[HPFGU-OTChatter] Pizza

[Aberforth's Goat]

> Question: if a Napoli baker invented the recent incarnation of this
> dish, why on EARTH was I repeatedly asked in Italy IF I WANTED
> CHEESE? Gross. Pizza without cheese?

Ascolta qua caruccia,

Howabout *not* besmirching the simple vessels of nearly holy pleasures!?
True, Napoletani don't have a clue about pizza, but that's only because they
weren't bright enough to grow up in Sicily, like I did. For that matter, I
wouldn't even trust Palermitani or Catanesi: even if they fail to lift your
wallet, chances are the pizza will be a swindle. (Seasoning's all wrong!)
But if you'd like to expereince pizza the way the holy saints intended it to
be tasted, swing down through the Argentina and visit Sciacca. Dough of
grano duro. Fresh garlic and mozarella and tomato paste. Seafood toppings to
make the heart pound fast and hard.

S, s ... those northern Italians think they miss their paper-thin crusts
and hard boiled egg slices ... but they grew up wrong, too.

Moral of the tale: You like the pizza you grew up with. Everything else is a
cheap imitation--at best.

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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"My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising
inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers,
but did Aberforth hide? No he did not! He held his head high."