Official food thread v. Jingle.star

[lonestar]

Gnocchi will have potato for texture and flavor, but it traditionally is a pasta type dough(egg, flour, water) with potato added. As Adami said, there are tons of varietals to it, as there is to pasta. Gnocchi is in no way a dumpling for the record.

[El Barto]

Gnocchi will have potato for texture and flavor, but it traditionally is a pasta type dough(egg, flour, water) with potato added. As Adami said, there are tons of varietals to it, as there is to pasta. Gnocchi is in no way a dumpling for the record.

How so? It's boiled dough? By definition it's a dumpling.

[cramx3]

I've seen it mostly described as a dumpling but never understood why. They usually feel more like balls of a potato dough than a pasta with filling.

[El Barto]

I've seen it mostly described as a dumpling but never understood why. They usually feel more like balls of a potato dough than a pasta with filling.

I think it's a misconception that dumplings must have a filling. See again, chicken and dumplings.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

I think it's a misconception that dumplings must have a filling. See again, chicken and dumplings.

For me, dumpling only brings to mind Asian ones. Never really heard anything called a dumpling outside of Asian ones

[XJDenton]

Historically, pasta had to be made with durum wheat, so gnocchi is definitely not pasta, though you can use it in the same culinary niche. I'd call it a type of dumpling, but since dumpling doesn't have a universal definition its not really a question which has a "correct" answer.

[Adami]

Historically, pasta had to be made with durum wheat, so gnocchi is definitely not pasta, though you can use it in the same culinary niche. I'd call it a type of dumpling, but since dumpling doesn't have a universal definition its not really a question which has a "correct" answer.

So that would cause any pasta that was made exclusively with all purpose flour to not be pasta?

[XJDenton]

In the UK, dumplings are basically just flavoured dough balls, and you shove a bunch of them on top of your stew to steam at the end of the cooking.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/beef_stew_with_dumplings_15297

So that would cause any pasta that was made exclusively with all purpose flour to not be pasta?

If you ask an Italian, probably. They are quite particular on the details when it comes to their cuisine.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Would an Italian know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

[XJDenton]

No, they have actual food in Italy.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

No, they have actual food in Italy.

So, mac and cheese is not pasta? I thought cramx4 was Italian!