Who invented submarine sandwiches

Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. These Sandwiches consists of Italian or French Bread split down the middle in two long pieces. In Jersey they are Submarines or simply Subs. As his sandwiches made on long loaves of Italian Bread resemble the Submarine, Conti named his sandwiches Submarine Sandwiches, which later became known as Subs.

As far as who invented these sand-wiches, there are a few different theories of who invented the first one and where it was. It asserted that the birth of the hoagie could be traced to street vendors and, oddly enough, Gilbert and Sullivan. Back in , when the operetta "H. Pinafore" opened in Philadelphia, bakeries would produce long, soft rolls of bread they called "pinafore" to tempt theater-goers looking for a snack. Street vendors, then called "hokey-pokey men," would buy these rolls, slice them in half, and stuff them with antipasto salad and meats.

There's also a third theory behind the name, one that is similar in nature to the theory behind the origin of the po'boy sandwich in Louisiana. The idea goes that, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the phrase "on the hoke" was commonly used to describe poor, destitute or otherwise disenfranchised people.

Certain deli owners at the time would, at the end of the day, fill Italian bread rolls with leftover scraps of meats and cheeses and give these sandwiches away to people who couldn't really afford a square meal. These sandwiches were known as "hokie" sandwiches, though disenfranchised Italian immigrants on the receiving end of the sandwiches pronounced the word "hoagie. If you can believe it, there's a fourth story behind the term, and this one seems to be the one that most hoagie historians agree upon.

The story goes that Al De Palma, a former jazz musician, came across a few folks eating gigantic submarine sandwiches. He thought to himself something to the effect of "you'd have to be a hog to eat something that big. However the word was coined, at the tail end of World War II the term was very common in the streets of Philadelphia, whether it was spelled "hoagie," "hoggie," "hoogie" or "hoagy.

By , Philadelphia-area restaurants began listing hoagie sandwiches on their menus, and as the early '60s rolled around, the sandwich began to spread to Pittsburgh and other mid-Atlantic cities. As the hoagie grew in popularity, larger businesses started to take notice.

Sub: An abbreviation of "submarine sandwich," subs are called "subs" because they look like submarines. Simple as that. The city well, technically the town of Groton, across the river from the city proper is home to the Navy's primary submarine base and a large shipbuilding yard, both of which were understandably bustling during the war.

According to this story, the big sandwich itself was invented by an Italian shopkeeper named Benedetto Capaldo in New London, but was originally known as a "grinder. A nice story, but the OED's first printed record of "submarine sandwich" dates to a January phone book for Wilmington, DE, where a restaurant was advertising "submarine sandwiches to take out. Grinder: You're most likely to find one of these in New England, though the more common "sub" has taken over most of the terrain. Subs, with their Italian bread and piles of fixings, were harder to chew through than your typical ham and cheese on white bread.

That toothsomeness got translated into "grinder," since that's what your teeth had to do to get through a bite. A note for nitpickers: at certain points in New England grinder history, grinders have been hot, while subs stayed cold, but that's come and gone over the decades. Hero: Native to New York, the hero has two main origin stories. First, there's the logical speculation that it's a warped pronunciation of "gyro," the Greek sandwich with spit-roasted meat.

Raised on NH seacoast and all I ever knew was grinder. Western Mass. Grinder Rolls too. This article is wonderful. Is there a dictionary of Yankeeisms? Or New Englandisms? I know that some words are obsolete. I grew up in Waterbury Ct and always called them grinders and when we moved to Florida 40 years ago I asked for a grinder at a deli and they looked at me like I was crazy. They said you want a meat grinder? Still went we go back to visit they still call the grinders in Waterbury.

Oh MY!!! I grew up in Morrisville, and moved to Florida 30 years ago. Does anyone still make sandwiches that way? Maybe the sandwich name was derived from that? Liked the crusty Italian sub rolls, with olive oil, spritz of vinegar, thin sliced baked ham, American cheese, tomatoes, onions i put artichoke hearts on it.

I need help , here! A moderately crusted Italian loaf with generous portions of Italian coldcuts and provolone … so far routine … but then stuffed with CHUNKED tomatoes, onions and pickle, topped with their blend of salt, pepper and Italian herbs and spices lettuce, if I recall correctly, was finely shredded or altogether omitted as being a transgression against God and country.

Does anyone else remember these slices of heaven? Can they be had anywhere today? Help …. Come close but…those were the days. These are the best subs ever imho. Their Italian subs are exactly like that. You will not be disappointed.