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

  • quortez@kbin.social
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    1 year 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.

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      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.,

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      1 year ago

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

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      1 year 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.

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    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.

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      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

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        1 year 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