Talk:Torta

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"Italian torta is a pie similar to quiche". This sounds strange; torta in Italy means cake.

What Italians visualize when hearing "torta" is a birthday cake or a wedding one.

Sometimes, not very often, the term is used with a suffix and only in that case may mean something different (e.g. torta salata, i.e. savory, containig ham and/or cheese and/or vegetables etc.). Without suffix, it's a cake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C8:A6CA:7B01:7525:A93B:38D8:89D0 (talk) 23:37, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Separated it into Countries

There! Torta in MOST spanish speaking countries actually refer to cakes, it is only in Mexico and the US where its primary usage is that of a meat sandwich. Instead of relegating the other (much more widespread) meanings of Torta to a nonexistent article in the disambiguation page, I now grouped all of them by different regions - Mexico, the rest of South America, and the Philippines. All of whom have different meanings to the word. --Astepintooblivion (talk) 06:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

something's wrong

why they put torta means sandwich??????? because is not true almost in all latin countries torta means cake so this should be the first meaning on this page

I completely agree. The title of this article should be changed to "Torta (sandwich)" in order to make the article specific to this particular meaning of the word.

A search for "Torta" should lead to the disambiguation page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.235.49 (talk) 09:15, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Cooking style

The article doesn't mention anything about the sandiwch being fried or toasted, but I seem to recall that it is traditionally heated on a grill. --Viriditas 12:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Sometimes, but not always, it usually depends on the torta seller, or even the client. Vicco Lizcano 14:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC) ^{(Tell me where I'm wrong)}

The Torta Cubana

The editor who wrote:

"Cubana: ("Cuban", although its actual relation to Cuba remains doubtful"

completely misses the point of why the name of the sandwich.
In México, cuban women are sterotyped as women with luscious curves and beatiful figure and they are said too have "a lot of meat" (in a good way, as in large buttocks and large breasts).
So this "torta" is usually a combination of the many different meats (sometimes even eggs, sausages and some other ingredients), hence the "cuban" name.

Also, whoever wrote the list of common ingredients, doesn't seem to be very well familiarized with this dish.
In México, it would be very hard to find a torteria which would serve "gamba, pescado or cochinita pibil" tortas, while it would be almost impossible to find one which would NOT serve the ubiquitous "torta de pierna". 71.118.248.138

Do you have a reference for that? I had never heard that theory. One theory I had heard is that the idea of putting at least two meats and cheese inside was inspired by actual Cuban sandwiches (for example, see [1]). Of course, the bread is different and some of the other ingredients are very different as well. Another thing to consider is that many torterias in Mexico like to invent mixed tortas with place names (Suiza, Española, etc.), but in those cases the name is usually inspired by one or more of the ingredients. Itub 14:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you are right, it makes most sense considered under the context of the Cuban sandwich, for which wikipedia already has an article. Article updated to reflect this. –Andyluciano 05:45, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

i dont understand it...in fact the description of the "torta cubana" is REALLY ACCURATE and that "whoever"knows what it REALLY is so you should investigate better my friend ;)

Tortas in Mexico City

"...'torta' as a sandwich is understood troughout Mexico, yet in Mexico City torta can also refer to a small fried mixture of scrambled eggs, sauce and beef, smashed potato or brocolli..."

I've lived in Mexico City for 14 years and never heard of Tortas as described here. Is that really true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.131.85.3 (talk) 17:46, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

in fact tortas isnt really what you said thats called you are talking of the "asado" which is WAY DIFFERENT a torta is a sandwich that has MANY KINDS OF MEATS AND SOMETIMES SOME CHEESE ;) IM FROM MEXICO I HAVE MORE TIME LIVING IN HERE

torta

Torta in the is a filipino omelet. I went to a mexican restaurant, I saw the foods they prepared, ready to serve... and I saw one that I liked. I asked her what the hash brown-looking dish was. She said "torta". I thought, okay, torta, similiar to the filipino omelet dish. She described the torta with bell ppeppers and carne asada put in. I kept saying, "hash browns?" She said, no, "torta/" So I ordered a carne asada "torta", and I got a "philly cheese steak" looking sandwhich, called torta. It wasn't what I wanted, I really wanted some omelet/potato type dish. Eggs, porato, carne asada, bell peppers, onions and tomato would be good in a dish like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.83.181.12 (talk) 03:47, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

El Chavo

The mention about "El Chavo" is not trascendental and seems completly out of place. Rather, there should be more information about the torta itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.228.79.67 (talk) 03:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Article is still a mess

I repeat my earlier advice. This should be organized by country. Not by type.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 07:16, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

I am visiting this page as someone who hoped to learn what a torta is and I am disappointed in both the content and the organisation of the page. Please can this page be split into separate pages so that each distinct type of torta has its own page? Also, the casual racism in this document has no place here. This is a place for learning, and absolutely not a place to spread casual snobbery against parts of the world that you are too ignorant to appreciate. Please cut it out.

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