, horseradish, and the potatoes (mashed and covered with gravy.) Cabbage, honey-sauteed carrots and sauteed onions go well as sides.


Corned beef is too good for bread!

[David G Baker]

Last time I had corned beef on rye the place put thousand island dressing on it. I like mustard and sauerkraut.

[Ray Klear]

Corned beef is best eaten with horseradish

[Mitchell Andrus]

Yep, mayo on corned beef. REAL corned beef - not that rubbery stuff that comes in a loaf.

[Mitchell Andrus]

YES! Mayo & swiss on rye.

[Eric DeSilva]

Oh and BTW, anyone who puts fruit on a pizza should be banished from the planet or at least sent to live in Hawaii where they will have nothing to eat but pineapples and coconuts for the rest of their lives.

I hate fruit on pizza, but might take it up if someone is willing to banish me to Hawaii.

I am a fan of mayo on a lot of sandwiches--turkey, ham--but corned beef? Ick. Brown mustard.

[Curt Harms]

Blasphemy! Must be a California thing. I think California was also the first place to put mayonnaise on hamburgers. (I grew up in SoCal.)

My SWMBO is Philly born & bred. She puts mayo on her hamburgers. I, being an expat Cheesehead, don't

[Tim Thomas]

How I like to construct my corned beef sammich:


xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Slice of rye bread xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
--- Thin layer of deli mustard with horseradish ---
~~~~~~~~~~ Corned beef ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ Corned beef ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ More corned beef ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ More corned beef ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~ Even more corned beef ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~ Just one more slice of corned beef ~~~~~
~~~~ Seriously, last slice of corned beef ~~~~~
--- Thin layer of deli mustard with horseradish ---
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Slice of rye bread xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


If you don't have trouble opening your mouth wide enough to take a bite, then you didn't add enough corned beef. Unfortunately, I have a really big mouth...

[Jim Becker]

Good example, Tim. My mother would have been horrified of such a construction as when my brother an I were growing up a sandwich had one slice of meat and one slice of cheese...almost a "wish sandwich". But I do have to admit that I've seen some deli sandwiches that pretty much require two people to eat them or two separate meals for one person to finally finish!