"Nancy Young" > wrote in
:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:37:40 -0700, RegForte > wrote:
>>
>>> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> Sub (Submarine Sandwich) - Pretty much anything on a long bread
>>>>> bun or part of a long
>>>>> bread loaf always with lettuce and other salad acompaniments, never
>>>>> heated.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wow, what a load if misinformation. Hoagies go on a good Italian
>>>> bread type of roll. Grinders are sometimes heated, but not all
>>>> that often. The Sub definition is close.
>>>
>>>
>>> I would even dispute the sub definition. Hot meatball subs are a
>>> staple in NJ where I'm from.
>>
>> when you're talking about purely local terms, it's kind of silly to
>> say 'subs are never heated' or 'hoagies are on italian bread,' unless
>> you preface it with 'in hoagiestan....'
>
> Especially as 'sub' is short for submarine, so-called because
> of the shape of the bread. There are hot and cold subs, the
> ingredients don't make it a sub, the sub bread does.
>
> nancy
>

I believe the hero sandwich was the forerunner of the other sub type
sandwich types, even though a hero doesn't have to be made with long
skinny torpedo shaped buns. I feel the hero is the elder or grandfather
of these styles and can be made from smallish round peasant loaves or
largish round buns...way larger than your standard hamburger bun. This is
a personal unreasearched gut feeling...so is possibly wrong. I believe
somebody with hero sandwich knowledge and french bagette access made food
history. Somewhat like being too lazy or rushed to melt the chocolate
beforehand when making chocolate cookies led to the much loved toll house
chocolate chip cookies.

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