My dumb. I know Chicago deep dish isn't our standard (thick) crust but a whole nother creature.
The difference between what we know as pizza and Italian styles are often subtler, really. A matter of toppings, which will sometimes be strange to us, cheese quantities and kinds, and the flavour of the crust. Wikipedia says US pizzas have more toppings and more flavour - I'm not sure that's exactly right. They tend to use less cheese but not less of anything else, and done right, it doesn't need the extra. (Also, give the thin crusts there a chance.)
Of course, there ARE bad pizzas in Italy, and I half suspect some of the most tourist-ridden pizzerias are ... not the best. (Which is why I specified that we were a bit off the beaten track. Only by a block or two but you've probably got an idea how much difference a block or two can make, especially as regards tourist attractions.) Alas, the scene wasn't written like that. It was written, as cited above, as "Italians don't eat pizza, only clueless teenaged American tourists do."
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Date: 2012-11-30 01:47 pm (UTC)The difference between what we know as pizza and Italian styles are often subtler, really. A matter of toppings, which will sometimes be strange to us, cheese quantities and kinds, and the flavour of the crust. Wikipedia says US pizzas have more toppings and more flavour - I'm not sure that's exactly right. They tend to use less cheese but not less of anything else, and done right, it doesn't need the extra. (Also, give the thin crusts there a chance.)
Of course, there ARE bad pizzas in Italy, and I half suspect some of the most tourist-ridden pizzerias are ... not the best. (Which is why I specified that we were a bit off the beaten track. Only by a block or two but you've probably got an idea how much difference a block or two can make, especially as regards tourist attractions.) Alas, the scene wasn't written like that. It was written, as cited above, as "Italians don't eat pizza, only clueless teenaged American tourists do."