Apedia

Sandwich Made Eat Submarine Type Tomato Sauce Ordering

Id ESLPod_0493_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 493
Episode Title Ordering at a Sandwich Shop
Title Ordering at a Sandwich Shop
Text

Americans often eat sandwiches for lunch. One common sandwich is a "submarine sandwich," usually known as a "sub," "hoagie," "grinder," or another name, depending on what part of the country you are in. A submarine sandwich is made by cutting a long "roll" (a type of bread) of French or Italian bread in half and filling it with meat, cheese, vegetables, and condiments. One popular type of submarine sandwich is a "meatball sub," where a meatball is a large ball of ground beef that has been flavored with "spices" (seasonings) and covered with tomato sauce. A meatball sub might have three large meatballs and a lot of tomato sauce.

A "Reuben sandwich" is made on toasted rye bread that is filled with "corned beef" (a type of salty beef), cheese, and "Thousand Island dressing" (a thick sauce usually put on green salads).

"Sloppy Joes" are also popular sandwiches, although they are more common at dinnertime than lunchtime. A sloppy Joe is made by cooking "ground beef" (beef in very small pieces, usually used to make hamburgers) in a tomato sauce and then putting it on a "hamburger bun" (the round rolls normally used for hamburgers). The sandwich is called a "sloppy Joe" because it is impossible to eat it without getting "sloppy" (very messy), since the hamburger and sauce falls out as you eat the sandwich.

Finally, the "Philadelphia cheesesteak," or "Philly cheesesteak," is a special sandwich that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is made with a long roll like a submarine sandwich, but it is filled with thin slices of "steak" (high-quality beef) that are covered with melted cheese.

Topics Food + Drink

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: So what do you want

Previous card: Countries nafta people environmental economists importing exporting goods

Up to card list: ESLPod Culture Note