[txhurl]

So is that called a grinder because you need a camel’s mouth to take a bite out of it and grind it up on your back molars? Looks like it’s ready for the ‘slider’ designation/configuration.

[Dr. Sivana]

So is that called a grinder because you need a camel’s mouth to take a bite out of it and grind it up on your back molars?

Well a big mouth (which I have) helps with fitting it in your mouth. The sausage and peppers should be simmering in the sauce for so long that the flavors inform each other. The sauce tastes peppery, the sausage tastes tomato-spicy, the peppers taste sausagey.

Basically, a good one is cooked on a 12-14" loaf of Italian bread (eat 1/2 if not hungry enough). The ingredients are so defeated (the bread gets soaked by that delicious sauce) that you can use any of the teeth in your mouth to eat it.

The term grinder has to do with a long sandwich (submarine, po'bot, foot long, hoagie, etc.) and the term grinder tends to locate it mainly in southeast New England, where I grew up (CT). The sandwich's roots found in the northeast, and grinder indicates (in my experience) that it is being made by real Italians. Sadly, that faker, Subway, was founded in CT as well. In the early days they established themselves by being open later and catering to partiers and potheads, and their great coupons. Unlike pizza, you CAN make a great one at home.