Carnegie Deli book (2005) and deli slang

[Sam Clements]

All I can say is, I've had perhaps 50 Carnegie Deli Pastrami/Corned Beef
sandwiches in my life.  A meal for two.  The finest corned beef/pastrami on
the face of the earth.

Not linguistic, merely commenting as a patron.

Sam Clements

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> HOW TO FEED FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE:
> THE CARNEGIE DELI
> A GIANT SANDWICH, A LITTLE DELI, A HUGE SUCCESS
> by Milton Parker (Owner of the Carnegie Deli)
> and Allyn Freeman
> 171 pages, $21.95
> Hoboken, NJ: John WIley & Sons 2005
>
> 10,000 years. So I said to my co-workers, to be as good as Carlos Beltran
is,
> I'd have to do parking tickets every single day until the time of Jesus.
And
> then I'd have to work another 8,000 years!
>
> I was so depressed I bought this ridiculous book, which should be given
out
> for free. It's about as deep as HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU. Nevertheless,
> there are a few items of interest.
>
> Pg. 59: DELI SLANG
> Pistol   Pastrami
> Betty Grable...Cheesecake
> Dressed   Russian dressing, coleslaw
> Jack   Grilled American cheese, tomato
> Wreck 'em   Scrambled eggs
> One with   Hot dog with sauerkraut
> Brown cow   Chocolate milk
> Dry   No butter on toast
> Whiskey   Rye bread
> Full house   Grilled cheese with bacon
> CB   Corned beef
> Grade A   Milk
> Draw one   Coffee
> Combo   Swiss cheese added to any sandwich
> Dutch   American cheese added to any sandwich
> Schmear   Cream cheese
> Coney   Hot dog
>  Down   Toast
> Seaboard   A takeout order
> One off   Plain hot dog
>
> Pg. 114:
> Pastrami has its own ordering nickname, "a pistol." At the Carnegie Deli,
you
> will hear the servers calling out, "A pistol on whiskey down," (rye bread
> toasted) or "A pistol dressed" (Russian dressing and coleslaw on the
bread).
>
> The reason is not because pastrami is the king of sandwiches and merits
its
> own special name. You be the counterman for a moment. What would you make
if
> you heard a server shout, "Ordering a ..._ami_ on rye to go." Did you
answer,
> "pastrami"? Or on (Pg. 115--ed.) second thought, do you think it was
"salami"?
> When you hear the words pistol or salami, there's never any confusion.
>