>Hog Island on the Delaware accross from Philadelphia was likely the worlds
>largest shipyard around WW1 with massive ship building and construction.
>So, the fellows who took the ferry to the island brought extra large
>sandwiches along as it was inconvenient to go back accross the river for
>more food. So, one thing led to another and the word "Hoagies" came to
>pass. I'm not sure how the other large tubular sandwiches came to
>be...i.e.
>"torpedo" or "Hero's" or "submarines". But, the local Philadelphia variety
>is the Hoagy.
... or... a "Zep" after Zeppelins... Hero sandwich is an easy stretch...
Try a corruption of the Greek "Gyro".
Sandwiches may have been invented by the Earl of Sandwich but I very much
doubt it.
Greenman62
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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