I don’t really have a question but I want to talk about noodles, please. Is a tamale a noodle or a sandwich?
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
Does this mean I can get thin crust tamales in New York, and grease death tamales in Chicago
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.,
I’d say a tamale is a dumpling.
closer to a pie, as pies as have filling.
noodles don’t have filling
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.
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.
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.
Italians would lynch you for mixing linguini and spaghetti, but they don’t pause for a second when referring to dumplings as Chinese ravioli.
A tamale is most definitely corn bread
