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Pizza's interesting to me because it's one of the few foods where I think the American variant is largely superior to the original. All of the "traditional styl
by harimau777 1y ago
Pizza's interesting to me because it's one of the few foods where I think the American variant is largely superior to the original. All of the "traditional style" pizza I've had simply doesn't have near enough cheese.
Sort of reminds me of how Japan has mastered high end denim despite it being a very American product.
- Larrikin 1y agoThe best pizzas in the world are in the US, the best Italian style pizzas are in Japan.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- jerlam 1y agoPizza in the US is so detached from its Italian origins that if you emphasized "authentic" pizza, a fair amount of people would think you're talking about New York style.
- potato3732842 1y agoPizza as any modern reader knows it originated in the US and was backported to Italy.
- ThePowerOfFuet 1y ago>Sort of reminds me of how Japan has mastered high end denim despite it being a very American product. Denim is a contraction of "serge de Nîmes". It is French in origin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim https://www.insidefashiondesign.com/post/how-denim-was-invented-a-blend-of-craft-trade-and-innovation https://www.insidefashiondesign.com/post/how-denim-was-inven...
- thefz 1y agoMastered by Levi Strauss, who was Bavarian.
- harimau777 1y agoInteresting! I didn't know that and I'm fairly into fashion! Thanks for teaching me something new! I guess I was more thinking of how blue jeans (and maybe denim jackets?) specifically are a classic part of Americana.
- thefz 1y agoAmerican pizza is by far not authentic pizza, call it something else. Like "focaccia with enough calories to kill a bear".
- enjo 1y agoI mean there are many distinct styles of American pizza. And Italy itself is home to several different distinct styles of pizza. Is Pizza al Taglio "authentic"? What about Sicilian Pizza? Is Pizza Fritta "authentic"?
- thefz 1y ago> Is Pizza al Taglio "authentic"? What about Sicilian Pizza? Is Pizza Fritta "authentic"? All these at least resemble the original
- pimeys 1y agoOriginal Roma or original Napoli style? Napoli is still making the best pizzas, just because their tomatoes and mozzarella is so good. Followed by New York.
- stockerta 1y ago[flagged]
- ndiddy 1y agoPersonally I don't see the point in being so combative. People's food preferences depend on where they're from and what they've grown up eating. For example, someone from Hungary might think that raw onions on bread is a good lunch, while the rest of the world would consider that "a bit lunatic". I don’t have a problem with Americans preferring American pizza, Italians preferring Italian pizza, or Hungarians liking raw onion bread.
- stockerta 1y agoOne thing is saying that they prefer, and other is saying that its the better version or even the best. Especially since its a well known fact that the US food safety standards are pretty low.
- tomhow 1y agoPlease avoid nationalistic swipes like this on HN.
- p00dles 1y agoSome people think that American pizza has far too much cheese.
- marbro 1y ago[dead]
- lava_pidgeon 1y ago" Pizza's interesting to me because it's one of the few foods where I think the American variant is largely superior to the original. All of the "traditional style" pizza I've had simply doesn't have near enough cheese. " It is such an American comment. Cheese is a very diverse food and putting on pizza itself not a quality. But my main point is that: Ranking food is so American. I like to draw this comparision: Germany today has the highest share of people not born in the country (20%). So it is not a surprise the local cuisine is heavily influenced by foreign cuisines. The most famous dish of that process is Döner, originated from the Turkish Döner Kebab. So what are the Germans handle this fact? At least if you read comments in r/Döner, it is seen as just two different dishes with its own qualities. You can't get the OG Döner Kebab (and all its variants) in Germany very easily, but vice versa German - styled Döner in Turkey isn't so good. And I like that attitude. Food is art. You can't just rank art. But Americans still try.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 1y agoCareful travelling to Italy, you will get arrested (joking)
- EColi 1y agoTo me pizza in the US is more akin to fast/junk food