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Pizza was made popular by Italian immigrants in New York. The article’s pizza was never widespread in Italy. Pizza is the definitive Italian-American food, not
by BearOso 7y ago
Pizza was made popular by Italian immigrants in New York. The article’s pizza was never widespread in Italy. Pizza is the definitive Italian-American food, not Italian.
In my opinion, “Neapolitan” pizza is not particularly good. They just throw blobs of stuff randomly onto the crust. You might as well eat all the components separately. I think I t’s only popular as a status symbol.
- Cpoll 7y agoThe origin isn't really relevant (although looking it up now, Napoli claims tomato pizza dating back to the 1800s). Napoletan is its own dish as well, I don't think it makes sense to compare it to American styles. It's also important enough to modern Napoletan culture to be UNESCO recognized. I think it might also be a protected designation at this point? To counter your opinion, I think a good Napoletan is fantastic. The chewy texture and the quality of ingredients (especially if you eat it at a nice place in Napoli, where the mozzarella di bufala tends to be much fresher) are fantastic.
- BearOso 7y agoI agree that the crust is good. It needs to have that chewy glutenous quality.
- FanaHOVA 7y agoWhat the hell are you talking about? lol none of this is correct.
- notfromhere 7y agoNah, I find it way more flavorful than regular style. You need quality ingredients to make it, since you really can’t hide a bad crust by drowning it in cheese or sauce.
- mister_hn 7y agoI prefer the Neapolitan one. I don't know how the American one can be considered a pizza: dick, with too much cheese (and not Mozzarella, come on!!) And sometimes with horrendous selection of toppings, such as chicken or strawberries (seriously?)
- Mikeb85 7y agoNeapolitan pizza is great when made well with great ingredients. That being said, I've also had some pretty bad Neapolitan pizza, and for the most part prefer neo-Neapolitan or New York pizza styles.