The other day Bossy’s husband removed the hateful plastic from the back porch. To celebrate, Bossy’s family of three decided to go out for a lobster dinner! In their dreams. In reality they ordered take-out from their local deli.
You are looking at a Roast Beef Special on Rye with extra Special—which means extra coleslaw and Russian dressing. Note to deli owners: A Roast Beef Special on Rye with extra Special does not mean roast beef with a scant of slaw, just like it doesn’t mean roast beef with coleslaw and Russian dressing and Swiss cheese because there’s no Swiss cheese in a Roast Beef Special and while we’re on the subject there’s no crying in baseball.
Extra Special and rye bread aren’t Bossy’s only requirements when eating this sandwich. She also needs potato chips:
In this Bossy is very flexible: they can be ruffled chips or plain chips, but don’t even dream of coming home from the deli without a bag of something chippy or Bossy will file for divorce, just as a totally random example. But wait, there’s more:
Bossy requires a couple of deli pickles from the pickle barrel. This does not mean sweet and sour pickles from the jar in the refrigerator, just like it doesn’t mean bread and butter pickles from the jar in the refrigerator. Just don’t even dream about returning from the deli without pickles in a wax paper bag or Bossy will demand full custody of the children, just as a totally random example. And then:
The coup de grace of Bossy’s Roast Beef Special on Rye with extra Special and chips and pickle is a glass of icy chocolate milk. Don’t even dream of returning from the deli without milk or chocolate syrup or Bossy will see to it that you never work in this town again, you wifeless childless totally random example, you.
Bossy can summarize her high-maintenance approach to her deli supper in
this way:
Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you describe something you eat that has to be accompanied by very specific things, or describe the exact high-maintenance way you order this thing at a restaurant?
And make sure to check back later today for the pickiest pickings on the web.
RARE ROAST BEEF SANDWICH HOMEMADE POTATO SALAD AND CHOCOLATE MILK
Extra butter, hold the calories, please peel me a grape.
Outback Special medium-rare caesar salad garlic mashed potatoes. Wine!
yum, i love a roast beef on rye with russian dression, but i usually get the carrot slaw if available.
Chicken Coco-Loco Yom salad with smoked oysters, THE RESTAURANT CLOSED!
(sad face requires extra words.)
Philly cheesesteak WITH wiz, extra fried onions from Pat’s Steaks.
View lobster salad. Need to see mayo to lobster quotient.
Icy Cold Miller Lite poured into frosted glass at Kath’s!
Kefir with blueberries, strawberries, raw cashews — morning noon and night.
Friday concert day: french fries with ketchup, mayo, mustard. WINE!
Hot water with lemon instead of coffee. Kill Bossy now.
Tall skinny half-caf latte.
fresh bagel, thick schmear, thick tomato, thin red onion, lotsopepper
Beef Broccoli no broccoli, fried rice, with sweet and sour.
Steak, RARE…and I mean RARE, dang it…I want to see red meat, not this thin pink line.
(I bought Bossy’s extra words)
Toast~ toasted dark dark and dry!
Bacon must be so crisp that it is almost burnt!!
Mashed potatoes on bottom, sauerkraut, toasted breadcrumb sprinkles on top
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes,peas(previously frozen, NOT
CANNED, sorry Mom)
French Roast. Cream, not milk. Match to this paint chip.
Eggs sunny side, hash browns, sausage, A-1 sauce please. Decaf.
Everything on the side, Equal only, need more napkins please!
Ripe tomato, red onion, basil, mozzarella, lots of pepper – YUM!
No bleu cheese. Ever. No stinky cheese at all. EVER.
Extra pepperoni, green peppers, onions. No mushrooms or olives. EVER.
Eat each dish separately. Hot and cold NEVER touch.
All salad dressings and any sauces on the side please!
Bossy will have the large combination sushi platter, extra ginger!
–>If tastes good and I didn’t cook, I’ll do dishes.
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grilled tuna and cheese on sourdough then add plain chips
Chocolate milk shade made on the thin side, please m’am.
Milk shade? MILK SHADE? Make that a Milkshake. Good gah.
Cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger.
Burger, medium well, cheddar, mustard and tomato only. Red wine!
Must have chips INSIDE a sandwich. Won’t eat without ’em.
Why dinner? Dessert! Vanilla must have cookie dough every bite.
Citrus soy salmon, asparagus spears, brown rice, and soy sauce.
I really like the bottle for your cut flowers. Pretty!
Anything with dollop of something. Just like to say “dollop”.
Baked Potato: salt on skin, butter, sour cream, grated cheese, REAL bacon bits, more butter, more sour cream.
Mashed Potato: butter, sour cream, chives, REAL bacon bits, cream cheese.
(Dang it now I’m starving for steak and a big potato at 9am. CRAP)
Side of limes with fish tacos. Twist on before salsa.
There’s no way I can eat soup without a spoon
Sausages, mashed potatoes and cream corn – corn atop the potatoes.
Lobster with a side of ocean. Chocolate with something salty.
Venti Iced Half Black Half Green Tea Unsweetened No Water
bossy perserverating about food. that time to try on swimsuits?
Penne, olive oil, butter, garlic, Parmesan, salt. Solo. With wine.
Canadian Mist, lots of ice, diet pepsi, stirred, not shaken.
Bologna w/cheese sandwich, chips, chocolate milk.
Now I am starving for lobster, steak, mashed potatoes, beer!
(Thanks Bossy)
In the mornings, cereal and soymilk ratio must be perfect.
roast chicken, rice a must, gravy required.
I am picky, all food must be to exact specifications
Bad deli is a sin of the highest magnitude, punishable
Maria’s special, three toasts, mayo, mustard, Kraft singles, green olives
put the salad on the plate, not on my burger.
White rice, garlic butter sauted mushrooms, melted chese, sometimes asparagus
Pizza Magherita with extra cheese from Particia’s in the Bronx
tuna salad with celery, cooked pasta, mayo, salt and pepper
Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, broccoli casserole, pie, deep political discussion.
Decadent & rarely eaten– Carne Asada Fries–a San Diego tradition.
Fresh mozzarella sandwich, on foccacia, extra balsamic vinagrette, sunday paper.
Either you hijacked your own comments section today…or you might be very hungry.
Shredded beef burrito, side of sour cream, three hot sauces.
Boo-yah!
Half sweet, half unsweet tea with very light ice.
Weekend college field trip – many students pickier than you – sheeesh.
Green and black olive pizza with an ice cold Coke!
Old cheddar sliced thin. Served on wheat crackers. So delish.
McDonald’s double cheeseburger when I’m in a state of depression.
Turkey Sandwich with Provolone must have barbecue chips. ON IT.
2 eggs over easy, crispy bacon, unsoggy toast, and milk
Weekend mornings=homemade chai. Every tiny detail right or Fail!
Popcorn kernels, vegetable oil, unsalted butter, salt, sesame oil
Tuna fish can only be eaten with Cape Cod chips.
Hello Taco Bell! One bean burrito with NO onions please!
No butter in fajita skillet, sauce on the side, please
blue corn cheese enchiladas, red chile, side of sour cream.
Tres Leches cake — the corner with extra icing and raspberries.
Chocolate ice cream, cut bananas, whipped cream up to here.
Kale with raw onions and vinegar. Serve with Smokey Robinson.
Grande 1% No Water Chai
Iced Venti Chai Eight Pumps
Fat people are rarely picky. I’m an equal opportunity glutton.
Ham, cabbage, potatoes with melted butter and vinegar. Moosh together.
Itsa burger with cheese and green chile from Blakes! Yummmm!
Steak with bernaise sauce. Can Bossy have more sauce? More!
Pile of crabs on newspaper. Mallet. Cold beer. Family. Goggles.
Roast beef, mozzarella, toasted potato bread, mayo, lettuce, sourcreamandonion ridgies
Ten (cheating) words.
I am with Bossy on the steak with bernaise sauce…what is steak without bernaise sauce?!!
if we’re talking deli (and after Bossy’s description I’ve got a one-track mind):
poppy bagel, cream cheese, lox, bermuda onion, tomato piled high.
Grande, eight pump, non-fat, light water, chai from starb*cks.
(is non-fat one word or 2? if it’s only 1, then add latte after chai)
Grits with butter and leftover steak fried up with gravy.
fried egg sandwich, toasted bread, mustard, icy coke, salty chips!
Eggs. Scrambled, and slightly browned. I don’t like them nervous.
Shanghai chicken no chicken. What? I said, no chicken..
That was 9 words, janet. Can’t you follow the directions?
Shankghai chicken no chicken. What? Yes. I said no chicken.
My mom always said picky eaters must learn to pick.
I pick.
Iced latte – full fat milk, shot of vanilla, pure energy.
Tater tots, each one with a dollop of hot sauce.
Filet Mignon MUST BE RARE. BLOODY RARE. And have Bernaise sauce for dipping.
Potato salad. No onions. No celery. Just goop and potatoes.
OK DEBABQ is making me want some Posole from The Shed In Santa Fe. Stop it DEBABQ, now.
bombay saphire gin, dropper extra dry vermouth, 3 olives, dirty.
Cream of wheat made with milk extra butter, extra sugar.
Bossy seconds Stacey Ball and the cream of wheat thing.
Ham sandwich on rye, mayo, tomatoes, pickle, Ruffles potato chips.
Mushroom soup must be served with blue cheese on top.
Lumpy mashed “volcano” potatoes filled with peas. Chicken gravy lava.
Peanut butter, blackberry jam, toasted wheatberry bread, & potato chips!
Oh, and chocolate milk, most definitely!
heirloom tomatoes, toasted wheat bread, extra mayonnaise, pepper, garlic powder.
Eggs poached *exactly* 3 minutes, butter, salt, pepper over toast
If I didn’t have to cook then whatever’s juuuuuust fine!
Ditto Bossy’s friend Martha, and meet my friend Johnny Walker.
Wine glass, room temperature, something in a bottle, red preferably.
Eggplant parmagiana sliced THIN or it’s a no-go.
Cobb salad extra bacon no blue cheese dressing on side
(And jeez, wouldja look at all those comments from someone named Bossy?! That woman really knows how to milk the ten word limit, I tell ya, and boy does she ever love to eat! And drink
Chilaquiles no lettuce, tomatoes, or guacamole, sour cream on side.
Steak medium well, fried onions, baked potato everything, asparagus, wine.
Biscuits and Gravy Scrambled Eggs Home Fries Just Like Grandma Made
Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato Sandwiches, Corn on the Cob, Cold Lemonade
Salad bar architecture: lettuce, mushrooms, cottage/blue cheese, ranch, sunflower seeds.
triple venti soy latte sugar free vanilla extra hot pleeaaassseee
Fois gras, walnut toast, brown gravy, Springtime countryside France, heaven.
Risotto with gorgonzola, walnuts, chilies, arugula. Bottle of red wine.
Lemon wedges, more lemon wedges, no, too much lemon wedges.
Mom! No fair! Picky BOSSY is hogging all the entries!
Make-it-myself salad: only chunky stuff please. Nothing leafy. Use spoon.
The slaw goes ON the sandwich?!? I must move there.
Would quite enjoy Bossy’s plate, hold the chocolate, add beer.
Taco salad, no shell bowl, no cheese, no sour cream.
Reuben on white, no kraut, which = Not a Reuben
Glad I checked Iambossy AFTER lunch!!
Nonetheless, mmmm wine, food…
Mexican pizza, no onion or tomatoes, sour cream & ranch
Lamb Dip, blue cheese, hot mustard, side cole slaw,
Revision!
Lamb Dip, blue cheese, hot mustard, side of cole slaw
Cuban bread,roast beef, lettuce, tomatoes, dill pickles and mayo.
tomato soup with pasta. grilled cheese with many cheeses. YUM!
Iced tea, one lemon slice, four packets Splenda. No refills.
Large bowl chicken and sweetcorn soup buttered half baguette kthxbai!
Hot and spicy deep pizza with anchovies and garlic dip.
Salad, no onion, no peppers, extra tomato and black olives
When Harry Met Sally: “I’ll have what she’s having.”
One lobster. One pair crackers. Lotsa lemon. LOTSA butter. WINE!!!!!
no dessert?
At Jimmy John’s – Vito, no gouda. Large Diet Coke. HEAVEN.
Risking Bossy sanctions to say: no thai food/sauce, EVER.
Is Bossy on another vegetable cleanse? Or is she just trying to up her comment count?
Leftover cornbread, melted butter, sliced bananas, warm maple syrup. Mmmmmm
Yikes! Bossy must be pregnant!!!
Breakfast burrito with light cheese, whole wheat tortilla, extra salsa.
Coffee – on water, not milk, with cold milk ON THE SIDE.
Manhattan on rocks – bourbon, not rye, not whiskey. Derby Time!
junior bacon cheeseburger, ketchup only, medium fries, and small frosty.
Paint chip available as reference for child preparing my coffee.
Eggs scrambled totally or fried with NO uncooked white – yuck.
Same deal. Sandwich (turkey), chips, dill pickle. But lemonade instead.
Turkey brat, whole wheat bun, mustard, sauerkraut and cold beer.
Early Pregnancy. You are all making me want to hurl.
No foods that squirt in my mouth or contain seeds!
Pastrami, pepperjack, sauerkraut, Belgium mustard, pumpernickel, chips, and local ale.
1. Chips MUST be ON the sandwich, not on the side.
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2. Cole slaw and hot sauce MUST be ON barbeque sandwich.
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3. I rarely eat sandwiches, but when I do, I’m fussy.
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4. I once knew someone who insisted on applesauce on hamburgers.
everything bagel, light cream cheese, mocha coffee – yummy breakfast treat
French brandy, not congnac, stilton, pear, walnuts and enough time
On sourdough: peppered salami, mayo, dijon alongside wheat thins, pepperoncini.
Also the chips are from MN “Old Dutch” DILL, Fedexed.
Everything eaten while visiting Alabama MUST be accompanied by sweettea. (Which I just made one word because (I’m a cheater, and) it’s practically its own food group.)
Middleswarth (PA) BBQ Potato Chips
with no sharing AT ALL.
Tomato sandwich: bread, mayo, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and COLD milk.
Hardee’s Thickburger, all the way, but hold the tomatoes, please.
ding dong daddy~ Im starvin here! who is deliverin? Who?
Poutine: hand cut fries smothered with melted cheese and gravy.
Buttery cinnamon covered yams, buttery boiled okra, fried shimp. Mimmm!
“Can I get it deep fried? With deep fried toast?”
Tres Leches cake, extra icing and raspberries plus Insulin shot.
ANgie thinks that Bossy has too many rigid food requirements.
KEEP BELIEVING
Maybe Angie has too few. Could explain recent weight gain.
KEEP BELIEVING
Sweet pickles, mayo, ham and cheese on nutty brown bread.
So… I’m on day 2 of this Master Cleanse thing and I’m REALLY REALLY wanting to EAT. This post was a truly difficult test.
Wine
Gramma’s meatloaf recipe requires a baked potato floating in butter.
Thai curry bird’s nest. No mushrooms. Chicken instead of tofu.
Turkey, Pepperjack, artichoke ?, Roasted pepper, sourdough panini, saltnpepperkettlechips, diet Dr. Pepper.
Someone as picky as me can’t possibly keep it to 10 legal words.
1. No sandwich is complete without the crunch of potato chips.
2. Daughter orders pizza with mashed potatoes on top at school.
Chocolate cake (not flourless): moist please, not-too-thick bittersweet frosting. Milk.
Hot chocolate. Skim. Dash salt. Whipped cream. Caramel. Dash Salt.
Apple pie must be cold. Apple crisp must be hot.
Chili topped with onion cheese sour cream chives and FRITOS.
Chicken parmigiana, sauce on the side, extra cheese on everything
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Chicken and pea pods, no pea pods, no green onions (leaves just water chestnuts – YUM!)