A delicatessen classic, this popular Italian-American sandwich
is aptly named: You have to be heroic to finish it.
Its origin lies in the southern Italian immigrant community
of late-nineteenth-century New York, where workers
satisfied their noon time hunger with a taste of home.

Ingredients:
4 pieces Italian country bread loaf, Eeach about 8 inches long
Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
Red or white wine vinegar for drizzling
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
8 thin slices coppa
8 thin slices Genoa salame
8 thin slices sopressata
8 thin slices mortadella
16 slices smoked mozzarella or smoked provolone cheese
12 paper-thin slices red onion
32 slices roasted bell bepper

Directions:
Split the bread pieces so they open fairly flat,
like a book, but don't cut all the way through.
Drizzle the cut sides of all the bread pieces
with olive oil and vinegar and season with pepper.
Sprinkle each cut side with 1 tablespoon of the Parmesan.
Layer all of the meats and the cheese slices on one-half
of the bread pieces, and top each stack with 3 onion slices
and 8 red pepper slices.
Fold over to close the sandwiches and serve.