Talk:Mold (cooking implement)

Opening heading
It struck me as a bit odd that the food mold (molding) article seemed to make no reference to the molding process generally. I assume that they're referred to with the same name, and utilize basically the some processes. Perhaps I am missing something.(?) Would it be inappropriate to indicate that the molding & casting is a technique with applications spanning from food to bronze to plastic?

Thanks 71.98.16.89 (talk) 22:44, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Move request

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

Page moved to Mold (cooking implement). It is clear that the current name was not acceptable. At least one of the proposed names was a redirect to another page. I think I agree with the discussion in that there is no hands down best choice here. So I have no problem if this continues to be discussed and there is a follow on rename to a better choice. One issue in using cooking or preparation is the potential to confuse this with the use of the mold fungus in the food making process (i.e.cheese). Vegaswikian (talk) 21:00, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Mold (food) → ? —
 * As it stands now, the current name Mold (food) could probably be confused with Mold (fungus) rather than Mold (casting). Seeing as how these two senses of the word are very different, I believe a name change would be in order. What to change it to, I don't know though. Any ideas? --vgmddg (look &#124; talk &#124; do) 22:19, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Possibilities include mold (food preparation) (long) or mold (cooking) (not entirely accurate). Any others?  —   AjaxSmack   22:34, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * What's wrong with mold (cooking)? Recury (talk) 15:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support name change in general. I don't think mold (food preparation) sufficiently disambiguates from mold (fungus).   How about Mold (cooking implement)?  --Born2cycle (talk) 01:41, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support (and I'm the one who started the article). Why not just do it?  Looking at Epicurious, a "mold" is defined as either a "food container" or a finished dish made in such a container (e.g. a jello mold).  So one of those might work.  I guess the article could list and refer to different kinds of foods too.  - Wikidemon (talk) 01:59, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, that brings up the issue of article scope. If even in the context of food preparation "mold" is a homograph that can refer to either the implement or the finished edible product, we have to decide if the scope of this article is only one of these uses, or both.  That decision should help us decide how to disambiguate it.  Right now it appears to be about only the implement itself, but I really don't want to argue for a separate article on the other use.  I suggest a note mentioning the term "mold" may also refer to the food product created via a mold (the cooking implement) would be more than adequate.  I guess I'm favoring   Mold (cooking implement) at this point.  I'll add the note about the other relate use of the term.   --Born2cycle (talk) 22:53, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support any of the suggestions as a definite improvement over the present title. Though I would perhaps call it a utensil rather than an implement.--Kotniski (talk) 12:15, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Name discussion
As a follow on to the just closed discussion. One option that did not get mentioned was some name using food form. So I wonder if Mold (food form) might be a good option? I'm not watching this page, so if anyone wants me to comment or to move the page, after a discussion, leave me a note on my talk. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:28, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Moulds?
A cake tin (or cake pan in the US) isn't really a mould, though the mixture does bake in the shape of it, it's just used as a container in which to cook the cake. There should be an article on actual cake tins.--Jcvamp (talk) 18:18, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

"Food mold" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food_mold&redirect=no Food mold] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 17:35, 20 December 2023 (UTC)