America - The Freest Country?

[HoreTore]

I've never been to italy, but I'm convinced we have better Pizza here.

You're wrong.

[Husar]

This is wrong though. I've played Axis and Allies a few times, the US starts with a fair number of planes.

I've read a rather extensive book about how airplanes were scarce, mostly outdated and not working, especially in the pacific theatre when the war started.

And Banquo, I tried to say that in the second part of the sentence about the nationalists, I do however think that here in the EU we do at least try to further our common interests. It's not really always working yet and especially the english would rather conquer all of europe than show some team spirit and sportsmanship but I hope we'll get there eventually.

[Kadagar_AV]

But the women there should learn english, or heck, just any second language. How are we supposed to communicate with them? Pull our pants down and hope they take the hint?

In their defense, the younger generation of italians, specially in urban areas, speak good english.

SFTS, your historical knowledge is...

[Strike For The South]

In their defense, the younger generation of italians, specially in urban areas, speak good english.

SFTS, your historical knowledge is...

so is your humor

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

You're wrong.

I don't know, that Chicago deep dish...

[Lemur]

I don't know, that Chicago deep dish...

Carmen's stuffed spinach deep-dish pizza. The closest we humans may come to Heaven.

[HoreTore]

I don't know, that Chicago deep dish...

Carmen's stuffed spinach deep-dish pizza. The closest we humans may come to Heaven.

Neither of you have the slightest idea of what you're talking about, it seems...

The Italians make the best pizza. No question. The greeks are a close second.

[Samurai Waki]

Americans have an obsession with calling anything that has pie crust, tomato sauce, cheese, and various ingredients Pizza. Which in fact, is not pizza at all, but it still doesn't mean it isn't awesome. Real Italian Pizza is just a glorified shepherds pie, imo. It isn't bad, by any means at all, but we've annexed the term here for own diabolical and delicious ends, the rest will just have to get over the fact. Like China refuses to give up Tibet on basis that it's rightfully Chinese Territory, us Americans refuse to give up the term Pizza, not because we invented it, but because it was there for the taking.

[Papewaio]

The Italians make the best pizza. No question. The greeks are a close second.

So where does Melbourne/Sydney rank then...

[Fragony]

Everybody knows the best pizza's are made in the Netherlands, at O'pazzo in Rotterdam to be more precise.

http://www.opazzo.nl/

[Beskar]

Italian Pizza is just pizza with no crust and covered in tomato, mozerella and bazil. Everything they serve has those 3 indegredients.

[Fragony]

In great contrast with the wealth of variety that is having a crust, tomatoe, and cheese. Oh yeah, sometimes they use barbeque-sause

A good pizza is a perfection in it's simplicity. A good pizzaria would use mozarella and pecorino.

[Husar]

Everybody knows the best pizza's are made in the Netherlands, at O'pazzo in Rotterdam to be more precise.

http://www.opazzo.nl/

That would be the best O'pazzo's, not the best pizza's unless you mean the best pizzas.

Looks like a nice restaurant though.

Also a big crust is just like eating cookies/bread, if I want cookies I'll buy cookies/bread, some people seem to care more about the crust than the actual pizza.

[Fragony]

The pizza's at O'pazzo are great, it's a fun restaurant give it a visit when in Rotterdam. The food isn't as good as they pretend it to be, brand over quality it's one of these 'hip' places where people wait in line to wait in line (impossible to make a reservation), but they do have truly great pizza's. As for American pizza's, in O'pazzo they kinda serve them, because the thick crust comes from central Italy and in O'Pazzo you get the central Italy style. That overly thin crust we regard as 'Italian pizza' is served everywhere but Italy really.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

This is what pizza should look like:




I mean, what these things on this "pizza", leaves? And are those hunks of tomato? It looks like those nasty "gourmet" pizza's you can get here.




Saying that american pizza isn't real pizza is like saying that the ford model-t is the only "real" car. It's called progress.

As objective evidence, I point out that America is the fattest country in the world.

[Fragony]

[QUOTE=Sasaki Kojiro;2340852]]


but that is not pizza

[HoreTore]

Suddenly I understand why americans are fat, yet again.

And no, it's not because it looks good....

EDIT: Oh, and just to clarify, none of the above should be classified as "real pizza". And no, Italian pizza don't just consist of 3 things. I spent the entire week during my last trip to Italy trying to find a pizza with just ham, cheese and mushrooms(and tomato sauce, some spice and olive oil at the top though, of course), and failed. There was always something else on it... Not that it was bad, of course.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Don't you see the inanity of classifying some pizza as "real pizza" and others as not real?

[gaelic cowboy]

Don't you see the inanity of classifying some pizza as "real pizza" and others as not real?

True its like when you go to a fancy restaurent and they refuse to give you a little ice cream for a kid cos its not on the menu today

[Sasaki Kojiro]

True its like when you go to a fancy restaurent and they refuse to give you a little ice cream for a kid cos its not on the menu today

This is not a "real post", me and my snobby friends all agree

[Fragony]

This is not a "real post", me and my snobby friends all agree

Well it is a real post, but sorry to say it's a bad post, it lacks the ingredients that would make a good post. In the end everything is like pizza, see?

[HoreTore]

Don't you see the inanity of classifying some pizza as "real pizza" and others as not real?

I reserve the right to be as snobbish as I please when talking to inferior anglo-saxons.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The Italians make the best pizza. No question. The greeks are a close second.

Been there, done that, and it's somewhere near Chicago. Though in all fairness, Italians did have a huge hand in American pizza as well. Call it an update.

[Lemur]

Created a new thread for the pizza debate.

[rvg]

Created a new thread for the pizza debate.

I think it's a bit too late for that. This thread is thoroughly tainted with cheese and pepperoni.

[drone]

To keep the pizza discussion backroom...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Pizza is like oral sex. Even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.

[Fragony]

To keep the pizza discussion backroom...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Pizza is like oral sex. Even when it's bad, it's still pretty good.

You stole my line and I want it back

[The Stranger]

holland is not at all such a free country as most people believe it to be...

[miotas]

Because it's a province, not a country?