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You can't argue with this logic!
by Stratoscope 8y ago
You can't argue with this logic!
- rtkwe 8y agoThe only thing I'd change is to rename the sushi category to something broader like wrap. Sushi is a really specific foodstuff to me to be the name of that category.
- jdmichal 8y agoI thought the same. Wrap or burrito, though both have the problem that they can be closed at one or both ends, thus changing their category... The tweet screenshot from @Phosphatide has Japanese along the top, so I'm assuming that's why the immediate reference was sushi.
- rtkwe 8y agoThat brings up an even more interesting/disturbing question does a burrito turn into a salad after the first couple bites because one (hopefully only one) end is open now.
- bpicolo 8y agoBurrito should be the top-level "Calzone" category, because fusion burritos are such a big thing. See: sushiritto
- Stratoscope 8y agoI prefer fission burritos. They are easier to split.
- Stratoscope 8y agoAh, but note the fact that nigiri sushi is a variety of toast. Personally I found insight in yebyen's words of wisdom: > obviously, a steak is a salad, and soup is a wet salad Also, mashed potatoes are a salad, and salad in a bread bowl is a quiche.
- nonsince 8y agoMashed potatoes, being made of starch, are a kind of toast
- stcredzero 8y agoOr, is it interpretable like rice? What about mashed potatoes with a pool of gravy in the center?
- peterwwillis 8y agoA bunch of croutons on the bottom of a plate look like toast, but you can't lift them all by picking up just one. Unless you're cooking your mashed potatoes in a way I've never seen, you won't be able to pick them all up by lifting one part of the mashed potatoes.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoYou raise a fascinating point.
- mjevans 8y agoYes, you can. Super-sets/classes - A calzone is still a sandwich since it implements the sandwich class (distinct bread on two sides of a food; which could be an additional slice of bread. E.G. Folding a slice of bread over half of a different slice of bread can be a sandwich. However making an S-curve does not cause a distinct middle layer (though if the edges are sliced off suddenly it is). ).
- thaumasiotes 8y ago> A calzone is still a sandwich since it implements the sandwich class (distinct bread on two sides of a food). Huh? A calzone has the same bread on every side, not distinct bread on two sides. It's a single bread wrapped around a filling.
- Stratoscope 8y agoThe bottom of the calzone tends to be toastier. So perhaps calzone is a variety of toast?
- bitxbitxbitcoin 8y agoBut toast stops being toast once something other than filling is a top it! Doesn’t matter how toasty the bottom layer is.
- mortenjorck 8y agoMy only objection is the somewhat capricious way the rule is reapplied based on serving. The author classifies pumpkin pie as an instance of toast, not quiche, because the photo they found was of a single slice, while cheesecake, deep-dish pizza, and key lime pie are all labeled quiches because the photos are of an entire pie. An Uncrustable is even labeled a calzone only when “unbitten” because it apparently becomes a quiche the moment you bite into it! While this may be topologically consistent, it’s not useful as a taxonomy to have foods dynamically change categorization as you serve or eat them.
- Stratoscope 8y agoI don't know about you, but the foods I eat change categorization dramatically after I eat them!
- gagege 8y agoSeveral times, in fact!