I think tortellini is actually a part of the dumpling family, not the pasta family
Itβs not a dumpling. Dumplings are not stuffed pastries or stuffed pasta, dumplings are small balls of dough cooked in stew to be eaten with stew.
We donβt called pierogi dumplings either do we?
Itβs just the co-opting of a word .
Is a bagel bread or is it a dumpling, eh?
What ignorant people call dumplings are mini pies that are boiled.
Tortellini is fancy pasta.
Are hot dogs sandwiches then?
I always thought of dumplings as either dough balls, or dough balls stuffed with other things.
If served on a split long roll it is a hot dog. If you cut the roll horizontally it becomes a sub. Serve three cocktail frankfurts crosswise on a round roll and it is a burger. Sliced and served between two slices of bread it the only way it becomes a sandwich. Unless you then toast it and transform it into a toastie, or toast it in a special press and turn it into a jaffle. All completely different meals.
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Bread crumbs wrapped in bread crumbs.
A hot dog is basically meat flavoured bread.
Thatβs a very American argument. Americans, who use Simplified English, used dictionaries as a political tool in the war of independence and still do
They developed a descriptive dictionary so they can say their usage is just as valid π
but the rest of the world, who use Traditional English, use prescriptive dictionaries so we can have agreed upon meanings and usage.
Thatβs the joy of language and language evolution imo. Anyone ever heard of the great vowel shift haha
My wife is of Italian heritage and tortellini is her favourite. Sheβs sharpening her pitchfork as we speak π€£
