Aug 30, 2006 18:45
Let us talk about pizza.
Everyone likes pizza. If you don't, you are a retard. I think we can agree on this - besides, if you oppose this notion, you're a retard, so what does your opinion matter?
I had ordered a pizza from a local take-and-bake place that serves a thin, sparsely topping'd style of pizza. While waiting, I was browsing in the cafe/bookstore next door. A young fellow, a college student, most likely, inquired as to the quality of the pizza at the location next door. The cashier stated that she did not care for it. The random man in the cafe loudly proclaimed that it was "terrible" and supported this with "take it from me, I'm from New Jersey." Jokes about toxic waste aside, I will grant that New Jersey is near New York (land of the traffic-blocked ambulance) and thus probably has good pizza. However, any student of critical thinking will tell you that such evidence is likely invalid - it does not actually support the statement. I am from San Francisco, but I don't know fashion and I'm not gay. Suffice it to say that I was dissapointed in the gentelman's comment and reasoning. His words spoke of a distinct Ameri-centrism, where the rest of the world is ignored.
The man had clearly never been to Italy. You see, there are basically two types of pizza that one commonly gets (the third, Turkish, is less common and will not be considered). You have your American pizza, and you have your Italian pizza. American pizza fits the stereotype of its home country: obese, loaded with extra features, high cholesterol, "bigger is better" food. Toppings up to your ears, grease galore. Delicious, naturally. However, if you take the expensive, long, cramped flight across the Atlantic Ocean (that's the one between us and Europe), you might find yourself in Italy. Here, you will be hard pressed to find a pizza of any regular shape. Circular pizzas are essentially nonexistent. The shape classed as "irregular" or "blob" is far more prevalent. Additionally, the crust is drastically different: more like a cracker than anything else, very, very thin. Few toppings, too - some tomato slices (no sauce), fresh mozerella (if you have never tried fresh mozerella cheese you need to go get some right now because otherwise you are a culinary cretin), and some meat and herbs. Sparse. Also delicious.
Two types of pizza! You are not allowed to review pizza parlors until you have experienced both. Otherwise, you are being a lousy jingo and need to go jack off to pictures of crying eagles or whatever it is you do.