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.
woah, this is why i have reached out to The Internet.
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
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Does this mean I can get thin crust tamales in New York, and grease death tamales in Chicago
Tamales are open on one side when they’re steamed. That makes them quiche by this rule.
I love how “toast” includes sushi as an example but sushi doesn’t
What the…
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.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.,
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.
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
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 am angry at the very notion that a tamale could be a noodle.
I mean kinda? We need to decide how a noodle and a dumpling differ.
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.)
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.
