UseLess Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 To an Italian (yes, I am 1st generation Australian) pizza is NOT like it is in other countries. It is NOT a full meal like most places. You grab some when you're hungry...like a fast food snack almost. I would say it is roughly in the same league as working at a Grilld/Nandos (for those of us in Australia, for those not think 'upper class fast food)... It is a cultural difference that gives Italians a different view of making pizza. To criticize this Mr Rossi for making comments that stem from his cultural background is a little unfair. Edit: No cheese on pizza? Most pizza is simple tomato base+cheese top - at least it is now-days in Italy...may have been no-cheese centuries ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moloko Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I bet the "Crappiest" pizza in Rome is still better than some of the best Pizza in the USA I have had pizza in rome, venice, florence. It is totally different than american pizza. Not better, not worse. Just different in its own way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuishimi Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I'm hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 ^ 1-800-PIZZA-HUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 2, 2013 Member Share Posted May 2, 2013 Most US pizza is not even close to most Italian pizza. Anything here deep dish, thick crust, loaded with toppings or drenched with cheese you're not going to find in Italy. If you like thinner crust pizza with fewer toppings (or really good Margherita), then yes, Italian pizza is good. Which is why I prefer US pizza every time. The Laughing Man 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Poster Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 other here i have never met an Italian pizza maker (UK) they have all been middle eastern or white students I like pizza...its not as bad as working in MacDonalds or burger king .. I once wanted a job in pizza hut cause i love pizza so much ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 other here i have never met an Italian pizza maker (UK) they have all been middle eastern or white students I like pizza...its not as bad as working in MacDonalds or burger king .. I once wanted a job in pizza hut cause i love pizza so much ;( I know of one in my old home town on the south coast and he makes the BEST pizza's in the country! Has a proper wood burning stone oven and everything. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMagik Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 i'm italian.. and this is so wrong news :) it's actually a job well remunerated, especially if you own the place, that is usually quite common in italy. Hum and Growled 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I'm hungry. Lol. I am now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfiniti9 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Restaurant job != Manual labor, in my book. These people need to quit complaining. Sorry, work at an Outback for 10 hours straight with no break and tell me its not manual labor. You literally run the whole time carrying heavy trays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 3, 2013 Member Share Posted May 3, 2013 I know of one in my old home town on the south coast and he makes the BEST pizza's in the country! Has a proper wood burning stone oven and everything. :D Oh, I love that kind. It's so hard to find here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francescob Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 They're just offended that way too few people ask for pineapple or spaghetti toppings on their pizzas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted May 3, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 3, 2013 I've had a lot of Pizza in my life, and no one beats a standard pizza from Pizza Hut. I'm not 'trolling', I'm dead serious. I love processed crap, I love McDonalds, I love Pizza Hut, I love it ALL! muahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Sorry, work at an Outback for 10 hours straight with no break and tell me its not manual labor. You literally run the whole time carrying heavy trays. Do the same fixing roads or working at a factory, or dong construction and tell us how hard the outback was. It labour, and it's hard, but it's not in the manual labor classification. 10 hours without breaks would also break all kinds of health and safety laws over here. astropheed 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted May 3, 2013 Veteran Share Posted May 3, 2013 Sorry, work at an Outback for 10 hours straight with no break and tell me its not manual labor. You literally run the whole time carrying heavy trays. Wow, how do you go on? In all seriousness though, you don't have a clue what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCracker Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Who says Americans are lazy, you might want to look up the average hours worked by the French.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hid3y0shi Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I'm italian and I'm not overrating my country's cooking when I say that Italian pizza is the best one. I ate pizza in many European countries and even USA, nothing comparable to the Italian one. Furthermore, in my opinion my parents make the best pizza in the world, I can't really get enough of it. I don't think making pizza is humiliating, but it seems that recently some people started to disregard "simple" jobs. Anyway globalization affects also pizza making, I'm not impressed to read that immigrants replace Italians in jobs like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 4, 2013 Member Share Posted May 4, 2013 I've had a lot of Pizza in my life, and no one beats a standard pizza from Pizza Hut. I'm not 'trolling', I'm dead serious. I love processed crap, I love McDonalds, I love Pizza Hut, I love it ALL! muahaha Your taste buds have been corrupted by junk. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 ^ I don't know about Pizza Hut being 'junk', but I don't care for the excessive olive oil they use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linsook Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Restaurant job != Manual labor, in my book. These people need to quit complaining. Until you realize that some places in Italy and certainly some in Naples, make everything from scratch, the dough, sauce and cheese. It's not pre-packaged corporate stuff you take out of a package and slap on some canned sauces and other packaged toppings. I definitely prefer a Neapolitan style pizza. From Da Michele's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 ^ I don't know about Pizza Hut being 'junk', but I don't care for the excessive olive oil they use. I think pretty much all fast food qualifies as junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 There's your standard takeaway/delivered pizza, then there's the real stuff (Italian). But you have to go to Italy to try it. Here in Australia, I'm yet to find a true authentic Italian pizza (but a few places have come close). As an Italian, I would also be humiliated; Pizza Hut stealing ideas from past Italian migrants, and then producing a pizza of half the quality, and that makes you put on weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Until you realize that some places in Italy and certainly some in Naples, make everything from scratch, the dough, sauce and cheese. It's not pre-packaged corporate stuff you take out of a package and slap on some canned sauces and other packaged toppings. I definitely prefer a Neapolitan style pizza. From Da Michele's outside of the big chains, so does every pizzeria. and heck over here even the chains mostly do. your posts makes no sense anyway, the only thing they really make is the though, and wether that is made on site or at a big central "bakery" and shipped to the locations doesn't matter much. it's not like they actually make the cheese and tomatos and meat in the back room :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richteralan Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 outside of the big chains, so does every pizzeria. and heck over here even the chains mostly do. your posts makes no sense anyway, the only thing they really make is the though, and wether that is made on site or at a big central "bakery" and shipped to the locations doesn't matter much. it's not like they actually make the cheese and tomatos and meat in the back room :) You missed his point. But yeah I know plenty of people prefer packaged stuff over made-from-scratch stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted May 10, 2013 Author Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2013 I think pretty much all fast food qualifies as junk. pretty much all restaurant food qualifies as junk also... when a sandwich at Ruby Tuesday is the equivalent to eating 4 big mac's at McDonald's, I don't know how someone could say fast food is the worst thing for you when most chain restaurants are WAY worse in terms of sodium, cholesterol, and fat content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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