wassamattefoyou huh? I just told you wat isit.

When I was going to Rutgers Univ. back in the 80s, there was a great stromboli place there called Stuff Your Face. I would go there 3-4 times a week. And it turns out, the guy making them was Mario Batali!

:-)

I knew a guy who wasn't sure what the difference was between a Stromboli and an apostrophe.

I worked off and on for a pizza place locally for years (they sold it eventually). The owners were Italian brothers from the sicilian region. I've never had a better pizza, before or since.

They did not make strombolis, but had great calzones (cal-zho-nayz). As they explained to me, a calzone was a pizza with the toppings inside instead of on top + ricotta. Sometimes, people would order a calzone with a half a dozen or more toppings in it, and that sucker would look like it was gonna explode. But omg so yumm.

Now I'm hungry and no one makes calzones like that anywhere...:sniff:

:eek: The other 5 will have to fight for pieces of crust. :lol2:

Stromboli Vs. Calzone

I'm pretty sure that was the court case that established the transitivity of spaghetti as it relates to pasta sauce consumption, or something.

Who pronounces the terminal "e" in calzone? I've never heard that.

I think "cal-zho-nayz" is plural.

Ricotta
 

ri-goh-tha is the standard pronunciation for this word. ri-goht is the pronunciation used in the Abruzzi (region) dialect. We Abruzzese typically do not pronounce a word-ending vowel.


Fred Santogrossi

Spelling is ruining the Italian language. ;)

Thanks Fred, and welcome.

Hang on - calzone is cal-zon-eh, right?

Anyway, one of the local Italian owned takeaways has had a revamp and is offering it. Very excited.

When Mum & Dad come back from house-sitting I intend to order us all one as a treat. Why wait? I can't afford it before they go, and I don't want to eat one alone. We've all had them in Italy and I don't want mine picked apart verbally before I get to pick it apart :)

I was always under the impression that in Italian the final vowel of the word is pronounced. My Italian instruc was obviously not Abruzzese.

This thread is disappointing. Based on the title I was hoping for a cage match to the death.

I learned the vowel-less pronuciations from our italian friends but didn't know that was regional. I think the Sopranos skip the last vowel too... I remember thinking "what the hell is gabbagool?" (cappicola) Stunad...

Spinach calzone Vs Cheesesteak boli

GO!

Italian Vowels
 

Italians pronounce ALL vowels.

Strombolli VS Cal-zone
 

I was watching man vs food on travel and Adam Richmond offered a very simple explanation for the difference between the two. A Stromboli has sauce inside and a cal-zone has sauce on the side. I am sure different restaurants offer variations but this is supposed to be the one determining factor.