Pizza

[Scott]

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Pizza Exress: Disgusting, but thank heavens I'd been drinking. 
Pizza Hut here: Disgusting. But not because of doughy crust - poor 
sauce.

--All American Chain Pizzas are pretty much well yucky. But there is 
one Pizza resturant that I ate at in San Diego once and in D.C. too. 
It was some of the best pizza I'd ever eaten but I don't remember for 
the life of me what it's called....


Pizza Hut in the UK: ??? I didn't try it. Why? Pizza Hut is already 
bad enough without corruption by the Brits.

--I'm not even going to ask whether Brits put potatoes on it! ;-)


Italians in Italy can't make pizza either. "The common belief is that 
Italians invented the pizza, however the origins go back to the 
ancient times. Babylonians, Israelites, Egyptians and other ancient 
Middle Eastern cultures were eating flat, un-leaven bread that had 
 been cooked in mud ovens. The bread was much like a pita, which is 
still common in Greece and the Middle East today. Further it is known 
that ancient Mediterranean people such as the Greeks, Romans and 
Egyptians were eating the bread, topped seasoned with olive oil and 
 native spices.


"The lower class of the Naples, Italy is believed to have created 
pizza in a more familiar fashion. In the late 1800s a Italian baker 
named Raffaele Esposito, was believed to have created a dish for 
visiting royalty. According to the story, the Italian monarch King  
Umberto and his consort, Queen Margherita was touring the area. In  
order to impress them and to show his patriotic fervor Raffaele 
chose  to top flat bread with food that would best represent the 
colors of  Italy: red tomato, white mozzarella cheese and green 
basil. The king and queen were so impressed that word quickly reached 
the masses. The> end results were that the dish was well received to 
the extent that  others began to copy it."

--Perhaps but the worst Pizza I've ever eaten in my life was in 
Naples. It was a horrible soggy thing, with rubbery cheese and a 
burnt crust...YUCK! (Never had British Pizza but I can't be worse 
than that!)


The fact that Britain's Pizza Express makes pizza like the Italians 
doesn't make it worth eating.


"Heather M., willing to take any Brit on the list out for a pie if 
they come and visit."

--Me too! Now where shall we take them? 

Scott
(off to think of good pizza places in the area...)