“And a casserole can’t stand by itself, without a container. That square pizza can”
Really? Show me a deep-sided pizza whose dough is deep enough to contain the mass quantity of ingredients that these casseroles contain that is placed into an oven as a stand-alone item.
I’m not making up a damned thing. I have lived in Italy and visited every region. From the Island of Sicily to the top of the boot.
Nowhere in all of Italy does there exist anything called a Pizza that remotely resembles a Detroit or Chicago Casserole. It does not exist.
“Nowhere in all of Italy does there exist anything called a Pizza that remotely resembles a Detroit or Chicago Casserole. It does not exist.”
And deep dish pizzas are usually removed from the pan for serving. That Detroit Style pizza is, and it is delivered without the pan. I grew up eating it, and it is Pizza. Whatever they serve as pizza in Italy, I don’t care a whit. This is America, Pisan. We eat American Pizza. Get over it.