When you are too lazy to cook, you tend to try any take-out foods, as many varieties as possible. A submarine sandwich is one of the popular choices. Who wouldn’t want a nice sandwich with juicy tomato, fresh cucumber, crisp onion, crunchy lettuce, spicy cold-cuts and savoury honey mustard sauce? Well, you got the idea.
One day, I bought a submarine sandwich from a chain sandwich store. After I went home and got ready to eat, I noticed a small insect jumping out of the sandwich. Seriously, would there be more than one? Was there dead one inside too? What would you do? Would you bring it back to the sandwich store and request an exchange? Wouldn’t it be hard to prove that the sandwich did contain a bug in beforehand? Since it wouldn’t be there anymore because it jumped away and disappeared in a few seconds right after I opened the wrapping.
Later, I found on the web that the correct name of the little insect is called springtail. Springtails are tiny creatures, around 1-2mm long, they can leap into the air as high as few inches. Springtails are attracted to excessive moisture and organic material, wet places like kitchen sinks, or maybe a salad bar in this case. They are mostly a nuisance pest, they don’t bite and are generally harmless to humans. Nevertheless, no matter how harmless it might sound. You don’t want to eat a sandwich with springtail. Probably, that sandwich store has a springtail infestation problem.
This little incident made me hesitate to purchase any submarine sandwich for months. So I made my sandwiches with ingredients and condiments bought from supermarkets. Somehow without one of those signature sauces, my sandwich just doesn’t seem to taste the same. After a while, I decided to try my luck on another chain store; they seem okay. I’ll definitely avoid the one near Markham and Steeles.
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