For me , the article came across as clickbait written for an audience who doesn’t get out much.
I don’t have anything against hot dogs. I love them. Hot Dogs!
The clickbait part for me is that a significant number of Americans and Canadians who use the term hot dogs do not consider hot dogs to be sandwiches. Or hamburgers on buns to be sandwiches.
Including egg salad?
Egg salad is a very typically sandwich in North America, not specific to any region in Canada or the US. Some versions are identical to UK Egg Mayo. Other versions are the posh Tamago on milk bread, or various regional versions with or without celery, pickles, curry powder, lettuce, cilantro, dill, etc.
Egg salad is also slightly controversial - maybe making it clickbait , because of the odor when other people are eating it (at work or while travelling) and the effect it has (causes gas for many people).
I found some choices rather vague. I don’t really know the differences between the Hero, Hoagie, Grinder, Dagwood, Submarine and other loaded Italian deli sandwiches. They’re regional and they have similarities. I suppose I’m interested in knowing about the history of a specific type and what is required to make it a good one. In Canada, most deli sandwiches on a long bun with multiple cured meats would be called submarine or a sub. I am not sure any specific region of Canada is known for its subs.
In Pittsburgh, there are some local sandwich shops that are known for their equivalent type of assorted cold cut sandwich. I’ve attended a family wedding where the meal was sandwiches from a specific local sandwich shop (it was 9 years go, let me look up the name of the shop) and cookies from a Pittsburgh cookie table.
I can see the chopped cheese, Reuben, Hollywood Club, Italian Beef, etc being included in the list. I don’t understand the more generic sandwiches like egg salad being included.
Now this is a good list of sandwiches, specific to Pittsburgh
