Health & Fitness
It's Friday and I have a question...
Linda Davis is a member of the Ledyard Town Council and has lived in Ledyard for almost 40 years. She has lots of questions and welcomes your answers.
I moved to Connecticut from Pittsburgh in 1971 with my husband, a Navy Submariner. New England is wicked different from Pittsburgh but that isn't all bad. I adapt pretty easily. I do miss the Chipped Ham, Snyder's Potato Chips (the one's in the silver bag), The Original Hot Dog, and being around other Pittsburgh Steeler fanatics. (Actually, I've found plenty of Pittsburgh Steeler fanatics here in Connecticut.)
There is one thing about living here I have never understood. Why do they call those delectable sandwiches, "Grinders" instead of subs? We build submarines at Electric Boat in Groton and the subs are docked here at the base. Much of our population has some working relationship with submarines.
According to Wikipedia, "During World War II, the sandwiches were served by the thousands to soldiers at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut which cemented the legend that the sandwiches originated in Groton."
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Yet, today, the citizen's of the Submarine Capital of the World, call them grinders. Call me confused.
On that subject, where do you find the very best grinders?
