The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Ryujin]

Well I'm not Italian, so that tracks.

Come to think of it, is pizza really an Italian food? I've heard folks claim it's Italian, and I've heard others claim it's strictly American-Italian.

North American style pizza is as much Italian as Fortune Cookies are Chinese.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Well I'm not Italian, so that tracks.

Come to think of it, is pizza really an Italian food? I've heard folks claim it's Italian, and I've heard others claim it's strictly American-Italian.

....is pizza Italian? Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear do its business in the woods?

What has this thread come to????????

Yes, pizza is Italian. The famous Pizza Margherita (which pre-dates any American pizzas) was named after the Queen of Italy (although the actual pizza pre-dates her, and the story is likely apocryphal).

 

[darjr]

I’ve signed a contract in the woods. I didn’t ask if they were a bear.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yes, pizza is Italian.

(although the actual pizza pre-dates her, and the story is likely apocryphal).

Thus my confusion.

But in all honesty, I'm not trying to win any points or sway an argument over the national origin of pizza. I was just curious. My favorite "style" of pizza is Brooklyn, with its enormous "so big you have to fold it in the middle to even hold it" thin crust and minimal toppings...that's not gonna change if I learn that actual pizza is from Europe and I've been enjoying BadWrongPizza my whole life.

Chicago-style "pizza" is actually a "casserole," but I don't hold that against it either...it's a friggin' delicious casserole.

Detroit-style pizza is maybe my least-favorite, with the square crust and burnt cheese. "The burned cheese is the best part!" folks will say, and I honestly hope that's not true because otherwise there's no redeeming it. But it's still pizza, and still an excellent choice if you're in Detroit and craving a zesty flatbread.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Thus my confusion.

????

That story was from the late 1800s, but actual pizza was well-known and described in Italy in the mid-1800s, so it existed even before then.

Pizza (or "pizza pie") was something introduced into America by Italian immigrants, who brought this working-class staple with them.

 

[Cadence]

Does pizza by country track with football by country?

 

[darjr]

Does pizza by country track with football by country?

No. In the US pizzas are round.

 

[CleverNickName]

No. In the US pizzas are round.

Except in Detroit, for some reason.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

4) Treaties against "weapons of mass destruction" (which is a weird thing, considering that even in TOS it was canon that a starship could lay waste to a whole planet anyway).

At worst, ramming at high sublight speed does the deal, Chicxulub^10.

 

[Gradine]

Except in Detroit, for some reason.

They never quite got football right either