I learned what a Hoagie is when visiting my wife's family in Philadelphia. Hoagies come from there, and you can get the sandwiches at local bars, delis, and sandwich shops. To see my recipe version, you can scroll to the end of this blog post to see how I make mine. There's no cooking, it's about how you stack it!
Click on any photo to see it larger.
They are composed of cold cuts, deli meats, and cheese (provolone) with a typical sandwich dressing of tomato, onion, and lettuce on a soft Italian or French-style roll.
Check out my slideshow visit below to Happy Hour Tavern in Levittown, Pennsylvania for my first real local Hoagie. The bar is attached to Dale's Deli. Of course, it was a delicious Hoagie Sandwich along with a bag of Charles Chips, and a limited edition Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter beer!
My first Hoagie Sandwich in Levittown, Pennsylvania
Slideshow
I didn't realize it, but growing up we used to take a Southern version of a Hoagie to school, but we called it a Baloney and Cheese Sandwich. The main difference was mine was served with plain sliced white bread. I liked mine with the addition of mayo, lettuce, pickle, and tomato.
The Hoagie is Italian-American in origin at the turn of the 20th Century. A Hoagie isclaimed the "Official Sandwich of Philadelphia." You can read all about the origins as well as various versions here. A real Hoagie is always served cold, not heated like a similar Submarine Sandwich.
Some say the Hoagie is derived from the Tin Pan Alley songwriter and actor Hoagie Carmicheal. That's a bit of a stretch, but both came on the scene about the same time.
Two or three deli meats are laid out in a typical Hoagie. The main deli meat is Salami, which I came by from my late 99c only Store and Dollar Tree. Other deli meats that can be included are Capicola, Prosciutto, and Pepperoni.
For cheese, a Hoagie has slices of Provolone cheese. Provolone is a mild soft cheese similar to Mozzarella (a fine alternate cheese) that shows up on your typical pizza.
I once discovered a vegan Provolone a couple of years ago...hmmm, can't say it tasted anything like a slice.
For a Cheap$kate Hoagie Sandwich, you can substitute a meat filling of bologna, ham, and pepperoni -- now those are the cheapest deli cuts.
As for a cheese substitution, use any fave like Monterey Jack, Colby, String Cheese, Cheddar, and even good old American Cheese.
And here is a slide show of Linda and I's visit there, a stop I definitely will make again next vacation.
Hoagie Sandwich from Jack's Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Slideshow
A Hoagie is all about the bread, too. The bread roll is of the Italian variety - a soft roll.
I find that six-inch rolls you get in the bread department of most grocery stores are a similar type of roll. Local Latin markets have a roll called Bolillo. In Louisiana, our French Roll for a Po-Boy is about the same. I'm sure your local bread purveyors have a version that will fill the bill.
Now, hot dog buns and steak rolls are a bit too soft, but I guess they will do in a pinch? Rolls with a crunchy crust are best.
I like my sandwiches with mayo and mustard, but a Hoagie has an Italian Dressing mix of oil, vinegar, and sometimes dried oregano. Just drizzle the Dressing over the inside of the bread and cold cuts.
Lettuce, sliced tomato, and onion complete a Hoagie Sandwich. I've had the sandwich served with yellow vinegary pepperoncini or milder banana peppers, and a bag of salty potato chips.
Wow, this is such a tasty blog post...please excuse me, I'm off to make myself a Hoagie Sandwich right now -- won't you join me? Just follow my Hoagie Sandwich recipe video below and make your own.
Hoagie Sandwich - Recipe Video
Play it here, video runs 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
My YouTube video link for viewing or embedding, just click here.
And the Best Oscar Entree goes to...YOU! Come and accept your award-winning chow and pass it around to your party guests so everyone has a taste of Oscar. Sit back and watch the Best Picture Oscar-nominated movie trailers below paired with my Best Oscar Entrees which are a feast for your eyes.
And click on any Best Oscar Entree nomineenames to be directed to the original blog post for all the award-winning recipe prose and cinematic culinary imagery.
The first Best Oscar Entree nominee is deliciously gruesome. The movie stars actress Demi Moore, who has never exposed so much of herself, and I don't mean just her acting chops. This body-horror flick is gross to the max and not for the faint-of-heart or, in my recipe's case, palate. Check out the trailer below.
1. "The Substance" Pork Carnitas- are made from a pork shoulder, which I skin, then slice and dice the flesh, then drench in Mexican Cola. Kind of appalling, but oh so tasty.
The second Best Oscar Entree is a brickhouse of a recipe. A Holocaust survivor architect, played by always captivating Adrien Brody, rebuilds his life with a move to Philadelphia and is given a second chance by renovating a library in neighboring Bucks County.
2. "The Brutalist" Hoagie- I was introduced to theHoagie Sandwich by my wife, Linda, who was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A Hoagie is a towering multi-level sandwich of cheese, deli meats, lettuce, onion, and tomato with an oil and vinegar dressing.
The third Best Oscar Entree pairs with a 1970's Brazilian political drama of a family's search for answers when their father is "disappeared" during a military dictatorship.
- Brazil is renowned for its cattle industry and my Ribeye Steak & Potatoes answers the question "Where's the Beef?"
The fourth Best Oscar Entree featuring my cheap$kate Pasta recipe is as controversial as the selection process of a new Pope in this pulpy Papal feature.
4. "Conclave" Pasta alla Carbonara with Bacon Bits - will set Italian chef tongues wagging. Loaded with Papal intrigue after the Pope dies, finding a successor stirs up controversy, like my Italian recipe made with Bacon Bits, instead of guanciale, a rich, fatty cured pork jowl or cheek.
The fifth Best Oscar Entree is emblematic to NYC and pizza is the right price for struggling artists, like Mr. Tamborine Man, making musical poetry in the Big Apple.
5. "A Complete Unknown" Anchovy Pizza - Down and out in NYC, the bio-film introduces a struggling Bob Dylan couch-surfing and surviving on scraps, while ascending from coffehouse folk singer to electrified troubadour and voice of his generation.
The sixth Best Oscar Entree will have you clicking your shoe heels together and chanting "There's no recipe like Homemade Chili and a Cinnamon Roll." A musical reimagining of the Wizard of Oz featuring the good and bad witches. You can call it a prequel before Dorothy leaves Kansas for Oz.
6. "Wicked" Chili with Beans- Kansas is known for Chili with Beans served with a Cinnamon Roll. Well, I have theHomemade Chili recipe covered, you'll have to come up with the Cinnamon Roll!
The seventh Best Oscar Entree could be served in the cafeteria of an oppressive reformatory school, like the one depicted below.
7. "Nickle Boys" Black-eyed Peas with Ham - Based on the 2019 novel by Colson Whitehead, the film takes place in a Jim Crow-era Florida reform school. Nickel Academy is outed for its cruelty to the main character, a studious African-American high school student.
The eighth Best Oscar Entree, Cajun Nachos, combines French Cajun Red Beans and Crawfish, with Mexican tortilla chips and cheese. This recipe co-production will be hard to beat in this Oscar race.
8. "Emelia Perez" Cajun Nachos - A dark and twisted Mexican musical, made by a French Director, is both praised and panned. Boorish tweets on X by one of the leads may sink the chances of bringing home more awards.
The ninth Best Oscar Entree recipe is hot and steamy like Anora, a stripper on the make with the son of a Russian oligarch.
9. "Anora" Rachel Sandwich - The sandwich is made with a Russian Dressing. Winner of the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in France last year, this randy romance will have you eating out of their hands, feasting on my sexy pastrami Rachel Sandwich with Coleslaw, that is.
The final Best Oscar Entree is based on the movie Dune: Part Two. This sci-fi literary classic adaptation is a hero's journey on a desert planet full of sandstorms and fury.
10. "Dune: Part Two" Flying Burrito - Joshua Tree, a local desert, inspired my own tall tale that ends with the sighting of a Flying Burrito!
Do try any of my Oscar Party Entrees - you're sure to get a Standing O. So have your acceptance speech ready because the golden statuette for Best Entree at an Oscar Party belongs to you, the host with the most.
I'll leave you with a video I made a while ago when the Academy of Motion Pictures had an exhibit with a podium on which a real Oscar stood. All you had to do was stand in line and take a picture with it -- well you can be sure I showed up for that! Just check out the video below:
I learned what a Hoagie is when visiting my wife's family in Philadelphia. Hoagies come from there, and you can get the sandwiches at local bars, delis, and sandwich shops. To see my recipe version, you can scroll to the end of this blog post to see how I make mine.
Click on any photo to see it larger.
They are composed of cold cuts deli meats and cheese (provolone) with a typical sandwich dressing of tomato, onion, and lettuce on a soft Italian or French-style roll.
Check out my slideshow visit below to Happy Hour Tavern in Levittown, Pennsylvania for my first real local Hoagie. The bar is attached to Dale's Deli. Of course, it was a delicious Hoagie Sandwich along with a bag of Charles Chips, and a limited edition Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter beer!
My first Hoagie Sandwich in Levittown, Pennsylvania
Slideshow
I didn't realize it, but growing up, we used to take a Southern version of a Hoagie to school, but we called it a Baloney and Cheese Sandwich. The main difference was that mine was served with plain sliced white bread. I liked mine with the addition of mayo, lettuce, pickle, and tomato.
The Hoagie is Italian-American in origin at the turn of the 20th Century. A Hoagie isclaimed to be the "Official Sandwich of Philadelphia." You can read all about the origins as well as various versions here. A real Hoagie is always served cold, not heated like a similar Submarine Sandwich.
Some say the Hoagie is derived from the Tin Pan Alley songwriter and actor Hoagie Carmicheal. That's a bit of a stretch, but both came on the scene about the same time.
Two or three deli meats are laid out in a typical Hoagie. The main deli meat is Salami, which I came by from my late 99c only Store and Dollar Tree. Other deli meats that can be included are Capicola, Prosciutto, and Pepperoni.
For cheese, a Hoagie has slices of Provolone cheese. Provolone is a mild soft cheese similar to Mozzarella (a fine alternate cheese) that shows up on your typical pizza.
I once discovered a vegan Provolone a couple of years ago...hmmm, can't say it tasted anything like a slice.
For a Cheap$kate Hoagie Sandwich, you can substitute a meat filling of bologna, ham, and pepperoni -- now those are the cheapest deli cuts.
As for a cheese substitution, use any fave like Monterey Jack, Colby, String Cheese, Cheddar, and even good old American Cheese.
And here is a slide show of Linda and I's visit there, a stop I definitely will make again next vacation.
Hoagie Sandwich from Jack's Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Slideshow
A Hoagie is all about the bread, too. The bread roll is of the Italian variety, slightly crunchy on the outside and very soft inside.
I find that six-inch rolls you get in the bread department of most grocery stores are a similar type of roll. Local Latin markets have a roll called Bolillo. In Louisiana, our French Roll for a Po-Boy is about the same. I'm sure your local bread purveyors have a version that will fill the bill.
Now, hot dog buns and steak rolls are a bit too soft, but I guess they will do in a pinch? Rolls with a crunchy crust are best.
I like my sandwiches with mayo and mustard, but a Hoagie has an Italian Dressing mix of oil, vinegar, and sometimes dried oregano. Just drizzle the Dressing over the inside bread and cold cuts.
Lettuce, sliced tomato, and onion complete a Hoagie Sandwich. I've had the sandwich served with yellow vinegary pepperoncini or milder banana peppers, and a bag of salty potato chips.
Wow, this is such a tasty blog post...please excuse me, I'm off to make myself a Hoagie Sandwich right now -- won't you join me? Just follow my Hoagie Sandwich recipe video below and make your own.
Hoagie Sandwich - Recipe Video
Play it here, video runs 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
My YouTube video link for viewing or embedding, just click here.
I learned what a Hoagie is when visiting my girlfriend's family in Philadelphia. Hoagies come from there and you can get the sandwiches at local bars, delis, and sandwich shops. To see my recipe version you can scroll to the end of this blog post to see how I make mine.
Click on any photo to see it larger.
They are composed of cold cuts deli meats and cheese (provolone) with a typical sandwich dressing of tomato, onion, and lettuce on a soft Italian or French-style roll.
Check out my slideshow visit below to Happy Hour Tavern in Levittown, Pennsylvania for my first real local Hoagie. The bar is attached to Dale's Deli. Of course, it was a delicious Hoagie Sandwich along with a bag of Charles Chips, and a limited edition Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter beer!
My first Hoagie Sandwich in Levittown, Pennsylvania
Slideshow
I didn't realize it, but growing up we used to take a Southern version of a Hoagie to school, but we called it a Baloney and Cheese Sandwich. The main difference was mine was served with plain sliced white bread. I liked mine with the addition of mayo, lettuce, pickle, and tomato.
The Hoagie is Italian-American in origin at the turn of the 20th Century. A Hoagie isclaimed the "Official Sandwich of Philadelphia." You can read all about the origins as well as various versions here. A real Hoagie is always served cold, not heated like a similar Submarine Sandwich.
Some say the Hoagie is derived from the Tin Pan Alley songwriter and actor Hoagie Carmicheal. That's a bit of a stretch, but both came on the scene about the same time.
Two or three deli meats are laid out in a typical Hoagie. The main deli meat is Salami, which I come by from my local 99c only Store and Dollar Tree. Other deli meats that can be included are Capicola, Prosciutto, and Pepperoni.
For cheese, a Hoagie has slices of Provolone cheese. Provolone is a mild soft cheese similar to Mozzarella (a fine alternate cheese) that shows up on your typical pizza.
I once discovered a vegan Provolone a couple of years ago...hmmm, can't say it tasted anything like a slice of any mild cheese.
For a Cheap$kate Hoagie Sandwich, you can substitute a meat filling of bologna, ham, and pepperoni -- now those are the cheapest deli cuts.
As for a cheese substitution use any fave like Monterrey Jack, Colby, String Cheese, Cheddar, and even good old American Cheese.
And here is a slide show of Linda and I's visit there, a stop I definitely will make again next vacation.
Hoagie Sandwich from Jack's Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Slideshow
A Hoagie is all about the bread, too. The bread roll is of the Italian variety, slightly crunchy on the outside and very soft inside.
I find six-inch rolls you get in the bread department of most grocery stores are a similar type of roll. Local Latin markets have a roll called Bolillo. In Louisiana, our French Roll for a Po-Boy is about the same. I'm sure your local bread purveyors have a version that will fill the bill.
Now, hot dog buns and steak rolls are a bit too soft, but I guess they will do in a pinch? Rolls with a crunchy crust are best.
I like my sandwiches with mayo and mustard, but a Hoagie has an Italian Dressing mix of oil, vinegar, and sometimes dried oregano. Just drizzle the Dressing over the inside bread and cold cuts.
Lettuce, sliced tomato, and onion complete a Hoagie Sandwich. I've had the sandwich served with yellow vinegary pepperoncini and a bag of salty potato chips.
Wow, this is such a tasty blog post...please excuse me, I'm off to make myself a Hoagie Sandwich right now -- won't you join me? Just follow my Hoagie Sandwich recipe video below and make your own.
Hoagie Sandwich - Recipe Video
Play it here, video runs 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
My YouTube video link for viewing or embedding, just click here.
