The pizza I was talking about that I said I'd had in the suburbs was I believe in Brooklyn. My college roommate was from Pelham, he took me through Brooklyn to a few places.
Haven't had good Sicilian-style out here in CA.
-PCM
Geezer wrote:You can call it whatever you want, but the stuff they make in Chicago, and call pizza... ain't.
Pizza was actually created in N.Y. By Italian immigrants, yes. But pizza didn't come over from Italy.
Pizza was already established as the food of the gods long before anyone got lost in the middle of the country and started calling the place they got tired and stopped in, Chicago.
Calling Chicago Style deep dish pizza, Pizza, is sort of like calling Taco Bell fine Mexican food.
Oooh. Any Chicagoans here for a rebuttal???
Heh, it's like that hot dog program I saw on PBS: a good-natured war between Chicago and NYC on who has the best hot dog and where it originated from... :hehe:
Calling Chicago Style deep dish pizza, Pizza, is sort of like calling Taco Bell fine Mexican food.
We had a guest from GA staying out here. She actually thought Taco Bell was authentic Mexican Food. Most people in Florida think they are eating Mexican food and really they are eating Cuban food.
People from N.Y.C. always refer to it as the Borough of Brooklyn.
(But truth to tell, people from Brooklyn still think of the place as a city unto itself. Noone there ever really accepted the Annexation. --- Then again, I'm old now and it's been a while, so things might have changed.)
Geezer wrote:Best way I've found to cook a hot dog, if you don't have a grill handy...
Boil it for 5 minutes (or nuke it) and then throw it in the oven at 425 until it starts to blister.
It ain't right... but it works.
I just throw 'em directly onto a hot frying pan and toss 'em around 'til they blister... Gulden's spicy brown mustard and some Heinz sweet relish... Oh, and the chopped onion. Yum.