I don’t really have a question but I want to talk about noodles, please. Is a tamale a noodle or a sandwich?
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Technically, a tamale is a calzone according to the cube rule.
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.
Exactly, cube rule is inconsistent and needlessly complicated. Both are salads
Didn’t know I could be more upset about this argument but this rule really takes the
cakesandwich. Though for this specific instance, I agree it’s a calzone.woah, this is why i have reached out to The Internet.
Tamales are open on one side when they’re steamed. That makes them quiche by this rule.
Oh this is fantastic! Thanks for this.
Also, first kbin/post-Reddit post. Woo.
Does this mean I can get thin crust tamales in New York, and grease death tamales in Chicago
I love how “toast” includes sushi as an example but sushi doesn’t
What the…
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.,
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)
A burrito is um… a form of a tamale. Actually, it’s sushi
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.
cereal is soup and i will fight anyone on this
Are you saying ravioli is not a dumpling?
I am joining you in the tamales are a pie camp though.
I am angry at the very notion that a tamale could be a noodle.
Not, say, if you want to make cacio e pepe. (I’m a new reddit refugee, so I haven’t figured out how to respond to a comment.)
No. The point of noodles is that they hold their form without any help when you cook them. Without their leafy containers, tamales would be more like polenta/corn meal mush–also yummy but not noodly.
https://prnt.sc/4atIxUL1D90X R-amen.Seems like a somewhat arbitrary requirement.
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.
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
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
I’d say a tamale is a dumpling.
I mean kinda? We need to decide how a noodle and a dumpling differ.
https://cuberule.com/ according to cube rule it is a calzone
It got hot dogs wrong, they only have two sides so they wouldn’t be considered a taco.
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.
closer to a pie, as pies as have filling.
noodles don’t have filling
what is ravioli? And, is ravioli a dumpling?
David Chang argues that ravioli are dumplings on Ugly Delicious.
I’m inclined to agree in that dumplings and ravioli are the same general idea implemented by different culinary traditions.
I would say ravioli is not a noodle, and could be called a dumpling, yes.
