If You Like Dry, Try Subway’s Turkey Sub
This week I reached out for a 6-inch Turkey Breast Submarine at Subway.
This sandwich is part of Subway’s “7 Subs With 6 Grams of Fat or Less” special menu. So, hold the mayo, hold the oil, hold the cheese and hold the black olives.
Hey, hold it right there! Can you make this sandwich any drier? Why don’t you just throw some sawdust on there, too?
Total calories: 289. Fat grams: 4.
Subway is on a health kick, and I know right where its boot is aimed. There’s even a tip sheet on how to squeeze calories and fat from your fast-food diet:
Just say no to bacon, oil and cheese.
Lay off the black olives.
Mustard, si! Mayonnaise, no!
Pretzels instead of potato chips.
Maybe I can live without the black olives, but the day I give up bacon and potato chips is the day you see me shave my head and move to Tibet. (They have McDonald’s in Tibet, right?)
I wouldn’t mind quitting hamburgers cold turkey, either, but I’m not going to do it for a cold turkey sandwich. There’s only one time a year I eat cold turkey, and that’s the day after Thanksgiving - and even then I sneak most of my sandwich to the dog.
The folks at Subway say, “Fast food doesn’t have to be fat food.” They’re wrong as wrong can be. McDonald’s learned this cruel fact a few years ago when its McLean Deluxe burger went straight into the dumpster.
Fast food is burgers and fries, the greasier and messier, the better. If I can grip the steering wheel after I’m done eating, I don’t go back to that place.
Under normal circumstances, I am a Subway fan. The bread is outstanding, freshly baked right in the doorway, white or whole wheat. The meats are fresh and juicy, especially the roast beef and ham. They’ll let you “double meat” for an extra buck. The cheese is fine, too.
But there’s something about roast turkey that makes me gasp. White meat turkey is drier than a British sitcom on PBS.
I’ll get even with Subway, though. They want to give me a sandwich with only 4 grams of fat? Fine! I’ll eat five sandwiches. That’ll teach ‘em.