On 2013-09-12 9:29 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:

>>
>> For a while I worked out of an office that was a few doors down from a
>> deli where I could get a freshly made sandwich on a fresh roll with a soft
>> drink for $1.50 . We are going back a few years. Subway opened up around
>> the corner and there was an Arby's on the same block. I much preferred the
>> deli sandwiches for quality and the price. Judging from the number of
>> people who came in at noon for sandwiches, so did a lot of other people.
>
> I ate at an Arby's once. I think it was around the time Bill Clinton just
> got elected. I remember the bread was so fake yellow it surely was food
> coloring. And the "roast beef" was more like roast beef flavored slices of
> paper saturated in salt. I was still drinking pints of water hours later as
> the salt content was so high it made my lips shrivel.
>


I had a look at the contents of my Arby's beef sandwich. It didn't look
like any roast beef from a cow that I ever ate.


> I am no food snob. I just want something decent at a fair price. I'll eat
> anything as long as it is honest and made with good ingredients. But Subway
> is now on my list of never again chain food shops. Never, ever again.
> There is bad and there is unforgiveable bad and Subway is the latter.



My very limited experience with Subway was not that bad. I was not
particularly impressed with the sandwiches or the price. There are lots
of Italian joints around here that have better sandwiches for a lot less.