A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie (
Philadelphia metropolitan area
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and
Western Pennsylvania English
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), hero (
New York City English
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), Italian (
Maine English), grinder (
New England English
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), wedge (
Westchester, NY
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), or a spuckie (
Boston English
A Boston accent is a local accent of Eastern New England English, native specifically to the city of Boston and its suburbs. Northeastern New England English is classified as traditionally including New Hampshire, Maine, and all of eastern Massa ...
), is a type of American cold or hot
sandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...
made from a cylindrical
bread roll
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made foo ...
split lengthwise and filled with meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments.
It has many different names.
The terms ''
submarine
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'' and ''sub'' are widespread in the US and not assignable to any certain part, though many of the localized terms are clustered in the northeastern United States.
History and etymology
The Italian sandwich originated in several different
Italian American
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communities
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in the
Northeastern United States
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from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
The popularity of this
Italian-American cuisine
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As immigrants ...
has grown from its origins in
Connecticut
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,
Pennsylvania
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,
Delaware
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,
Maryland
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,
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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,
New Jersey
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,
, and
Rhode Island
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to most parts of the United States and Canada, and with the advent of
chain restaurants
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, is now available in many parts of the world.
Edwin Eames and Howard Robboy identified thirteen different terms for the submarine sandwich in the United States.
Submarine
The use of the term "submarine" or "sub" (after the resemblance of the roll to the shape of a
submarine
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) is widespread in the United States and Canada.
[ While some accounts source the name as originating in ]New London, Connecticut
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(site of the United States Navy's primary submarine base) during World War II
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, written advertisements from 1940 in Wilmington, Delaware
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, indicate the term originated prior to the United States's entry into World War II.
One theory says the submarine was brought to the U.S. by Dominic Conti (1874–1954), an Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
immigrant who came to New York in the late 19th century. He is said to have named it after seeing the recovered 1901 submarine called ''Fenian Ram
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'' in the Paterson Museum
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of New Jersey in 1928. His granddaughter has stated the following:
Party sub
Party sub is the name for a particularly long submarine sandwich, usually cut into pieces and served to guests at parties. The longest on record measured 735 meters (2,411 feet, 5 in).
Hoagie
The term ''hoagie'' originated in the Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
area. In 1953, the ''Philadelphia Bulletin
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'' reported that Italians working at the World War I
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-era shipyard known as Hog Island, where emergency shipping was produced for the war effort, introduced the sandwich by putting various meats, cheeses, and lettuce between two slices of bread. This became known as the "Hog Island" sandwich; shortened to "Hoggies", then the "hoagie".
Dictionary.com
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offers the following origin of the term ''hoagie -'' n. American English (originally Philadelphia) word for "hero, large sandwich made from a long, split roll"; originally ''hoggie'' (c. 1936), traditionally said to be named for Big Band songwriter Hoagland Howard ''"Hoagy"'' Carmichael (1899–1981), but the use of the word predates his celebrity and the original spelling seems to suggest another source (perhaps "hog"). Modern spelling is c. 1945, and may have been altered by influence of Carmichael's nickname.
The ''Philadelphia Almanac and Citizen's Manual'' offers a different explanation, that the sandwich was created by early-twentieth-century street vendors called "hokey-pokey men", who sold antipasto
Antipasto (plural antipasti) is the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. Usually made of bite-size small portions and served on a platter from which everyone serves themselves, the purpose of antipasti is to stimulate the appeti ...
salad, meats, cookies and buns with a cut in them. When Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta ''H.M.S. Pinafore
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'' opened in Philadelphia in 1879, bakeries produced a long loaf called the pinafore. Entrepreneurial "hokey-pokey men" sliced the loaf in half, stuffed it with antipasto salad, and sold the world's first "hoagie".
Another explanation is that the word ''hoagie'' arose in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, among the Italian community in South Philadelphia, when "on the hoke" meant that someone was destitute. Deli owners would give away scraps of cheeses and meats in an Italian bread-roll known as a "hokie", but the Italian immigrants pronounced it "hoagie".[
Shortly after World War II, there were numerous varieties of the term in use throughout Philadelphia. By the 1940s, the spelling "hoagie" had come to dominate less-used variations like "hoogie" and "hoggie". It is never spelled hoagy.] By 1955, restaurants throughout the area were using the term ''hoagie''. Listings in Pittsburgh
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show hoagies arriving in 1961 and becoming widespread in that city by 1966.
Former Philadelphia mayor (and later Pennsylvania
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governor) Ed Rendell
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declared the hoagie the "Official Sandwich of Philadelphia". However, there are claims that the hoagie was actually a product of nearby Chester
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. DiCostanza's in Boothwyn
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claims that the mother of DiConstanza's owner originated the hoagie in 1925 in Chester. DiCostanza relates the story that a customer came into the family deli and through an exchange matching the customer's requests and the deli's offerings, the hoagie was created.
Woolworth's
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* F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores
* Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shops ...
to-go sandwich was called a ''hoagie'' in all U.S. stores.
Bánh mì
In Vietnamese cuisine, or banh mi (, ; , "bread") is a short baguette with thin, crisp crust and soft, airy texture. It is often split lengthwise and filled with savory ingredients like a submarine sandwich and served as a meal, called ''bánh ...
sandwiches are sometimes referred to as "Vietnamese hoagies" in Philadelphia.
Hero
The New York term ''hero'' is first attested in 1937. The name is sometimes credited to the ''New York Herald Tribune
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'' food writer Clementine Paddleford Clementine Paddleford (September 27, 1898 – November 13, 1967) was an American food writer active from the 1920s through the 1960s, writing for several publications, including the New York ''Herald Tribune'', the ''New York Sun'', ''The New ...
in the 1930s, but there is no good evidence for this. It is also sometimes claimed that it is related to the ''gyro
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* Gyro Motor Company, an American aircraft engine manufacturer
* ''Gyrodactylus salaris'', a parasite in salmon
* Gyroscope, an orientation-stabi ...
'', but this is unlikely as the ''gyro'' was unknown in the United States until the 1960s.
''Hero'' (plural usually ', not ''heroes'') remains the prevailing New York City term for most sandwiches on an oblong roll with a generally Italian flavor, in addition to the original described above. Pizzeria menus often include eggplant parmigiana, chicken parmigiana, and meatball
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, each served with sauce.
Grinder
A common term in New England
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, especially Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, is ''grinder'', but its origin has several possibilities. One theory has the name coming from Italian-American slang for a dock worker, among whom the sandwich was popular. Others say that it was called a grinder because the bread's hard crust required much chewing.
In Pennsylvania, New York, and parts of New England, the term ''grinder'' usually refers to a ''hot'' submarine sandwich (meatball, sausage, etc.), whereas a cold sandwich (e.g., cold cuts
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) is usually called a "sub". In the Philadelphia area, the term ''grinder'' is also applied to any hoagie that is toasted in the oven after assembly, whether or not it is made with traditionally hot ingredients.
Italian
The term "Italian sandwich" or simply "Italian" is used in Maine. Local folklore claims that a baker named Giovanni Amato invented the Italian in 1899.
The traditional Maine Italian sandwich
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is prepared using a long, soft bread roll or bun with meats such as salami
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, mortadella
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, capocollo
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or ham along with provolone
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, tomato, onion, green bell pepper
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, Greek olives, pickles, olive oil
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or salad oil
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, salt and cracked black pepper. Additional ingredients, such as pepperoni
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Prior to cooking, pepperoni is characteristically soft, slightly smoky, and bright red. Thinly sliced pepperoni is one ...
, banana pepper
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, or lettuce
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may be added to the sandwich. The sandwich is often cut in half to make it easier to handle.
Wedge
The term ''wedge'' is used in the New York
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counties of Dutchess
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, Putnam, and Westchester, as well as the Connecticut
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county of Fairfield – four counties directly north of New York City.
Some base the name ''wedge'' on a diagonal cut in the middle of the sandwich, creating two halves or "wedges", or a "wedge" cut out of the top half of the bread with the fillings "wedged" in between, or a sandwich that is served between two "wedges" of bread. It has also been said ''wedge'' is just short for "sandwich", with the name having originated from an Italian deli owner located in Yonkers
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, who got tired of saying the whole word.
Spukie
The term ''spukie'' ("spukkie" or "spuckie") is unique to the city of Boston
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and derives from the Italian word '' spuccadella'', meaning "long roll". The word ''spuccadella'' is not typically found in Italian dictionaries, which may suggest that it could be a regional Italian dialect, or possibly a Boston Italian-American innovation. Spukie is typically heard in parts of Dorchester and South Boston. Some bakeries in Boston's North End neighborhood have homemade spuccadellas for sale.
Other names
* Blimpie (shaped like a blimp
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) – from the Hoboken, New Jersey
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–founded chain, Blimpie
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* Gatsby – Cape Town
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, South Africa
* Po' boy
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– Louisiana
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* Cosmo – Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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* Zeppelin or Zep – eastern Pennsylvania[
* Smoske – Belgium
* Dagobert – Belgium
* Continental roll ('Conti roll') - Western Australia
]
Popularity and availability
Rolls filled with condiments have been common in several European countries for more than a century, notably in France and Scotland.
In the United States, from its origins with the Italian-American labor force in the northeast, the sub began to show up on menus of local pizzerias. As time went on and popularity grew, small restaurants, called hoagie shops and sub shops, that specialized in the sandwich began to open.
Subs or their national equivalents were already popular in many European, Asian, and Australasian countries when late 20th-century franchisee
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chain restaurants (such as Subway) and fast food
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made them even more popular and increased the prevalence of the word ''sub''. Many outlets offer non-traditional ingredient combinations.
In the United States, there are many chain restaurants that specialize in subs. Major international chains include Firehouse Subs
Firehouse Subs is an American restaurant chain based in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1994 by former firefighter brothers Chris and Robin Sorensen.
Firehouse Subs has over 1,210 restaurants in 46 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
Hi ...
, Quiznos
Quiz Holdings, LLC, doing business as Quiznos, is an American franchised fast-food restaurant based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in offering toasted submarine sandwiches. It was founded in 1981 by Jimmy Lambatos and sold to Rick and R ...
, Mr. Sub
Mr. Sub (stylized MR.SUB), originally called Mr. Submarine before the 1990s, is a Canadian chain of over 200 submarine sandwich shops. The first store was opened in 1968 in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood, which was then known for its "hip ...
, Jimmy John's
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, and the largest restaurant chain in the world, Subway. The sandwich is also often available at supermarket
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s, local delis
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, and convenience store
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s. These include Wawa, which annually runs a sub promotional event during the summer called Hoagiefest, and Publix
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, whose sandwiches are often referred to as "pub subs".
See also
* Bánh mì
In Vietnamese cuisine, or banh mi (, ; , "bread") is a short baguette with thin, crisp crust and soft, airy texture. It is often split lengthwise and filled with savory ingredients like a submarine sandwich and served as a meal, called ''bánh ...
* Cuban sandwich
A Cuban sandwich ( es, link=no, Sándwich cubano) is a variation of a ham and cheese sandwich that likely originated in cafes catering to Cuban workers in Tampa
or Key West,[Dagwood sandwich
A Dagwood sandwich is a tall, multilayered sandwich made with a variety of meats, cheeses, and condiments. It is named after Dagwood Bumstead, a central character in the comic strip '' Blondie'', who is frequently illustrated making enormous sand ...]
* French dip
A French dip sandwich, also known as a beef dip, is a hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced roast beef (or, sometimes, other meats) on a "French roll" or baguette. It is usually served plain but a variation is to top with Swiss cheese, onions, ...
* List of American sandwiches
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* List of regional dishes of the United States
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Regional dishes of the United States
...
* List of sandwiches
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* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
* List of submarine sandwich restaurants
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* Muffuletta
The muffuletta or muffaletta is both a type of round Sicilian sesame bread and a popular sandwich that originated among Italian immigrants in New Orleans, Louisiana, using the same bread.
History
The muffuletta bread has origins in Sicily.
T ...
* Panini
References
External links
Map of regional variation of the word for a submarine sandwich
using data from Bert Vaux's online survey of English dialects (see question 64)
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