What's Your Sandwich??
 

Lots of East Coasters and the like here (you, the inventors of the Sub sandwich!) and I've a q. for you: Here in the vanilla Midwest of skanky Ohio we call an I.T. a 'sub'--as in short for a submarine sandwich. I was brought up on summers in Maine (I thank the goddess for that!) and we had a meatball/spaghetti/pizza/ice-cream/sandwich place at the edge of the (old, old) highway called Mario's. We'd hike the mile from our lakeside cottage to Marios and get what everyone called I.T.'s--short for "italians", as in "italian sandwiches"--a Sub. (hopefully glatt knows the wonders of Marios as well!) Since then, I've bunked with my New Joisey relatives who called the same sandwich a "hoagie". (I also had an encounter with a NJ relative who told me about a thing called a Panzarotti and I've never, ever been able to find it anywhere since) Others called it a grinder--who does that? and a Po'Boy--all you white trash (you know who you are)

I guess I want to know, from amongst all you pros, does the Subway chain equal anything you grew up with?

Subway = Trash

I've been told that the official dividing line for North and South Jersey is where it goes from being called a "sub" to a "hoagie". Therefore, the line falls just north of Princeton. Subs are northern, hoagies are Philly-influenced.

mmmm... Hoagie Haven pizza cheesesteak...:yum:

Subs
 

Hoagie, Sub, Grinder. I saw them all in Mass. Jeez, Brianna, I have relatives in Joisy and also vacationed in ME (Sanford/Alfred). Po'Boy is a New Orleans thing, I think. They migrate around.

We used to have hoagies after a good round of Candlepin Bowling.:neutral:

We used to make and sell hoagies to raise cash for sports back in the day. Nothing could touch those babies, a sandwich needs to age properly.

edit: this was North East PA btw. We saw some subs as well but never a grinder.

I'm partial to gyros... pronounced heroes.
Hero sandwich

A grinder is a "hot hoagie", i.e., toasted after it's put together. Done correctly, this is the ideal sandwich.

I like them better pronounced Euros. I prefer my heros pronounced hoagie.:)

MMMM. Salty, compacted meat that spins and spins. Turkey, Israel, and Greece have some version of the same thing (schwarma? donner). It's all good. Some people are grossed out thinking that it's bound to spoil on that spinner, but it just keeps getting better toward the middle. MMMMMM.

In Maine we had the yummy Italians, which are a kind of sub, but come on a special roll. Sort of soft and narrow. Unlike any sub roll anywhere else. Almost like a giant hot dog bun. But much better.

We'd stop just north of Hartford at Anthony's and get grinders. Once, as a kid, my Mom was explaining to us while ordering that a grinder was just like an Italian. My little brother started complaining rather loudly that he didn't like Italians. The restaurant was run by Italian Americans, and they thought he was talking about them. They didn't like it. Anyway, grinders could be either cold or hot.

Everywhere else I've been I've had subs. I've heard of hoagies, but don't recall ever being anywhere that sells 'em. Been to a few places, but can't remember where, that they called a sub a Hero. I think that was supposed to be like a Gyro, except the meat and roll were all wrong.

Subway the fast food chain sucks.

Sam's is the best around, but they are only in Maine. I think Marios stole the Italian from them.

That's the stuff!

HolyMoly--A HUGE part of my teenhood has been stolen!

We call 'em subs in the south, and nothing else... but then again, no one cares what they do in the south.

You talking about Mario's? They make a fine Italian. In fact, I used to work a a small mom and pop store that made Italians too. I had several customers who would tell me I made the best Italians they ever had. But we used the rolls baked by Sam's.

Pamela Anderson on top, Selma Hayak on the bottom, and I'm the meat.

Oh, you mean real sandwiches.:rolleyes: Grilled Cheese.

so......which way are you facing? up or down? and what's the one behind you doing? nevermind. thanks for the visual. i'm off to boil my head.