Is It a Stromboli or a Calzone?

[Adillo303]

Originally Posted by suziquzie

You gotta say a whole lot more than that to offend this chick!

I see. I don't plan to try.

I did not know you were originally NYC. I was transplanted here, but after watching the towers fall, I am a very proud New Yorker. Don't think I'll always live here, but, I love the city and what it is about.

[KitchenScrapbook]

Several weeks ago, I looked up the diff between stromboli and calzones (Googled it). What I found is that they're both meat and cheese enclosed in dough, but a calzone is serving size and stromboli gets sliced and feeds multiple people.

I did not know that stromboli is supposed to be rolled like a jelly roll. I've never done that, so is it still called stromboli?

[Andy M.]

Originally Posted by KitchenScrapbook

Several weeks ago, I looked up the diff between stromboli and calzones (Googled it). What I found is that they're both meat and cheese enclosed in dough, but a calzone is serving size and stromboli gets sliced and feeds multiple people.

I did not know that stromboli is supposed to be rolled like a jelly roll. I've never done that, so is it still called stromboli?

That's just one of the definitions. Depending on which one you read, the rules are different. Bottom line, when you walk into a restaurant to order something, go by the name on the menu.

[pacanis]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

That's just one of the definitions. Depending on which one you read, the rules are different. Bottom line, when you walk into a restaurant to order something, go by the name on the menu.

#5? With cheese?

[Andy M.]

Originally Posted by pacanis

#5? With cheese?

Exactly!................

[buckytom]

serving size is not one of the criteria in my neck of the woods.

there are usually 2 sizes of calzones available in most pizza joints: a personal sized single serving, and a bigg'un that is sliced and can serve 3 or 4 people (or 1 gavone ).
the single serving sized calzones are usually deep fried, while the larger ones are baked, probably because you'd need a gigantic deep fryer to fit them.

strombolis are usually made fairly large and sold as a whole to serve several people, or sliced into 3 or 4 sections and sold as individual portions.