Help me with pita pockets
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Anonymous
Look up hundreds of sites to tell you that you are wrong. It’s easy to do. Hyperboles are exaggerations not to be taken literally. You cannot change that. Sorry, buddy. |
Anonymous
I’ll go with what the dictionary says over some rando on DCUM. |
Anonymous
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Typical that the thread has devolved into a battle over proper grammar.
Is there a reason you don’t want to just make a regular sandwich? Our kids were able to eat regular sandwiches in the car much better than wraps or pitas. |
Anonymous
The Cambridge dictionary categorizes all metaphorical speech as “idiom”. Similes, hyperbole, idiomatic, etc. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse is clearly hyperbole. This is a fact and you are only using one source which you are not interpreting accurately. Similarly, she is as pretty as a ray of sunshine is a simile but is listed as an idiom, not because it is. Only because that is how Cambridge categorizes under one umbrella. You can very easily look this up. -English teacher |
Anonymous
And the rest of us will go by being educated. |
Anonymous
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Those old school sahara pitas are still around, right? I think the trick is not trying to go whole wheat. It's the white ones that had the pockets and the (somewhat) sturdiness.
My favorite was lettuce with chopped up pickles and cheese and ham and tomato. Messy but so good. |
Anonymous
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Try Sahara brand or the ones at Traders Joe's that specifically says "pocket" pita on the label.
Warming them slight helps them not crumble so much. I also had a big leaf of lettuce around the contents inside as an extra layer to keep everything together. A slice of cheese instead of shredded cheese. An actual chicken nugget instead of diced-up chicken. Less mess hacks for the car. |
Anonymous
| If you are in Rockville you can go to yekta grocery and pick up some single serve pita bread that holds up nicely |
Anonymous
Nice poem! 
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Anonymous
I think you guys are confused. I don't think the two terms are mutually exclusive. Hyperbole is exaggeration. A person can eat horseflesh (disclosure: I did. In Santa Cruz, in 1974, one time). A person cannot eat an entire horse. It's hyperbole, but it is also an idiom. Cats and dogs do not fall from the sky. Cost an arm and a leg--possible, if you owned a liquor store in Boston during the years of Whitey Bulger. So both. |
Anonymous
| I've used these to put tuna inside. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arnold-100-Whole-Wheat-Pita-Pocket-Thins-8-count-11-75-oz/45942072 |
Anonymous
They have a seam already and are pretty thick. |
Anonymous
| You feed your kids in the car? Are you all homeless? |
Anonymous
| Op, Whole Foods bakery used to make pita that worked for what you are describing. I did have to put the pita half’s in the toaster to get the pockets to open. It’s been a while but WF bakery might still make pita. |
Anonymous
But, you're wrong. So no one cares what educational system failed you. |