[HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 1579

[Nikki Caruso]

>Now, can y'all from the South tell me what you call the type of sandwich
>which is made with very long rolls which is often referred to in the
>northeastern parts as a Hero, Wedgie, Hoagie, submarine, etc.?
>
>When I lived in New York, I knew them as Submarine Sandwiches or Hero
>Sandwiches; I could understand Submarine because of it's long shape, but
>hero?
>
>Then I moved out here to New Jersey and heard the terms "Wedgie" and
>"Hoagie" (from South Jersey and Pennsylvania.)
>
>So, I'd be interested in any other names for these sandwiches made with a
>bread that looks like a long Italian loaf...or French loaf. <Grin>
>
>Oh--yeah--the double meaning of "Sloppy Joe" really got me.  Now, the way I
>knew it in New York, Sloppy Joe was a ground-meat based affair that was
>slapped onto hamburger rolls and ended up being a delightful mess that
>usually tasted good.  When I moved to NJ, the term Sloppy Joe was suddenly
>this sandwich of some-coldcut-meat and a lot of coleslaw.  I'm so
>confwoozled!
>
>Cheers,
>Lee :-)
>

I tried, but I can't stay out of the "southern" thread. The sandwiches on 
French Bread are totally called Po-boys, and a lot of people order them 
"dressed"! When I'm not in my native New Orleans area, I don't know what 
those long sandwiches are called. At school up in NC they call them 
"hoagies" (whatever that is), and I think people here call them subs because 
the only place you get that style sandwich (not on real French bread) is at 
Subway. And I've never heard of the coleslaw-style Sloppy Joe - eeew!
And, of course, in defense of most people in my region of the south and 
probably more of us, some of us do actually speak normal English. lol! No 
extra "R"s thrown in there or anything like that. Well, we do use "y'all" 
and have our own little sayings, but it's completely different from 
something you'd find in North Carolina or something "less" southern like 
that. ;)

~Nikki
(who eats crawfish. Not crayfish, mudbugs, crawdaddys, or whatever else - 
good, old-fashioned Louisiana crawfish.)

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