Pie vs. Cake v2.0

**caravel** · 10-14-2009, 23:08

A pizza is not a pie, it is a flatbread topped with tomato, cheese, herbs etc.

**Hooahguy** · 10-15-2009, 00:57

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

A pizza is not a pie, it is a flatbread topped with tomato, cheese, herbs etc.

yes it is. its just a very, very, very shallow pie. furthurmore, a deep-dish pizza is essentially a pie, is it not?

**caravel** · 10-15-2009, 01:13

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

yes it is. its just a very, very, very shallow pie. furthurmore, a deep-dish pizza is essentially a pie, is it not?

I can assure you that a pizza is not a pie. A pie is similar to a tart but a pie has a crust over the top. A tart is an open pie with no top crust. A pizza is probably closer to a pie but is in fact neither - it is a flatbread with topping.

Deep dish pizza is technically a tart or perhaps (at a stretch) a flan. It is far removed from the real Italian pizza from which it originates.

**ajaxfetish** · 10-15-2009, 04:41

Hmm, no option for both . . .

Cheesecake
Carrot Cake
Devil's Food Cake
Strawberry Short Cake

Rhubarb Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Cream Pie

Bavarian Apple Tort (I'm not sure what category that one even goes in)

Pies and Cakes are both delicious. A world without both of them would be a sad world indeed.

Ajax

**miotas** · 10-15-2009, 05:00

The whole thing is pretty rediculous, comparing a meal to a dessert is just silly. The dessert will almost always taste better, but the meal will be far more satisfying. If you ate enough cake to fill you up like you would with a pie, then you would feel sick and if you only ate a single slice of pie like you would with a cake, then you would be left feeling hungry.

If I could only chose one or the other then I would definitely go with the pie since then I would get a full satisfying meal instead of just a few delicious bites.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-15-2009, 05:06

Originally Posted by miotas

The whole thing is pretty rediculous, comparing a meal to a dessert is just silly. The dessert will almost always taste better, but the meal will be far more satisfying. If you ate enough cake to fill you up like you would with a pie, then you would feel sick and if you only ate a single slice of pie like you would with a cake, then you would be left feeling hungry.

If I could only chose one or the other then I would definitely go with the pie since then I would get a full satisfying meal instead of just a few delicious bites.

Remember that in America the word "pie" means strictly dessert dish. If a pie is not a dessert pie, then it is a "meatpie" (if it has meat that is). Hooah's comparison is perfectly reasonable in the US. But even the American pies (and any dessert pie for that matter) are still more wholesome and satisfying than cake, almost like a main dish, despite the fact they are sweet.

**CountArach** · 10-15-2009, 10:11

Steak and kidney pie...

**Hooahguy** · 10-15-2009, 14:57

Originally Posted by Asai Nagamasa

I can assure you that a pizza is not a pie. A pie is similar to a tart but a pie has a crust over the top. A tart is an open pie with no top crust. A pizza is probably closer to a pie but is in fact neither - it is a flatbread with topping.

Deep dish pizza is technically a tart or perhaps (at a stretch) a flan. It is far removed from the real Italian pizza from which it originates.

pies do not need a crust over the top.

**miotas** · 10-15-2009, 16:02

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

pies do not need a crust over the top.

I wouldn't call it a pie, it would basically be a really thick stew served in a pastry.

**Hooahguy** · 10-15-2009, 17:41

stew???????

**Whacker** · 10-15-2009, 17:44

Cake. You horrible, horrible people.

The cake is never a lie. Cake batter. Ice cream cake. Gooey butter cake. Cake 'n Shake from Cold Stone Creamery. Chocolate cake. Icing on the cake. Cookie cakes.

Cakes.