After my favorite dictionary failed me, I resorted to Mr. Google. It appears galette refers to a wide range of flat, round bakery products with a variety of toppings or stuffings, but I saw nothing that that looks like the picture here or that could be confused with a pizza, with or without cheese.
You have to leave it to other cultures. Steak Tartar is just uncooked hamburger, and Biscotti is just stale bread crusts, but put a fancy name on them, and idiots will pay extra money for the stuff. But the crown goes to the French company that convinced American to buy bottled tap water which used to be free before the bottled water craze became a thing.
Just Mallett trying to have fun with a word he thinks nobody knows. So some look it up and forget it tomorrow. The rest of us just think of our own flatbreads that may or may not have a red sauce.
RAGs about 3 years ago
I’ve seen pizza menus listing any cheese as an extra.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
He sure muffed THAT one.
Besides, a pizza without cheese is more like a pancake without syrup.
pschearer Premium Member about 3 years ago
After my favorite dictionary failed me, I resorted to Mr. Google. It appears galette refers to a wide range of flat, round bakery products with a variety of toppings or stuffings, but I saw nothing that that looks like the picture here or that could be confused with a pizza, with or without cheese.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member about 3 years ago
You can have cakes without frosting, and cakes and muffins are different things though?
trainnut1956 about 3 years ago
You have to leave it to other cultures. Steak Tartar is just uncooked hamburger, and Biscotti is just stale bread crusts, but put a fancy name on them, and idiots will pay extra money for the stuff. But the crown goes to the French company that convinced American to buy bottled tap water which used to be free before the bottled water craze became a thing.
Ignatz Premium Member about 3 years ago
So bread and sauce? But they gave it a French name to make it sound classy?
Those are garlic knots. Your pizza place has them.
sandpiper about 3 years ago
Kid’s muffin [cake like] seems to have no icing, so his example is fraught.
rshive about 3 years ago
Muffed it!
Baucuva about 3 years ago
My muffin? It needs frosting.
Old Girl about 3 years ago
Just Mallett trying to have fun with a word he thinks nobody knows. So some look it up and forget it tomorrow. The rest of us just think of our own flatbreads that may or may not have a red sauce.
zwilnik64 about 3 years ago
If you’re muffins come out like cake, you’re making them wrong; regardless of any restaurant experiences to the contrary.
JudyAz about 3 years ago
I first read that as “galetite” and thought it was some kind of rock.
daddo52 about 3 years ago
Touche Frazz
cervelo about 3 years ago
In rural French Canada back in the day buckwheat galette was a very poor man’s fare.
Thehag about 3 years ago
Much prefer cake without frosting. Don’t really like the stuff and find it is usually applied too thick.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 3 years ago
Italian pizza doesn’t have cheese on it the way the USA does it.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 3 years ago
A day without light is, like, night! (Sienfield)