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

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[–] XeroxCool -1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Calzones aren't supposed to have sauce inside though

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Every calzone I've ever eaten has had sauce. And I only buy the really high quality authentic ones from Sbarro.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I was mid sip and reading Sbarro nearly sent a load of drink up my nose 😂

[–] XeroxCool 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] snausagesinablanket 2 points 11 months ago

And I only buy the really high quality authentic ones from Sbarro

The food court kings.

[–] TexasDrunk 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're probably thinking of a stromboli.

[–] XeroxCool 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You're thinking of a pizza roll

[–] TexasDrunk 3 points 11 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.

[–] XeroxCool 3 points 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cosmicomical 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Ghostalmedia 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Please start a battle with Wikipedia editors over the tomato sauce calzone in this article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calzone

[–] XeroxCool 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

.... Did you read your own link or no? It says "some places put sauce on top right before serving" which is what's pictured

[–] Ghostalmedia 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m referring to the picture, which has sauce. Which I thought was funny.

[–] XeroxCool 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ghostalmedia 2 points 11 months ago

We’re going to have to call in the calzone forensics team to do some splatter analysis on that interior sauce.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait, really? My world is shaken

[–] XeroxCool 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] SpaceNoodle -1 points 11 months ago