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Whores and Tarts

Isn't tart a kind of whore or concubine or courtesane? E.g. "she's a politician's tart"

Yes, I believe so. In the book "Of Mice and Men", the wife of Curley is referred to as a tart. What does it mean exactly though?

I think he's calling her something of a flirt, but more sexual. And I believe that is the exact meaning of "tart". I'll add a brief mention of it. -- Kevin ^(TALK)_(MUSIC) 21:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

surely the reference to tart in a derogatory sense should be removed because it has it's own article and is listed under the disambiguation page.-Max-

And is something of bad taste. Not the tart / tort the children like.--Lagoset (talk) 13:05, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tarts are Small

This article is odd to me. The tarts I know are only 4" in diameter. What you're showing in this article are pies.

A 4" tart is called a tartlet. A Tart is the size of a pie shell.--Christopher Tanner, CCC 06:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

????

I would like to know more about tarts, not just what they are. i would like to know where they orignated, what i need to do to make one , not just a breif one sentance saying that "A tart is a pastry dish, usually sweet, that is a type of pie, with an open top that is not covered with pastry. The tarte Tatin is a particular kind of "upside-down" tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions." this is all you have on a tart besides the pictures. If I were to do reserch on this topic you really haven't givin me enough to write about just one choppy sentance.

Tart or Pie - Pastry top?

A pie or a tart?, or perhaps they are one and the same. I've known tarts that have pastry on top (perhaps only as a lattice... e.g. Linzer Torte), however, the article specifies only pastryless topped pies are tarts... perhaps it needs to be merged with pie and add a redirect here. Anyone? J.P.Lon 12:31, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we have to merge this article into "Tarts". It's better the article that specifies the pastryless topped pie as 'tarts'. Daniel ⁵¹²⁷ 04:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

tarts / pies

I removed this "A common misconception is that a tart is a pie with an open top that is not covered with pastry, however a tart is technically not a pie[1]." attributed to "Craig Harvey, proprietor of the Tart Club, Australia." I couldn't find evidence of such a thing, and it contradicts the dictionary I checked (which define a tart as exactly that - a pie with an open top not covered with pastry). Even if some people believe otherwise, the article did not explain what they believed a tart actually is, just what they think it isn't. Seems like vandalism. Indium (talk) 16:45, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This whole article needs diffusion

There are a great variety of tarts - jam tarts, egg custard tarts, lemon curd tarts, Bakewell tarts - so this article should be split into different categories, using sub-headings for these different types of tart. This is especially true that if you type "jam tart" into the box on the left, it redirects here. A section on egg custard tart would be very useful indeed, as it could clarify that quiche is the savoury equivalent of egg custard tart. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:13, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And meringue and almonds tart, with a damp (liqueur/ liquor) bizcocho base .--Lagoset (talk) 13:10, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Improving the "See also" section

In the "see also" section, shouldn't we also include jam tarts? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:27, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK - so we would need to create an article here first! ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:28, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, 'tarte' should be included. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 00:05, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My reference

When I tried to add something about different types of tarts before, such as treacle tarts of jam tarts, it got deleted, accused of being unsourced. I can assure you that I have a source for the information I put in on February 23 2012 - it is:

http://www.twochefs.co.uk/cakesandbuns1.html

Observant people will not that it is the reference at the end of the article(please re-align it if you do not like the spacing). A quick Google search will reveal many websites about different types of tarts, including one in relation to Harry Potter! ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:21, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The problem that I have with the 23 Feb 2012 addition is that the statement "Tarts are often used as cakes; types of tarts that are used as cakes include ..." does not make sense to me. Should "cakes" read "desserts", perhaps? Nadiatalent (talk) 16:51, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Top photo: is that mixed fruit tart typical to anyone here?

I'm a big fan of mixed fruit tarts and have had them from the U.S. to Argentina to France and Italy, and I'm glad to say I've never seen such a jumbled heap presented as a fruit tart. If that's standard somewhere, it might be worth showing at the bottom of the article and labeled for local origin, but as a first introductory view, a photo of an inviting nicely arranged fruit tart would sure be preferable to the mess in the photo now at the top. --47.32.20.133 (talk) 02:04, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Open top

Not all tarts have an open top. Apple tart, in the UK, typically has a pastry covered top. Sometimes the word tart is used interchangeably with the word pie (again, in the UK). For example, mince tart or mince pie. Sometimes the tart has a top with open sections, like a weave. I think it should be made clear that the definition of a tart having an open top is not strict, and may be subject to regional variations in language.

In the UK, we frequently refer to "apple tart" and "apple crumble" (quite a different variation), but rarely to "apple pie", which is seen as a US dessert. --82.2.5.153 (talk) 02:27, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]