I don’t really have a question but I want to talk about noodles, please. Is a tamale a noodle or a sandwich?

    • @zeppoOP
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      52 years ago

      thank you. i did.

        • @ohmyiv
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          32 years ago

          Oh, damn. An interrobang user‽‽ That’s fanastic! They should be more popular.

    • Bizzle
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      292 years ago

      I understand the cube rule, I just don’t think I can really subscribe to it. Calling a bowl of lucky charms nachos is inaccurate, it’s clearly a soup.

    • @zeppoOP
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      192 years ago

      woah, this is why i have reached out to The Internet.

    • MrsEaves
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      Didn’t know I could be more upset about this argument but this rule really takes the cake sandwich. Though for this specific instance, I agree it’s a calzone.

    • CynAq
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      62 years ago

      I love how “toast” includes sushi as an example but sushi doesn’t

    • quaddo
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      52 years ago

      Oh this is fantastic! Thanks for this.

      Also, first kbin/post-Reddit post. Woo.

      • Lilium (She/Her)
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        Ooh, you’re on kbin? How are you finding the experience of browsing Lemmy instances? I’m thinking kbin is where I want to migrate to once blahaj.zone runs an instance of it

    • @j4k3
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      52 years ago

      Does this mean I can get thin crust tamales in New York, and grease death tamales in Chicago

      • @ohmyiv
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        72 years ago

        In L.A., there’s everything from grease death and masa bombs to thin crust and dry. Husk wrapped or banana leaf wrapped. Savory or sweet. We got it all.

    • SoupOfTheDay
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      42 years ago

      Isn’t the whole point of “toast” that it’s bread that is toasted? How can sushi, an undeniable raw food be “toast”? I’ll accept the cube rule, but toast needs a new classification.,

          • @ohmyiv
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            32 years ago

            It’s not necessarily about the actual toasting. It’s about how ingredients are layered. So, toast and butter is the same as rice and fish. That’s how a Big Mac can be a cake.

            The whole cube rule is just ragebait. And it works well lol

      • @zeppoOP
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        12 years ago

        yeah, how? I’d say that actually a sushi roll is a tamale

    • @zeppoOP
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      112 years ago

      nixtamalized corn dumpling: this is proper and you are righteous

  • @tallwookie
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    122 years ago

    closer to a pie, as pies as have filling.

    noodles don’t have filling

    • @zeppoOP
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      102 years ago

      what is ravioli? And, is ravioli a dumpling?

      • TragicNotCute
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        2 years ago

        I would say ravioli is not a noodle, and could be called a dumpling, yes.

        • @zeppoOP
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          22 years ago

          don;'t leave out tamales. It’s the same thing, just with masa.

      • ViperB5
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        Technically, ravioli is a stuffed pasta the same as tortellini. That would make it a noodle but I don’t believe the same can be said for tamales. Pasta (Italian noodles) is made from a dough of semolina flour, olive oil, and eggs that is rolled into sheets or extruded into shapes. It is then cooked by boiling in water.

        I don’t think the dough(?) of a tamale is anywhere near the same.

        • boothin
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          22 years ago

          What the dough is made out of isn’t relevant to it being a noodle or not though, unless you think rice noodles aren’t noodles because they aren’t made of semolina, eggs, and oil and aren’t typically cooked by boiling but rather by soaking in hot water?

        • @zeppoOP
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          12 years ago

          Yeah, tamale dough is masa (nixtamalized corn) while ravioli is typically wheat flour, as you describe. Noodles can be made out of corn or rice, too… they’re not really that different than wheat noodles. I have Celiac so I have tried a lot of gluten free noodles made from alternative grains.

      • sab
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        22 years ago

        Italians would lynch you for mixing linguini and spaghetti, but they don’t pause for a second when referring to dumplings as Chinese ravioli.

        • @zeppoOP
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          12 years ago

          linguini is square spaghetti? rectangular prism? so extruded

  • @j4k3
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    102 years ago

    A tamale is most definitely corn bread

    • @zeppoOP
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      72 years ago

      stuffed corn bread? but let’s also make the masa distinction

      • @j4k3
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        32 years ago

        Depends on the country of origin

        • @zeppoOP
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          32 years ago

          I am in United State, Southwestern Region

          • @j4k3
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            82 years ago

            The only place that might call themselves a United State is Texas.

            • @zeppoOP
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              32 years ago

              I am New Mexico.

              • @j4k3
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                22 years ago

                Okay Texas. Don’t go trying to annex another Mexico again. We don’t need a New Alamo.

                • @zeppoOP
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                  32 years ago

                  we should just take over west texas. I mean, HEB is pretty good and you have a lot more meth than we do.

  • quortez
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    102 years ago

    This type of food taxonomy is always fascinating and disturbing, as it tends to spawn even more unhinged classifications (ravioli is a dumpling. A bowl of cereal is a salad).

    That being said, the most politically neutral take would be that tamales are a pie.

    • SoupOfTheDay
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      32 years ago

      Are you saying ravioli is not a dumpling?

      I am joining you in the tamales are a pie camp though.

    • @zeppoOP
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      12 years ago

      I definitely would never agree that a bowl of cereal is a salad - i’d assert the opposite, in fact. A ravioli is definitely a dumpling though.

  • @[email protected]
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    Neither! A tamale is corn masa with typically a meat filling. You could consider it a dumpling or a pie. Noodles do not have a stuffing and sandwiches tend to have a distinct layers. I would consider a taco or maybe a gordita a sandwich, but not a tamale. Although this does make me wonder, what would a burrito be classified as? (not counting wrap because that is too easy)

    • @zeppoOP
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      52 years ago

      A burrito is um… a form of a tamale. Actually, it’s sushi

    • @ohmyiv
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      12 years ago

      That rule is all kinds of disturbing lol

      Turduckens should be sushi or calzone, not salad.

    • neuropean
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      It got hot dogs wrong, they only have two sides so they wouldn’t be considered a taco.

      • BrerChicken
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        If hot dogs only had two sides then you couldn’t set them down on the bun the way you do. And in New England it’s not even close–the buns up here leave no doubt.

  • rynzcycle
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    “Sometimes a tamale is just a tamale” - Sigmund Freud Probably

    • SoupOfTheDay
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      22 years ago

      And sometimes you just really want to fuck good tamale… I mean mother… I mean calzone!

  • jclinares
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    62 years ago

    As a Mexican, I am very disturbed by this question. It’s not stupid (that doesn’t exist in this community), it’s just disturbing xD

    No, a tamale is not a noodle. Noodles don’t have fillings, are longer, and thinner. It’s like asking if ravioli is a noodle.

    • 1024_Kibibytes
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      42 years ago

      As someone from the U.S. who grew up eating Mexican food in Texas, I agree. It is disturbing. The filling is very important to a tamal. They aren’t bendy or thin either. Noodles are thin and bendy

      • @zeppoOP
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        32 years ago

        i am new mexico af and i respect your carne guisada, but really. NM food kills it. Please come over to Santa Fe and check out green chile Carne Adovada. “Texas” lol

  • deejay4am
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    52 years ago

    A tamale is a pop tart, obviously

  • jerry
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    42 years ago

    I mean kinda? We need to decide how a noodle and a dumpling differ.

    • @zeppoOP
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      12 years ago

      i feel somewhat ashamed that I have not drawn a distinction - a tamale/ravioli/dumpling is a stuffed noodle, which is way more 3d.

  • @timelighter
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    42 years ago

    I am angry at the very notion that a tamale could be a noodle.

    • @zeppoOP
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      12 years ago

      Nobody should be upset about something as wonderful as a tamale, and I’m sorry if I have contributed to your feelings about that.

  • @zeppoOP
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    32 years ago

    I created a new video: What is a Noodle? Disclaimer: I didn’t.