Italian heros/subs/grinders/hoagies et al

Do you cook the cold cuts in your Italian heros/subs/grinders/hoagies?

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My family is of Italian descent, and we have never cooked the cold cuts in our Italian heros. Everything is cold.
Around here, none of the restaurants make hot Italian heros. They are always cold.
I'm wondering if many people cook the cold cuts.
 
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Always cold. These are more like a quick snack type item and not a meal so to remain quick nothing is cooked.
 
karadekoolaid said:
No idea what a hero, a grinder or a hoagie is:(
However, if they're all sandwiches filled with Italian preserved meats like sorpresatta, salami, prosciutto di Parma, etc. I'd think it would be almost sacrilege to cook them first!
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Kind of like this:
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A sub (submarine) I know; first time I went to the US in 1974, we ate the most amazing subs in New Brunswick! Plus we've got the ubiquitous SubWay all over the place here.
Hero, hoagie, grinder? Not a clue. Are they like the (British) bap, sarnie, buttie?
 
karadekoolaid said:
A sub (submarine) I know; first time I went to the US in 1974, we ate the most amazing subs in New Brunswick! Plus we've got the ubiquitous SubWay all over the place here.
Hero, hoagie, grinder? Not a clue. Are they like the (British) bap, sarnie, buttie?
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Now I'm clueless! 🤣
 
...Hero, hoagie, grinder? Not a clue.

the "clue" is where you are, at that moment....

in the Phila area:
they are hoagies -
a "grinder" is a hoagie that's been broiled to melt the cheese and make it warm . . .
"Sub" is also a recognized term.... short for submarine sandwich - it's the 'shape' thing
"hero" not so much, , ,

in Baltimore they are known as "zeps" - for zeppelins - again the shape thing.

other areas have other names - sometimes one needs a picture to know . . .
 
I will if the recipe calls for it. One of my favorite sandwiches (for a party) is called, simply enough, a “big sandwich” - involves a big round loaf cut into several layers, different fillings in each layer, rubbed all over with oil, wrapped tightly in foil, then put into a low oven for quite a long time, to gently get things all melty, then it’s cut into wedges like a cake and served.
 
CookieMonster said:
...Hero, hoagie, grinder? Not a clue.

the "clue" is where you are, at that moment....

in the Phila area:
they are hoagies -
a "grinder" is a hoagie that's been broiled to melt the cheese and make it warm . . .
"Sub" is also a recognized term.... short for submarine sandwich - it's the 'shape' thing
"hero" not so much, , ,

in Baltimore they are known as "zeps" - for zeppelins - again the shape thing.

other areas have other names - sometimes one needs a picture to know . . .
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This kind of reminds me of when American style coffee places arrived here with 5 million words for a cup of coffee.
At first everyone was like AAAAARRGGGGHHH I DON”T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE ON ABOUT CAN’T YOU JUST GIVE ME A CUP OF NORMAL COFFEE?!!! 😂

But then as the nuances were understood it very quickly turned into-
“I’ll have a grande caramel macchiato in a venti cup, 1/2 almond milk, 1/2 soy milk, double the amount of vanilla syrup, caramel wall in the cup, no caramel drizzle on, tall cup ice, whipped cream, 1 shot extra espresso (decaf), thanks. WHAT? What do you mean you’re out of almond milk, how disappointing” 😂

Cors most of us would prefer a decent cup of tea but Starbucks won’t engage on that.

So I reckon Hero’s, Hoagies, Grinders would be embraced the same way.. if someone else was making them 😜
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
This kind of reminds me of when American style coffee places arrived here with 5 million words for a cup of coffee.
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I still don’t know how to order coffee from Starbucks the “right” way - I just say, “I’d like whatever is just a regular coffee in a large, please.” - but I get coffee from Starbucks maybe twice a year…which is why I can’t remember their lingo for small, medium, and large. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
TastyReuben said:
I still don’t know how to order coffee from Starbucks the “right” way - I just say, “I’d like whatever is just a regular coffee in a large, please.” - but I get coffee from Starbucks maybe twice a year…which is why I can’t remember their lingo for small, medium, and large. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Me too, I drink tea but the rest of the family seems to consider a starbucks drive through coffee and cake part of any excursion 😆
 
I love my Italian subs both ways. There is a place that I grew up eating and they have cold subs and they are absolutely amazing and I would never think to heat them, everything about them is perfect the way they are and the bread is freshly baked every morning by a local bakery (incredible bread). But there's something about a heated Italian sub (with different ingredients) that is also delicious.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
This kind of reminds me of when American style coffee places arrived here with 5 million words for a cup of coffee.
At first everyone was like AAAAARRGGGGHHH I DON”T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE ON ABOUT CAN’T YOU JUST GIVE ME A CUP OF NORMAL COFFEE?!!! 😂

But then as the nuances were understood it very quickly turned into-
“I’ll have a grande caramel macchiato in a venti cup, 1/2 almond milk, 1/2 soy milk, double the amount of vanilla syrup, caramel wall in the cup, no caramel drizzle on, tall cup ice, whipped cream, 1 shot extra espresso (decaf), thanks. WHAT? What do you mean you’re out of almond milk, how disappointing” 😂

Cors most of us would prefer a decent cup of tea but Starbucks won’t engage on that.

So I reckon Hero’s, Hoagies, Grinders would be embraced the same way.. if someone else was making them 😜
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I'm not really one to have complicated coffee drinks, but I will say that my absolute favorite coffee drink of all time is an upside-down caramel macchiato with extra caramel on top. I think I have mentioned how much I love caramel in another post at some point. I would eat caramel off my cat's face, I love caramel so much.
 
Puggles said:
I'm not really one to have complicated coffee drinks, but I will say that my absolute favorite coffee drink of all time is an upside-down caramel macchiato with extra caramel on top. I think I have mentioned how much I love caramel in another post at some point. I would eat caramel off my cat's face, I love caramel so much.
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Funnily enough I’m trying to decide between blueberries or caramel sauce for the top of the Panna Cotta because while caramels not a traditional fruity topping I do really love it, although I can’t imagine it in a sub/hero/hoagie/grinder 😂
 
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