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I thought about this after talking to a German friend the other day. Here in Canada, you order a pizza if you are really drunk, temporarily foregoing all your dietary concerns, or you just didn't care in the first place. A non-greasy, meat-loaded pizza from an Italian restaurant or pizzeria is by far the most uncommon source of your pie. Usually they are ordered from a place that focuses on really extreme variations of pizza in the vein of fast food.
I think maybe in a lot of Europe, and maybe Argentina(?), pizzas are not as large and focus on only a couple of fresh ingredients without dripping grease, sauce, and unidentifiable cheese. Therefor, maybe pizza doesn't have as much a stigma as in North America. Possibly it's even just a normal food.
Well we have a large Italian population, so good quality pizzerias are common. Plus a lot of non-Italian pubs and restaurants also serve pizza, varying widely in quality. I've eaten at literally hundreds of pizza places here, and I have my favourites. Some taste more distinct than the rest. I do admit I do get Dominos occasionally, especially the $4.95 for a large pizza (that's less than a subway 6 inch here!) on Tuesday deals.
So yes, it depends on whether you're ordering Dominos/Pizza Hut.etc or going to an Italian restaurant.
When visiting Italy I was actually (this might sound strange) surprised at how common pizza was. In this case the stereotype was true lol. I thought that pizza was overrepresented in Italian cuisine here, but there it's just super common, everywhere you look there's a pizzeria. I heard, however, that pizza's popularity in much of Italy is actually fairly recent. In the 1950s it was hard to find ANY pizza in Milan. It spread from Naples around the country. Oddly pizza was popularised around the same time in the States as most of Italy.
I thought about this after talking to a German friend the other day. Here in Canada, you order a pizza if you are really drunk, temporarily foregoing all your dietary concerns, or you just didn't care in the first place. A non-greasy, meat-loaded pizza from an Italian restaurant or pizzeria is by far the most uncommon source of your pie. Usually they are ordered from a place that focuses on really extreme variations of pizza in the vein of fast food.
I think maybe in a lot of Europe, and maybe Argentina(?), pizzas are not as large and focus on only a couple of fresh ingredients without dripping grease, sauce, and unidentifiable cheese. Therefor, maybe pizza doesn't have as much a stigma as in North America. Possibly it's even just a normal food.
What do you think?
I would say Australia is much like Canada, though "gourmet" pizza's restaurants seem to be going through some what of a resurgence at the moment.
I would say Australia is much like Canada, though "gourmet" pizza's restaurants seem to be going through some what of a resurgence at the moment.
Maybe it's because you live in Queensland with the lowest Italian population of the major cities , but quality Italian style pizza has been the norm in Australian cities for a long time. The more gourmet thing/less conventional types like escargo, or teriyaki prawns or lamb with tsaksiki is a bit more recent.
Maybe it's because you live in Queensland with the lowest Italian population of the major cities , but quality Italian style pizza has been the norm in Australian cities for a long time. The more gourmet thing/less conventional types like escargo, or teriyaki prawns or lamb with tsaksiki is a bit more recent.
Possibly, never has been much of an Italian population in Brisbane. Dominos Australia and eagle boys both originated out of Brisbane.
Of course in terms of pizza Brisbane is almost exactly the same as Melbourne these days, thought the gourmet part might be a bit more recent thing.
Yes of course, even in the little country town I lived in the pub served some good pizza.
Smart-arse answer to the original question: 'with their eyes, nose and mouth!'
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, but quality Italian style pizza has been the norm in Australian cities for a long time. The more gourmet thing/less conventional types like escargo, or teriyaki prawns or lamb with tsaksiki is a bit more recent.
