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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

RADICAL SANDWICH ANARCHY!!!

TOASTER STRUDEL IS A SANDWICH!!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

this is definitely an indiana activity.

That much i can confirm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I read Indiana Jones. That's all I camr here to say.

Goodbye

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Aside from the discussion about whether the taco or burrito constitutes a sandwich, I think the judge made the correct ruling. The retail agreement says no “traditional fast food” can set up shop in that mall, and specifically cites drive thrus and outdoor seating as the reasons.

The strip mall owners probably don’t want businesses taking over common sidewalks or creating more traffic than the shared parking lot can handle. So long as they don’t have those, I don’t see any reason a Mexican food place can’t fit entirely into the leased space.

E: also based on their website this place looks bangin

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

We need to bring in experts on this matter. Someone summon Guy Fieri.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They might be in indiana

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Indiana is fuckin stupid

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

By that logic, cupcakes can be multiple things depending on how you eat them.

If the cupcake is whole and frosted on top like how they’re normally served, you have toast. But if you rip off the bottom and turn it upside down and place it on the top, it is a sandwich. If you inject the frosting into the middle with a piping bag like an unemployed donut maker, it becomes a calzone.

What I’m saying is cupcakes are valid options for all meals of the day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

What I’m saying is cupcakes are valid options for all meals of the day.

Exactly! Q.E.D.!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

This tuling was passed due to a contract obligation to open a sandwich store. These cases are ueually related to regulations. Kind of like when an Irish court ruled that Subway subs are cakes, so higher VAT and sugar tax would apply to them. (In all fairness, the sugar content in the Subway "bread" is several times higher than the max allowed for bread.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is just so some NIMBY tools can't ban a burrito place from going into a space that was oddly defined to practically mandate a subway restaurant or other sub shop that isn't explicitly fast food.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

We already have the Cube Rule of Food Identification Unifying Theory. Tacos are Tacos. Burritos are Wraps. These guys need to get with the program. We base our food taxonomy on the specific arrangement of carbohydrates like civilized people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Most participants in this debate are far too preoccupied with the shape or structure of the sandwich, to the point of neglecting what a sandwich is all about. It's simple. A sandwich is when you use bread as a handheld base for prepared foods that would otherwise be too messy to eat with your fingers. A tortilla is a flat bread, ergo handheld burritos and soft tacos are sandwiches.

"Then why isn't pizza an open-faced sandwich?" Because pizza has a crust, not bread. When you take raw dough and bake it along with its toppings or fillings, it may be a pie or a pastry or a pizza or a casserole or some other category I don't care to quibble over. It's not a sandwich.

Obviously there are many sub-categories of sandwiches. A dish isn't necessarily excluded from being a sandwich just because it's also another type of food.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is a tortilla bread or is it a very floppy cracker? We may need adjudication.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Would a tostada then be a floppy cracker fried crisp?

No, crackers are a type of bread. Tostadas are cracker versions of tortillas. Corn tortillas are whole grain flat breads.

Pupusas and tamales are like his pizza example where the masa dough is cooked with its fillings. But those are both types of dumplings, which would make pizza an open-faced dumpling 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Crackers are crisp and brittle by definition. "Floppy Cracker" is an oxymoron (and potentially a good name for a garage band?).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't see you wearing black robes or holding a gavel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I don't know, are we judging whether or tacos belong in Griffindor or Hufflepuff?

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