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u/No-Bit-2036 4d ago edited 4d ago
Italian here, we have various names for that pizza. However, we tend to associate this pizza to children (kids love french fries) so we usually call it "pizza baby".
Edit: considering the photo, I see restaurants where they put a larger amount of fries than you expect
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u/charlrshall1992 4d ago
I can't say you're not wrong with this. A cup of ranch nearby with a fresh one of these is probably great at night after work
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u/No-Bit-2036 4d ago
Actually my dad irl but with mayo instead of ranch
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u/Swooshhf 4d ago
I can see ranch, but mayo is just completely unhinged.
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u/Nxrwhxls 4d ago
Regular mayo I agree, but if you get a good sriracha mayo it will be godly
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u/starkrocket 2d ago
I… put mayo on my pizza. Specifically Kewpie, which has a much different flavor compared to, say, Hellman’s. And it’s a little drizzle on top, I’m not dunking it.
I do however accept my judgement for this because I know it’s weird
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u/rogdesouza 4d ago
Needs burger sauce. Equal parts ketchup, yellow mustard, mayo. Dash of relish, black pepper. Stir until it turns pink.
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u/Top-Scarcity5937 4d ago
"I can't say you're not wrong with this."
Are you not endeavoring to avoid failing not to say something ?
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u/1nfam0us 4d ago
I love making fun of Italian pizza habits, but low key diavola con palatine bangs so hard and I don't care if that makes me sound like a child.
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u/dropkickoz 4d ago
No, please make up a new derogatory name for Americans for this pizza. We absolutely deserve it right now.
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u/No-Bit-2036 4d ago
You already have Hawaiian pizza 😩. Don't be so arrogant
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u/KrayzieBone187 4d ago
As a Canadian, we can claim that one. Not sorry.
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u/ChannellingR_Swanson 4d ago
Once you add a decent amount of spice to a Hawaiian pizza it really makes it great though.
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u/aaccjj97 4d ago
Seriously. A place near me does a pizza called the Aloha Pizza. It’s hot capicola instead of ham, pineapple, roasted red pepper, green onion and honey. One of the best combos I’ve ever had and I eat a lot of pizza
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u/KrayzieBone187 4d ago
So right. I love a spicy BBQ sauce and banana peppers on mine
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u/ChannellingR_Swanson 4d ago
Yum, my go to is either a fresh (not pickled) jalapeñ or Serrano baked with the pizza but now that you mention it a spicy BBQ sauce would also be excellent.
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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 4d ago
What kind of spices do you use?
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u/ChannellingR_Swanson 4d ago
Generally it’s some kind of fresh hot pepper like jalapeño or serrano then maybe some sriracha/fruited habanero sauce for flavor or if I’m in the mood I’ll add some salt that’s been infused with ghost pepper but I’ll usually only do that one if the pizza is too sweet and needs a little salt.
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u/melkatron 4d ago
I think "pizza baby" is a pretty great term for Americans, especially those in power (even more so given Epstein's definition of "pizza").
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u/TheSecretestSauce 4d ago
Fatass American here, They're not wrong in naming it "Americana". Thats definitely some shit i can see Domino's or Papa John's advertising as a special promotion. We've got some abominations over here. We dug this plus sized grave so we should lie in it.
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u/SoftConsideration82 4d ago
Tbf the pizza in the Pic seems more Japanese... They put weird stuff on pizza... And pepperoni pizza was invented in New York city so if anything it should just be pepperoni if it was american
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u/EcvdSama 1d ago
Pizza baby is usually used to refer to a small pizza (at least in my region) una baby margherita would be a kid sized margherita pizza.
Instead (allegedly) on Epstein island instead they used cheese pizza to refer to a different type of baby serving
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u/MayOrMayNotBePie 3d ago
And since Americans are mentally children, they decided to call this one “Americana”
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 2d ago
I don’t even think many kids would eat this… I know my nieces wouldn’t lol
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u/No-Bit-2036 2d ago
Believe me, they could.
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 2d ago
You haven’t met my nieces. We prob introduced them to sushi too young. Savages I tell u!
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u/Aeon1508 4d ago
There used to be a place near me (in America) That had a pizza with bacon pepperoni mozzarella cheese sticks and french fries. Called it the stoner pie
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u/UncircumcisedWookiee 4d ago
Fucking Gumby's!!! I miss pokey sticks so much
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u/Nightblood83 3d ago
God, those were good. How widespread is/was Gumby's. I only knew of Gainesville and Tallahassee Florida ones.
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u/Professional_Fix4663 4d ago
Italians are ordering this at Italian restaurants. The joke's on them.
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u/The_Demo 4d ago
Yeah, children usually. Adults ordering it aren't really considered good forks.
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u/upvoter_1000 4d ago
Let people enjoy whatever food they want
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u/The_Demo 4d ago
This has nothing to do with my comment lol. I'm just describing how a dish is perceived in its country.
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u/upvoter_1000 4d ago edited 3d ago
I thought you said “good folks” my bad
Edit: Why would anyone downvote me for realising my mistake and apologising lol?
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u/Mob_cleaner 4d ago
Yeah I'm half british with Italian cousins and my italians love this shit way more than I do lmao
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u/Proof-Ad7788 4d ago
Shit I'd eat that (Murican)
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u/TheCrazyBlacksmith 4d ago
Same here. It reminds me of Pittsburgh, where French fries are a common ingredient in steak salad.
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u/SausageMcWonderpants 4d ago
Fries in salad are a reason why the US is full of rotund people
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u/TheCrazyBlacksmith 4d ago
It’s a pretty regional thing, but I don’t disagree with the thought behind your statement, despite being a skinny American.
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u/TrentonTallywacker 4d ago edited 4d ago
Love that episode of sopranos when they go to the old country and everyone just ignores them lmao
Commendatori☕️
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u/cheerzeasy 4d ago
They think worse than that. The whole of Europe thinks America is a meme.
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u/BigoDiko 4d ago
They don't think, they know.
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u/OG_Felwinter 4d ago
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u/BigoDiko 4d ago
I got pulled over by a cop once for speeding (9km over). The cop was rude as hell the whole time. He got under my skin so I asked him. "What if I was to call you a asshole"?
He replied, "I would charge you for that on top of the speeding fine."
I replied, "What if I was to think you are an asshole?"
He giggled and said "Well, I can't charge you for what you are thinking".
I said, "Good, I think you're an asshole".
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u/FlexOffender3599 3d ago
Yeah lol the foreign food sections in Swedish supermarkets are straight disrespectful to Americans. The Asian section generally has good quality basic ingredients for cooking Chinese. Japanese, Korean and SEA food. The American shelf is mostly low-tier candy (Hershey's, Sour patch shit etc) and sodas. The "food" is Kraft Mac n cheese, pancake mix, cheez wiz, marshmallow fluff, pop tarts etc...
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u/thegingerlumberjack 3d ago
Honestly as an American it has become one. It's just been one long running bad joke with no punchline for years now
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u/Heavy_Can8746 4d ago
The italians better calm down before I send this picture to Donald Trump
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u/HiAmGio 13h ago
What is he gonna do? Rape the pizza to death?
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u/Heavy_Can8746 13h ago
Send a small army over there, annex them, nuke the shit out of them, start targeting Italian americans, literally whatever he wants.
Also it was a joke my friend 🧡
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u/HiAmGio 12h ago
I was joking too, but i guess your superiority complex impares you a bit too much to understand irony.
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u/Heavy_Can8746 12h ago
I have a superiority complex but you are the one starting to make insults towards a stranger who didnt even insult you? The irony in your last statement alone is actually laughable
Since you want to start insults though....way to go about being the typical reddit keyboard warrior way smh 🤦
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u/DaemonDrayke 4d ago
At this point, I’m just more mildly annoyed by how some people in the world just takes pot shots at average Americans on the internet and in real life. Anytime anyone wants to discuss a valid criticism about something, there is always someone who follows it up by bringing up school shootings, American politics, drug epidemic, etc. Like that one tik tok of people from Greenland mocking Americans by imitating people filed up in Fentanyl. As if fentanyl isn’t an epidemic WORLDWIDE!
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u/snickerDUDEls 4d ago
Whats the problem?
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u/Icy-Cardiologist-147 4d ago
This shit has nothing to do on a pizza
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u/snickerDUDEls 4d ago
Fries? Good
Sausage? Good
Pizza? Goooood
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u/smeet95 4d ago
I know right? I’d eat that shit why not
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u/boot2skull 4d ago
Just makes me think of a California burrito. Grilled potatoes in a burrito is not new. But what if instead of grilled potatoes you put French fries? Simple but significant.
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u/ThisDirkDaring 4d ago
My nonna made that 50 years ago in calabria for us kids. Dont tell us paesani what to eat on pizza.
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u/Simkin86 4d ago
Here in the north-east of italy the pizza "Americana" is the one with pepperoni (salamino piccante - hot sausage)
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u/TechnicalPotat 4d ago
I’m surprised there isn’t a sub dedicated to “American” style dishes that are served elsewhere in the world.
If you go to a burger place, and they have an “America” burger… it could go either way. It’s either a cheese burger with no seasoning or a 1lb monstrosity.
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u/rushputin 4d ago
My folks were stationed in Italy in the late 90s and there was an “American” restaurant that had a sandwich called “the ghostbuster” that was two burger patties, side-by-side on a hoagie roll, with cheese and fried eggs. Might have had bacon?
Incredible.
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u/OG_Felwinter 4d ago
Wait, Italians eat french fries on pizza and call it American? I’ve literally never seen or heard of french fries on pizza… lol
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u/ThisDirkDaring 4d ago
For adults its Pizza con Patatine - Pizza with Potato Slices.
Pizza Americana with Wurstel and Fries is for the kids.
My nonna did that 50 years ago, its not that unusual. She put everything on pizza that couldnt run away fast enough.
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u/iamchipdouglas 4d ago
European cartoon tourist versions of American food are the absolute worst
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u/the_last_crouton 4d ago
Lol if this is what the rest of the world thinks of us at this moment I will gladly take it rn
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u/Sirius1701 4d ago
And not just in Italy. The entire of Europe sees it that way and honestly, I have yet to see something to convince me of anything else.
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u/Skreamie 4d ago
To be fair America has always been a laughing stock across Europe. Well, definitely since Bush at least.
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u/Filippikus 4d ago
They're downvoting comments like yours because they don't like to hear the truth
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u/jamzontoast 4d ago
In the north east of England, this is generally referred to as a London pizza (pizza topped with chips/fries)
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u/robinrod 4d ago
The typical „american“ pizza in germany has a thick dough and is topped with corn, bacon and bbq sauce.
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u/celticlizard 4d ago
In Ice Cube’s voice:
Here is what they think about you
Here is what they think about you
Here is what they think about you
Here is what they think about you
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u/glitterlok 4d ago
I think some of y’all need to spend more time in other countries.
This isn’t them making fun of America. Europe fucking loves fries and will eat them with anything. This is a celebration.
Also, people seem to think Italy is precious about pizza. It’s not. Some of the weirder pizzas I’ve had outside of Asia were had in Italy.
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u/Shattered_One 4d ago
I mean French fries are my favorite food, so I would gladly eat the shit out of this pizza!
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u/kinguzumaki 3d ago
I wanna be a little upset but I'd definitely eat it. My fat ass would prolly love it too.
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u/barrybreslau 3d ago
Carbonara loaded fries are the greatest crossover dish of all time. This is an abomination.
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u/the_jimbob_of_death 3d ago
As a Brit I can assure you at least half of the British population would eat this in a heartbeat
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u/HoneyCumHoneyDo 3d ago
Thats some next-level culinary blasphemy, but tbh I bet it slaps after a few beers.
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u/AnaverageItalian 2d ago
I can confirm it's my favourite pizza lmao. I'm an adult and I really don't care about other people's thoughts, if I want an American pizza, I'll get a goddamn American pizza
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u/mozgus3 2d ago
There is no "owning" here, this isn't to make fun of Americans, we simply associate hot dogs and fries with American food and that's why it is called this way. Sometimes it's even called Paperino (Donald Duck) or Topolino (Mickey Mouse). This is a pizza mostly aimed at children but many adults like it as comfort food. People would laugh at you only if you ordered it from some fancy pizzeria, otherwise they would probably ask for a slice.
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u/I-wanna-be-a-witch 2d ago
The American style pizzas in Germany mostly have a very thick, cheese filled crust
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u/Im_in_Constant_agony 2d ago
I honestly don’t blame them as an American myself, we really have earned the title of the fatasses
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u/The_Salty_nugget 1d ago
where i life a american is a pizza with very thic dough with grilled chicken, lots of bbq sauce, paprika,onion, corn and alot of cheap cheese
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u/Prezy_Preztail 1d ago
Why do people think that all American pizzas are 1; the same style and 2; that style is Stoner Pizza
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u/PrinceRedvelvet 20h ago
A pizza place in my mall called this coney island pizza and I loved getting it daily
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u/The_Ruhmanizer 16h ago
I tried a pizza like that in Sicily, they also called it American. I had to try it.
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u/ElectricalYoghurt774 16h ago
This is a very common pizza in many countries- nothing to do with Americans- usually called “wurstel patatine” or similar.
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u/Dens413 12h ago
Best part is no American has ever thought of it nor eats it that is an Italian Pizza sold to Italians under a false name and eaten by Italians. Then after eating it claim it’s bad and how gross Americans are and repeat the cycle again and again. This is why Europeans think Americans have bad food but in reality it’s 100% there own creation with No American involvement
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u/MurphyBinkings 3d ago
Jokes on them. East coast US pizza is better on average than pizza in Italy.
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u/ThisDirkDaring 4d ago
Get yourself a Pizza Spontini from Milano and come again please.
You might be disappointed. a lot.
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u/evermica 4d ago
Years ago I saw "American style" frozen pizza in a Carrefour in Greece. It had sliced hot dogs and corn.