Oh my.
Iâm with Marco. Delicious looking pizza, fresh mozzarella di bufala, tomato, basil, what more can you want. Well, okay, Iâm a big fan of quattro formaggi too. Tonno. Carciofi.
But please not those abominations they sell around here as American pizza, which tend to be either several centimetres thick (I mean, wtf, pizza has to be very thin) or, I donât know, but deep fried or something, dripping with fat. Not sure whether this is an authentic American experience. I hope not.
The worst pizza I ate was a chocolate pizza in Scotland (land of the fried Mars bar), but maybe that story is too horrific for genteel company.
Youâll have to request they add peeps and crushed Graham cracker next time. You could call it a sâmores pizza then!
What are âpeepsâ? People? You eat people?
(Okay Marco, weâll just nod, act as if all this is totally normal, then run away as soon as they are distracted.)
âŚare these like a riff on âjury of your peepsâ?
A lot of people act like their brains are made of marshmallows, soâŚ
I learned something today. Something I wish Iâd never had.
In my part of the country there is sometimes a small dish of crushed red peppers stationed in the top left position, however if you zoom in on this AI, it looks like maybe insect larvae.
Came for the AI discussion; stayed for the pizza.
This is so funny itâs evil.
Iâm used to eating pizza with knife and fork. It is most often pizza with spicy tomato/(bell) pepper sauce, black olives and extra cheese. I am very much open to unconventional pizza toppings (Iâm the only person I know who likes potato pizza) as long as they do not involve baked beans or fruit gums. (Iâve seen someone put both on the same pizza).
I donât believe in itâs a crime against pizza, but Iâve been told otherwise:
Canned Tuna and Canned tangerine
If you get the right balance, itâs the surf of the Hawaiian turfâŚ
Iâm also a sucker for a four cheese with the strong kind (like Gorgonzola)
In Scotland our true pizza speciality is deep-fried pizza (nowadays also known as a âpizza crunchâ), which must always be the cheapest factory-produced pizza possible; it is covered in batter, cooked in the deep fryer and served with chips as a pizza supper. In Edinburgh we then drown it in chippy sauce (watered-down cheap brown sauce: condiment of the gods).
I do love regular pizza but the Scottish version tastes of home ![]()
I guess this exposes me as uncultured, but whatâs the fork for? Iâm used to just cut slices of pizza, then use the same knife to stab into them to eat. In fact, I canât remember the last time I use a fork in lieu of knife. My other eating utensil are chopsticks.
So, spoon(long handle), chopsticks(bamboo, Chinese style), and knife(SAK/Opinel).
Utensil snobbery probably starts sliding far too uncomfortably close to Eurocentrism for an international forum, tbh, especially when tossing around the concept of âuncivilizedâ.
I would say, however you choose to convey pizza to your mouth is your business and entirely valid.
Stabbing with a knife? Cool.
Chopsticks? Fine.
Spatula? Youâre more coordinated than me, but yeah, cool.
Surgical forceps? Sure, why not.
Phalanges? No big deal.
Futuristic transporter directly to your stomach? You do you.
Caught a grammar error for you and fixed it. Phewww.
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