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Italy, overbearing pizza snobs

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by jr/shotglass, Aug 11, 2022.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This thread was started just to get me rolling, wasn't it?
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 12, 2022
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  2. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Meh ... just the title. ;)

    Actually, I had a friend come back from a few weeks in Italy with the report that what they consider great pizza is a cardboard-like crust with some unseasoned tomato sauce swirled on and maybe a little Parmesan sprinkle.

    That's not me saying it; it's what he told me.
     
    jr/shotglass, Aug 12, 2022
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  3. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    Lol. He didn't look very hard. It's been a long time since I was in Italy, but I have distinct memories are just going up to a little walk up place in Naples that had pizza in a storefront case, any combination you could imagine. It was amazing.
     
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    Mngwa, Aug 12, 2022
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  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Eh.

    You can find bad pizza everywhere, even Naples. Even New York City. Even New Haven.

    Depends where you look.
     
    Azrael, Aug 12, 2022
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  5. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Lol. Sounds like something boots might have in a flashback.
     
    Vombatus, Aug 12, 2022
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I've had decent pizza in Rome, Napoli, etc. But I won't be too opinionated about the pizza in Italy. Obviously pizza is not a monolithic thing. There are different styles, and it's obviously a matter of preference to some degree.

    I will say this, though, since you made it about Italy vs. the U.S. ... There are no real Italians in Italy. I won't concede this point to anyone. The only real Italians on earth live in New York and parts of Northern, NJ. Apparently all of the real Italians left Italy at some point en masse, and they made their way to Ellis Island. And they left behind some flawed replicas of themselves.

    Worse, though, apparently they require the water from the New Croton Reservoir to remain real Italians, because when they move anywhere else in the United States they morph into something entirely different.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 12, 2022
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  7. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    Lol. New phone, doesn't have my voice pattern down all the way yet. And I mumble.
     
    Mngwa, Aug 12, 2022
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Premise of the thread remains sound:

    No one, anywhere, needs Domino's pizza.
     
    Azrael, Aug 12, 2022
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  9. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    They’re all dead from vendettas.
     
    Webster, Aug 12, 2022
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  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    That's Sicilian.

    Not to be confused with sfincione, which is the Sicilian Christmas pizza.

    Or the Grandma, which is a Long Island thing.

    Did someone say 'pizza snob'?

    Lean into it.
     
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    Azrael, Aug 12, 2022
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  11. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Hey, pizza in Italy could be the nectar of the gods for all I know. I would love to find out someday.

    And I've been THE overbearing pizza snob ever since I got my hands on "Goldberg's Pizza Book" at age 13.
     
    jr/shotglass, Aug 12, 2022
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  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    One of the best pizzas I ever had I got in Milan.

    At the train station.
     
    Azrael, Aug 12, 2022
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