The sandwich was invented by a military man

... don't you know? Not that he ate these after a battle, however.

This is in response to the young lady who caught re-enactors scarfing down hoagies in a Subway shop.

[After the battle] Denise Flagg found herself surrounded by Confederates on her stop in to get a sandwich. "I figured they should be cooking at the campfire or something," she said. "Not eating at McDonalds or Subway."

Give these Rebels a break, lady: by rights, they should have been simulating slow starvation for the previous two days. See here.