living in a suburb of Philadelphia, i enjoy a good hoagie.
i went into a sandwich shop in new york state and ordered one and they looked at me like i was from Mars
i recently worked at a hoagie shop, and i got to hear all sorts names for these large sandwiches
i’ve heard them called zeps, subs, heroes, webbers, submarine sandwiches.
tell me what the sandwich is generally called in your part of the world.
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You also forgot Poorboy
Iaround my part of the world it’s usually subs…
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Here in beautiful downtown Noo England we calls 'em Grinders.
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i never heard “poorboy”
and i thought a grinder was a hoagie that was toasted until the cheese melted(yummy yum)
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We call them subs up here in Canuckland.
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Hey, Melanie, what suburb ya from? I’m a Penn Valley girl, my Mom lives in Bryn Mawr now.
Do you get weird looks when you ask for “water ice,” too?
at the moment i’m in pottstown, but i grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere
the nearest town(Boyertown) was 15 miles away
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In the south we call them subs…
In Kansas we call them Subs and/or hoagies.
Here in upstate NY we call 'em subs. very rarely a hoagie.
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In this part of the Midwest (eastern Missouri),:
Submarine= Generic term for any sandwich served on an oblong loaf of bread (sliced in half, natch). Resembles the shape of a submarine.
Hoagie= Roasted beef, onions, & green peppers on a bun.
Grinder= Submarine with strictly Italian (salami, bologna, etc.) meats & cheeses.
Poor Boy= Some kind of stewed beef product on an oblong bun.
In AZ it was “subs” or “grinders”
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In Chicago we call them subs, but I’ve also heard ‘poorboy’ and ‘hogie’ used here. A grinder is exactly as Melanietarrant said. Before I went veg, my favorite grinder was chicken breast bits cooked with onions, mushrooms and green pepper in teriyaki sauce, covered in mozzerella cheese and, of course, baked.
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Poorboys or po-boys are a uniquely New Orleans creation. The most common form of the sandwich is the roast beef po-boy: sliced roast beef piled on a crusty french bread loaf and slathered with gravy. Very messy. Very good. You can also get them dressed (lettuce, tomato and mayonaise) or undressed.
Why the name? Because the original po-boys were a depression food. An entire meal in a sandwich - hence “poor boy.” In fact, the first po-boys were probably french-fried potato po-boys (potatos instead of roast beef, but plenty of roast beef gravy) - still a heavenly sandwich!
These days, although roast beef is still a univeral favorite, fried oyster or fried shrimp po-boys are clear winners as well.
Another point, po-boys are always served hot. This is not a cold sandwich. In my experience, hoagies, grinders and subs (etc.) are usually served cold.
Any Dopers want to drop into my neck of the woods, I’ll see that you get a proper New Orleans po-boy! Everything else is just luncheon meat on bread…
In Cali we call them subs… or Togo’s after the fast food chain that makes them. Some places tend to put weird stuff on them like sprouts. I hate that, which to me feels like I have hair in my food so I tell them… “Leave off the hair please!” That always tends to get me the odd look.
I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!
I always called 'em togos, after the local (ie, NOT the chain of the same name) sandwich shop. In fact, I was about 13 before I realized that “togo” wasn’t a universal name for 'em.
They’re generally called Subs in Southern California, however, you increasingly find them listed on menus as “…on a fresh French roll”.
We have a lot of Togo’s shops down here, but I’ve never heard of a sandwich being called that. I don’t know how a Subway can stay in business with a Togo’s in the same town.
i never heard of Togo’s, but i’ve always thought subway made above average hoagies.
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D.C. area (considered the south, I guess) - sub or hoagie.
Around here (SE Missouri) they’re pretty much called subs, but at the restaurant where I used to work they were called gyros–mispronounced (I did say say SE Missouri) as GEER-ohs. Strange place, it was supposedly a Greek restaurant, but they also offered fried chicken, mojos, pizza, and beer.
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