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Mama mia—that’s a tasty pizza pie! [pizza memories - nice article]
Hometown Focus ^ | 3/19/2021 | Betty Pond

Posted on 03/19/2021 4:02:07 PM PDT by simpson96

I was at a meeting once where someone mentioned that people will argue about the silliest things, even something as simple as where you can get the best pizza. My mind screamed, “Hey, wait a minute, that is a legitimate subject to debate!”

You could argue about thick crust, thin crust, toppings, sauce, dine-in, take out, bake-at-home, cut in squares, cut in triangles— the list goes on. We pizza-eaters are very opinionated. Since pizza wasn’t the reason for the meeting and since I already know where to buy the best pizza, I politely kept my thoughts to myself.

Young people might find it shocking to learn that, for some of us, pizza was not always a part of our lives and certainly not served in the school cafeteria. Even though my heritage is Italian, I never heard about pizza until I was a teenager. It has since become my very favorite food!

My first taste of pizza was when my mom bought a Chef Boyardee Pizza Mix. It came with a dry mixture for the crust, a small can of sauce, and a packet of powdered cheese. My mom didn’t add any toppings and it was only “okay.” (snip)

My husband Randy joined the conversation by saying his first run in with pizza was the Chef Boyardee model too. Randy recalled a time when he and a bunch of guys each pitched in a quarter to buy a pizza at a dine-in shop. When the pizza was served, there was a race to grab a piece, resulting in more than one burnt roof of the mouth. Have you experienced that?

(Excerpt) Read more at hometownfocus.us ...


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My mom bought those mixes!


61 posted on 03/20/2021 1:01:32 AM PDT by Trillian
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Pizza My Heart on the Capitola boardwalk..


62 posted on 03/20/2021 8:08:11 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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