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"text": "No matter what you call them—a submarine, hoagie, hero, grinder, or something else—these Italian or Italian-American sandwiches are large sandwiches in long buns or rolls that are filled with fixings like meat, cheese, vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, olives, onions, and peppers, and condiments and dressings like mayonnaise. They are celebrated today with Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day.\nItalian-American sandwiches began being eaten in the Northeastern United States in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. They are usually at least six inches long and served cold. They began showing up on menus in local pizzerias, and then began being sold in hoagie shops or sub shops, before becoming popular across the United States and Canada. They are now available in chains and local restaurants around the world, although such sandwiches were common in many parts of the world before the national chains showed up.\nSubmarines, or subs, are named as such because they have a resemblance to submarines. They are usually at least six inches in length and served cold. The submarine or sub sandwich is the most common name of the four that are a part of today's holiday, and is used throughout the United States, while the others are most prevalent in pockets of the Northeast.\nAccording to legend, subs were invented during World War II by Italian shopkeeper Benedetto Capaldo of New London, Connecticut, whose shop was across the river from the town of Groton, where the Navy's primary East Coast submarine base was and is located. When the nearby submarine yard began ordering 500 of the sandwiches a day, the sandwiches became associated with submarines and gained the name. But printed records of submarine sandwiches date to 1940, appearing in a phone book in Wilmington, Delaware, where a restaurant was advertising for them, meaning the sub moniker predates World War II and this origin story. Another sub story posits that Dominic Conti, who had immigrated to New York City in the late nineteenth century and opened a grocery store where he sold Italian sandwiches, named the sandwich the submarine in 1928 after seeing the recovered Fenian Ram submarine at the Paterson Museum in New Jersey.\nThe hoagie is the most prominent name used for a big Italian or sub sandwich in Pennsylvania, but particularly so in Philadelphia, and with the Western Pennsylvania English. The name has numerous origin stories, and a few of them start in a shipyard that was on land that was once known as Hog Island. One claims that workers there gained the name \"hoggies,\" and these Italian immigrants ate so many sandwiches that the sandwiches took their name from them, and then eventually became known as hoagies. Two other stories suggest that \"hoagie\" comes from \"Hogan,\" a common Irish name that became a nickname for the Irish immigrant workers at the shipyard. In this version of the story, the workers named the sandwich after themselves. In the second story, a man named Hogan asked his coworker, whose wife always made him Italian sandwiches, if she could make him one too, and the name remained.\nAnother story says the hoagie sandwich was created in the early twentieth century by street vendors called \"hokey-pokey men\" who sold antipasto salad, meats, and buns with cuts in them. The vendors sliced the loaves of bread in half and stuffed them with antipasto salad, and started selling what became known as hoagies. Still another story is that hoagies came out of the Italian community in South Philadelphia, where \"on the hoke\" referred to someone who was destitute. There, Italian deli owners gave scraps of meat and cheese away in Italian bread rolls called \"hokies,\" which the Italian immigrants called \"hoagies.\"\nOne more story, and perhaps the most credible of the bunch, is about Alphonso DePalma, a jazz musician who became a sandwich shop owner. When he saw some jazzers eat big sandwiches in the 1920s, he said that a person \"had to be a hog\" to eat a sandwich that big. Not long after, during the Great Depression, he opened a sandwich shop and called his big sandwiches hoggies. He opened more shop locations across the city. Eventually, the name of the sandwiches changed to hoagies, perhaps because of the accents of those eating them.\nHero sandwiches, which may be served both hot or cold, are native to New York City. One story says that the name stems from \"gyro,\" but hero sandwiches have been around since at least the late 1940s, while gyros didn't fully permeate the American culinary world until the 1960s. Another story of origin claims that food columnist Clementine Paddleford came up with the name in The New York Herald Tribune in 1936, saying the sandwich was so big \"you had to be a hero to eat it.\" Still another story says that \"hero\" was jargon used by armored car guards in reference to large sandwiches and dates to 1937.\nThe term grinder is most often found in New England, particularly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, as well as in Pennsylvania and New York, although the term sub is still more prominent there. Grinder is often the name for a hot sub sandwich, while the term sub is applied to cold sandwiches. One claim is that the sandwiches were named after grinders, a slang term for dockworkers who often did sanding and grinding on rusty hulls for repainting. But more likely, the name came about because the sandwiches were hard to chew because of the Italian bread used in them and because they had more toppings than typical sandwiches; teeth had to do some extra work—some grinding—in order to eat the sandwiches.\nThere are other names for similar sandwiches beyond the four mentioned here, such as the wedge and spuckie. In total, there may be over a dozen terms. These sandwiches are sold in local delis, at supermarkets and convenience stores like Wawa and Publix, and at national and international chains like Blimpie, Subway, Jimmy John's, Cousins, Erbert and Gerbert's, Firehouse Subs, Quiznos, Jersey Mike's, Mr. Sub, and Potbelly Sandwich Shop. No matter what they are called or where they are bought, these sandwiches are enjoyed today, on Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day!",
"html": "<p>No matter what you call them—a submarine, hoagie, hero, grinder, or something else—these Italian or Italian-American sandwiches are large sandwiches in long buns or rolls that are filled with fixings like meat, cheese, vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, olives, onions, and peppers, and condiments and dressings like mayonnaise. They are celebrated today with Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day.</p>\n<p>Italian-American sandwiches began being eaten in the Northeastern United States in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. They are usually at least six inches long and served cold. They began showing up on menus in local pizzerias, and then began being sold in hoagie shops or sub shops, before becoming popular across the United States and Canada. They are now available in chains and local restaurants around the world, although such sandwiches were common in many parts of the world before the national chains showed up.</p>\n<p>Submarines, or subs, are named as such because they have a resemblance to submarines. They are usually at least six inches in length and served cold. The submarine or sub sandwich is the most common name of the four that are a part of today's holiday, and is used throughout the United States, while the others are most prevalent in pockets of the Northeast.</p>\n<p>According to legend, subs were invented during World War II by Italian shopkeeper Benedetto Capaldo of New London, Connecticut, whose shop was across the river from the town of Groton, where the Navy's <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Submarine_Base_New_London\">primary East Coast submarine base</a> was and is located. When the nearby submarine yard began ordering 500 of the sandwiches a day, the sandwiches became associated with submarines and gained the name. But printed records of submarine sandwiches date to 1940, appearing in a phone book in Wilmington, Delaware, where a restaurant was advertising for them, meaning the sub moniker predates World War II and this origin story. Another sub story posits that Dominic Conti, who had immigrated to New York City in the late nineteenth century and opened a grocery store where he sold Italian sandwiches, named the sandwich the submarine in 1928 after seeing the recovered <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Ram\"><em>Fenian Ram</em></a> submarine at the Paterson Museum in New Jersey.</p>\n<p>The hoagie is the most prominent name used for a big Italian or sub sandwich in Pennsylvania, but particularly so in Philadelphia, and with the Western Pennsylvania English. The name has numerous origin stories, and a few of them start in a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog_Island,_Philadelphia\">shipyard that was on land that was once known as Hog Island</a>. One claims that workers there gained the name \"hoggies,\" and these Italian immigrants ate so many sandwiches that the sandwiches took their name from them, and then eventually became known as hoagies. Two other stories suggest that \"hoagie\" comes from \"Hogan,\" a common Irish name that became a nickname for the Irish immigrant workers at the shipyard. In this version of the story, the workers named the sandwich after themselves. In the second story, a man named Hogan asked his coworker, whose wife always made him Italian sandwiches, if she could make him one too, and the name remained.</p>\n<p>Another story says the hoagie sandwich was created in the early twentieth century by street vendors called \"hokey-pokey men\" who sold antipasto salad, meats, and buns with cuts in them. The vendors sliced the loaves of bread in half and stuffed them with antipasto salad, and started selling what became known as hoagies. Still another story is that hoagies came out of the Italian community in South Philadelphia, where \"on the hoke\" referred to someone who was destitute. There, Italian deli owners gave scraps of meat and cheese away in Italian bread rolls called \"hokies,\" which the Italian immigrants called \"hoagies.\"</p>\n<p>One more story, and perhaps the most credible of the bunch, is about Alphonso DePalma, a jazz musician who became a sandwich shop owner. When he saw some jazzers eat big sandwiches in the 1920s, he said that a person \"had to be a hog\" to eat a sandwich that big. Not long after, during the Great Depression, he opened a sandwich shop and called his big sandwiches hoggies. He opened more shop locations across the city. Eventually, the name of the sandwiches changed to hoagies, perhaps because of the accents of those eating them.</p>\n<p>Hero sandwiches, which may be served both hot or cold, are native to New York City. One story says that the name stems from \"gyro,\" but hero sandwiches have been around since at least the late 1940s, while gyros didn't fully permeate the American culinary world until the 1960s. Another story of origin claims that food columnist Clementine Paddleford came up with the name in <em>The New York Herald Tribune</em> in 1936, saying the sandwich was so big \"you had to be a hero to eat it.\" Still another story says that \"hero\" was jargon used by armored car guards in reference to large sandwiches and dates to 1937.</p>\n<p>The term grinder is most often found in New England, particularly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, as well as in Pennsylvania and New York, although the term sub is still more prominent there. Grinder is often the name for a hot sub sandwich, while the term sub is applied to cold sandwiches. One claim is that the sandwiches were named after grinders, a slang term for dockworkers who often did sanding and grinding on rusty hulls for repainting. But more likely, the name came about because the sandwiches were hard to chew because of the Italian bread used in them and because they had more toppings than typical sandwiches; teeth had to do some extra work—some grinding—in order to eat the sandwiches.</p>\n<p>There are other names for similar sandwiches beyond the four mentioned here, such as the wedge and spuckie. In total, there may be over a dozen terms. These sandwiches are sold in local delis, at supermarkets and convenience stores like Wawa and Publix, and at national and international chains like Blimpie, Subway, Jimmy John's, Cousins, Erbert and Gerbert's, Firehouse Subs, Quiznos, Jersey Mike's, Mr. Sub, and Potbelly Sandwich Shop. No matter what they are called or where they are bought, these sandwiches are enjoyed today, on Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day!</p>",
"markdown": "No matter what you call them—a submarine, hoagie, hero, grinder, or something else—these Italian or Italian-American sandwiches are large sandwiches in long buns or rolls that are filled with fixings like meat, cheese, vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, olives, onions, and peppers, and condiments and dressings like mayonnaise. They are celebrated today with Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day.\r\n\r\nItalian-American sandwiches began being eaten in the Northeastern United States in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. They are usually at least six inches long and served cold. They began showing up on menus in local pizzerias, and then began being sold in hoagie shops or sub shops, before becoming popular across the United States and Canada. They are now available in chains and local restaurants around the world, although such sandwiches were common in many parts of the world before the national chains showed up.\r\n\r\nSubmarines, or subs, are named as such because they have a resemblance to submarines. They are usually at least six inches in length and served cold. The submarine or sub sandwich is the most common name of the four that are a part of today's holiday, and is used throughout the United States, while the others are most prevalent in pockets of the Northeast.\r\n\r\nAccording to legend, subs were invented during World War II by Italian shopkeeper Benedetto Capaldo of New London, Connecticut, whose shop was across the river from the town of Groton, where the Navy's [primary East Coast submarine base](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Submarine_Base_New_London) was and is located. When the nearby submarine yard began ordering 500 of the sandwiches a day, the sandwiches became associated with submarines and gained the name. But printed records of submarine sandwiches date to 1940, appearing in a phone book in Wilmington, Delaware, where a restaurant was advertising for them, meaning the sub moniker predates World War II and this origin story. Another sub story posits that Dominic Conti, who had immigrated to New York City in the late nineteenth century and opened a grocery store where he sold Italian sandwiches, named the sandwich the submarine in 1928 after seeing the recovered [*Fenian Ram*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Ram) submarine at the Paterson Museum in New Jersey.\r\n\r\nThe hoagie is the most prominent name used for a big Italian or sub sandwich in Pennsylvania, but particularly so in Philadelphia, and with the Western Pennsylvania English. The name has numerous origin stories, and a few of them start in a [shipyard that was on land that was once known as Hog Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog_Island,_Philadelphia). One claims that workers there gained the name \"hoggies,\" and these Italian immigrants ate so many sandwiches that the sandwiches took their name from them, and then eventually became known as hoagies. Two other stories suggest that \"hoagie\" comes from \"Hogan,\" a common Irish name that became a nickname for the Irish immigrant workers at the shipyard. In this version of the story, the workers named the sandwich after themselves. In the second story, a man named Hogan asked his coworker, whose wife always made him Italian sandwiches, if she could make him one too, and the name remained.\r\n\r\nAnother story says the hoagie sandwich was created in the early twentieth century by street vendors called \"hokey-pokey men\" who sold antipasto salad, meats, and buns with cuts in them. The vendors sliced the loaves of bread in half and stuffed them with antipasto salad, and started selling what became known as hoagies. Still another story is that hoagies came out of the Italian community in South Philadelphia, where \"on the hoke\" referred to someone who was destitute. There, Italian deli owners gave scraps of meat and cheese away in Italian bread rolls called \"hokies,\" which the Italian immigrants called \"hoagies.\"\r\n\r\nOne more story, and perhaps the most credible of the bunch, is about Alphonso DePalma, a jazz musician who became a sandwich shop owner. When he saw some jazzers eat big sandwiches in the 1920s, he said that a person \"had to be a hog\" to eat a sandwich that big. Not long after, during the Great Depression, he opened a sandwich shop and called his big sandwiches hoggies. He opened more shop locations across the city. Eventually, the name of the sandwiches changed to hoagies, perhaps because of the accents of those eating them.\r\n\r\nHero sandwiches, which may be served both hot or cold, are native to New York City. One story says that the name stems from \"gyro,\" but hero sandwiches have been around since at least the late 1940s, while gyros didn't fully permeate the American culinary world until the 1960s. Another story of origin claims that food columnist Clementine Paddleford came up with the name in *The New York Herald Tribune* in 1936, saying the sandwich was so big \"you had to be a hero to eat it.\" Still another story says that \"hero\" was jargon used by armored car guards in reference to large sandwiches and dates to 1937.\r\n\r\nThe term grinder is most often found in New England, particularly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, as well as in Pennsylvania and New York, although the term sub is still more prominent there. Grinder is often the name for a hot sub sandwich, while the term sub is applied to cold sandwiches. One claim is that the sandwiches were named after grinders, a slang term for dockworkers who often did sanding and grinding on rusty hulls for repainting. But more likely, the name came about because the sandwiches were hard to chew because of the Italian bread used in them and because they had more toppings than typical sandwiches; teeth had to do some extra work—some grinding—in order to eat the sandwiches.\r\n\r\nThere are other names for similar sandwiches beyond the four mentioned here, such as the wedge and spuckie. In total, there may be over a dozen terms. These sandwiches are sold in local delis, at supermarkets and convenience stores like Wawa and Publix, and at national and international chains like Blimpie, Subway, Jimmy John's, Cousins, Erbert and Gerbert's, Firehouse Subs, Quiznos, Jersey Mike's, Mr. Sub, and Potbelly Sandwich Shop. No matter what they are called or where they are bought, these sandwiches are enjoyed today, on Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day!"
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"text": "Enjoy a submarine, hoagie, hero, or grinder! You could make your own, pick one up from a local deli or supermarket, or from one of the following places. Make sure to check for special deals in honor of the day:\n\nBlimpie\nCousins\nErbert and Gerbert's\nFirehouse Subs\nJersey Mike's\nJimmy John's\nMr. Sub\nPotbelly Sandwich Shop\nPublix\nQuiznos\nSubway\nWawa\n",
"html": "<p>Enjoy a submarine, hoagie, hero, or grinder! You could <a href=\"https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/dishes-beverages/sandwiches-wraps/sub-sandwiches/\">make your own</a>, pick one up from a local deli or supermarket, or from one of the following places. Make sure to check for special deals in honor of the day:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.blimpie.com/\">Blimpie</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.cousinssubs.com/\">Cousins</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.erbertandgerberts.com/\">Erbert and Gerbert's</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.firehousesubs.com/\">Firehouse Subs</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.jerseymikes.com/\">Jersey Mike's</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.jimmyjohns.com/\">Jimmy John's</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://mrsub.ca/\">Mr. Sub</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.potbelly.com/\">Potbelly Sandwich Shop</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.publix.com/\">Publix</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.quiznos.com/\">Quiznos</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.subway.com/en-us\">Subway</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.wawa.com/\">Wawa</a></li>\n</ul>",
"markdown": "Enjoy a submarine, hoagie, hero, or grinder! You could [make your own](https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/dishes-beverages/sandwiches-wraps/sub-sandwiches/), pick one up from a local deli or supermarket, or from one of the following places. Make sure to check for special deals in honor of the day:\r\n\r\n* [Blimpie](https://www.blimpie.com/)\r\n* [Cousins](https://www.cousinssubs.com/)\r\n* [Erbert and Gerbert's](https://www.erbertandgerberts.com/)\r\n* [Firehouse Subs](https://www.firehousesubs.com/)\r\n* [Jersey Mike's](https://www.jerseymikes.com/)\r\n* [Jimmy John's](https://www.jimmyjohns.com/)\r\n* [Mr. Sub](https://mrsub.ca/)\r\n* [Potbelly Sandwich Shop](https://www.potbelly.com/)\r\n* [Publix](https://www.publix.com/)\r\n* [Quiznos](https://www.quiznos.com/)\r\n* [Subway](https://www.subway.com/en-us)\r\n* [Wawa](https://www.wawa.com/)"
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