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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 11:14:15 GMT
Sorry if this is a duplicate. I thought we had this poll before but I couldn’t find it so thought I would ask again. I was talking to someone about what people call subs/grinders/hoagies in different areas (weird topic probably, but we got to it in a roundabout way 😄). I thought most people referred to them as subs but could not remember. What do you call sandwiches on long rolls?
ETA - I refer to them as Grinders as do many in my area. But a variety of names are used.
Thanks for weighing in.
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Post by gar on Apr 9, 2024 11:21:03 GMT
Grinders?!  |
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Post by littlemama on Apr 9, 2024 11:45:57 GMT
Generally subs.
We did use to have a place that called them grinders in the area though
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Post by melanell on Apr 9, 2024 11:55:12 GMT
A home, hoagie. When travelling in New England, grinder. When I was a little kid that no one in New England knew what the heck a hoagie was. Now, of course, the world has shrunk even more, and more people are aware of regional terms for things, so I could get away with hoagie, I'm sure. But the habit to switch to grinders has stuck with me.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 12:18:21 GMT
Grinders?! Yup. 😆😆. Not sure why or where it comes from but a lot of people in my area call them Grinders. I am guessing that isn’t going to be a popular response. 😉 |
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Post by Merge on Apr 9, 2024 12:29:25 GMT
Subs now in Texas, but growing up in Nebraska they were hoagies.
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Post by monklady123 on Apr 9, 2024 12:37:52 GMT
I say "sub". Not sure what we used in Pittsburgh because I don't remember this type of sandwich when I was a kid.
I went to college in New England so I do know the term "grinder", but I always thought a grinder was a sub with hot meat, vs. cold me for a sub/hoagie... Not sure why I think that though. lol
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Apr 9, 2024 12:38:14 GMT
We call them subs like most people in our area, but there are some who call them hoagies
I can’t think of any place off the top of my head that sells hoagies except for convenience stores.
Kroger sells a lunch meat/cheese combo in the deli that is called a “subway kit,” but they also sell thinly sliced beef in the meat department labeled “hoagie meat.”
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 12:41:45 GMT
I say "sub". Not sure what we used in Pittsburgh because I don't remember this type of sandwich when I was a kid. I went to college in New England so I do know the term "grinder", but I always thought a grinder was a sub with hot meat, vs. cold me for a sub/hoagie... Not sure why I think that though. lol It might be in some areas. We call them all grinders…hot, cold, meat, no meat. 😄 |
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Post by teddyw on Apr 9, 2024 12:49:38 GMT
Depends what’s on them so I chose other.
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Post by Gennifer on Apr 9, 2024 12:54:21 GMT
If I’m making them at home, it’s a hoagie. If I’m ordering it at Subway, it’s a sub.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 12:54:47 GMT
Depends what’s on them so I chose other. If you have a minute at some point and so desire - I would love to hear how you/your area differentiates between names. |
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Post by Tearisci on Apr 9, 2024 12:56:42 GMT
I was just at an authentic Philly cheesesteak place and you could order one hoagie style with lettuce, mayo and tomatoes so it seemed like the toppings resulted in the name.
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Post by 3boysnme on Apr 9, 2024 13:02:48 GMT
I've always called them subs, but I have heard of all the other options. I think sub is easier to say than anything else! LOL!
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Post by Linda on Apr 9, 2024 13:04:36 GMT
grinders is what I voted but they are called subs where I currently live (Florida - home of Publix subs)
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Post by christinec68 on Apr 9, 2024 13:08:28 GMT
Grinders?! Yup. 😆😆. Not sure why or where it comes from but a lot of people in my area call them Grinders. I am guessing that isn’t going to be a popular response. 😉 For a very short time I lived in Philly and one day I was in the mood for a chicken parmesan hero so I stopped at a pizza place on my way home from work. I tried using sub, hoagie, sandwich, hero and ultimately had to describe what I wanted in excruciating detail...then the guy says "Oh a grinder!!!" Ok then, may I have a chicken parm grinder please. I know that some language is regional but I was surprised he wasn't at all familiar with the other terms. Philly is not that far from NYC (where I live) and south Jersey where these other terms are used he had no idea what I wanted to order. |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Apr 9, 2024 13:18:05 GMT
Its sub here with one exception: poboys are on crusty French bread and are usually stuffed with shrimp, oysters, or roast beef. They come dressed or undressed.
None of the terms except grinder or torpedo would give me pause though - I've heard of a grinder, but I would have to think about what someone was referring to if someone asked for one.
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Post by peano on Apr 9, 2024 13:23:17 GMT
In Arkansas where I grew up, they were subs. In Connecticut, they're grinders.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Apr 9, 2024 13:33:30 GMT
I'm in MA. We call them subs but I'll see grinder here and there.
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Post by summer on Apr 9, 2024 13:35:54 GMT
Hero
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 13:47:10 GMT
I agree it is strange that he had such an issue understanding what you wanted with the other names. Obviously Philly doesn’t seem to be a prime calling it Grinder area and you can’t be the first to call it by another name, especially at a sandwich shop?
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Post by teddyw on Apr 9, 2024 14:07:07 GMT
Depends what’s on them so I chose other. If you have a minute at some point and so desire - I would love to hear how you/your area differentiates between names. Hoagie- steak/sausage with onions & peppers on a sub bun. Subs are veggies, cheese & or lunch meat on the long thick bun type bread. Grinders are a long type bread but flatter. Not as flat as a tortilla probably as think as a piece of bread. Anything on regular bread is a sandwich. No idea why they all can’t be sandwiches. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 9, 2024 14:13:14 GMT
Subs, in all areas of the country where I have lived...
I have heard of the other terms, grinders and hoagies. Never heard of the term torpedoes for a sub though.
I have it in my mind that grinders would be a hot sub... don't know why.
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Post by pinklady on Apr 9, 2024 14:15:04 GMT
I call them all sandwiches.
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Post by compeateropeator on Apr 9, 2024 14:22:17 GMT
😄 agreed. Wow that is so interesting. I have to think we are lazy as we are pretty generic in main term and then you describe. “I’ll have a large grinder, on white, meatball, toasted with cheese”. “I’ll have a medium turkey grinder, on wheat roll with the works and banana peppers”. Or what ever your choice is. Hahaha.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 9, 2024 14:42:17 GMT
Here, if you order a torpedo, it’s going to be a jalapeño stuffed with cheese, dipped in batter, and fried.
They’re delicious, but they’re not a sandwich.
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Post by Prenticekid on Apr 9, 2024 14:47:30 GMT
I say "sub". Not sure what we used in Pittsburgh because I don't remember this type of sandwich when I was a kid. I went to college in New England so I do know the term "grinder", but I always thought a grinder was a sub with hot meat, vs. cold me for a sub/hoagie... Not sure why I think that though. lol It's a hoagie in Pittsburgh. Hot or cold. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Apr 9, 2024 14:50:20 GMT
In Louisiana we called them po-boys. Yum!
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Post by lucyg on Apr 9, 2024 14:52:31 GMT
I would call it a sub, but I recognize/accept all the other names, too.
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Post by monklady123 on Apr 9, 2024 15:06:40 GMT
In Louisiana we called them po-boys. Yum! Now to me a po-boy is something entirely different. Also, a po-boy is better than any ordinary sub we buy around me.  |
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