So what do YOU call a long sandwich? (Page 4): Belly Buster down here in rural VA.

foxfirerodandgun Loc: Stony Creek, VA

Belly Buster down here in rural VA.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

foxfirerodandgun wrote:

Belly Buster down here in rural VA.

I've never heard that as a generic term. Is that Eastern Shore?

I've known a few restaurants that used "Belly Buster" for a specific sandwich before.

Our national language gets less colorful with every single national television commercial.

Andy

broncomaniac Loc: Lynchburg, VA

Another South Jersey boy here, 8 miles from Philly. Hoagie is the word of choice. Gotta love that capicola ham. Damn I'm hungry now. Been living in VA for 4 decades and REAL hoagies only recently started to become available. We have a few Jersey Mike's and they come pretty close to what I grew up on.

Constant humidity and low altitude are essential to good Italian or French bread, and I'm well above sea level here in VA. Breads brought in from other states or baked in specialty ovens have recently enabled some quality sandwiches here. Have I mentioned how hungry I am?

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

broncomaniac wrote:

Another South Jersey boy here, 8 miles from Philly... (show quote)

I have yet to find a good "Grinder" or Hoagie in Lynchburg, where many family members live, and where we've just bought a second home, for exactly the reasons you mention. When Subway is the best in town, you know it's slim pickins. I'll be down next week, any place you'd recommend, either for bread or sandwiches?

Andy

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

In Brooklyn it's a HERO

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Lunch, I call them lunch.

foxfirerodandgun Loc: Stony Creek, VA

AndyH wrote:

I've never heard that as a generic term. Is that Eastern Shore?

I've known a few restaurants that used "Belly Buster" for a specific sandwich before.

Our national language gets less colorful with every single national television commercial.

Andy

No, SE VA.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Whoever said "Speidie" is incorrect. A spiedie is meat on a skewer, whether on a roll or not. "Speidie sub" may be more correct usage.
I'm in upstate NY and that's where they're from.

James Slick Loc: Pittsburgh,PA

In Pittsburgh, While you see "sub" used in advertising (I blame TV), Most people call such a sandwich a "Hoagie" - Probably the thing Pittsburgh and Philadelphia agree on!

broncomaniac Loc: Lynchburg, VA

AndyH wrote:

I have yet to find a good "Grinder" or Hoagie in Lynchburg, where many family members live, and where we've just bought a second home, for exactly the reasons you mention. When Subway is the best in town, you know it's slim pickins. I'll be down next week, any place you'd recommend, either for bread or sandwiches?

Andy

Phila Deli at 4925 Boonsboro Rd. I buy both bread and meats/cheeses there. It's been a while but I don't think quality has changed.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

One I do whenever I get that "thanksgiving taste" - large fresh roll toasted (style of your choice) heavy on the turkey (fresh roasted, or smoked) with dressing, mashed potato, green bean casserole (or greens and cooked onion-preferably Vidalia) heavy cranberry and whatever else you like at thanksgiving in layers. Fold it up and dip it in the turkey gravy, or pour the gravy on and fold (messy) or open face style. There are probably 10-15 versions of this theme alone.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I just call them "foot longs"....

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

David in Dallas wrote:

I just call them "foot longs"....

But what do the shops advertise them as? Is that a generic thing in the Dallas area?

Andy

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

olemikey wrote:

One I do whenever I get that "thanksgiving taste" - large fresh roll toasted (style of your choice) heavy on the turkey (fresh roasted, or smoked) with dressing, mashed potato, green bean casserole (or greens and cooked onion-preferably Vidalia) heavy cranberry and whatever else you like at thanksgiving in layers. Fold it up and dip it in the turkey gravy, or pour the gravy on and fold (messy) or open face style. There are probably 10-15 versions of this theme alone.

They used to advertise those as "Pilgrims", Pilgrim....

Andy

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

nadelewitz wrote:

Whoever said "Speidie" is incorrect. A spiedie is meat on a skewer, whether on a roll or not. "Speidie sub" may be more correct usage.
I'm in upstate NY and that's where they're from.

There are a lot of references to Spiedie as a generic term for a sub/hero. Might be kind of like the "Italian" change in use from specific to generic. It seems to be almost exclusive to Binghamton, though...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiedie

Andy