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whoopie pie
20.1%
ice cream sandwich
79.9%
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Show threaddarren is Not Going BackJun 14, 2023
@gbhnews most challenging poll ever, i'm genuinely unable to decide
Show threadgbhnewsJun 14, 2023

@bikepedantic This question brought to you by the fact that there was a GBH-wide email that a whoopie pie food truck would be coming to our street...AND THEN IT DID NOT COME.

#heist

Show threadDan SugalskiJun 14, 2023

@gbhnews @bikepedantic What? No!

Clearly we need to organize a Community Whoopie Pie Delivery Truck event. Or at least a delivery cargo bike, though I suspect that won't have nearly enough capacity to properly meet demand.

Show threadJoan LiuJun 14, 2023
@wordshaper @gbhnews @bikepedantic Now I'm wondering how many whoopie pies can fit in a delivery cargo bike.
Show threadDan SugalskiJun 14, 2023

@inliuofjoan @gbhnews @bikepedantic A full-sized whoopie pie is 5 inches or about 12 cm in diameter and around 3cm tall. If we assume some packaging space that's 13cm wide, 4cm tall. Looking around I see cargo bike containers vary in size but a good one seems to have a cargo area that's 89cm by 62cm. If we tile irregularly we should be able to get 35 pies in a layer and probably stack it 9 layers deep, so...

That's about 315 pies which, if I am Mathing properly, is about four servings, so we'd probably want a bunch of bikes for this but it's totally doable.

Show threadJasmine Mangalaseril 🧁Jun 14, 2023
@wordshaper @inliuofjoan @gbhnews @bikepedantic I now want to introduce whoopie pie as a unit of measurement.
Show threadJoan LiuJun 14, 2023
@cardamomaddict @wordshaper @gbhnews @bikepedantic it assumes individual packaging of full-size whoopie pie, but I see smaller ones, multi-packaged often.
Show threadJasmine Mangalaseril 🧁Jun 14, 2023
@inliuofjoan @wordshaper @gbhnews @bikepedantic Then there's 1 whoopie pie and 1 centi-whoopie pie :D
Show threadDan Sugalski
@cardamomaddict @inliuofjoan @gbhnews @bikepedantic ah, I think you’re referring to the Lesser Whoopie Pie? Those have evolved for an urban environment where space is tighter and more compact pies have a survival advantage.
Jun 14, 2023 at 11:22pmWeb
Show threadJasmine Mangalaseril 🧁Jun 14, 2023
@wordshaper @inliuofjoan @gbhnews @bikepedantic You're making me want to pull out my whoopie pie pans (or at least the ones I've used for whoopie pies) and figure out if they're full-sized or smaller. Which then means I would end up making a batch or two...
Show threadDan SugalskiJun 14, 2023
@cardamomaddict @inliuofjoan @gbhnews @bikepedantic …and then post pictures of them to the internet and send at least some to your local public media station? Yes! That sounds like an excellent idea, I wholeheartedly approve!