Hot Sandwich Action
Posted on | April 8, 2006 at 3:41 pm | 12 Comments
Playing catch-up on a few cool things I’ve been meaning to mention lately…
Everyone who knows me knows that I really like T-shirts and would wear them 24/7 if I could. (Damn “business casual” dress code!) I prefer to wear ones that are completely plain or have simple designs, as I don’t want to be a walking advertisement for corporate interests and I don’t want to display something potentially lame or faux-funny on my manly chest. I’m changing my mind about the designs ever since I discovered threadless.com. This site has the coolest T-shirts around. I’ve ordered three of them so far and I’m sure I’ll order more. At $15 a pop, the price ain’t too bad. And the whole concept of having people everywhere submit the designs works out really well. There’s a lot of creativity out there and it’s showcased nicely on the site. I can’t believe the imagination that goes into the chosen and submitted designs and I wish I was as creative and artistic as those people. Recommended. There’s definitely something there for everyone who wears T-shirts (which is pretty much everyone I know except Sue).
A cool 2006 musical discovery is The Steady Hand by New Radiant Storm King. (I believe this was initially recommended to me by the summervillain. Hmmm… seems like it was right around this time last year when the villain alerted me to a new release by another Massachusetts-based band, which ended up being one of my favorite albums of the year.) I think this would appeal to fans of the Foo Fighters, though there isn’t as much of that loud/soft dynamic thing going on here as there is with the Foos (it’s mostly in the middle). I downloaded the album from eMusic and really enjoyed it after only one listen. Standout tracks on that initial listen included “Accountant of the Year” and “View of a Wedding, Pt 2″.
My local Subway Sandwich Shop is the slowest one around. Yet I keep going back there because it’s conveniently close and is on the way home from work. Usually the only time I can get out quick is if I’m the only one in line. If there’s even one person in line, it’s a 15 minute (at least) adventure. You’d think I would learn, but I don’t. I don’t blame it all on the counter help, though it seems like there are different faces there each time I go in and they are constantly training people. The few people who have been around there for awhile are actually pretty fast, but I rarely see those folks. The slowness is also due to the customers themselves, as I always seem to get behind the one guy or girl who initially appears like he/she is only going to get one little sandwich, but ends up ordering for the entire Denver Nuggets. And don’t get me started on the families, especially the ones with little kids who can’t decide what they want…
But I digress into whining mode. I came here today to praise, not vilify. The one thing this Subway does right is that their sliced jalapeño peppers are always extremely hot. Just like they should be. You’d think it would be pretty easy to get spicy jalapeños in this area, but it’s actually somewhat rare. Most are pretty wimpy (take that, Quiznos!). I think they are even hotter at this Subway than they are at other ones in the area, from what I can remember. So, Thank You Local Subway, for making sweat pour out of the back of my neck as I chow down voraciously on that turkey & ham sandwich. You help me maintain those internal calluses that are so necessary to culinary life in Colorado.
Latre.
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12 Responses to “Hot Sandwich Action”
April 8th, 2006 @ 10:32 pm
What you don’t know is that the reason they’re so hot is because the help is just as slow to refrigerate the peppers properly. They’re starting to turn.
Seriously, have you ever had the mini-peppers they have at In-N-Out? Those are so hot they have to keep them behind the counter.
April 8th, 2006 @ 10:38 pm
What’s “In-N-Out”?
April 8th, 2006 @ 10:52 pm
It’s a famous California originated burger chain
http://www.in-n-out.com/
April 9th, 2006 @ 11:54 am
Hey, I’m wearing a T-shirt right now (featuring the logo of the Swedish American Heritage Society of West Michigan).
My local Subway also has really, really hot jalapeños. Too hot for me!!! When I go there, I request my veggie sandwich with no mayo, no jalapeños.
April 9th, 2006 @ 12:28 pm
I stand corrected on the T-shirt! Good girl!
With all due respect, I bet our ideas of “hot” are not quite the same. So though your local Subway jalapeños may be hot for you, they may not equal the spiciness factor of the ones at my Subway.
Speaking of hot, that is one hot cookie on the SAHS homepage…
April 9th, 2006 @ 1:47 pm
Rog: Next time you visit, we can have lunch at the glamorous Solano Ave. Subway. Seriously, they’re really f*&$ing hot. I tried them a few times and got tears in my eyes.
April 9th, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
Sue, exactly where do those jalapeños fall on the Scoville scale?
April 10th, 2006 @ 12:05 pm
Hey, we’ve got Fat Tire now. How come you can’t have In-N-Out?
April 10th, 2006 @ 1:09 pm
Hey, there young’un, I was crowing about NRSK before the record even came out!
April 10th, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
Doug: Looks like only CA, AZ and NV have In-N-Out. I actually did eat at one in CA once – Sue & Joe took me. I remember it was pretty good.
Paula: Hmmmm, I probably did see NRSK mentioned in your blog before dmw brought it up, but forgot. Sorry! I guess I must just glance over the non-monkey bits.
April 12th, 2006 @ 4:24 pm
OK – Here’s the lowdown on the In-N-Out peppers:
I sent an email to In-N-Out and they got right back to me. I actually spoke with the Customer Service Supervisor who gave me the info (Try that with Sonic, bitch).
They are Cacabella peppers. They run from 5000 to over 30,000 on the ol’ Scoville scale. So, they’re not the hottest peppers, but they sure beat a jalapeno.
More info: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/83345
April 12th, 2006 @ 5:19 pm
That’s very interesting, Doug. I wonder if my local Subway uses these Cascabella peppers. They do kind of look like jalapeños.