This made for an interesting discussion at dinner lol. Lots of opinions on what is or isn’t a “dumpling” xD

  • DearMoogle@lemmy.todayOP
    3·
    24 hours ago

    We talked about some of those things! Then we were debating if size had anything to do with it. For example, would a tamale or calzone be a dumpling?

    Or if you went the other way, could something like spätzle be a dumpling?🤔

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      24 hours ago

      spaetzl are absolutely dumplings, I almost included it in my explicit list

      tamales yes, dumplings

      calzone, no, because calzones aren’t real, it’s just a code word used to indicate businesses are mafia fronts

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      24 hours ago

      Yeah, I was actually just thinking “spätzle isn’t a dumpling” when I was writing my comment.

      EDIT: And unlike the commenter you’re responding to, I wouldn’t think of tortellini as a dumpling. Like, that’s “filled pasta”. Maybe the size is a factor.

      • DearMoogle@lemmy.todayOP
        1·
        23 hours ago

        But what about raviolis then? It seems like a dumpling but it’s also filled pasta. Gets blurry the more I think about it lol