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So what is pizza?
I didn't grow up with pizza. The first pizza I ever had was awful. My mother bought a one-box mix (brand shall remain nameless) that was then advertised on TV: Terrible crust, imitation parmesan cheese, nothing approaching mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce closer to tomato soup than anything else. It was years before the family tried again. We went to a Shakey's Pizza place. Very far from Italian atmosphere (One of the first Russian language instructors I met moonlighted playing Dixieland banjo at a Shakey's), but the pizza was pretty good.
After many years, I've decided I like my pizza on thin crust, Italian sausage, black olives, onions; cut into squares or diamonds to make it easier to eat than in wedges and to avoid the hassle of trying to divvy up a small even number of slices by an odd number of people. Red bell pepper okay, pepperoni okay, mushrooms okay. No pineapple, ham, hamburger, or anchovies.
How about you?
So what is pizza?
I didn't grow up with pizza. The first pizza I ever had was awful. My mother bought a one-box mix (brand shall remain nameless) that was then advertised on TV: Terrible crust, imitation parmesan cheese, nothing approaching mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce closer to tomato soup than anything else. It was years before the family tried again. We went to a Shakey's Pizza place. Very far from Italian atmosphere (One of the first Russian language instructors I met moonlighted playing Dixieland banjo at a Shakey's), but the pizza was pretty good.
After many years, I've decided I like my pizza on thin crust, Italian sausage, black olives, onions; cut into squares or diamonds to make it easier to eat than in wedges and to avoid the hassle of trying to divvy up a small even number of slices by an odd number of people. Red bell pepper okay, pepperoni okay, mushrooms okay. No pineapple, ham, hamburger, or anchovies.
How about you?