Submarine sandwich

Submarine sandwich
A submarine sandwich
Alternative names
List
  • Bomber
  • garibaldi
  • grinder
  • hero
  • hoagie
  • Italian
  • muffaletta
  • poor boy
  • rocket
  • torpedo
  • zep[1]
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateNortheast
Main ingredientsMultiple
VariationsMultiple

A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie (Philadelphia metropolitan area and Western Pennsylvania English), hero (New York City English), Italian (Maine English), grinder (New England English, Fulton County, NY), wedge (Westchester, NY), or a spuckie (Boston English) is a type of American cold or hot sandwich made from a cylindrical bread roll split lengthwise and filled with meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments.[2][3]

The terms submarine and sub are widespread in the US and not assignable to any certain part, although many of the localized terms are clustered in the northeastern United States.

  1. ^ Eames, Edwin; Robboy, Howard (December 1967). "The Submarine Sandwich, Lexical Variations in a Cultural Context". American Speech. 42 (4): 279–288. doi:10.2307/452990. JSTOR 452990. Accessed January 15, 2020 (subscription required).
  2. ^ "submarine sandwich". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fourth ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2000. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "po'boy". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Springfield. Retrieved March 20, 2018.