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On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 4:47:59 PM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 2020-07-11 8:06 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > "dsi1" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 1:15:23 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> I'm going to make Calzones for dinner. Just cheese for the filling. I
> >> think
> >> I make them once before and my then husband was not impressed as they
> >> were
> >> not authentic. Not many places make them here. I don't recall ever
> >> getting
> >> any in NY. I had my first one in Reno but didn't like it as they used
> >> only
> >> Ricotta for the filling. Had them many times in PA where they used
> >> Ricotta
> >> mixed with other cheeses.
> >>
> >> One thing all had in common was there was no sauce inside. Sauce was
> >> served
> >> on the side to dip them in.
> >>
> >> I was looking at recipes to get a bake time/temp. It was hard to find
> >> many
> >> recipes for just cheese. Most were broccoli and cheese or spinach and
> >> cheese. And most had sauce inside. Also, many were made into squares,
> >> triangles. rectangles, etc.
> >>
> >> To me, a Calzone is a folded over circle and has no sauce inside. How
> >> do you
> >> make yours?

> >
> > You can make your calzone any way you like - unless you're cooking for
> > your spouse. You can fold it any way you like too. I don't make calzone
> > because I prefer a hand pie made with short crust rather than pizza
> > dough -

>
> No! That's a pastie!


Unless you fill it with sauce, cheese, and pepperoni. Then it's a pastzone. I've made pasties too. I just don't put no stinkin' neeps in them.