From: Rick McCallister
Message: 60631
Date: 2008-10-06
> From: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>There is a cafeteria version of Brian's sandwich covered in broth, gravy, etc, usually known as SOS "shit on a shingle." Wanna talk about a mess?
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: long, flat, full
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 6:03 PM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick McCallister"
> <gabaroo6958@...>
>
>
> >>
> >> > I have so trouble understanding how it can be
> both a
> >> "sandwich"
> >> > and "au jus" ?
> >>
> >> A roast beef sandwich is a so-called open-face
> sandwich.
> >> Put a
> >> slice of bread on a plate, cover it with roast
> beef, and
> >> then
> >> cover that with gravy; you now have a roast beef
> sandwich.
> >> They
> >> are normally eaten with a fork.
> >>
> >> Brian
> ========
> With a fork and without a knife ?
> Arnaud
> =========
> >
> > As the documented scion of White Trash, I must differ.
> In tried and true
> > trailer trash culture, the "au jus sauce" is
> served in a small dipping
> > bowl and you pick up the sandwich and dip it on the
> way to the mouth. And
> > so, in parts of the Midwest and West, it's also
> called a "French Dip".
> > Brian was obviously born with a silver spoon in his
> mouth.
> >
> ========
> With a fork (I suppose in the hand)
> no knife
> and a spoon in the mouth
>
> It's must be rather messy !
>
> Arnaud
> =========