[lbo-talk] bagels/ethnicity

[joanna]

The first time I went to Italy, in the mid seventies, there was nothing 
there that looked like or tasted like American pizza. That's why I said 
that what an American thinks of as traditional pizza is not at all 
traditional, but still delicious.

No big deal.

Joanna

Wendy Lyon wrote:


> On 9/10/06, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>  There's no such thing as "traditional" pizza. Pizza is an american
>> invention.
>
>
> I'm not sure those two things are mutually exclusive, but in any case,
> here are some pages that say otherwise:
>
> http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpizza.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza
>
> I had a discussion about this just last week with an Italian
> acquaintance, and this seems to be a rather sore subject with them.
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