Funny you should mention the kugel row issue. We make the Erev Shabbos kugel in a Pyrex loaf pan.
I feel it should be cut side-to-side in a rectangle.
My wife say it needs to be cut in a square, just like its done in shul.
I say, its only cut into a square in shul, because the pan is 11 x 17, so you cannot make a reasonable square in a commercial setting.
She says, no, kugel must be square, regardless of the pan size.
I tried to argue that a square leaves more exposed to dry up, but from a surface perspective, the cut area is the same in a square as it is in a rectangle (on a loaf pan). So that argument went nowhere.
So…Who is right?