gbhnewsJun 14, 2023

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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 threadDan Sugalski

@inliuofjoan @cardamomaddict @gbhnews @bikepedantic I realized we should make a distinction between modern factory farmed whoopie pies, which have been bred to have a thicker carapace and more shelf stability, and free range artisanal whoopie pies which are moister with a more robust flavor but are a bit more fragile.

You can pack the commercial ones more tightly because that thicker carapace doesn’t stick to the wrapping. Whoopie pies done in the traditional way, raised in small herds with care and craftsmanship, tend to have moister skins more prone to adhesion issues.

Plus, of course, if you pack them tightly then the googly eyes you pipe on them (because seriously who doesn’t pipe googly eyes on their whoopie pies?) will get squished.

Jun 14, 2023 at 11:41pmWeb