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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

no

bread is flour with yeast and water leavened via fermentation then baked.

chips are corn masa or wheat flour made into a dough with water with no yeast and not fermented then fried and salted.

why do people think that leaving out facts between things makes them the same thing ?

If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

DOES YOUR GRANDMOTHER HAVE WHEELS???

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

HELL YEAH BROTHER, CRANK THAT GRANDMOTHER! AROOO

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Every time Grandma comes over, the intro drum riff from Hot For Teacher plays.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not legally obligated to answer that question.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Morally though, you should

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

But tortillas are considered an unleavened bread, bread in the most general term is just flour and water.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's like saying tea is just hot leaf water.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] shuzuko@midwest.social 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tea is broth. You remove the solids.

Matcha might count as soup, though.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shuzuko@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Ooh, valid question! I think I have to say yes, because traditional dumplings weren't filled the way most are today, they were just a boiled or fried starch. Tapioca starch is mixed with boiling water to create boba, so, if you have a boba tea, that becomes soup again because you have added dumplings to your broth.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not angry with you, but I am afraid that you've lost your way.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That makes as much sense as anything.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Well, I'm out of AtlA references. For now.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ain't no whey

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

we all cook our hot leaf water in the microwave like everyone else

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you like your toast to be made of corn and unleavened, sure.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Corn makes bread, and there are flour tortillas.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So is cheese flavoured popcorn a grilled cheese sandwich to you? The ingredients alone don't make a dish, the method of preparation matters as well.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Now that you mention it ...

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

And fried instead of baked

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Next time I'm at a restaurant I'm totally ordering Mexican beans on toast to get the tables reaction.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Sparkling beans on toast.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t rye bread basically whisky?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Old, wet barley bread is Scotch.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is some great scotch coming out of Japan these days

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whiskey, not Scotch, but yes, there are some really good ones.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Isn't beans on toast just a taco?

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Tostada perhaps

[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] xoggy@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Two gripes about on the cube rule; It doesn't readily differentiate between topology of a dish and a single serving. It could very well add more dimensions to the identification model besides topology, there are plenty of other factors that define the portability and experience of eating a food (let's face it, that's what the debate of identification was really about this whole time.)

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Conveniently, this post was in my feed just a page or two later. You got a bug up your derriere, Nougat?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Sometimes the treasure map has two X's on it.