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368 — Scoop'a'da'Bagel
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Ty & Eric discuss gutting their Footlong bread, witnessing GTA in the real world, Ty’s homebred Veggie Delight, Eric’s certified car guy activities, Subway’s ground zero in Bridgeport CT, adding a bonus bite to their Footlong, and Subway founder Fred Deluca’s ghost.
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Transcript
Introduction and Banter
00:00:04
thinkfresh
Bonjourno, breadads. Bonjourno. Well, it's another episode of Think Fresh Podcast. We're your hosts, Eric and Ty. That doesn't sound right. Ty and Eric, back in the booth. That is historically how it goes. Ty and Eric does have a nice ring to it. However, it doesn't imply any kind of hierarchy. I just want to make that clear. Oh, I think it's and entirely seniority. I am the older podcaster.
00:00:30
thinkfresh
That is true. However, our podcasting careers are the exact same age. That's a good point. Um, well, I haven't told you about my other secret podcast. Oh no. yeah Are you over-employed with two podcasts? Over-potting? No, I'm not. I wish I was. But this is my my main bae and my mistress. Nice. Wow.
Wardrobe Mishaps and Neighborhood Musings
00:00:54
thinkfresh
Apology is in advance for any crunching you may hear. I am wearing an Arcterix shell, which is not great for audio.
00:01:03
thinkfresh
No, it's not. I can tell you're crispy. it's like you're ah Every time you move, it's like someone's rubbing a ramen noodle package. Yeah, exactly. Or you've run over one with your car. Or that. i ah I sold a Gore-Tex jacket on Facebook Marketplace this weekend to a guy named Santiago. Oh, nice. Yeah, shout out to Santiago if you're listening. I threw in some matching pants. i was I was a good seller.
00:01:28
thinkfresh
So would you say that Santiago was a little chilly? Yeah, he's actually from Venezuela, no Colombia. And he was a little chilly. He said it's very cold here in Canada. That's awesome. yeah Once again, Ty, we're recording in the hood. Yeah. Dude, one day we're going to get out of this hood. His podcasting will get us out of the hood. wow I wonder if that's coming through on the mic. but Oh, it definitely is. Parametic is ripping by us right now.
00:01:56
thinkfresh
As is someone on a purple bike. Wow, dude. This is such a freaky part of town. Dude, you could just sit anywhere in Vancouver and just admire what's happening around you. There's so much going on at all times. The crazy thing is if you see two people podcasting in your neighborhood, your rent isn't going up. They're not bringing in more money. They're applying for welfare. They're down just as bad as you. That is true.
Traffic Tales and Car Care
00:02:21
thinkfresh
i you know I would suggest all breadheads just take a moment to pause and look around.
00:02:26
thinkfresh
especially if you're sitting at a red light because today on my drive, ah the light turned green for me and someone else ripped through the intersection on a red light, almost killing all women and children nearby. whoa um Yeah, it was crazy. They just kind of sped through, but I think there was like five cars waiting at the intersection and they all saw him coming. That's how fast he was going.
00:02:49
thinkfresh
You were all, instead of dancing with death, you sat on the bench and watched this drama unfold. 100%. So he ripped through the red and then what happened? Um, dude skidded across the intersection and then like hung a left onto the sidewalk. Onto into the sidewalk. That's some GTA shit. Yeah. Just like parked his car on the sidewalk.
00:03:10
thinkfresh
And it's kind of incredible that nobody was standing there because he went straight through like where somebody wouldn't be standing if they were waiting for the light. Aye, aye, aye. So, dude, that would have been fucking crazy. Like, you know, thank God that I didn't have to get out of my car and do mouth to mouth with someone. Fellas, is it okay to give mouth to mouth? Fellas, would you save your homies life by sucking their dick? Yeah, that's a that's a dicey situation, dude. I'm glad that everyone walked away or In this case, drove away. Yeah, I drove away, gave him the nastiest side eye. I would too. Unbelievable tie. Yeah, that guy needs to break check. No? Yeah man. Speaking of break checking, I did tons of work on my car. Oh cool. Feeling quite happy with that. Changed the oil.
00:03:59
thinkfresh
swap the tires around for some winters got the Michelin star winter tires on hell yeah um yeah certified car guy now dude i'm a certified driver boy a glovebox boy exactly that's pretty cool uh so we are currently recording in said vehicle is there any notable changes in the cabin that you can point out to me live on air um stay tuned i have two parts on the way that will be visible from the cabin gotcha yeah new side mirror on the right and new windshield wiper new wipers that's the time of year it's rain season it's rain season yeah your car's gonna get sauced and you gotta be ready for it
Sandwich Shapes and Culinary Creativity
00:04:42
thinkfresh
That's right. I actually gave it a nice wash yesterday before it rained all day today. Smart. Dude, windshield wipers are always such a scam because the price is always for one, but you always need two. Not me. No way. I got one. dual A dual pack. You just have one wiper on this thing. One big wiper.
00:05:02
thinkfresh
but
00:05:04
thinkfresh
That's just one giant wiper that like jiggles across the windshield. It does jiggle. Yeah. Cause it has to reach the corners. I guess so. So it extends and jiggles out to the corners. It's quite nice. It wants to like, uh, pass in an arch or like an arc like formation, but a windshield isn't an arc. It's a rectangle. It's yeah. It's kind of like when they put the falafel in the foot long, the falafel is a disc, but the foot long is a rectangle.
00:05:33
thinkfresh
So they kind of squeeze it to the corners. I've never thought of that. It's so weird. They could have pressed it into any shape and they pick the disc. But I never even realized that they pressed it into a disc because fluffels are usually like a sphere, right? They're circular. If you think about a fluffel, it's just like... Why isn't the meatball pressed? The meatball should be a pressed patty. I mean, the fluffel is oppressed. That's for sure. It's gone from the menu. RIP.
00:05:58
thinkfresh
um happy damn So actually the meatballs shape doesn't make any sense at all. Cause they, they molded it in the shape of a ball and it is the least ergonomic shape for a sandwich. And they did it by design. Yep.
00:06:16
thinkfresh
Like, you know, it's so funny. It's like some businesses actually do make square shaped meatball patties. Like if you think about an Arby's burger, I imagine, or is it Wendy's? One of those guys has like a square burger patty, which is also stupid because it's a round bun. I think it's Wendy's. Wendy's, yeah. There's got to be some reason for this.
00:06:37
thinkfresh
that I just don't know. like like Is it the pan is square shaped? The grill? I mean, right is it is it molded using a square kind of like tamago pan? These are all possibilities.
00:06:52
thinkfresh
I don't know if it's that or if it's about, like it could be a technical constraint, but it could also be a certain type of customer just resonates more with a square sandwich, you know, like your SpongeBob type, type of guy. Yeah, that is true. Square guy, square food.
00:07:11
thinkfresh
um It's possible. But it could also be like maybe Wendy's is just the anti-shrinkflation stronghold. And they're offering us four additional corners to munch on. Dude, four bonus bites. I love that. Totally. I think that could be advertised at all fast food restaurants. Like if Subway offered me a bonus bite as a part of it, just like a little overhang, a little cantilever for me to just an appetizer before I break bread.
00:07:41
thinkfresh
if the sandwich artist was offering you a bite however you had to like open wide and you would put it in there for you pause would you take it so ah so i'm only getting my bonus bite if it's hand-fed like i'm a little bird and a little bird's nest who um a little toddler in a high chair. wait wait Are you still taking the pastrami that he's handing you? it true I don't know, man. It's so intimate. Are they gloved up? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'll eat it. I'm not. You're not doing that? No. Is it because of the entire affair being uncomfortable or you just don't need another bite? I would say I'm very uncomfortable. Yeah. I could always use another bite.
00:08:32
thinkfresh
Yeah, fair. I think you need to get over the discomfort, Eric. You've always had a discomfort with Subway. I've had a very strong discomfort with starting this podcast, but you still force me into it. I don't know if you remember that. I do remember that. and You're very hesitant, but now you're so your pod maxed at this point. You're subway pilled, dude. I was so against the idea. It's not even funny. And now look at us. you A convert of born again footlong lover. That's crazy. I don't even like eating there or talking about it. And yet somehow you convinced me to buy a microphone and record with you twice a week. Yeah, dude. Uh, I'm so sorry.
00:09:09
thinkfresh
And now I can't help but feel like I'm the one doing more of the work. Yeah. You're you're not you're the dad that stepped up for sure. I'm down, yeah. You're just the brains behind the whole operation. Yeah, I got you hooked. I'm like a drug dealer, you know? I got you hooked on my product. Yeah. At this point, somebody would have to initiate a RICO case to get you.
00:09:29
thinkfresh
like yeah I would be the guy on the ground. I'll be the first one out, but then you'd come you come down with me by association. Dude, I'll never know if you're a mole for this because you're always wearing a wire when we record. I'm always wired up. That's for sure. Wow. Would that be called a Frico case or is that taken? Dude, I think we need to distance ourselves from Frico whatsoever.
00:09:54
thinkfresh
um freak Speaking of freaky, I made a sandwich this weekend. oh yeah two You put the gloves on. dude i yeah No one cared who I was until I put on the gloves. um In order to fight inflation, I thought I could make a sandwich at home.
00:10:10
thinkfresh
I spent like $70 on ingredients. but Dude, we have to start stop inflating bank accounts and inflate our tummies. Yeah, if I had a big stomach, then it wouldn't matter if my bank account was big or small because I'd have bigger problems, a big belly.
00:10:29
thinkfresh
It's kind of like stop breaking hearts, break her bed or something. It's like that, but with stomachs and the global economy. Enough footloans, you're going to be breaking every bed you land.
00:10:44
thinkfresh
yeah Damn. So I made a sandwich, but it wasn't any sandwich, Eric. I wanted to recreate a foot long at home, a veggie delight. Wow. Yeah. Because I was really hungry. So I made a special trip to the market. What is that sound? Is that a ah train going by? It might be. Let's take a short breather and breathe in.
00:11:11
thinkfresh
And breathe out. We are back. So I wanted to create this subway veggie delight foot long at home. I went and procured all the ingredients, brought it back. I got this beautiful French loaf that was easily over 12 inches. But Eric, this thing had height and girth. ah wow So we're looking at like maybe 14 by 14 inches long by four inches wide by maybe three inches tall. So it's it's a fat. So that's some serious volume. Venny's subs foot long. I know biggie big boy. And then I loaded this thing up with all of your like typical subway vegetables, tomato, cucumber, lettuce. I threw a little pickled onion in there. I thought that was kind of fun. And then a spicy mayo and some guacamole, because if I'm making it at home,
00:11:58
thinkfresh
guac is free to add, no upcharge. I love that. Yeah. I mean, you have to buy the guac, technically. I guess so. Yeah, I had to you know um obtain an avocado somehow, which I always feel weird about buying avocados. I want to show you a photo of how big the sandwich was.
00:12:17
thinkfresh
oh there's my hand for scale dude the way you're holding that so i couldn't pick it up two-hander dude you are holding that in a way that accentuates its size and i respect that yeah dude the sandwich runneth over too you see vegetables are spilling over on every side you got an appetizer bite a little overhang 360 degree overhang happening here. You're doing some Anna Cavell Joyce level food styling here. Thank you. Very professional. So I made this thing. I'm so hungry. And I just I started eating and I'm eating and I'm eating and I'm eating. It's taken
00:12:54
thinkfresh
forever to get through this gigantic sandwich. But I did it. I licked my fingers at the end. How did you feel after is the question? Well, that's the exciting part. I and you never felt so full in my life. eric I got the droopies 10 fold worse than ever before. Oh, yeah. I even I had a subway burp too. You know, I get the burp. The burp came. And then I felt so full, I just, I said to myself, I have to lay down. So I went and I laid down and I fell asleep for two hours. I had to nap it off. There's the only way to digest this thing. Wow. That's how I know that we're both getting washed.
00:13:34
thinkfresh
Do you know resilience? like That's our Sunday. like Making ah ourselves a sandwich and then taking it two hour an hour. I I love that. I miss my youth. I used to go outside. Ty, I think I have a strategy for you that might help out. so I recently learned about scooped bagels. Scoop it a bagel? Scoop it a bagel. You ever try to scoop it in a bagel? No. What's a scoop in a bagel?
00:14:00
thinkfresh
you can apparently order a bagel scooped and what they do is they scoop the inside out so it's just like i think you're left with like half of the bread and it creates kind of like a cavern for the ingredients to be nicely like nestled Right. It kind of looks like the inside of a pipe. That's the inside of a pipe. um Dude, they used to do this at Subway. That was the standard. I don't know if you knew about this, but they used to scoop out the bread in every foot long by default so you could stuff more shredders in there.
00:14:38
thinkfresh
You good? What does this guy want? Yeah, we're watching a guy in a smart car circle around us. I'm not even sure what he's doing. I was thinking about to get a parking ticket, Ty. I think he might be parking enforcement. Do we need to, uh... No, I don't know if he is.
00:14:53
thinkfresh
That was very odd. Definitely someone who's doing their job and not just a Parker, you know? That'd be crazy to get a parking ticket live on air. It'd be pretty funny. Dude, that'd be the first time we've ever recorded and drive at the same time. So that would just put it in a park or a drive. I've got to get out of here. I mean, it's entirely possible that he saw us in the car and said, oh, they're just leaving or they just parked. Or they're just arriving. You're right. Yeah. So we'll wrap this episode before he does the second lap.
00:15:23
thinkfresh
yeah um scoop it a bagel i think i think you should try it next time just carve out some of that sandwich for yourself that way you don't have to eat so much of it and it'll look the exact same that's the beauty of it yeah it makes it you still look like a big man eating a big sandwich even though there's no grain in there it's a shell it's like when they knock down a building except for the old brick facade and then replace the entire interior but they're replacing it with uh green pepper is not a noguchi table what i don't know dude dude what the heck was that something okay i went to subway with a friend not too long ago and they were name them no but i have friends i don't need to prove it that's all that i just want you to put them on blast uh study your business cool
00:16:17
thinkfresh
what happened is they were harkening back to the days of the scooped out footlong. Ah, yes. And when
Subway's Past and Present
00:16:26
thinkfresh
they asked for it, the sandwich artist was ah like confused. They didn't know what to do. So this long, this, I guess, like tradition, this what once the default of subway has now been lost in time. He drove off. Are you sure? Yeah, I watched him drive away. Oh.
00:16:45
thinkfresh
okay don't worry I'm looking over my shoulder, man. We're in a sketchy neighborhood. There's a guy also sitting in his car behind us. you notice how I didn't notice that. This is where all men go to podcast. There's one parking lot by a helipad in the sketchiest part of Vancouver. Yeah, dude. Take away the Benz and you would think we're in a Tesla charging lot. Whoa. Anyways.
00:17:08
thinkfresh
you. abstract fuck I'm so distracted. This is bad. We can't pod with windows anymore. Yeah. We need to ah get, I get why it's a booth, you know, with no windows on and either side. You just need to walk in. Yeah. The Donda stadium, like prison cell. We need that.
00:17:26
thinkfresh
It's the same thing in Subway. There's no windows around the ordering booth because they know they don't want people like gazing out at the parking lot or pedestrians walking by. They need you focused on your order to get you through it. Eyes over here, man. Yeah, kitchen with a view is a rare thing to find. Especially when you have servants.
00:17:48
thinkfresh
They're usually tucked the away in the in the help area. that' so That's what rich people like to call it. The nice the nice houses always have the second prep kitchen and then the primary kitchen is simply for display only. Yeah, that's the floor model. Yeah, exactly. That's always so wild.
00:18:04
thinkfresh
So this younger generation does not know how to scoop a sandwich. How does that make you feel, Guy? I just think it's weird that they wouldn't teach them such an important part of Subway lore in Sandwich University. Like, isn't there a history of Subway as one of the, like, 101 courses, 100 level courses ah at Subway University?
00:18:24
thinkfresh
I don't know man, it's tough because on one hand, obviously HQ is not training anyone. Maybe if you work there, they'll give you a pamphlet that's like, hey look, this is our twisted history. Maybe they're just not teaching anyone about the history because it's so dark. They're like, let's just forget what happened yesterday and move on. Dude, Subway's so lucky that they like... were invented after Nazi Germany fell because I just feel like they would get wrapped up in that by accident or just some wrong choices. Yeah. They're very fortunate. Wait, when was subway invented? Wasn't it like the forties? It was like the sixties. We should have these facts memorized. I know. I feel bad. I don't know.
00:19:11
thinkfresh
First restaurant is 65. Great year. Great year. um That makes sense. Bridgeport, Connecticut. For some reason I knew that part. yeah like It's somewhere where I would never go. Yeah, I have no need to go to Connecticut at all. No.
00:19:32
thinkfresh
Although there is a potential field trip pending where we could just go and take a photo in front of it. That would be pretty sick. I wonder if it's like the first Starbucks and they've maintained a like Pete's subs facade on the front. If the address is in this article, I would just hit Street View Quick. By this article, you mean the Wikipedia page for subway LLC? I would call that an article. Yeah, I guess so. um Bridgeport, Connecticut subway. Let's look it up live on here. I mean, it's probably gonna be like eight of them though.
00:20:00
thinkfresh
Right. Because that's their old stomping grounds. If there's any other sandwich shop in this town, good luck. You're in Subway's turf. Oh, a hundred percent. Okay. What do we have here? It could be any of these. That one looks new. This one looks like it's in a mall. This one looks like could be old. I think in the address. Oh fuck. Okay. Wear address of the first Subway sandwich shop. Bam.
00:20:31
thinkfresh
3851 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Maps.
00:20:39
thinkfresh
Okay. This is riveting content. It is. It's there, baby. You see it? I think it's torn down. I think it's that thing on the left, but like doesn't say subway. It's a mi pueblo now. Oh my God. They didn't mean... Dude, this is it. Oh, there's a subway next door.
00:20:55
thinkfresh
But if you look at the old pictures, if we cross reference this with Pete's sandwich, I'll just go back here. Pete's sandwich shop. Guys, this is insane. There's no way this tab. It's like this old ass building with like brown siding. And then the current building is nothing like that. Maybe it's the other one then. Is that it? Or this is pan to the right even more?
00:21:21
thinkfresh
none of you oh it could have been this build no now it's a western union let's check do a lap oh here it would have been this building are you sure no i'm not sure Wow. and Maybe it got torn down. Dude, your geoguesser skills are not really working right now. It's definitely not the kid. There is a subway. This is like, uh, the second world trade center. You know, hey got that's the one world trade. This is the one world trade center. Now it's newer. It's on the same site, but I mean, that's a great reference because there is like a blank space where the old one used to be. Like, I think it's to the right there where that lot is slated for redevelopment. Yeah.
00:22:04
thinkfresh
man I just feel like if I was like a company this large I would turn the original subway into a tourist attraction for the fans for the whatever they call their bread heads yeah no I agree I'm just looking up the address of this place What was the subway address? The subway address was 3851 Main Street. Okay. So that one is 3837. So it's not the brick building. It's not the brick building. The brick building for the breadheads is a Mi Pueblo restaurant and bakery next door to a world one subway center. And Bridgeport is ah like a sleepy looking town.
00:22:54
thinkfresh
I'm hopping in the booth here. You're getting on Geoguesser with me? Getting on Street View? Totally. Because usually like it's facing when you click on the Street View, it's facing the right way. It'll drop you right facing the where the address should be, right? Yeah. Could it be where this mall is? Could this be it? It could have been in that mall. It could have been the corner of that mall. So the location of Subway could now be a Western Union.
00:23:17
thinkfresh
interesting dude i'm looking at the facade of the subway that is on ground zero and there isn't a single reference outside to the original subway they've completely paved over their history what a shame this is the unfortunate side effect of a franchise model. Do you think the you know guy who owns this gives two shits about anyone's history? Dude, I think the guy that owns, there's not a single franchise owner that I think gives a shit about Subway at all. They're only in it telling to profit. I don't think they care at all about like
00:23:56
thinkfresh
owning, being a part of this legacy. Oh, no, definitely not.
Reflections on Subway's Evolution and Podcast Wrap-up
00:24:01
thinkfresh
so I'm not even, I don't even want to be a part of it. I'm on episode like 360. I tried my best to stay away from it. And here we are. As discussed. Yeah.
00:24:11
thinkfresh
but long cookie wow Wow, it's crazy that, do you think Fred DeLuca, the founder of Subway, like sometimes drives by this new Subway and is like, the hell is a footlong pretzel? Curse you. Maybe. He's kind of like the old man yells at Cloud meme. Yeah, exactly. Didn't he die? Yeah, R.A.P. Fred DeLuca. He would have loved the footlong cookie. Damn. Damn. Cookie Monster's dance moves grave. Yeah. Poor guy. Cookie?
00:24:42
thinkfresh
Damn. I think that about does it for today's episode. it's around It's been a but pleasure recording with you. You're the best world king. In closing thoughts?
00:24:53
thinkfresh
Yeah, I'd love to issue a retraction. We received some negative feedback from the previous episode that our comments about James Gordon using Ozempic was a little harsh. So actually, yeah. So we should maybe reconsider our statement on that. Is this a bit? I think I'll speak to it by just saying that everything on this podcast is satire. Is this a bit, Ty? This is not a bit. This is a bite. Dude, who was in your DMs? I can't name names.
00:25:21
thinkfresh
Well, I'm not sorry. I'm sorry, and I'm not. We can both we can live truths. Great. All right. Thanks a lot, breadheads. Thanks for listening. Think fresh, everybody. Ciao. And no thank you to James Corden.