Fresh pizza vending machine prompts curiosity and horror in Rome

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[mylife]

Raffaele Esposito, the 19th century Neapolitan credited with inventing Italy’s most famous type of pizza, may be turning in his grave: Rome has a new vending machine which slides out freshly cooked pizzas in just three minutes.

Buyers using the flaming red "Mr. Go Pizza" machine can choose from four different kinds of pizzas costing from 4.50 to 6 euros ($5.2-7.2). The machine kneads and tops the dough and customers can watch the pizza cook behind a small glass window.

Reviews by customers on Thursday of the machine, one of the first in Rome, ranged from "acceptable if you're in a hurry" to outright horror.

"It looks good but it is much smaller than in a restaurant and there is less topping," said Claudio Zampiga, a pensioner.

[mylife]

beer vending machines too!

[Gay State Conservative]

Go to Japan...you can get *anything* from a vending machine there. You can even get a hernia operation.

[mylife]

2nd worst pizza of mylife was in Tokyo

[Seruzawa]

Or anything green except peppers.

[Gay State Conservative]

During our trip to Italy we took a day tour through the region where mozzarella comes from.We learned that *real* mozzarella is made from buffalo milk Since then I've avoided it.

[Seruzawa]

My worst was in Sydney, Australia on R&R in 1969. It was cheddar cheese melted on white bread and some catsup on it.

[dinodino]

Totally recursive.

[Gay State Conservative]

Maybe so but they have that fish (can’t recall the name) which requires a specially trained chef to prepare it. If it’s prepared incorrectly it will kill you!

[mylife]

that’s bad!

[RckyRaCoCo]

LOL!

[mylife]

fugu!

[Seruzawa]

It's gotta be better than this:

[mylife]

ham and mfer’s?

[Rummyfan]

One of the worst pizzas I ever had was in Rome and this is no improvement.

I've had one or two bad meals in Rome. But many many great ones too.

[mylife]

I was only there for 1 day

[Gay State Conservative]

fugu!

Hey,no need for insults here!!!

Only kidding...I looked it up after posting. It seems that it's not only deadly but it's quite expensive....$120 a plate I read. If I was gonna shell out that kind of cash for certain death I'd use it to rent a Ferrari and drive it at 170MPH.

[Sirius Lee]

LOL!

[butlerweave]

Ya go with the frozen ones ,LOL

[Viking2002]

You sound like our grandson. He can polish off a tray of those things in between dinner courses.

[mylife]