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• bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If it’s not covered and doesn’t have FILLINGS rather than TOPPINGS, it’s simply not a pie.

  Where does that put key lime pie and lemon meringue pie? Or pumpkin pie and pecan pie? Are they not pies because they’re not covered?

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pies don’t have to be covered, no. They can have their casing on the bottom.

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    • bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I understand that. That’s why I was asking the person that made the claim to clarify.

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  • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok, I may have gotten a bit* carried away with the “covered” requirement, but toppings are still not fillings and it’s not a pie if it doesn’t have filling(s).

    *extremely, ridiculously

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• victorz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t really know what you’re referring to at this point.

  I’m saying:

  • A regular flat pizza is not a pie. It does not have a casing, and the “filling” is a topping, as you say.
  • A (Chicago-style) deep-dish pizza is a pie (more-so than a pizza in my opinion but whatever) because it has a bottom crust with filling on top (a pie according to Wikipedia). That’s not lunacy. It’s right there on Wikipedia, with even a link to Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.
  • A calzone is a pie because it has crust both on top and on the bottom (surrounding the filling), as well as filling inside.

  This is not “lunacy”. It’s just reading a definition and interpreting things to fit the definition. 🤷‍♂️ If you think that’s lunacy I’d hate to tell you about Pluto.

  I’m going to refrain from talking about hotdogs, because I’ve yet to look up the definition of a sandwich, but I’d rather not at this point lol.

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  • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Researching Chicago style deep dish pizzas, it would seem that I wasn’t aware of just HOW deep they are. Yep, that’s a pie. I think we’re in full agreement, actually!

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    • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Haha yeah they look ridiculously deep. I can’t imagine how they wouldn’t be kind of soggy with all that filling but I guess it works. Seems to be popular, eh. Would love to try a slice.

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      • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I imagine a single or at most two slices would be a meal for an average adult, so maybe I’d actually get full from eating only one completele dish pizza 😂

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