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To: nickcarraway

It’s a pizza shop in England, what do you expect? Food in England is barely edible on the best days.


13 posted on 04/15/2023 10:32:27 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: GaryCrow

You can get excellent food in restaurants in Britain, expect to pay for it. Most pizzas are sold through kebab/pizza takeaway shops run by middle easterners. Pizza in the US has evolved. In Britain it seems to be the product of a standardized supply chain. Pizza in Cornwall is the same as pizza in Yorkshire. I have never been able to get an Italian sausage pizza in Britain. Sausage in British pizzas means either pepperoni or salami. No Italians own, manage, or run pizzerias in Britain. Restaurants yes, pizzerias no. I once wondered if the absence or Italian sausage was a religious thing as many of the staff are often Islamic. But that couldn’t be as they offered ham pizza.
I’ve travelled far and wide in Italy and pizza varies not only region to region but town to town as well. Never could get ahold of a Sicilian pie, not even in Sicily. The best pizza in Europe? Finland. Finnish pizza is similar to Chicago style with an excellent choice of fillings.
Nothing beats American pizza for quality and consistency. Yes, I know it varies, but, we’re talking about on the average. Don’t buy Mexican in Lichtenstein or Chinese in Brussels.
Most of the big pizza chains are in Europe. However, something happens in the translation. I’ve never be a fan of franchised food.
In Holland they put mayonnaise on French fries. In Britain if you order fish and chips the fish is usually superb while the chips (French fries) are from hell, soggy and greasy. Never go to any European restaurant that specialises in “American” food. It ain’t. The German idea of American corn bread is more like gypsum board. They do their own food wonderfully.


14 posted on 04/15/2023 11:58:58 PM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: GaryCrow

You aren’t wrong. I kostlt survived on Indian, Thai, and such.


15 posted on 04/16/2023 12:24:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: GaryCrow

The pizza in London was bad. But I never ventured to try Mexican there. Just don’t.


16 posted on 04/16/2023 12:25:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: GaryCrow
It’s a pizza shop in England, what do you expect?

Catsup and cheddar on a barely warm English muffin. Plus maybe some boiled blood sausage?

21 posted on 04/16/2023 7:08:50 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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