What do you call this sandwich?

This is kind of inspired by Rich's sprinkle thread, but more by that Soda vs Pop thread we had a while back.

Take a look at this:

http://www.pizzainn.com.sa/images/pi..._sandwitch.jpg

Now take a look at this little excerpt from dictionary.com:

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The long sandwich featuring layers of meat and cheese on a crusty Italian roll or French bread goes by a variety of names. These names are not distributed in a pattern similar to that of other regional words because their use depends on the business and marketing enterprise of the people who create the sandwiches and sell them. Submarine and sub are widespread terms, not assignable to any particular region. Many of the localized terms are clustered in the northeast United States, where the greatest numbers of Italian Americans live. In Maine, it is called an Italian sandwich, befitting its heritage. Elsewhere in New England and in Sacramento, California, it is often called a grinder. New York City knows it as a hero. In the Delaware Valley, including Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, the sandwich is called a hoagie. Speakers in Miami use the name Cuban sandwich. Along the Gulf Coast the same sandwich is often called a poor boy. In New Orleans, a poor boy is likely to be offered in a version featuring fried oysters.

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Personally, I call them subs, but I've heard the term hoagie used all the time, and oddly enough, there is a subs franchise around here called "Poor Boy's".

I generally call it a hero. I hail from North Jersey. I hear a lot of hoagie too. Never really referred to it as a sub though.

AS a mexican.. we call does Tortas de jamon.. But then by the picture i cant tell if it has avacados, and diffrent types of chilies.. like chiplote..

i use hoagie, sub and hero. i've heard italian sandwhich a few times, but rarely. and the rest are new and foreign to me.

I've heard "Poor Boy" alot I guess... though it would be more accurate as Po Boy. I call them subs.

I call it "Lunch", or "gone".

Most often a "Submarine Sammich" though.

I've heard called everything on that list but Grinder. I call it a sub. I guess you can thank Subway, Quizno's and Blimpies Subs for sticking that term in everyone's mind.

They're subs up here, and have been for as long as I remember. I figure Subway's ad campaigns have done something to standardize the term in other places, too.

I like the term 'grinder' though, even though there's only one place I know in this city that uses it.

In NY we call 'em Heros.

It's a hoagie. I suppose I'd accept sub, but it's deffinatly a hoagie.

Its a friggin sub :) No arguments here :p

We call them subs too. And that is not a cuban sandwich, cuban sandwiches are totally different (I live close to Miami :p)

Sub or Submarine here in the heart of Texas. Tho, like Tracer said, we hear Po Boy commonly, especially in small town delis/diners.

--Scourge .

They are Subs. They look like Submarines or Subway cars. Why people call them Heroes is beyond me. Its called Subway, not Heroway.

Actually I've grown up calling them Italians, Grinders, Blimpies (which did not make the list!) and Sub. But now I just call the subs.

subs

Subs!

Here in Iowa it's mainly subs... and every once in a while a Hero or a Hoagie.

Sub.

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Originally posted by Dolemite
In NY we call 'em Heros.

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Ditto. :D

a cuban? That's an entirely different (and very tasty at that) sandwich all together.

Definitely call 'em subs.

Its a sub. I don't care where you're from.

sub. I consider "italian" a type of sub, and not an all inclusive name for a long sandwich.

Yeah an Italian sub has Pepperoni and Salami on it. And sometimes add ham into that mix, but thats a Classic BMT. Subway owns all of you, no other compares. And I would rather have a Subway over a Quiznoes no matter what, those commercials are liars!

When they served them in high school, they'd call them grinders (meatball grinder, for instance). However, since Subway is everywhere, I pretty much just call them subs.

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Originally posted by Stone
When they served them in high school, they'd call them grinders (meatball grinder, for instance). However, since Subway is everywhere, I pretty much just call them subs.

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Did you go to Jackass High? Because only a Jackass would call them a grinder! Man I should get a SUB at SUBway tonight

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Originally posted by diffusionx
I hail from North Jersey.

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Are... you sure?

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Originally posted by Clash_Master
Did you go to Jackass High? Because only a Jackass would call them a grinder! Man I should get a SUB at SUBway tonight

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Whatever, man, I went to high school in Connecticut, the greatest state in the Nation!

Yeah maybe a Nation of Jackass's! Not my Nation, dood! In my nation we call em Subs! Minnesota owns you buddie! What exactly Connecticut got going for it, huh?! Nothing thats what I thought!

Pfft, if Lieberman is the Democratic candidate, then the 2004 Presidential Race will be a contest between TWO CONNECTICUTIANS! Read that and weep, all of you bastards who aren't lucky enough to live in our state. We're like the 46th largest state, and we produce Presidential Candidates like hotcakes!

Who do you have - Walter Mondale?

Subway should change its name to Grinderway.

Walter Mondale is from Russia last time I checked thats where all Commies are from! Commies also known as Democrats! Thats right I said it! :: pulls out knife :: Who wants a peice of me!

Minnesota has ape loads, yes ape loads of kick ass people from here! Like Sean William Scott! Yep, Stiffler himself! And people like Jesse Ventura! He was a wrestler and a XFL commentator, he did some politics as well not sure though. We also have the inventors of Spam, the Snowmobile, and some other stuff!

So sit on it!

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Originally posted by Stone
Pfft, if Lieberman is the Democratic candidate, then the 2004 Presidential Race will be a contest between TWO CONNECTICUTIANS!

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Wait..you're proud that Liberman comes from your state?

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Walter Mondale is from Russia last time I checked thats where all Commies are from! Commies also known as Democrats!

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Nope, commies come from China.

hoagies and grinders
hoagies and grinders
hoagies and grinders

I'm from the Gulf Coast, and I've never heard "poor boy" before. I always called them subs.

I think I'm gonna go down to Zeros and grab a sub.

Either hero or sub. Both are acceptable here.

it looks to be a sub.

fyi - a grinder is a sub that has been heated/toasted, like usually in a broiler.

I usually think of a hoaggie when a sub has too much shredded lettuce, and tons of mayo, and cheap lunch meat, and is sorta soggy. Hoggies are often the sorta subs you get from fund raisers, or chincy catterers.
yeah. but a grinder is definately a toasted sub.

It looks fuckin good.


Damn this thread, now I'm hungry.

P.S.: Sub. And I eliminated the dupe thread.

www.sub.com/mov/that-is-a-sub.mpeg

It's a sub. But if you asked me 3 years ago I might have called it a grinder.

You link no work.

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Originally posted by Tracer
I've heard "Poor Boy" alot I guess... though it would be more accurate as Po Boy. I call them subs.

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Agreed and agreed. Only ignorant tourists in N'Awlins would call it a "Poor Boy."

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In New Orleans, a poor boy is likely to be offered in a version featuring fried oysters.

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That's good stuff.

Sub. Although when I went to Ohio a few years back, they were called grinders.

Grinder or sub, Im also a native of Lieberdick's home state.

Grinder is more common, Subway has introduced the concept of the "Sub"

There was a Regional chain Wawa that called them Hoagies. I think they still exist, just not around me anymore...

Wawa is still going strong here in Jersey. They're strickly an east coast thing.

Yeah WAWA, Rita's, and Manhatten Bagel. We need that stuff down here.

Subs, gotta be subs, unless theres a "Grinderway" out there somewhere

Sub is the most common name I've heard but the are a couple of shops locally that call them grinders.

Its a sub. We have hogies here too, but those are generally have like hot meat on them w/ a sauce, such a pizza or mushroom hoagie.

Even though I've heard the other names, I've always called it a sub. And that won't change.

A Hoagie is made with cold-cuts
A Sub is made with heated meats like steak, meatballs, chicken
A Grinder is a Sub or Hoagie that has been toasted (with the meat 'n cheese in the bun) in a broiler or otherwise.

Mman, what part of the world are you in? They got it all wrong.

One thing's for sure, getting a right proper cheese steak, (or pizza for that matter) on the west coast can become like a treasure hunt. Probably the same can be said for finding proper Mexican cooking on the East.