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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 514353, member: 153"] A few things about Greek pizza: 1. It has absolutely nothing to do with Greece 2. Greek pizza is called Greek because of Greek immigrants who came to the country and learned to make it in the style that 90% of the country enjoys and eats. When I point out to friends in Buffalo how bad the pizza is, they respond how much they love it, and when I describe Neapolitan pizza, they think it sounds gross. Buffalo pizza is Greek pizza but it's made by Italians who taught Greek immigrants to make a pizza that is not very good. Confused? 3. Historically, real Greeks have been eating pizza for 2,000 years, but up until the last hundred, they never put tomato sauce or cheese on pizzas, just veggies and olive oil. This is why the influence of veggies on pizza is still so big in Sicily. 4. Sicilian pizza has changed over the years from being very thin crust to very thick, but it's not Chicago-style and it's not Greek. It is fantastic though and still the only thick crust pizza I will ever eat. 5. I don't know what NY Style pizza is; I thought it was Neapolitan but according to that article, apparently it's not. I can only remember eating pizza once in NYC because there is so much good food around other than pizza. What is NY pizza? 6. I lived in Italy for 2 years and never once saw any restaurant or shop that made anything that looked like an American pizza. Frank Pepe was from Naples so I guess that's why we call it Neapolitan pizza. In Italy, you either get sheet pizza from corner stores or else sit down to a personal pizza the size of a Pizza Hut pan pizza (but infinitely better). In terms of the crust, it's in between thin and thick. [/QUOTE]

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