Some days, you make your own, some days you go to Subway

As a child, my idea of fast food fare consisted of burgers, chicken, or tacos, the hotter, saltier, and greasier the better. As we said in North Carolina, it was food that slid down your throat like a greased pig whipping through a crowded county fair.

But fast forward twenty-five year, and I no longer enjoy the ridiculously high levels of salt and fat found in most fast food fare. It's not just health, the taste buds no longer dance around my tongue the way they once did on devouring a hot greasy sandwich or salty taco.

So on those rare days when I do walk into a fast food restaurant, give it to me fresh, fast, and my way. This means I bypass whatever culinary creation is currently hot in favor of pointing and saying, "I'll take this and that and this and put it together for me and hold the mayonnaise and cheese."

Now, if you have walked into a Quiznos and a Subway lately, I suspect you already know my preferred choice. It is Subway all the way. Partly, I like the way a Subway is set up better. The food looks and tastes fresher. It is healthier.

Many do prefer the taste of Quiznos. But I think this may reflect how much we have all grown used to a saltier sandwich. Quiznos mimics better the style of food our culture has come to enjoy.

I hate to slam Quiznos, but my point is this. At Quiznos, the food hearkens closer to that good old fast food fare we know and love. While Subway, it is a bit like walking into your own kitchen and pulling a laundry list of items out of your own refrigerator and crafting yourself the Dagwood of your choice.

(Cross-Posted on Helium)