• @Eleanor
        3•1 year ago

        It is referring to only one slice of pumpkin pie and not a whole pie. A whole pumpkin pie would also be a quiche. Likewise, a single slice of key lime pie would be toast.

        • Takel
          2•1 year ago

          This would imply that a single slice of quiche would itself become toast. I don’t think we can apply the cube rule to pieces of food; it has to be the original prepared form before being served.

          • @Eleanor
            2•1 year ago

            Well exactly! As you correctly point out, by their logic, most quiches or calzones would become another food type as soon as they’re served or a bite is taken.

            I don’t agree with their theory, personally, but it can be helpful to understand their reasoning even if it has an extreme structuralist bent that makes it rather distasteful.