June 26, 2008 at 8:13 am
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JanS
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Christopher, I grew up about 60 miles northwest of Philly in Reading, PA.I remember seeing the term sub in a lot of places…but they were locally called, and it wasn’t a derogatory term, “wop jobs”…definitely not PC now – lol. Just another name for an Italian sandwich. The sandwich shop that we went to the most when I was a kid is still there, same location, same wonderful sandwiches, especially their steak sandwich..we never ate it with cheese…but smothered in grilled onions and the best spicy red sauce ever. I left there in 1965…and they haven’t changed one bit…amazing..took my daughter back there so she could have one.
My sister lived in western MA, and they were grinders there…..and yeah, I guess hoagies are a local PA term, too.