[geeks] Pizza anyone?

[Caleb Shay]

Well, I grew up in New England (CT), so I only ate greek pizza for a
long time.  In fact, I like greek pizza better, since they tend to pay
more attention to to amount and quality of toppings.

Caleb

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 12:52, James wrote:
> At 10:25 PM 1/11/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >Ok so I was just sitting here chowing down on my Double Pepperoni,
> >Sausage and Xtra cheese (with suplementary parmagiano of course and I
> >thought, why not start a flame war ;-)
> 
> Here is a little fuel for the fire.....
> 
> I am diverging from the chain-pie discussion to one of pizza nationality. 
> Specifically, Greek Pizza vs. Italian Pizza.
> 
> I don't know about the rest of the world, but in New England all the 
> "Italian" pizza joints are actually Greek owned and the pizza tastes 
> different (sucks, in other words). The difference seems to be this; Italian 
> pizza has a strong tomato and hint-of-oregano bite whereas Greek pizza has 
> an olive-oil influence and no noticeable tomato/oregano flavor. Basically, 
> its all in the sauce.
> 
> If you need an example of an Italian pizza, check out a chain called Pappa 
> Gino's (awesome non-chainish pizza). I think its a NE only chain, though.
> 
> My wife and I have been on a quest to find a proper Italian pizza in the 
> Concord, NH and New London, NH areas. We have had some success, but the 
> majority is Greek, as in most of New England.
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this form of pizza abuse?
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