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Ron <vest...@hotmail.com> wrote: > What are currently your 2 or 3 favorite Subway sandwich fillings and > please separately say why, for each one named.
Veggie Delight. I can eat a whole one and feel satisfied, but not stuffed, after doing so. -- -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers? 10-30-2009
Ron wrote: > What are currently your 2 or 3 favorite Subway sandwich fillings and > please separately say why, for each one named.
None of them. When I want a sub I go to a local evil mom & pop deli that uses quality meats and great rolls from a local Italian bakery. Sandwiches are fantastic and they cost 60% of subway to boot. And the evil wife makes different home made soup everyday. My second choice only because of distance is a banh mi dac biet from an evil mom & pop Vietnamese sandwich shop in NYC.
Since this is a cooking group are you trying to recreate that great industrial food experience at home?
On Nov 2, 3:06 am, Ron <vest...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> What are currently your 2 or 3 favorite Subway sandwich fillings and > please separately say why, for each one named.
Their bread is so repulsive smelling that I try to avoid the local WalMart during the hours that the Subway is open. During the warmer months I can enter and exit through the garden center. Ick.
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:09:06 GMT, l, not -l wrote: > On 2-Nov-2009, "gloria.p" <gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> At a good local place, it is often sausage and meatballs and >> peppers if I know the source of the sausage.
>> gloria p
> Now long out of business )caught too many times selling booze to underage > patrons) there used to be a place here (STL) that had the best meatball > subs. They took a pair of tongs and hollowed out half a baguette-style > loaf, then shoved in (a slice of provolone, a meatbal, some sauce) repeat > for a total of 3 meatballs) - oh man was it good and not too messy to eat. > 8-)
a good meatball sub is hard to beat. sadly, there's no place near me that has one.
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote: > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana > <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
>>I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm >>has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is >>any good
> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast > food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days > because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway > a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got > me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but > there wasn't any meat on the thing.
> Lou
that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink tomatoes.
> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana > > <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
> >>I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm > >>has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is > >>any good
> > I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast > > food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days > > because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway > > a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got > > me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but > > there wasn't any meat on the thing.
> > Lou
> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > tomatoes.
While that is the case for Jimmy John's, Subway, Quiznos, and I'm sure many others, Subway has the added strike of having nasty smelling bread, and Quiznos--at least around here--has had a lot of cleanliness issues, which suggests a lack of proper oversight of franchisees at all owner operated stores. Another downside is that the "roast bef" is lunchmeat, not roasted beef, like you'd get at a Lion's Choice, a local fast food chain.
blake murphy wrote: > that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > tomatoes.
That is my objection to sub shops in general. They tend to be lettuce sandwiches with a little meat and some insipid looking tomato slices. I used to go to a German Deli and get a nice helping of freshly cut cold cuts with some nice cheese on a fresh roll for about a third the cost of a sub. If I wanted more I could get a second one and it would still cost less than a sub. They were really fast making them and at noon hour they would have a bunch freshly made, so it was really quick to pop in and grab lunch.
blake murphy wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana >> <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
>>> I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm >>> has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is >>> any good >> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast >> food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days >> because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway >> a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got >> me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but >> there wasn't any meat on the thing.
>> Lou
> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > tomatoes.
> your pal, > blake
But thats todays reality. Everything seems to operate on perception not truth. Put marketing spin on anything and the folks will nod their heads and get in line.
I have mentioned some great local delis here that build great subs (and for a lot less) and 99% of the time get the "I have been programmed by marketing to love only big box industrial places deer in headlights look".
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:09 -0500, George <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices >> of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink >> tomatoes.
>> your pal, >> blake
>But thats todays reality. Everything seems to operate on perception not >truth. Put marketing spin on anything and the folks will nod their heads >and get in line.
>I have mentioned some great local delis here that build great subs (and >for a lot less) and 99% of the time get the "I have been programmed by >marketing to love only big box industrial places deer in headlights look".
I was just looking at the adds that came today. One place has a 3 foot turkey and cheese sub for $8.99. Last week they had a 3 foot Italian sub for $10.88. You need to order 2 hours ahead but they blow the sandwich chains away.
blake murphy wrote: > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:09:06 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
>> On 2-Nov-2009, "gloria.p" <gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> At a good local place, it is often sausage and meatballs and >>> peppers if I know the source of the sausage.
>>> gloria p >> Now long out of business )caught too many times selling booze to underage >> patrons) there used to be a place here (STL) that had the best meatball >> subs. They took a pair of tongs and hollowed out half a baguette-style >> loaf, then shoved in (a slice of provolone, a meatbal, some sauce) repeat >> for a total of 3 meatballs) - oh man was it good and not too messy to eat. >> 8-)
> a good meatball sub is hard to beat. sadly, there's no place near me that > has one.
> your pal, > blake
If I go in that direction (in general; I have never been to Subway), I get eggplant. Actually, it is easy enough to slap together at home--hot eggplant parm, if not cheesy, add some more cheese (probably mozzarella), put on nice crusty bread, add some of the ground red pepper (the vinegar-packed Italian stuff; before that was available, I had been known to use sambal oelek). Heat. Voila. I'd use the same formula for meatball subs--but I so like the eggplant ones that that never gets done.
My favorite cold sub is Italian--w/ the same type of ground peppers, tomato, pickle. I hate lettuce on it. Either a tiny bit of onion, or none, for me. I can make a decent on of those at home too, but it's kind-of a pain getting little dribbles of the various cold cuts and cheeses.
blake murphy wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:05 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Mon 02 Nov 2009 09:29:53a, sf told us...
>>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:06:32 -0800 (PST), Ron <vest...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote:
>>>> What are currently your 2 or 3 favorite Subway sandwich fillings and >>>> please separately say why, for each one named. >>> Who are three people (public figures) you'd like to have dinner with >>> and why?
>> Are these all job interview questions?
> what kind of sub do you see yourself eating in five years?
blake murphy wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana >> <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
>>> I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm >>> has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if >>> it is any good
>> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did >> fast food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these >> days because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a >> subway a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a >> customer got me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. >> It tasted ok but there wasn't any meat on the thing.
>> Lou
> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three > slices of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, > and pink tomatoes.
blake murphy wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana >> <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
>>> I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm >>> has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is >>> any good >> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast >> food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days >> because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway >> a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got >> me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but >> there wasn't any meat on the thing.
>> Lou
> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > tomatoes.
> your pal, > blake
Well, we used to go to Quizno's when my daughter liked that. I thought the meat was pretty generous, but that may have changed over the years.
I fail to understand why even most supposedly good restaurants persist in serving those god-awful tomatoes, even during tomato season.
> blake murphy wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana >>> <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
>>>> I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm >>>> has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is >>>> any good >>> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast >>> food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days >>> because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway >>> a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got >>> me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but >>> there wasn't any meat on the thing.
>>> Lou
>> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three >> slices >> of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink >> tomatoes. your pal, >> blake
> But thats todays reality. Everything seems to operate on perception not > truth. Put marketing spin on anything and the folks will nod their heads > and get in line.
> I have mentioned some great local delis here that build great subs (and > for a lot less) and 99% of the time get the "I have been programmed by > marketing to love only big box industrial places deer in headlights look".
It is so much better to buy the meat at the deli conter of the supermarket, and the cheese, and the bread. Sure, it may cost you more than $3 but what you wind up with making yourself is a hell of a lot better. And not just a stack full of lettuce with a tiny slice of meat and cheese. Don't buy into the commercials. Do you actually think the sandwiches and burgers they show on television come out looking like that? Ever see the movie 'Falling Down'?
> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > tomatoes.
Lol, I was surprised to see how much meat they stuff in them compared to danish standards. I grew up on pink tomatos, so no surprise there.
> blake murphy wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana > >> <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
> >>> I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm > >>> has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is > >>> any good > >> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast > >> food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days > >> because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway > >> a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got > >> me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but > >> there wasn't any meat on the thing.
> >> Lou
> > that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > > tomatoes.
> > your pal, > > blake
> Well, we used to go to Quizno's when my daughter liked that. I > thought the meat was pretty generous, but that may have changed > over the years.
Years ago, when Quizno's had BOGO coupons, I went there several times. The attraction was the pickled pepperoncinis on the condiment bar.
> I fail to understand why even most supposedly good restaurants > persist in serving those god-awful tomatoes, even during tomato > season.
Many years ago I pondered that question, and concluded that it is likely that restaurants are contractually obligated to buy from the supplier of the "god-awful tomatoes" year round, not just 8 or 9 months of the year.
On Nov 4, 3:52 am, Michael Nielsen <mniel...@cvmt.dk> wrote:
> > that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices > > of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink > > tomatoes.
> Lol, I was surprised to see how much meat they stuff in them compared > to danish standards. I grew up on pink tomatos, so no surprise there.
I think that the "pink tomatoes" referred to unripe, rather than a pink variety of tomato.
> I think that the "pink tomatoes" referred to unripe, rather than a > pink variety of tomato.
I know. ripe tomoatos in denmark was virtually nonexistant back then, it is maybe the last 5-8 years those ripe deep red tomatos that cost a fortune in supermarkets have become popular. Pay $5 and get 4-5 tomatos. They taste nice and fruitful, but dam... Eating out is by default pink tomatos.
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:18:35 -0500, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
>"George" <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message >news:hcqck0$pn9$1@news.eternal-september.org... >> I have mentioned some great local delis here that build great subs (and >> for a lot less) and 99% of the time get the "I have been programmed by >> marketing to love only big box industrial places deer in headlights look".
>It is so much better to buy the meat at the deli conter of the supermarket, >and the cheese, and the bread. Sure, it may cost you more than $3 but what >you wind up with making yourself is a hell of a lot better. And not just a >stack full of lettuce with a tiny slice of meat and cheese.
I think you can do it for much less than 3 bucks.
6 inch sub roll $.30 1/8 pound quality ham $.62 1/8 pound quality turkey $.62 1/8 pound american cheese. $.37 1 small campari tomato $.10 mayo, pepper, lettuce onion, mustard, (whatever) $.25 ------------------------------------------------------ $2.25 That's one big sandwich and I don't think I could eat the whole thing. Buying things on sale I probably cut the price in half. So yes, your point is very valid.
>Don't buy into >the commercials. Do you actually think the sandwiches and burgers they show >on television come out looking like that?
The power of advertising must work on many or they wouldn't do it.
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:32:32 -0500, Dave Smith wrote: > blake murphy wrote:
>> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices >> of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink >> tomatoes.
> That is my objection to sub shops in general. They tend to be lettuce > sandwiches with a little meat and some insipid looking tomato slices. I > used to go to a German Deli and get a nice helping of freshly cut cold > cuts with some nice cheese on a fresh roll for about a third the cost of > a sub. If I wanted more I could get a second one and it would still cost > less than a sub. They were really fast making them and at noon hour they > would have a bunch freshly made, so it was really quick to pop in and > grab lunch.
there was a three brothers (a chain in maryland) near me that had a really nice cold cut sub, more meat and cheese than bread. a nice slice of pepperoni pizza for about $2.50, too. broke my heart when that location closed.
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:03:09 -0500, Jean B. wrote: > blake murphy wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:19 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000, AnnaBanana >>> <AnnaBanana.534fe0a.368...@foodbanter.com> wrote:
>>>> I love the italian BMT (big meat trio)..yummmm >>>> has anyone tried the new buffalo chicken? I am really curious if it is >>>> any good >>> I liked the BMT 20 years ago when I was working and sometimes did fast >>> food for lunch. I won't go to any of the sandwich shops these days >>> because they're not very good and a total rip-off. I went in a subway >>> a few years ago and it was horrible. About a year ago a customer got >>> me a jimmy john's beef sandwich and it was pathetic. It tasted ok but >>> there wasn't any meat on the thing.
>>> Lou
>> that's my objection to subway, quizno's or the other chains. three slices >> of meat and as much lettuce as you can possibly handle. oh, and pink >> tomatoes.
>> your pal, >> blake
> Well, we used to go to Quizno's when my daughter liked that. I > thought the meat was pretty generous, but that may have changed > over the years.
> I fail to understand why even most supposedly good restaurants > persist in serving those god-awful tomatoes, even during tomato > season.
quiznos at least has better meats than subway, i'll give you that. they're actually not so bad.
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:52 -0500, Jean B. wrote: > blake murphy wrote: >> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:09:06 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
>>> On 2-Nov-2009, "gloria.p" <gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> At a good local place, it is often sausage and meatballs and >>>> peppers if I know the source of the sausage.
>>>> gloria p >>> Now long out of business )caught too many times selling booze to underage >>> patrons) there used to be a place here (STL) that had the best meatball >>> subs. They took a pair of tongs and hollowed out half a baguette-style >>> loaf, then shoved in (a slice of provolone, a meatbal, some sauce) repeat >>> for a total of 3 meatballs) - oh man was it good and not too messy to eat. >>> 8-)
>> a good meatball sub is hard to beat. sadly, there's no place near me that >> has one.
>> your pal, >> blake
> If I go in that direction (in general; I have never been to > Subway), I get eggplant. Actually, it is easy enough to slap > together at home--hot eggplant parm, if not cheesy, add some more > cheese (probably mozzarella), put on nice crusty bread, add some > of the ground red pepper (the vinegar-packed Italian stuff; before > that was available, I had been known to use sambal oelek). Heat. > Voila. I'd use the same formula for meatball subs--but I so > like the eggplant ones that that never gets done.
jeez, there used to be someplace i went that had an eggplant sub, but damned if i can remember what it was now. that was some time ago.
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