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A pizza flavored Hot Pocket is just a calzone... (lemmy.world)

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A pizza flavored Hot Pocket is just a calzone...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're probably thinking of a stromboli.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You're thinking of a pizza roll

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Probably.

Honestly it's so weird. I've been all over and have seen a lot of calzones with sauce inside, and I've seen most strombolis without sauce but with ricotta. But it's still a gamble unless their menu specifically says how they make it.

I prefer the sauce on the side, so I usually get a stromboli, ask for a container of sauce, and roll the dice unless it's a place I know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like all exported recipes, it's regional. It's like how American pizza is quite different from Italy. But true pizza isn't the #1 food in the world, now is it? I mean American pizza probably isn't either when other cuisines win by shear population by who's counting

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'll say it, American pizza is the #1 food in the world. As chosen by me, an American

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Never been there but I could bet pizza in new york is pretty serious

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Let us take to the experts.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/calzone-vs-stromboli

Fillings

Calzones and stromboli share several the same fillings, including cured meats and veggies. And while both have Italian cheese, calzones are made with ricotta (often alongside mozzarella and/or Parmesan) while stromboli are typically only made with mozzarella. Calzones’ fillings do not include sauce; marinara is served on the side for dipping. Stromboli portions can also be dipped, but they can also be baked with the sauce inside.

This source also specifies strombolis are a different shape, and tbh at one time that was true, but I think that practice has mostly died out and the shape of the two is now often "the same" but dependant on location. The sauce v ricotta situation however is nonnegotiable and places that swap them are wrong.

Source: Food Network and also am retired 10+yr pizza veteran, multiple shops.

[–] possiblylinux127 1 points 9 months ago

Your thinking of a dish that is toppings on top of cheese red sauce and bread.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I’m not done eating the last batch of pizza rolls that Mr Plinkette mailed me.