Italian food confusion

[Celeval]

Just what is the difference between stromboli and calzone? Anything? Anyone? Bueller?

[Raiders Army]

From wikipedia:

Stromboli is a type of stuffed pizza filled with mozzarella cheese along with various fillings, often pepperoni. The dough is regular pizza dough and a stromboli is cooked in the same way as regular pizza. Stromboli is reported to have originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, stromboli can now be found in many pizza shops alongside more common pizza varieties.

A calzone, sometimes referred to as a stuffed pizza, is an Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with mozzarella cheese, and sometimes also ricotta cheese, or even monterey jack cheese, meat, vegetables, etc. The dough is folded over, sealed along one edge and baked in an oven and often served with marinara sauce (a sauce similar to tomato sauce). Roughly sandwich-sized calzones are often sold at Italian lunch counters or by street vendors because they are easy to eat standing up or while walking.

Sweet versions, usually smaller, cookie-sized, are a specialty in the Marche.

Calzones are similar to stromboli, but traditionally the two are distinct dishes.

Calzones are a relative specialty in most Western countries, often being served as a complement to pizza, a similar but much more common dish.

This dish causes some amusing confusion for Central Americans where calzones are girls' underpants, in written slang.

I guess nothing.

[Airhog]

I think its just the ingredients.

[Raiders Army]

Try this conversation: http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=9576

[korme]

"This dish causes some amusing confusion for Central Americans where calzones are girls' underpants, in written slang."

Well that certainly came out of left field.

[Emiliano]

Just what is the difference between stromboli and calzone? Anything? Anyone? Bueller?
For "calzone", we intend the one made usually with pizza's paste, stuffed with mozzarella and ham. About "stromboli" I'm not really sure, but I think they're the ones that we call "scacce" in Sicily: a slightly different paste, harder and more dry. Stuffed with a lot of things: tomatoes, cheese, vegetables...

[primelord]

Just what is the difference between stromboli and calzone? Anything? Anyone? Bueller?
Where is Wilzone when you need him?

[oliegirl]

I actually asked this question at a local pizza place last week...

A calzone has ricotta cheese and the sauce is served on the side

A strombolli has mozzarella cheese and there is sauce baked inside and also served on the side...

Of course there are other ingredients in there too, but it's the cheese and sauce that make the difference

[Logan]

What about the P'zone?

[JeeberD]

Stromboli has veggies in it (along with meat and cheese) while Calzone has meat and cheese only. Or something like that.

Dammit, now I'm craving a calzone. You bastards! :mad:

[timmae]

I haven't a clue but I do know that Jimmy's Grotto in Waukesha, WI makes a mean Ponza Rotta!!

[Galaxy]

You can make both with anything you want though.

[cthomer5000]

ingredient wise you can get the exactsame things. visually they are quite different. a stromboli is like a log, while a calzone is like a D shape.

[fantastic flying froggies]

A Calzone is an Italian dish.
A stromboli is something created by Italian-Americans.

I got nothing.

[General Mike]

Now i want to go to Stuff yer Face. :(