Food - Drink
Subway's Old Sandwich-Slicing Method Had Bread Bowl Energy
By CYRENA GOURDEAU
There have been many changes in the way Subway crafts its sandwiches, and during the early 2000s, the internet began complaining about a change in the way the bread was cut. While Subway patrons of today can see a 'Sandwich Artist' slice their bread in half, patrons of yesteryear remember a very different method.
Subway employees used to cut bread using the "U-gouge" technique, which involves cutting out a long U-shaped pocket up and down the top of a long bread roll. The sandwich’s ingredients were then piled inside the bread-bowl-like space before the U-shaped bread piece was placed back on top, closing everything up inside.
Subway defended its current bread-cutting technique in 2016 with a concise tweet: "Our current cut is better for allowing you to pile on the ingredients you want." Certain Subway fans disagreed with the company's tweet, with one user writing, "Lies. The U-gouge cut didn't allow ingredients to fall out, it kept everything in place."