REUBEN SANDWICH

[sally]

 Corned beef needs to be thinly sliced across the grain for Reubens. You can't just cut chunks off and throw it on some bread.

So now I have to know how to cut meat a particular way if I want to present that for sandwiches. Gawd. *sigh*

Yes, otherwise you'll have a chewy string sandwich. I went to an Irish bar and grill for St. Patrick's day once and got the corned beef and cabbage and the cook sliced it along the grain. I was tempted to tell the waitress that someone needs to teach the "chef" back there how to slice corned beef, but I didn't want to be an asshole.