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I suspect you'll get a lot of bell peppers rather than spicy meat.
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I suspect you'll get a lot of bell peppers rather than spicy meat.
I've never really had what I considered a good pizza in Italy.
And pepperoni there is more like long skinny bananna pepper like things, not the pepperoni of the states.
If you want that, then you order 'salami', but unfortunately, that's pretty close to salami in the states, and well...yuck on pizza.
Of course, I was always touristing, and didn't ever stay too long, so it might just be I'm crappy at picking good food upon demand.
And pepperoni there is more like long skinny bananna pepper like things, not the pepperoni of the states.
If you want that, then you order 'salami', but unfortunately, that's pretty close to salami in the states, and well...yuck on pizza.
Of course, I was always touristing, and didn't ever stay too long, so it might just be I'm crappy at picking good food upon demand.
Well, no, you order "salame picante" which is very much like pepperoni in the US, only it tends to be a bit spicier in my experience. Plain "salame" is different (usually salame ungherese...that seems to be the most popular).
The interesting thing here is that they aren't shy about putting huge slices of meat on a pizza. I mean, they're thin slices, but if you order, say, prosciutto of one form or another, they'll put these thin deli cuts of the stuff that are almost as long as the pizza is wide. At least, that's what they've done here in Trieste....maybe it varies elsewhere in Italy.
I ordered a pizza while in Rome in 1982 and got a flat piece of bread that looked like a ladle that'd been dipped in tomato sauce had lightly kissed its surface with a single green olive sitting in the middle. I hate olives.
We had pizzas in Venice a few years back (in a trattoria recommended by "Lonely Planet") and for such a tourist packed city, were very pleasantly surprised.
PS: My 4 y.o. daughter loves olives... what's wrong with you John
Sounds like a marinara.
I've been pretty impressed by the variety of pizza toppings that they offer here. But one thing that I find strange: Hawaiian is not available anywhere.
That's cause pineapple on pizza is a crime by directive from the European Parliament.
well, it should be anyway
Hah! No way! It's the best pizza to eat >24h later. The pineapple keeps its juice and on nom nom nom releases it, softening the already stale and dry bread.
Plus it's sweet. Sugar. Cant be bad.