Noodles: is a tamale a noodle?

quortez , 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.

jclinares , 1 year ago

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.

1024_Kibibytes , 1 year ago

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

zeppo OP , 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

exterstellar , 1 year ago

Technically, a tamale is a calzone according to the cube rule.

bizzle , 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.

glomag , 1 year ago

Exactly, cube rule is inconsistent and needlessly complicated. Both are salads

j4k3 , 1 year ago

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

tallwookie , 1 year ago

closer to a pie, as pies as have filling.

noodles don’t have filling

zeppo OP , 1 year ago

what is ravioli? And, is ravioli a dumpling?

macarthur_park , 1 year ago

David Chang argues that ravioli are dumplings on .

I’m inclined to agree in that dumplings and ravioli are the same general idea implemented by different culinary traditions.