5! $5! $5 hole in my stomach!

Yes, the economy is crashing further and further, but we still need to get a full meal, 4 food groups, for not a lot of money. And thanks to the sandwich battles, you can get stuffed for only $5. So here it is, Round 1 of Subway vs Quiznos! Yes, round 1! These 2 massive franchises have such huge and complimentary menus, this is gonna take some work to compare over time.  Now, yes, like many of you, I too wish Schlotzsky's existed in more places, but you take what you can...

So, for round 1, I had to start with my favorite subway sub, MEATBALLS! and quiznos also has a meatball sub, so we have a challenge. For those of you who have been to subway many times, you probably know the meatball marinara is one of the tastiest items on the menu. And if you have any friends who have ever worked at subway, they have warned you never to eat the meatballs because of all the horrible things they put into them(read hooves, eyeballs, intestines and who knows what else), but being a culinarian, I love the whole beast!

So lets talk subway vs quiznos meatball ordering experience. First, subway offers 5 choices of freshly baked breads(white, wheat, italian, italian herb and cheese, sourdough, others?). I will point out now that quiznos only offers 2 choices, white or wheat. So at subway they slather meatballs and extra sauce onto my italian herb and cheese bread and give me my choice of cheese, provolone. cheddar and swiss are also options, quiznos gave me no options :-(, just put it together and put in the warming machine. after freshly toasting my sub and subway, fixin bar here I come! now, subway offers you everything under the sun to finish your sub. lettuce, tomato, onion, spinach, dressings, pickles, jalapenos, banana peppers, and so much else, its almost dizzying. Quiznos on the other hand does it all for you, but leaves you a small fixin bar, jalapenos, pickles, banana peppers and other peppers. Subway really makes it your way with so many more options. But at quiznos, you can take all you want of the limited fixins. So preliminarily, I would say the subway experience in ordering is superior, just because you have so many more options to make your sub so much more! but looks can be deceiving, can't they, hahahahahaha!(think evil cackle)

On to the tasting! On both subs I went with jalapenos, peppers and pickles only. Since I didn't say so before, I went wheat on my quiznos sub. 

So, lets compare the breads. though subway gave me more options, the toasting process didn't actually help the bread at all, and actually made it kinda hard in not a good way on one side. The quiznos bread, though only boring old wheat, tasted much fresher, better texture, and better toasting. 

The fixings on both subs were the same. I am gonna guess they both get their sliced pickles, jalapenos and peppers from Sysco(the Costco of the restaurant industry, all the little things in hugemungous(and yes, this is now a real word, spell check didn't even flinch) bulk). 

So whats left, the meatballs marinara. Ok, now subway hit me up with extra sauce to make it more moist and tasty. And I have been lovin subway meatball subs for many years.  And this was my first meatball sub at quiznos. And WOW! quiznos really was just that much better. i mean, their meatballs tasted like real italian meatballs, just like mamma bernstein would make. after tasting them, honestly, I could barely even taste any real flavor coming from the subway meatballs. It like if you have ever gone to a real wine tasting. You start with the lesser wines, and as you drink the better wines, you go back to compare to the lesser wines, and even those lesser wines that had tasted good to you before, now taste completely bland! why, because your taste buds have experienced something better, more flavorful, more depth, and those taste buds, and they are your buds because good friends don't lead you astray, have shown you the light. subway meatball marinara, you are, the weakest link. GOODBYE!