• Eleanor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    It is referring to only one slice of pumpkin pie and not a whole pie. A whole pumpkin pie would also be a quiche. Likewise, a single slice of key lime pie would be toast.

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      1 year ago

      This would imply that a single slice of quiche would itself become toast. I don’t think we can apply the cube rule to pieces of food; it has to be the original prepared form before being served.

      • Eleanor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Well exactly! As you correctly point out, by their logic, most quiches or calzones would become another food type as soon as they’re served or a bite is taken.

        I don’t agree with their theory, personally, but it can be helpful to understand their reasoning even if it has an extreme structuralist bent that makes it rather distasteful.