For the past 23 years, Blimpie has been assembling submarine sandwiches in the same, simple way - it now puts together 8.5 million a year - without doing anything spectacular like driving McDonald's into the tombstone business and without serving any hot food other than microwave sandwiches, soup and coffee.

Cover and chill until ready to assemble sandwiches.

To assemble sandwiches: Slice loaves in half lengthwise and spread with mustard to taste.

Her mother peeled off a list of lunch orders from the fax machine, smoothed them out on the counter, and went about assembling sandwiches with a skill and dexterity that spoke of many years' experience.

I assembled muffins, fruit, sandwiches, sodas and beer to put in a small ice chest.

It took Leah only a few moments to get Scotty interested in helping her assemble sandwiches.

Folks grumbled about the weather as I assembled sandwiches from crusty bread, caramelized peppers and Vidalia onions, and artichoke hearts, garnished each plate with icy grapes and poured chilled Beaujolais.

At Manganaro's Hero Boy on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, where workers had assembled hundreds of three-, four- and six-foot sandwiches, Louie Catugno sliced open yet another piece of bread.

Over the next two hours he would assemble sandwiches and ladle soup for a succession of drivers, mechanics, technicians, publicity agents and one wife and baby traveling with Team Jeg's, a father-sons stock car team in from Columbus, Ohio, for the $2 million Matco Tools SuperNational event here.

They also assemble sandwiches and distribute Bracarense's signature bar delicacies, which are devoured while piping hot.