My family and I have a long-standing joke about my hatred of the sandwich store Subway for not carrying ketchup. (These days some stores do carry ketchup, others do not.) Turns out, some of the employees are way too overprotective of the "no ketchup" policy.
"He wants ketchup on the Philly cheese steak and I have never put -- we don't even have ketchup at Subway -- I've never put ketchup on anybody's sandwich," said [Subway employee] Ordone.
...
"That's when I flew off the handle," said Ordone.
"He shoved a chair to the side, like knocked it down to come at me, and I said, 'This is going to be serious,'" said [customer] Martinez.
"I said, 'Let's go, fight me like a man,'" said Ordone.
The employee has been fired.
For the record, my preference for cheese steak is provolone, not Cheez Wiz, and mayonnaise, not ketchup. When I was in college I ate my cheese steaks with ketchup but once I tried mayo, I never went back.
For the record, my preference for cheese steak is provolone, not Cheez Wiz, and mayonnaise, not ketchup. When I was in college I ate my cheese steaks with ketchup but once I tried mayo, I never went back.
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What kind of sandwich would you get at Subway that you would put ketchup on?
Cheese steaks. This grudge goes back a LONG time. :-)
I can't think of a single thing at Subway that wouldn't be ruined by ketchup. You, sir, are an abomination.
I first saw this story on Pharyngula and most of the comments were from people who put ketchup on cheese steaks. I thought I was an outlier, but apparently it's big in the Baltimore area. (Please note again that I no longer put ketchup on cheese steaks.)
I've lived in the Baltimore area all my life, and I've never heard of putting ketchup on cheese steaks.
From Wikipedia:
The meat traditionally used is thinly sliced rib-eye or top round, although other cuts of beef are also used.[10] On a lightly oiled griddle at medium temperature, the steak slices are quickly browned and then scrambled into smaller pieces with a flat spatula. Slices of cheese are then placed over the meat, letting it melt, and then the roll is placed on top of the cheese. The mixture is then scooped up with a spatula, pressed into the roll, and cut in half.[11]
Common additions include sautéed onions, bell peppers, pickles, mushrooms, mayonnaise, hot sauce, salt, pepper and ketchup.
Also see:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070110140847AANyDLv
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/381859
Anybody can edit a Wikipedia article.
So your position is that someone is lying in a wikipedia article about people putting ketchup on cheese steaks?
Okay, wait. You don't put ketchup on cheese steak anymore, but you're still upset that they don't have ketchup that you no longer want for your cheese steak?
Seems like grudge for grudge's sake.
Finally! Someone who gets it!
;-)
Let's just say, "citation needed."
Well, let's see, so far you have the following evidence of the ketchup/cheese steak phenomenon:
- Me (in the past)
- The Subway customer in the article
- The Wikipedia article
- The TWO OTHER links I gave you,both of which have multiple comments from people who like ketchup on cheese steak
- The Pharyngula post I referenced which also has multiple comments from posters who like ketchup on cheese steak
Sounds to me like all you have is an argument from incredulity.
All anecdotal at best. I’ll bet just as many people would swear to having sat next to bigfoot while riding in a UFO.
So people saying "I eat cheese steak with ketchup" is anecdotal? They're not saying someone else is doing it, they're saying they do it. And we're not proving that everyone does it, only that SOMEONE does it. My testimony and that of the Subway guy is enough by itself. Ipso facto.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
I can't specifically verify ketchup on cheese steak, but I can verify that a lot of people in my neck of the woods (including my wife and kids) put ketchup on Italian beef, which is basically cheese steak minus the cheese. It's not really a stretch.
The claim was that ketchup was a common condiment on cheese steaks. So, yes, the testimony of a handful of gustatorally challenged weirdos qualifies as anecdotal.
And . . . scene.
Thus concludes this week's radioplay of Eric Haas . . . Food Superskeptic.
:-)
Is it really sad that this is the longest comment thread on my Blog EVER?
Check out this as well:
http://www.firehouse.com/forums/t107746-print/
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