No one forces you to eat the crust.Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
Smaller pizzas end up with a higher crust ratio right? Cause the size of the crust generally doesn't change thickness no matter what size the pizza... so that means less awesome toppings and melted cheese for non-Americans!
You are probably not a fan of Focaccia I assume.
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I've heard from several Italians that American pizza is substantially better than Italian pizza.
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I prefer my pizza's to have a wider crust, that way they're easier to handle. I also don't like them to be overloaded with toppings because that makes the slices difficult to fold.
Congratulations America
Its not that I don't like the crust, but if I'm ordering pizza, I want pizza. If I want breadsticks, then I'll order breadsticks instead.
You fold your tiny pizzas too? I only fold mine if I've having trouble managing the hot sauce or ranch. Which I admit is a taste I picked up in high school to help the school lunches go farther. But god I can't wait till PDQ finally announces their Buffalo Chicken Pizza.
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Okay so you guys love pizza but what's your favorite street food?
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Exactly. Pizza is good for the toppings (or a stuffed crust). Not sure why people like what's effectively bread a with a tiny bit of cheese and tomato sauce on top. Not too impressed with that bread either.
The type that doesn't result in food poisoning?Do you mean the food you buy outside?
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I never met a single one saying that, and they live literally right next to us.I've heard from several Italians that American pizza is substantially better than Italian pizza.
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Selection bias. Why would any reliable person live next to you?
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Well Italy can't move itself away from Switzerland by choice.
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Are you sure those were Italians and not Italo-Americans?I've heard from several Italians that American pizza is substantially better than Italian pizza.
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I've never eaten a pizza in America that comes close to being as good as an Italian pizza.I've heard from several Italians that American pizza is substantially better than Italian pizza.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Italians
Italo-Americans
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Don't see any difference.
You need to eat proper New York pizza, not some fake Georgian one (or God forbid, pizza from one of the chains).
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Riiiight
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The way I eat a pizza would be to cut it in slices, then eat it with my hands, folding the slices just enough to not make the pointy end droop and keep the topping on/in. I'm not a big fan of panpizza's or thick crusted ones. They can be nice, it's just that I like thin and crispy a lot more.
Congratulations America
Hmm... some of the best pizza's I've ever had were kind of minimalistic but incredibly tasty...Exactly. Pizza is good for the toppings (or a stuffed crust). Not sure why people like what's effectively bread a with a tiny bit of cheese and tomato sauce on top. Not too impressed with that bread either.
The type that doesn't result in food poisoning?
Congratulations America
We have a couple of local joints that try to make Italian pizza. They fail.
You need to eat proper New York pizza, not some fake Georgian one (or God forbid, pizza from one of the chains).
But New York pizza has floppy, foldy crust that isn't baked in a wood oven? Bleh.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
If you want hard bread, why don't you just get some stale bread and put it in the toaster for 5 minutes?
I like minimalist pizza...but that means good crust and good cheese.
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I'm gonna whip-up a few suggestions...agreed that Boston isn't really worthwhile. Wonder if there's any place in the region worth a trip that wouldn't require a car. I mean, there is, but it depends on what you like. For some reason I have this nonsense idea that you'll miss a slice of 'Merika, which is inevitable for a trip that's 7 days or even 7 years.
I don't suppose you like hiking?
City slickers for the most part, we figure we'll be back in the future
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Accidentally double-sent you a big fat list of ideas via PM. Whoops.
Dude that PM was gold! =) we hadn't even thought of standup but it'd be perfect. The list of things to check out is coming together. As usual we've forgotten to book restaurants in advance but we have good fallback options. Turns out if we want to see shows for cheap we'll have to surrender to the gods of chance and either enter the ticket lotteries or hope for other cheap tickets on the day of any given show. Might book Book of Mormon in advance at least, not sure. Top of the Rock is def. up there but also added a pub called McSorley's for hanging out with unknown internet people and the Refinery Rooftop for just hanging out in general. The pub is very close to two of the sushi places we'd like to check out so we'll have to see if we can think of a day's worth of things to do in that general area
Anyway, if any of you guys are in town during that week and would like to hang out, don't be afraid to let us know! We're trying to keep our itinerary summat open and flexible mostly so we can meet up with people who may be in town (family, friends, nemeses).
Right now I'm mostly worried about the phone issue and whether or not our credit/debit-cards will work there.
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Why wouldn't they work?
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It should work.Dude that PM was gold! =) we hadn't even thought of standup but it'd be perfect. The list of things to check out is coming together. As usual we've forgotten to book restaurants in advance but we have good fallback options. Turns out if we want to see shows for cheap we'll have to surrender to the gods of chance and either enter the ticket lotteries or hope for other cheap tickets on the day of any given show. Might book Book of Mormon in advance at least, not sure. Top of the Rock is def. up there but also added a pub called McSorley's for hanging out with unknown internet people and the Refinery Rooftop for just hanging out in general. The pub is very close to two of the sushi places we'd like to check out so we'll have to see if we can think of a day's worth of things to do in that general area
Anyway, if any of you guys are in town during that week and would like to hang out, don't be afraid to let us know! We're trying to keep our itinerary summat open and flexible mostly so we can meet up with people who may be in town (family, friends, nemeses).
Right now I'm mostly worried about the phone issue and whether or not our credit/debit-cards will work there.
I do not know if I will be in the city that week! I will let you know soon, but they keep my on a tight leash. Last time I was in McSorley's I puked a bunch. To be honest, to this day I'm not 100% sure it was McSorley's but I've been too embarrassed to go back.
If you're going to do a show, the tradeoff of waiting in line is you could spend hours in line and end up with nothing. Then again, there is a cost to booking in advance.
How many nemeses do you have in New York?
Your card should work as long as it has the magnetic stripe (very few chip readers here) and your bank knows you're here.
I'm gonna say...don't waste your time or money on big shows at big venues. The Rockettes performing at Radio City Music Hall isn't something you should plan for, if your time is limited.
aight dread (and anyone else who might be in town), lemme know which days and times and places work best for you to just hang out or saunter aroundwe have a long list of options but few items that are actually booked for any particular day or time. Family also welcome if they're okay with bumming around. just a few hours left till we set off on the first leg of the journey...!
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minx, if you take a short train trip from NYC to Washington DC, the cherry trees should be blooming the first two weeks of April. I hope you'll take a day-trip to DC, even if you're not a "national monument" fan, or haven't planned that on your itinerary. It's a truly beautiful experience....and your timing is close to perfect.
thanks! I don't think we'll have time to go to any other cities but that sounds very tempting even so... we were really keen on seeing cherry trees but thought we'd miss them
So, I seem to have lost my dress shoes in the move... does anyone know of any Manhattan stores where I can get a decent pair of dark brown leather dress shoes at a fair price or just for cheap?
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IIRC clothing in general, including shoes, are cheaper in the US than in Europe.
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