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The sandwich (by that name) may have been born in England, but damn you guys over the pond perfected it and made it your own. I am so hungry now.

timthorn 11y ago
The first time I went into Subway in America and asked for a cheese & tomato sandwich, I discovered that there was a big difference between what people in the US think of as a sandwich and a British sarnie. And just don't try for a cheese and pickle sandwich...
- nsxwolf 11y ago
  The first time I went into Subway in Australia they asked me "what salads" I wanted. I thought they were asking me if I wanted a salad. They were asking me what I wanted on it! I told my friends and they wanted to know what they say in America if not "what salads", and I said "they just say what do you want on it", and they thought that was pretty funny.
  - talmand 11y ago
    I find that amusing because I've always said that Subway serves salad with a side of small, tasteless, worthless sandwich.
    - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
      I've always thought they weren't a restaurant at all. Think about it. What benefit does a restaurant give? There are only 3. They cook the food. They serve the food. They clean up the dishes. Subway does none of those. They count Zero on the restaurant scale. They don't even have recipes. They advertise that they do - the new chicken carbonara! Try asking for it. "What do you want on that?" I answer "I don't know, what does it come with?" They say "It doesn't come with anything." Once I dragged the signpost from the doorway over to the counter and pointed at the ad, which included a list of ingredients. "I want that". The poor girl cried. The pinnacle of incompetence was my son asking for a BLT. "What do you want on it?" My god.
      - noarchy 11y ago
        You clearly know what Subway's deal is, but something about it doesn't agree with you? It almost sounds like you were trolling them, or playing dumb just to get a reaction out of them.
        JoeAltmaier 11y ago
        Which has zero to do with what kind of establishment Subway is. Which is, Not a Restaurant. And yes, they tick me off in a way that gets a rise out of me. Charging $9 for substandard sandwiches and providing zero service.
        noarchy 11y ago
        And? Are you somehow obligated to do business with them? When you choose to hand over your money to them, you're not conveying the message that their sandwiches are substandard, or that they provide zero service.
        nsxwolf 11y ago
        Sometimes it's the least bad option, and you have to eat something.
        JoeAltmaier 11y ago
        I don't. In the last 10 years, I've only gone there when somebody else wanted it. On a car trip, or with business associates etc. Just enough to make me hate them all over again.
monk_e_boy 11y ago
My first introduction to a USA sarnie was in a little supermarket in Hawaii. Picked up a 'sub' or what we'd call a soft baguette. When I started to eat it my brother and I fell about laughing at the shear madness of it. There was SO MUCH MEAT in it, like more that 3 packets of ham all squished in. Enough ham to feed us for weeks. In the UK we generally put one slice of ham into a sandwich. In USA they put two or three packets of ham into a 'sub'. That one sub pushed me and my brother down a road of extreme subs, more meat, more hot sauce. Oh God, and Taco Bell. I received my order and to my astonishment it looked nothing like the picture over the counter. I kept saying the the lady behind the counter "I didn't order this brown slop, I ordered that delicious looking meal up there."
- talmand 11y ago
  Not all subs are created equal. Some chain places don't serve traditional subs, they serve lettuce heavy salads on bread with a slice or two of meat. I do not visit these places. One of my previous jobs offered a free meal to coders on a project and I refused after finding out that the sandwich was from one of these locations. I have standards; I don't eat crap even if it's free. But a sub from a little supermarket is not a good indicator of what I would say is a typical American sub sandwich. You have to go to a proper deli. The difference is that a proper deli is not using low quality meats. If the sandwich is stuffed with meat then chances are it's cheap, low-quality meat that you probably shouldn't eat anyway. Then there are the other ingredients that a proper deli would have. Also, for future reference, almost all American fast food chains lie in their presentations.
TorKlingberg 11y ago
American sandwiches are really on an other level. If an older Swedish person sees you putting two toppings on a sandwich they might call it "tvesovel". The word has strong connotations of gluttony, wastefulness and low morals. Putting more than two toppings is just unheard of.

timthorn 11y ago

The first time I went into Subway in America and asked for a cheese & tomato sandwich, I discovered that there was a big difference between what people in the US think of as a sandwich and a British sarnie. And just don't try for a cheese and pickle sandwich...

nsxwolf 11y ago
The first time I went into Subway in Australia they asked me "what salads" I wanted. I thought they were asking me if I wanted a salad. They were asking me what I wanted on it! I told my friends and they wanted to know what they say in America if not "what salads", and I said "they just say what do you want on it", and they thought that was pretty funny.
- talmand 11y ago
  I find that amusing because I've always said that Subway serves salad with a side of small, tasteless, worthless sandwich.
  - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
    I've always thought they weren't a restaurant at all. Think about it. What benefit does a restaurant give? There are only 3. They cook the food. They serve the food. They clean up the dishes. Subway does none of those. They count Zero on the restaurant scale. They don't even have recipes. They advertise that they do - the new chicken carbonara! Try asking for it. "What do you want on that?" I answer "I don't know, what does it come with?" They say "It doesn't come with anything." Once I dragged the signpost from the doorway over to the counter and pointed at the ad, which included a list of ingredients. "I want that". The poor girl cried. The pinnacle of incompetence was my son asking for a BLT. "What do you want on it?" My god.
    - noarchy 11y ago
      You clearly know what Subway's deal is, but something about it doesn't agree with you? It almost sounds like you were trolling them, or playing dumb just to get a reaction out of them.
      - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
        Which has zero to do with what kind of establishment Subway is. Which is, Not a Restaurant. And yes, they tick me off in a way that gets a rise out of me. Charging $9 for substandard sandwiches and providing zero service.
        noarchy 11y ago
        And? Are you somehow obligated to do business with them? When you choose to hand over your money to them, you're not conveying the message that their sandwiches are substandard, or that they provide zero service.
        nsxwolf 11y ago
        Sometimes it's the least bad option, and you have to eat something.
        JoeAltmaier 11y ago
        I don't. In the last 10 years, I've only gone there when somebody else wanted it. On a car trip, or with business associates etc. Just enough to make me hate them all over again.

monk_e_boy 11y ago

My first introduction to a USA sarnie was in a little supermarket in Hawaii. Picked up a 'sub' or what we'd call a soft baguette. When I started to eat it my brother and I fell about laughing at the shear madness of it. There was SO MUCH MEAT in it, like more that 3 packets of ham all squished in. Enough ham to feed us for weeks. In the UK we generally put one slice of ham into a sandwich. In USA they put two or three packets of ham into a 'sub'. That one sub pushed me and my brother down a road of extreme subs, more meat, more hot sauce. Oh God, and Taco Bell. I received my order and to my astonishment it looked nothing like the picture over the counter. I kept saying the the lady behind the counter "I didn't order this brown slop, I ordered that delicious looking meal up there."

talmand 11y ago
Not all subs are created equal. Some chain places don't serve traditional subs, they serve lettuce heavy salads on bread with a slice or two of meat. I do not visit these places. One of my previous jobs offered a free meal to coders on a project and I refused after finding out that the sandwich was from one of these locations. I have standards; I don't eat crap even if it's free. But a sub from a little supermarket is not a good indicator of what I would say is a typical American sub sandwich. You have to go to a proper deli. The difference is that a proper deli is not using low quality meats. If the sandwich is stuffed with meat then chances are it's cheap, low-quality meat that you probably shouldn't eat anyway. Then there are the other ingredients that a proper deli would have. Also, for future reference, almost all American fast food chains lie in their presentations.

TorKlingberg 11y ago

American sandwiches are really on an other level. If an older Swedish person sees you putting two toppings on a sandwich they might call it "tvesovel". The word has strong connotations of gluttony, wastefulness and low morals. Putting more than two toppings is just unheard of.