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Bon Appetit explores sandwich etymology
Thoughts on the origins of grinders, po' boys, torpedos, zeppelins, and hoagies,
Bon Appetit explores sandwich etymology
Gearing up for Super Bowel weekend, Sam Dean over at Bon Apetit's blog is exploring regional sandwich etymology and as you might expect there's plenty of hoagie talk.
Although many believe that the term "hoagie" came from sandwiches eaten by Navy Yard employees working on Hog Island, Dean isn't sold.
Dean is thinking that the term "hoagie" was coined by sandwich shop owner and jazz musician Al De Palma. According to Dean the story involves De Palma making sandwiches so big "you had to be a hog" to eat it, hence hog to hoggie to hoagie.
Head on over to Bon App for the story of hoagies, po' boys, grinders, as well as lesser know regional sandwich names such as spuckies, garibaldis and the Norristown zep or zeppelin.
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