Peter, Do not forget that the south of France has a dish called 'pisaladiere' which is awfully close to one of those "white pizzas". Having grown up near the Bronx enclave of Little Italy (187th St. and Arthur Avenue, I know what REAL pizza is like. In fact, one of the "pizza-maestros" from there opened a place in San Diego, which is now the most popular pizzeria in the city. Jerry Peter J Nebergall wrote: > The word "pizza" and the word "pita" are linguistically the same. CF > Greek "spanako-pita" and "tiro-pita." the "t" shifts to a "ts," and we > use the letter "z" It's pan-Mediterranean, and very very old. The > Romans did, however, give us the pepperoni! > > P.J. Nebergall > > On Wed, 24 May 2006 01:21:38 -0400 Marc James Small > <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > At 09:08 PM 5/23/06 -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote: > > > > > I have not but I do get pizza from a local place that is > > >not a part of a chain. I agee with those who find it hard to > > >tell chain pizza from the boxes it comes in. > > > > Richard > > > > There is much BS with Pizza. A shop on Route 10 north of New Haven > > claims > > to have introduced real Italian Pizza to the US, and their claim > > might be > > correct, though no one doubts that the origin came from Italy and, > > for that > > matter, the pizza we eat here is quite a bit different from the > > southern > > Italian apizza with its lack of tomatoes and its heavy coatings of > > olive > > oil and sardines and the like. > > > > One of my many ex-wives once noted that Marco Polo brought the > > recipe for > > Pasta back from China in the 13th century, AD, while Sir Walter > > Raleigh > > brought the Tomatoe to the Old World at the break of the 16th and > > 17th > > centuries. Her question then was about the Italian diet BEFORE they > > had > > pasta and tomoatoes and the answer is simple: the Italians lived > > on fish, > > cheeze, bread, and wine. A Roman Legion, around 100 AD, actually > > mutinied > > when forced to live on beef for a month. Go figure: one in ten > > were > > killed to make a dietary point. > > > > Marc > > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > > > > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > > www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/346 - Release Date: 05/23/2006 --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list