https://cuberule.com/ The Cube Rule of Food Identification as seen in The Webby Awards The Washington Post Maryland Court of Special Appeals first, we asked: are hot dogs sandwiches? Classic Sandwiches New York said yes. This bulletin explains what is a sandwich hot dogs and sausages on buns, rolls, etc. then, pop tarts are a kind of ravioli. the wars began excuse me, ravioli are a kind of pop-tart The Sandwich Alignment Chart tried to bring order The Sandwich Alignment Chart but only chaos ensued my wife left me because I think a burrito is a sandwich then spake the holy prophet @Phosphatide are you unsatisfied with current debates regarding what is or is not a sandwich? blessing us with the grand unified theory of food identification The Cube Rule The Cube Rule of Food for identifying dishes based on starch locations identify any food purely by the location of structural starch 1 Toast cube with bottom face solid 1 Toast cube with bottom face solid popular examples a pizza pizza a piece of nigiri sushi nigiri sushi a slice of pumpkin pie pumpkin pie slice (bent toast) 2 Sandwich cube with bottom and top face solid 2 Sandwich cube with bottom and top face solid popular examples pieces of a quesadilla made from two whole tortillas quesadilla (non-folded) a toast sandwich toast (made and photographed by me, Ryan. it was okay) sponge cake filled with cream and strawberries victoria sponge cake 3 Taco cube with bottom and two sides solid 3 Taco cube with bottom and two sides solid popular examples a hot dog hot dog a sub-style sandwich sub sandwich (uncut) a slice of cherry pie slice of pie (taco on its side) 4 Sushi cube with bottom, top, and two sides solid 4 Sushi cube with bottom, top, and two sides solid popular examples a falafel wrap falafel wrap two pigs in blankets pigs in a blanket an enchilada enchilada 5 Quiche cube with bottom and all four sides solid 5 Quiche cube with bottom and all four sides solid popular examples a hot dog cheesecake a sub-style sandwich soup (in a bread bowl) a slice of cherry pie falafel pita 5 Quiche cube with bottom and all four sides solid bonus round a hot dog deep-dish pizza a sub-style sandwich salad (in a bread bowl) a slice of cherry pie key lime pie 6 Calzone cube with all six sides solid 6 Calzone cube with all six sides solid popular examples a hot dog burrito a sub-style sandwich corn dog a slice of cherry pie pie (whole) 6 Calzone cube with all six sides solid bonus round dim sum dumplings dumplings a frosted strawberry pop-tart pop-tarts a smuckers uncrustable, with one bite taken out uncrustables (unbitten) Additional Cube Rulings 0 Salad cube with all six sides empty 0 Salad cube with all six sides empty popular examples a grilled steak steak mashed potatoes mashed potatoes (creamy & smooth) whole flan on a plan flan 0 Salad cube with all six sides empty bonus round a carved turkey, stuffed with a roasted duck wrapped in sausage turducken (with sausage stuffing) two bars of dark chocolate, stacked chocolate a bowl of tomato soup soup (a wet salad) 7 Cake cube with three stacked layers 7 Cake cube with three stacked layers popular examples a piece of lasagna lasagna a McDonalds Big Mac big mac a stack of flapjacks, covered in syrup and butter flapjacks 8 Nachos cube with smaller solid cube inside 8 Nachos cube with smaller solid cube inside popular examples a dish of poutine poutine a bowl of lucky charms in milk lucky charms a bowl full of cesar salad with croutons salad with croutons 8 Nachos cube with smaller solid cube inside bonus round a plate of fried noodles with seafood and green beans fried noodles a plate filled with moroccan couscous couscous a bowl of ramen noodles in broth ramen (wet nachos) Muffins or other blocks of starch are type 1, toast (in raw, unsliced form) Rice You are free to interpret the nature of rice however you wish. Vanilla Soy Latte A three-bean [DEL:soup:DEL] wet salad. Thank you. References * https://twitter.com/kadybat/status/883516550216507392 * https://twitter.com/matttomic/status/859117370455060481 * https://twitter.com/Phosphatide/status/974067376894328833 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/6obtp6 made with by @indirect