A pizza flavored Hot Pocket is just a calzone…

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          9 months ago

          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.

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            9 months ago

            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

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            9 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.

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        9 months ago

        … Did you read your own link or no? It says “some places put sauce on top right before serving” which is what’s pictured

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            9 months ago

            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

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              9 months ago

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

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        9 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