Talk:ice cream

RFD discussion: May 2016

The following information has failed Wiktionary's deletion process (permalink).

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fried ice cream

This was deleted under the claim that it is "SOP". If anyone read the definition provided, it clearly is not just ice cream that has been fried. There are more components to this dessert than just ice cream, so clearly is not a sum of parts definition. The deletion is unjustified under that criterion. -- 70.51.200.96 05:47, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

For those who can't see the deleted entry, it was defined as ice cream briefly deep fried in pastry. Equinox ◑ 21:38, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Batter/dough to keep the main food to be fried together is regular and expected, and thus doesn't suffice to eclipse regular frying, if you ask me. Korn [kʰũːɘ̃n] (talk) 10:48, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

I think we should add the sense "deep-fried in batter or dough" to our entry for fried. --WikiTiki89 19:35, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Recursive — and not in a good way. DCDuring TALK 22:04, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Deep-fried itself can also be used this way (look up "deep-fried ice cream"). Therefore, I've added a subsense like Wikitiki suggests to deep-fried, wording in a way which I think addresses the issue of recursiveness. "Fried" defines itself as a short form of "deep-fried" (as of this edit by a helpful IP), and I've added a gloss; I think that is probably sufficient to cover "fried ice cream". - -sche (discuss) 04:42, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes, fried ice cream has an outer layer, but so do fried chicken, fried clams, fried mussels, fried candy bars, etc. Breading or batter are the best way to keep fragile things from burning, overcooking or melting when fried, so there are many things that are only fried that way. As this text says, "if it can be breaded, the fair will fry it". Chuck Entz (talk) 05:07, 21 May 2016 (UTC)