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In response to "The nomenclature is sound -- it is a grilled cheese *and* bacon sandwich." by ReluctantCynic

It's like quartz!

Posted by the darcy (aka darcy) Jan 17 '09, 19:11

No seriously, bear with me here.

Normally quartz is clear or white, right? But you mix in traces of other elements, and suddenly you have pink quartz, purple quartz, yellow quartz, brown quartz etc. They may have additional, fancier names, but they all still fall under the heading of 'quartz', which is itself a subset of the group 'minerals'.

It's the same with sandwiches. The grilled cheese is a subset of that group. Add traces of other ingredients like bacon, and you still have a grilled cheese sandwich, just a fancier (and tastier!) one.

oh god I'm a nerd.

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But you're not adding traces. Bacon becomes the main ingredient, relegating cheese to a supporting role! -- nm - nubby Jan 17, 19:15 10
- I respectfully disagree. In this case, it seems that the grilled cheese was the intended dish, with the bacon merely being added for flavor. -- nm - the darcy Jan 17, 19:17 9
  - Ah, but intention is subjective and therefore irrelevant. If you add a ground beef patty for flavor, is it not now a patty melt? -- nm - mandy's student Jan 17, 19:20 8
    - Ah, but a full patty's worth of ground beef would likely cross the 'main ingredient' threshold, thereby fundamentally changing the dish. -- nm - the darcy Jan 17, 19:22 6
      - So our disagreement is in where the ratio lies, hence our government funded research proposal. - nubby Jan 17, 19:23 5
        
        Yes, a Redmond unit of bacon is definitely far, far past the threshold. - the darcy Jan 17, 19:27 4
        
        Find the point the Bacon Cheeseburger is fine, but the Baconator is too much. - Will Hunting Jan 17, 19:30 3
        
        You may be onto something there... -- nm - the darcy Jan 17, 19:46
        
        No substitutions! -- nm - nubby Jan 17, 19:32 1
        
        I hope that assclown lost his job. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 17, 19:32
    - Oh no, mandy's student hacked my account. - nubby Jan 17, 19:21

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