# Which end of a sub do you start eating from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484 "2011-01-13T18:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/1 "2011-01-13T18:06:29Z")
I haven’t posted an inane food poll for a couple of weeks so… With the open side facing you (a la [this](http://www.tjdelicafe.com/image/2220136.jpeg)) if it’s a closed-back roll, doesn’t matter if it’s open on both sides, do you usually start from the right end or the left end? I typically start from the right. I’d imagine that handedness may be a factor in one’s preference, but we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/2 "2011-01-13T18:07:43Z")
Left. Always the left. That way my dominant hand covers the fillings and can keep them contained. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/3 "2011-01-13T18:08:39Z")
Oh, I don’t have the open part facing me. If it were me, I’d turn it around like a hot dog and eat it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/4 "2011-01-13T18:10:50Z")
I’m bi-endian. (Which means both mono-endian camps consider me a Traitor To the Cause.) ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/5 "2011-01-13T18:11:08Z")
A sub like that (more than about 5 inches long) should always be cut in half. You then start eating from the cut center and work out towards the ends. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/6 "2011-01-13T18:12:25Z")
All subs I’ve ever got have been cut in half and I also start at the midpoint where in was cut when eating both halfs. In the screenshot you gave I’d start on the left with the fillings facing me. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/7 "2011-01-13T18:12:53Z")
Aw, there’s no option in the poll for me and my hotdog/burrito style. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/8 "2011-01-13T18:28:17Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > A sub like that (more than about 5 inches long) should always be cut in half. You then start eating from the cut center and work out towards the ends. Ditto. And slice on a diagonal so you have a reasonable sized section to start on. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/9 "2011-01-13T18:43:40Z")
Cut in half, then I will always start with the right side and start eating from the cut end. So, left side of the right half, then right side of the left half. I am right handed but other than writing and using a knife, I can do most things with both. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/10 "2011-01-13T18:58:43Z")
Cut in half and start in the middle. A sub will fill me up so I save the ends, with the least bit of sub stuff, for last and usually I don’t eat the last couple bites of bread and a few tiny bits of sub stuff. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/11 "2011-01-13T19:52:33Z")
The right end. I hold the sandwich with the left so the right can more deftly grab potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/12 "2011-01-13T19:58:45Z")
The end that’s closer to my mouth, as it’d be rather difficult to start with the other end. I don’t even get how a sub has a “left end” or “right end” to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/13 "2011-01-13T20:04:05Z")
If it’s cut I’ll eat both halves from the middle if it’s like the picture then I’ll start on the right. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/14 "2011-01-13T20:18:22Z")
From the left. I’m right handed. Of course, most sandwiches come cut in two so I always eat from the middle. I just realized that when I eat a closed-back roll like the one pictured I will most likely switch hands depending upon which half I’m eating. If the sandwich pictured were cut in half I would eat the right half in my left hand and the left half in my right hand so the closed bit was always against the hand. Also, I don’t put down a cheeseburger until I’m done eating it. I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/15 "2011-01-13T20:31:21Z")
I start from the forward torpedo end. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/16 "2011-01-14T09:02:46Z")
First I eat about 25% from the left, then about 25% from the right, then the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/17 "2011-01-14T09:20:35Z")
Dammit. I thought this thread was going to be about submissive women. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/18 "2011-01-14T09:33:35Z")
Maybe **sleestak** would be the one to ask in the best ways to eat a sub. > **[Yay! I have my own sub. ::tear:: Gosh, never thought it would happen to me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=592157)** > > So, I posted a threada while ago about the new woman I started dating. I will call her O\*. Short recap. She is all kinds of hot, sweet and a submissive. We have been seeing each other almost every day. We did Thanksgiving, with my family, at her... ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/19 "2011-01-14T14:49:32Z")
Just about all the subs I eat are from Subway (2-3 times a week). A 6" I will eat from the cut end, which could be on either side. A 12" I will usually start from the cut (left) end of the right half. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484/20 "2011-01-14T15:26:01Z")
I don’t believe that I’ve ever paid attention to this issue. Now I have to go find a sub and eat it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-end-of-a-sub-do-you-start-eating-from/567484.md?page=2)