Italian heros/subs/grinders/hoagies et al

[badjak]

Can I mention banh mi here

(By the way, everyone is now getting a granny smith instead of a thumbs up, due to G&T)

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Rumor has it, this is really what started that whole mess between us in 1776:

Colonials: It’s a sub!
Regulars: It’s just a sandwich, really!
Colonials: No! We’ll also accept hoagie, hero, grinder, or even spuckie if you’re in Bostontown, but never ‘just a sandwich!’
Regulars: Sorry, we’re still confused and not quite sure what to order at Ye Olde Tavern…can we just get sandwiches all round, with some of that pepperoni you’ve invented but apparently don’t mind crediting to the Italians? It’s quite good, really!”
Colonials: Oh, you’ve done it now, mates! To arms, liberty-loving hoagie men! ‘Out the pub if you won’t say sub!”
Regulars: What’s happening right now?

I’d never call a sub just a sandwich. A sandwich is lunchtime sustenance and food on the go. A sub is a coma inducing performance requiring a bib 😂

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Can I mention banh mi here

(By the way, everyone is now getting a granny sith instead of a thumbs up, due to G&T)

Yep 🍏

 

[karadekoolaid]

I’d never call a sub just a sandwich.

Totally different animals!

 

[TastyReuben]

Can I mention banh mi here

Well, that sub sandwich wiki page says:

So…yes!

 

[badjak]

Love them banh mi's

 

[JAS_OH1]

Hmm I wonder if my new flour could make a good sub roll?!

Yes, I'd think so.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Can I throw into the mix a "Beef On Weck" ?
Love these things!
Had them the first time when DH took me to the East Coast of the USA for the first time to meet his family (many, many, MANY years ago)..
There was (past tense) a local bar/pub that served the most lovely sandwich and then your choice of local Beers on tap... a match made in heaven!
Oh great!
Now my mouth is watering to beat the band !!!!

 

[msmofet]

Can I throw into the mix a "Beef On Weck" ?
Love these things!
Had them the first time when DH took me to the East Coast of the USA for the first time to meet his family (many, many, MANY years ago)..
There was (past tense) a local bar/pub that served the most lovely sandwich and then your choice of local Beers on tap... a match made in heaven!
Oh great!
Now my mouth is watering to beat the band !!!!

Never heard of that. Sounds like a take on a French dip.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Never heard of that. Sounds like a take on a French dip.

Oh yeah, isn't there a take on the French dip called an Italian beef sandwich?

 

[karadekoolaid]

Sounds like a take on a French dip.

...and I always thought a French dip was stark naked in the Mediterranean, somewhere near St Tropez.
I learn something new every day.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

French dip is the closest I’ve ever got to making a sub roll
I suppose a baguette stuffed with goodies is close. Used to have that all the time before coeliacs disease. Real bread 🤤
And now this thread has me considering pans to make my own 🙄
I’ve placed a hold on myself until I get to the Spätzle as that has to happen first!

 

[msmofet]

Now I am craving an “Italian” hero. Think I'll get a lunch special from local breakfast/lunch/bagel place (hours 5am-2pm). Comes with small salad (potato, mac, or coleslaw), and a can of soda. That will be breakfast and lunch solved.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Now I am craving an “Italian” hero. Think I'll get a lunch special from local breakfast/lunch/bagel place (hours 5am-2pm). Comes with small salad (potato, mac, or coleslaw), and a can of soda. That will be breakfast and lunch solved.

Famous Italians |

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Uhhhhh!
Italian Beef
There was a shop in Tucson that served Chicago-Style Italian Beef Sandwiches.
I'd never had one before, DH was in heaven...