[Tagging] amenity=ice_cream: approved?

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 18:14:21 BST 2010


2010/9/27 Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com>:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Fast food is simply a style of serving: you go up to the counter and
>> order. It has nothing to do with the cuisine.
>>
> The Italians probably don't like to think of ice-cream as fast food,
> because that has connotations of high sugar/fat content, which
> obviously doesn't apply


it obviously applies, but that's not the point: ice cream is
considered an artisanal product, a subclass of pastry shop (the
handmade ones), e.g. here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sachertorte_DSC03027.JPG/250px-Sachertorte_DSC03027.JPG

would you consider this fast food?

cheers,
Martin



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