Pizza. Do you call it 'pie'?

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

God damn you, god damn you to hell!

*goes to look for 20 bux to order some pizza and soda*

I hate you i hate you i hate you....

I was fine till you posted the pictures!!!!!

*goes to get fatter*

But you see, you can actually get a sicilian slice where you are. I can get something that remotely resembles it here, but doesn't live up to the name. There are many great places in NYC to get a sicilian slice, but one that I used to get regularly was near the corner of Steinway St & Broadway in Astoria, Queens.

 

[Desdichado]

1. IIRC, pizza was invented in China. (I'd wiki for it, but I'm lazy.)

I wikied the history of pizza a few days ago. Your statement is completely wrong.

 

[Quickbeam]

Very rarely, and even then only to be silly or quirky.

 

[freebfrost]

Huh. What's the point of making it in a square pan then? You wouldn't get a crust on one end to hold it with as you ate it if it was a thin crust. Don't tell me you ate it with a fork and knife! That would be a crime!

Well, no... it's not that thin, but its not thick either.

Imagine a medium thick crust, piled on top with literally an inch of NON-melted cheese and other toppings... mmmm!

It's very Ohio Valley... hard to explain.

 

[Desdichado]

If your cheese isn't melted, freebfrost, you need to cook your ...er, pie longer.

 

[Justin]

I wikied the history of pizza a few days ago. Your statement is completely wrong.

Figures. I thought I remembered reading that in a history class. Serves me right for being lazy.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Imagine a medium thick crust, piled on top with literally an inch of NON-melted cheese and other toppings... mmmm!

Non-melted? On pizza?

Why would you want that?

 

[WizarDru]

I'm speaking as someone who was born in New York state, moved to New Jersey and then ping-ponged around to the Philly area.

Pie is a term that would be used to describe a pizza, after you'd established what it was. No one has ever said to me "Let's get a pie", they've said "Let's get a pizza." But it's understood that, after the fact that you're talking about pizza was established, a pie was referring to that.

To further confuse the issue, of course, is Tomato Pie, which is NOT Sicillian, though it is similar. I had never heard of Tomato Pie until I moved to the Philly area.

And while we're on the subject: Heroes, Hoagies and Subs are three different kind of sandwhich, from where I'm standing. And if someone tells you they make a 'Philly' cheesesteak, it almost certainly is NOT one.

 

[Desdichado]

Figures. I thought I remembered reading that in a history class. Serves me right for being lazy.

Of course, that's wiki for ya too. It could be totally wrong.

 

[Infiniti2000]

And while we're on the subject: Heroes, Hoagies and Subs are three different kind of sandwhich, from where I'm standing. And if someone tells you they make a 'Philly' cheesesteak, it almost certainly is NOT one.

The inventor of the cheese steak sandwich calls it a Philly Cheese Steak.