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[-] ZoDoneRightNow 13 points 1 month ago

One more question because this is honestly baffling to me: Is gnocchi also noodles in the US? How about ravioli? And what about pierogi and other dumplings?

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

None of those are noodles. And to be fair, I thought the part you were objecting to was "sheet" not "noodle". I guess I was skimming too fast. I agree lasagna sheets are not noodles!

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Is ziti or penne a noodle? Or macaroni? How long and skinny does it have to be to count?

[-] kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Gnocchi I wouldn't personally call a noodle but if someone did I wouldn't call them out on it. Hell, I probably wouldn't even notice.

Ravioli is definitely a noodle. Not the stuff inside, though.

Pierogi is a similar story to ravioli, even if it feels less "noodle"y to me.

Other dumplings it depends. Chicken & dumplings' dumplings for example definitely aren't, as that's usually leavened (and even when the aren't they're still quite bread-like). Bao isn't for similar reasons. Gyoza if steamed/boiled is again like ravioli, and I'd still describe it that way if pan-fried but only because of it's resemblance to boiling it.

Point is, the american english definition of noodle, or at least how I use it as an american, is boiled, unleavened dough. When you see americans refer to some food as a noodle it's more often a textural distinction, not a shape one (even if most would consider noodles to have a canonical shape, which is why the OP feels the need to clarify sheets).

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Ravioli is definitely a noodle.

A godless folk.

[-] ZoDoneRightNow 2 points 1 month ago

I learn something new about the American dialect everyday. Thanks

[-] MonkRome@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Tbf, this is probably regional. I'm in the Midwest and noodle has always been limited to long string like pasta. Everything else is pasta.

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