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Originally Posted by chubeyr1
You sound more like a traditionalist.
Grew up 40 years ago next door to a 90 year old italian woman who made pizza. Best friends grandma. Many of the people in the area were related to her.
They all said the same thing. She makes the best italian pizza around.
They all hated her pizza.
North American pizza is different. Way different.
That family opened up a pizza joint in Winnipeg. Still there today. They dont make Grandmas pizzas. They would be out of business if they did.
Not picking a fight here. Yet were are talking about different pizzas.
Give me a pizza with tomato sauce and cheese I slap you silly. Yet it is a traditional pizza. In Italy! You are not wrong!
We added meat in North America! We made it better unless you are a vegan.
Even if you are a vegan we made it better for you too!
That old grandma made me a classic italian spagetti too. Olive oil and noodles. God that was awful. Cheese did help though. No tomato sauce or meat?
Different cultures.
That is fine and all.
Give me meat on a pizza, give me some weird toppings too. We ran with a good idea and made it better.
Enjoy your tomato sauce and cheese pizza. Sorry grandma has passed away.
You probably would of loved her cooking.
Again not a fight. We like what we like.
Italian food is not italian food in north america. Nor is chinese food.
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Thanks. I don’t take that as a fight, unless it is the toss of a gauntlet for a stream of consciousness throwdown. That was a wild ride.
If you are going to compare who does something well, typically you draw some boundaries, or constraints around the comparison so you are comparing things that are somewhat alike
I have been in many cities in Italy and have intentionally had pizza in many styles. Specifically to compare pizzas across Italy. Some resembled what we eat here, some were structurally different. Huge, thick doughy, crusts.
The ones I had all involved tomatoes or tomato sauce, and cheese. (I didn’t say there couldn’t be other toppings, just noted that commonality)
And there are plenty enough variations to compare who makes a good pizza, by one’s own standards, with what you call traditional ingredients
And for me, coming up with pickle sauce or adding potatoes and sour cream is not really a useful comparison to evaluate someone’s skill at making a good pizza
It is noise and distractions, rather than skill and striving for perfection with pizza ingredients
I too am sorry Grandma is dead. Condolences to her family
Unless they loved her pizza because they knew if they didn’t they might end up with a horse head in their bed.
Now I’m hungry. Think I might order a pizza