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A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:21 pm
by datapolitical
What is your favorite baked good? I’m partial to chocolate croissants and cinnamon rolls.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:31 pm
by MajorMitchell
A bun in the oven ?

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:32 pm
by TrPrado
You wanna go even more controversial? Cheesecakes are a type of pie.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:48 pm
by orathaic
Cereal with milk, is it a soup, with the cereal soaking up the liquid, or is it a salad, where the milk is a salad dressing?

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:03 pm
by Jeff Kuta
Pumpkin spice

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:07 pm
by Octavious
Lardy Cake is the king of baked goods. It's exquisite taste matched only by its honesty. It doesn't pretend to be healthy like carrot cake. It doesn't try to hide its ingredients like treacle tart. It's a cake, and it's made with lard. Sorted.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:57 pm
by ghug
That's not controversial, Prado. Even I agree with you.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:14 pm
by CommanderByron
I’m gonna say it depends on the cheesecake. If it’s a baked cheesecake I’d argue it’s a cake only because it doesn’t get placed in a pie tin and relies on the setting of a batter due to thermal transfer. However if it’s a no bake then I’d almost certainly agree it’s a pie because the filling will set without heat.

I think that’s kinda the main differentiation: does it set cold or hot? Is the mix being referred to as a batter or filling?

My family has a recipe for cheesecake that relies on whipped egg whites as the leavening, once baked it has a moist but fluffy texture more similar to cake.

However most people are familiar with a more dense style of cheesecake either reliant on eggs I whipped (if baked) or gelatin (if cooled) to thicken the “cake” these end up with a more custard-like filling that is most similar to pie.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:31 pm
by ghug
That's an interesting way of defining it. Would you call a pumpkin pie a cake then?

To me, a pie is a filling in or on a crust, whereas a cake is some sort of baked, bready better, often layered or garnished with some sort of sauce, glaze, or icing.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 7:18 pm
by CommanderByron
Hmmm. This is actually a hard question.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:48 pm
by Jeff Kuta
What is the most controversial question?

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:58 am
by MajorMitchell
Should Maniac be made an Almighty Mod ?

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:28 pm
by CAPT Brad
Calling a tomato a vegetable.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:31 pm
by TrPrado
Overrated debate. Watermelon as a vegetable is where it's at.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:56 pm
by Jeff Kuta
Chile peppers as fruit is the new new.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:07 pm
by peterlund
Claiming that American Budweiser or American Coffee have any taste whatsoever...

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:38 pm
by ghug
You'd like Seattle, Peter.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:39 am
by peterlund
Yes I heard a lot of good stuff about your micro breweries and what they do. I will come there sometime later after you have ousted the clown in office...

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:26 am
by jason4747
Cinnamon rolls.

Re: A really controversial question

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:39 pm
by SkiingCougar
orathaic wrote:
Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:48 pm
Cereal with milk, is it a soup, with the cereal soaking up the liquid, or is it a salad, where the milk is a salad dressing?
If you pour the milk on after the cereal it is most definitely an extremely unhealthy salad