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What’s in That Zern’s Hoagie from Hoagies & Hops?

 
 
The bread for Mazza’s sandwiches is sourced from South Jersey, boasting a slightly crisp crust and a soft crumb.
 
Mild Muenster provides an authentic old-world flavor.
 
Brown and yellow mustard seeds are soaked in chocolatey Pogue’s Run Porter from Flat12 Bierwerks (which houses the Hoagies & Hops sandwich counter) and then mixed with cinnamon and allspice.
 
Ring Bologna, a coarse-ground, lightly smoked combo of pork and beef, is brought in from Philly-based Dietz & Watson.
 
Hard-boiled eggs are dyed a rosy hue in brine from beets that Mazza pickles herself.
 
A crunchy toss of iceberg and some creamy mayo complete the Pennsylvania package.
 
Hoagies & Hops, 414 N. Dorman St., 317-296-8430

Terry Kirts joined Indianapolis Monthly as a contributing editor in 2007. A senior lecturer in creative writing at IUPUI, Terry has published his poetry and creative nonfiction in journals and anthologies including Gastronomica, Alimentum, and Home Again: Essays and Memoirs from Indiana, and he’s the author of the 2011 collection To the Refrigerator Gods.
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