On 2014-06-27 02:22:05 +0000, Julie Bove said:

> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/24/2014 10:28 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I lived in Tennessee for 35 years and I never heard of a "Mountain Stack
>>> Cake". Then again, Memphis was a long way from the Appalachian mountains.
>>>
>>> The problem with lists like this is most states are pretty darned big.
>>> There are tons of regional differences.
>>
>> For NJ they list the hoagie. No one around here calls it a
>> hoagie, it's a sub. Witness Jersey Mike's Subs, originated
>> 30 plus miles south of me.
>>
>> Could be different as you get closer to Philadelphia, but
>> I don't know.
>>
>> nancy
>
> There was a sub shop in Berwick, PA. Even had the name "sub" in it.
> People said they were going there to get a hoagie. So they use both
> names.

Is there really a difference? I think it's largely academic, like the
modern distinction between say a brat and a Polish sausage.