"Hot Pockets are the American empanada."
— Wendy Watson
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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“We should sell Hot Pockets”
– Wendy’s
A warm Hot Pocket is a prison fifi you can eat after.
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Stromboli actually. Strombolis have pizza sauce like the pockets, calzones require ricotta and no sauce (you dip em in marinara).
A calzone is just a folded pizza.
Yep, that's why don't have to call it "pizza flavoured".
Its best if you use home made spaghetti sauce (the kind that takes 2 hours to make and is very meaty)
The Low-Cal Calzone Zone! 😀
I thought a hot pocket was the American version of a meat pie. No?
No, I think we call that a a pot pie. It has a meat, gravy and a bunch of vegetables
We call that a Pot Pie
No, its definitely not. A Calzone isn't what ever hot pockets are made of.
Yes, and so are burritos, corndogs, whole pies, dumplings, pop-tarts, and uncrustables. And presumably non-pizza-flavored Hot Pockets.
This is a case for the cube rule!
Calzones aren't supposed to have sauce inside though
Every calzone I've ever eaten has had sauce. And I only buy the really high quality authentic ones from Sbarro.
Sometimes I crave a true, authentic, Italian dish with the right cheeses, traditional sauces, and love cooked right into the pasta. Other times, I go to the Olive Garden
And I only buy the really high quality authentic ones from Sbarro
The food court kings.
You're probably thinking of a stromboli.
You're thinking of a pizza roll
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.
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
I'll say it, American pizza is the #1 food in the world. As chosen by me, an American
Never been there but I could bet pizza in new york is pretty serious
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.
Your thinking of a dish that is toppings on top of cheese red sauce and bread.
Please start a battle with Wikipedia editors over the tomato sauce calzone in this article.
.... Did you read your own link or no? It says "some places put sauce on top right before serving" which is what's pictured
I’m referring to the picture, which has sauce. Which I thought was funny.
Fair, it is a very saucy calzone that definitely looks like some sauce is inside, though it may just be diced tomato under a sauce glop
We’re going to have to call in the calzone forensics team to do some splatter analysis on that interior sauce.
Wait, really? My world is shaken
Lol it's regional and always fun to stir shit up and make people argue their locally-adjusted version of an imported recipe is correct. Most places do not put sauce inside though and many don't even serve the sauce
Wait what
A calzone doesn't have tomatoe sauce in it. Also this is a terrible insult to calzones everywhere.
Wikipedia wants to fight you over that statement
Says who?!
You take your meaty red sauce you made from scratch and you put it in a pizza crust with some toppings.