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Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by lalaithion »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #17
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

>A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). I mean legally speaking it requires bread not just a carbohydrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#Language >In the US, a court in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread[1] a…

I don't care a whit what the US court system considers a sandwich.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by smegsicle »

schwartzworld wrote: post #15
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

If you rule out anything eaten with a fork, you immediately rule out open-faced sandwiches, which as far as I know, are universally referred to as open-faced sandwiches. You can pry my open-faced tuna melt on rye out of my cold dead hands. If you commit yourself to the carbohydrate as a protector from mess, is a messy sandwich still a sandwich? What about cucumber sandwiches (not messy on the inside)? You say a pie i…

> open-faced sandwiches

saying an open faced sandwich is a sandwich is like saying pluto is a planet because it is a dwarf planet- wrong side of history bucko, it ceases to be a sandwich if it is to be eaten by a fork

> if I can comfortably palm the pie and eat it like an Uncrustable, but my wife can't?

if you eat something like a sandwich, then it is a sandwich to you, and if it is meant to be eaten like a sandwich, then it is a sandwich in general.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by lalaithion »

schwartzworld wrote: post #15
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

If you rule out anything eaten with a fork, you immediately rule out open-faced sandwiches, which as far as I know, are universally referred to as open-faced sandwiches. You can pry my open-faced tuna melt on rye out of my cold dead hands. If you commit yourself to the carbohydrate as a protector from mess, is a messy sandwich still a sandwich? What about cucumber sandwiches (not messy on the inside)? You say a pie i…

...you eat open faced sandwiches with a fork and knife? I usually eat them like a pizza. But yes, if you eat it with a fork and a knife, it's not a sandwich.

A messy sandwich ceases to be a sandwich as soon as it is no longer possible to eat it without your hands getting significantly less messy than if the bread weren't there. Surely no one would agree that blending a sandwich preserves its sandwichness.

A small pie is a sandwich. A large pie is not. Yes, this depends on the person; I am fine with that.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by lalaithion »

andybak wrote: post #20
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

Strong start then you lost me by ruling out "toast sandwich". I eat it and every atom in my body screams "this is a sandwich". I can't get past that.

To be honest, I was on the edge with this one. Maybe it is a sandwich after all; but surely three pieces of bread isn't a sandwich.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by lalaithion »

js2 wrote: post #14
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

> A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food. Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich enters the chat.

If it's so messy that you can't pick it up and eat it by the bread, it's not a sandwich—it's just some turkey on a plate with a soggy crouton beneath it.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by throwawaycities »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #17
lalaithion wrote: post #4

The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

>A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). I mean legally speaking it requires bread not just a carbohydrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#Language >In the US, a court in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread[1] a…

> a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread

I guess open face sandwiches are not sandwiches.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by bryanrasmussen »

throwawaycities wrote: post #28
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). I mean legally speaking it requires bread not just a carbohydrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#Language >In the US, a court in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread[1] a…

> a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread I guess open face sandwiches are not sandwiches.

As a Dane, I can confirm they are not.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Post by tshaddox »

lalaithion wrote: post #21
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). I mean legally speaking it requires bread not just a carbohydrate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#Language >In the US, a court in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread[1] a…

I don't care a whit what the US court system considers a sandwich.

I don't think the suggestion was that the US court system's definition is supreme. I think the requirement of bread or at something starchy matches most people's intuitions for the definition of "sandwich." Is an apple (eaten whole, with your hands) a sandwich, given that apple peel contains carbohydrates?
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