The other day I was presented with what seemed to be a very tricky and confusing question... What is cheesecake? Is it an actual cake...or is it in fact a pie? After many days of toiling arguments leading to friendships breaking (temporarily of course) and scores of upset people. So I'm looking to you America! What do YOU think cheesecake is? Please help solve the question that has lead to so much terror, sadness, and all around confusion.
As a naturally contradicting person, I immediately took the stance towards cheesecake being more of a pie than a cake. My reasoning--cheesecake has a crust; where a cake does not. Cake on the other hand is a baked good and cheesecake is a pure, unbaked delight on any one's palate.
Many issues have arisen from this seemingly harmless question and there are many stances and arguments throughout the Internet and other sources with many good arguments from both ends of the spectrum; others had really stupid discussions that went nowhere and made no sense at all.
Being the concerned person that I pride myself as being; I took the liberty of asking one of the biggest "cheesecake aficionados" there is--The President of Eli's Cheesecake Factory in Chicago, IL. Ask any Chicago native and they will tell you that Eli's is the best cheesecake in the country. It has been around for a number of years and has made an impact on thousands of people from all over the world. If you've never had it before; I suggest that you step away from your computer right now, stop reading this ridiculous commentary, and go and get some of Eli's cheesecake.
Although the mystery of what cheesecake really is may never be solved, I would love to hear what you think about it. Give some examples supporting your idea and make your opinion count.
**STILL WAITING ON ELI'S PRESIDENT...WILL UPDATE AS SOON AS I GET IT**
As a naturally contradicting person, I immediately took the stance towards cheesecake being more of a pie than a cake. My reasoning--cheesecake has a crust; where a cake does not. Cake on the other hand is a baked good and cheesecake is a pure, unbaked delight on any one's palate.
Many issues have arisen from this seemingly harmless question and there are many stances and arguments throughout the Internet and other sources with many good arguments from both ends of the spectrum; others had really stupid discussions that went nowhere and made no sense at all.
Being the concerned person that I pride myself as being; I took the liberty of asking one of the biggest "cheesecake aficionados" there is--The President of Eli's Cheesecake Factory in Chicago, IL. Ask any Chicago native and they will tell you that Eli's is the best cheesecake in the country. It has been around for a number of years and has made an impact on thousands of people from all over the world. If you've never had it before; I suggest that you step away from your computer right now, stop reading this ridiculous commentary, and go and get some of Eli's cheesecake.
Although the mystery of what cheesecake really is may never be solved, I would love to hear what you think about it. Give some examples supporting your idea and make your opinion count.
**STILL WAITING ON ELI'S PRESIDENT...WILL UPDATE AS SOON AS I GET IT**
1 comment:
Hey Matt:
Didn't forget you!
What a great question.
We having a big breakfast & cheesecake meeting in the morning. I will read you question and the cheesecake experts I work with will debate and resolve this important issues.
Best wishes,
Marc Schulman
Eli's President
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