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As an Italian, that... "things"... in the article are not pizzas
by _ZeD_ 8y ago
As an Italian, that... "things"... in the article are not pizzas
- atomical 8y agoAny culture can redefine what pizza means.
- cf498 8y agoThere are quite a lot of foods and beverages which have a protected name bound to the ingredients that are allowed to be used to create it in a specific way. Take Mozzarella in general or for a local example beer in Germany(Reinheitsgebot). It is not far fetched that Italian Pizza could be a candidate for a TSG marking. There are individual pizzas which already are protected, take Pizza Napoletana for example.
- fjsolwmv 8y agoWe're talking about NY Pizza, not Italian or Napoletana.
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- stronglikedan 8y agoBut it's usually labeled with the regional descriptor intact, e.g., New York Style Pizza or Chicago Style Pizza. I think OP was just referring to the fact that pizza's region is Italian by default, and they are taking exception to the article omitting "New York Style", even though it was heavily implied, and apparent to all but a pedant.
- sandworm101 8y agoThe most important lesson I took from living in new england was to never argue food with anyone from Boston, Chicago or New York. Pizza and the regional opinions surrounding it, are more part of their identity than language or religion. Baseball and politics are the safe topics. An article about pizza and subways ... say far away.
- StriverGuy 8y agoYou may have invented it, but NYC perfected it.
- acheron 8y agoThe only thing more overrated than New York pizza is New York bagels. (Ok, I take that back, In-n-Out Burger is more overrated than both.)
- sandworm101 8y agoBut outside of New England "New York Bagel" is polite code for Jewish bagel, ie the type using unleavened bread. It means actual bagel, not bagel-shaped bread. (I say jewish rather than kosher, because many of the best bagel places don't qualify as kosher. At Vancouver's best bagel place (siegels) you can get cheese on your Montreal smoked meat bagel.)
- fjsolwmv 8y agoWhat's a non-Jewish New York Bagel? I've never heard of "Jewish bagel". Montreal bagels are "Jewish", and are the opposite of New York bagels.
- stronglikedan 8y agoA Jewish bagel weighs about three times as much as a non-Jewish bagel, and is about three times as dense. It doesn't have the airy, bread-like consistency that a non-Jewish bagel has. As my Jewish friends like to say (paraphrasing), "If I can throw it at your head and risk knocking you out, then it's a Jewish bagel."
- perl4ever 8y agoI've never had a bagel that was "airy", but I've also never had one that was made without yeast. They're normally pretty chewy, but definitely not unleavened. You boil and then bake them.
- currymj 8y agoThe examples shown are all quite traditional and conservative. If you go to a lot of college towns you can get a pizza topped with taco ingredients, or fried chicken and bleu cheese, or even pesto sauce and cheese-filled tortellini.
- simtel20 8y agoHaving these flavors in college towns may explain why midtown pizzarias catering to commuters dabble in these strange combinations as well.
- Spivak 8y agoBut fried chicken on pizza is literal heaven. - Use buffalo sauce, top with bleu cheese and bacon, and dip the crust in ranch for an amazing Buffalo chicken pizza. - Use ranch sauce, top with pickles and jalapenos, and at the last second (like before the bite) top with a very acidic slaw for a Hot Chicken Pizza.