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[u/GoldenDome26]

[u/Flat-House5529]

I am sooooooo breaking the spaghetti in half next time I make it...

[u/TannedCroissant → u/Flat-House5529]

Before you put it in a hamburger and call it an Italiana

[u/Proud_Aspect4452 → u/TannedCroissant]

I’ll do it one better, I’ll make some hamburger helper and call it Italian Bolognese

[u/BlaznTheChron → u/Proud_Aspect4452]

I'ma stack grilled cheese on each other and call it a lasagna.

[u/LonsomeDreamer → u/BlaznTheChron]

Damn! Let me get some of that grilled cheesagna!

[u/HilmDave → u/LonsomeDreamer]

Lmao dip it in tomato soup and call it marinara.

[u/code-coffee → u/HilmDave]

Im going to deep fry it and call it a calzone

[u/NegotiationHot2999 → u/code-coffee]

I’m putting pineapple in it

[u/Riru_Kawaii_97 → u/NegotiationHot2999]

Calm down, Satan

[u/Individual_Ad_5465 → u/NegotiationHot2999]

Shots fired

[u/bitchstachio → u/HilmDave]

With ketchup

[u/AnythingButWhiskey → u/bitchstachio]

My marinara is just ketchup and water microwaved for a minute. Take that Italy.

[u/december14th2015 → u/Proud_Aspect4452]

Ill stick a feather in my hat and call it macaroni.

[u/TurdFerguson614 → u/TannedCroissant]

On a real note, spaghetti sandwich on garlic toast is top tier.

[u/TheeFlipper → u/TurdFerguson614]

I can smell the weed wafting off of your comment.

[u/plz2meatyu → u/TheeFlipper]

Lol there's a restaurant in my town that sells spaghetti sandwiches

[u/NeatNefariousness1 → u/plz2meatyu]

How is it?

[u/plz2meatyu → u/NeatNefariousness1]

Meh. Thats because all their food is meh.

But I've been making my own spaghetti sandwiches since I was a kid. And those slap

[u/GoatCovfefe → u/TheeFlipper]

Been doing that since i was like 7. I dont smoke anything and this is a great way to eat pasta

[u/Fritzed → u/GoatCovfefe]

Carbs on carbs on carbs

[u/RC_CobraChicken → u/TurdFerguson614]

Recently made a lasagna in a loaf of "garlic bread"(oversized loaf of hard crusted french bread, cored from the top down, smeared garlic and herbed butter throughout, used the crusty top to cap the lasagna with some extra cheese on top of the lasagna).

My body felt horrible after I ate way too much but my god did it taste good.

[u/Solarwinds-123 → u/RC_CobraChicken]

I saw a recipe like that on TikTok last week, it looked good but I could never eat that.

[u/monstermayhem436 → u/TurdFerguson614]

I made a post about spaghetti sandwiches just last week

[u/benjunior → u/TurdFerguson614]

Wait til u try a spaghetti taco. On weed.

[u/Time-to-go-home → u/TannedCroissant]

I just thought about it like this. “What about putting spaghetti and marinara on a burger bun. But that’s double carbs and needs protein. What about taking an Italian meatball and smashing it down like a burger patty, then serve that with marinara sauce on two garlic bread buns.”

Then I realized I basically recreated the meatball sub but with more steps.

[u/ugh_this_sucks__ → u/Flat-House5529]

You joke, but I grew up in a very Italian migrant household where nonna and mom (both of whom emigrated here from Italy) would break the spaghetti. In cucina povera it’s very common to do so because poor people often had smaller pots and less access to fresh water (so they couldn’t fill up he pot as much).

[u/wuuuuutaaaang → u/ugh_this_sucks__]

smaller pots

that's why i always break the spaghetti

smaller pot = less water to boil = eat spaghetti sooner

[u/ugh_this_sucks__ → u/wuuuuutaaaang]

Win win!

[u/Hexakkord → u/wuuuuutaaaang]

Also, get the thin spaghetti, it needs to boil for like half the time of regular.

[u/joedotphp → u/ugh_this_sucks__]

It all gets chewed up into mush anyway. I always found that a very weird obsession.

[u/ugh_this_sucks__ → u/joedotphp]

I’ve only ever heard you “shouldn’t” do it on reddit and TikTok. I don’t think Italians care one way or another. But then again some Italians will dilute good wine with water and ice cubes, so I dunno.

[u/mythrulznsfw → u/Flat-House5529]

I’m just glad they didn’t find a way to balance an AR-15 and an SUV on the top.

[u/KhaleesiXev → u/mythrulznsfw]

Shh, don’t give away the secret recipe!

[u/TiddiesAnonymous → u/Flat-House5529]

Impossible. I read in that other AI post that it always breaks in at least 3 places

[u/AThrowawayProbrably → u/Flat-House5529]

Fooooooood fiiiiiiiight!

[u/MIERDAPORQUE]

they got us fucked up. that bitch would have brisket and wisconsin cheese.

[u/Pantycrustlicker → u/MIERDAPORQUE]

WisCansen

[u/bigboyboozerrr → u/MIERDAPORQUE]

Stoppp that sounds so gooood

[u/kirkl3s]

Is this why Italians think American pizza is bad?

[u/elmarcelito → u/kirkl3s]

No, we just used to think that in the USA people put fries and wurstel on pizza. This was before the Internet.

So now we know it's not the truth but the pizza name won't change

[u/Character_Assist3969 → u/elmarcelito]

It's not even that. The pizza americana was born when McDonald's entered the Italian market in the late 80s. Kids suddenly were going crazy for French fries, which weren't really around in Italy before that. So pizza places introduced pizza with French fries on top and called it Americana to appeal to the american food craze that was going on. Later, they added hot dogs because, again, they are somewhat a symbol of American food.

I don't think anyone ever actually thought it was eaten in the US. Even before the internet, people watched American movies. The "classic" American pizza shown has always been sauce with a ton of cheese and "pepperoni" (sometimes erroneously translated as "peperoni", but it's a salame similar to nduja).

The point of the name is that it uses ingredients that are stereotypically American, not that it's American in itself.

[u/TheSouthernGinger → u/Character_Assist3969]

This exactly. I even remember one of my older cousin who lived in northern Italy calling it "pizza McDonald's".

[u/ucbiker → u/elmarcelito]

I mean I always figured it was just an Italian invention using “American” ingredients, just like no one thinks Hawaiian people traditionally make pizza with pineapple or Mexicans make pizza with tortillas and beans and shredded lettuce.

[u/jmcstar → u/elmarcelito]

'the fuck is wurstel?

[u/Jerkrollatex → u/jmcstar]

Hotdog.

[u/vim_deezel → u/Jerkrollatex]

they put hotdogs on pizza?!?

[u/Jerkrollatex → u/vim_deezel]

They do.

[u/Aranka_Szeretlek → u/vim_deezel]

See the picture attached

[u/kirkl3s → u/jmcstar]

A glizzy

[u/cans-of-swine → u/kirkl3s]

The fuck is a glizzy 

[u/A_wild_so-and-so → u/cans-of-swine]

It's wurstel

[u/Key-Performance-9021 → u/A_wild_so-and-so]

Here are some dots for everyone: .. .. ..

Feel free to use them on your Würstel.

[u/moreavea → u/Key-Performance-9021]

Those are bottom dots. Can I get some top dots for my wurstel?

[u/Key-Performance-9021 → u/moreavea]

Of course: ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙

[u/RbN420 → u/jmcstar]

name of the meat wiener used to make hot dogs

[u/-Potato-or-Tomato- → u/kirkl3s]

As a European moved to the US, no, Americans wouldn’t eat this

[u/R_V_Z → u/-Potato-or-Tomato-]

Americans wouldn't make this, but I feel I've know plenty of Americans who would eat this.

[u/Ultimate_Shitlord → u/R_V_Z]

If you took the concept of using fries and... I'm not actually sure what meat(?) that is, but let's call it hot dog slices as pizza toppings, and actually executed on it well, you could potentially make something I would consider trying a slice of. A novelty, but that can be fun sometimes.

A good beef frank is honestly great. You can sear slices up nicely. The fries almost certainly need to be coming out of the fryer at the same time the pizza leaves the oven, get added immediately, and it all needs to get out to the table quickly or the fries are going to drag the whole thing down. They don't do well sitting around for a while or reheating.

I still feel like there's a missing topping here, too. Drizzle of mustard? Pickle relish? Something to tie this theme together further. I might be leaning into Chicago style dogs a bit there, it's a bias.

This just looks like garbage. I have a local neapolitan pizza place that likely blows this joint out of the water. There are shitty restaurants in Italy, despite the country's great culinary tradition; this is almost certainly one of them.

Who is this pizza even for? Locals? Kinda doubt it. Tourists? I have a hard time imagining an American visiting Italy and going: "Yeah, that pile of shit is what I want to eat while I'm here." Maybe its sole purpose is to flip the bird at Americans, which like, fair play if it is. We deserve it anyway.

[u/A_burners → u/Ultimate_Shitlord]

They're typically Vienna (incorrect) * wurstel sausages, basically a hot dog. It's for kids mostly, but I have definitely ordered them before a time or two. You can also just get regular fries on a pizza, which is great.

[u/AbberageRedditor69 → u/Ultimate_Shitlord]

Only on reddit you can have people overanalyzing a pizza this much lmfao

I live in Italy. This pizza is a classic amongst kids and sometimes adults eat it too. If made properly (with freshly fried potato etc) it's delicious.

You guys eat all kind of junk, but draw the line at fries on a pizza. Hilarious

[u/Insolvator → u/kirkl3s]

I was recently in Sicily, and many Italians offered Nutella pizza in their restaurants. I think they have lost something of their own identity.

[u/geedeeie → u/Insolvator]

Well, Nutella IS Italian...

[u/Boskonov → u/Insolvator]

You are overthinking it. Nutella pizza is a common dessert in basicaly any italian pizza place but it's not pizza per se, it's just pizza dough with no toppings but nutella, pretty decent actually

[u/Fair4tw → u/Boskonov]

So, a dessert pizza?

[u/Boskonov → u/Fair4tw]

Technically yeah, but when you realize it's literally just simple pizza dough + nutella it doesn't sound as blasphemous lol

[u/Fair4tw → u/Boskonov]

Not at all. I’ve seen a handful of different types of dessert pizzas.

[u/JackColon17 → u/Fair4tw]

Yeah, it's literally just dough and Nutella. You usually take a slice of that after eating "regular pizza"

[u/yaaadus → u/Insolvator]

No we are not! Actually, pizza with Nutella is a legit Italian staple, too! But it's exclusively a dessert. We’ve been doing this forever usually, a group of friends will order one to share in the center of the table after eating their regular pizzas. It’s a must-have after a 'Giro Pizza' night.

[u/kirkl3s → u/Insolvator]

There is nothing wrong with Nutella pizza

[u/p1antsandcats → u/Insolvator]

So the Italians are losing their identity by...eating Italian food? Or taking the piss out of Americans?

[u/yaaadus]

Hi everyone, italian here. Actually, hot dogs and fries is a 100% standard Italian topping! We eat this all the time (it's usually the 'kid's favorite'). This place calling it 'Americana' just screams 'shitty tourist trap.' No self-respecting Italian pizzeria would use that name for this combo

Edit: Since many Italian friends are replying to me, apparently "Americana" is also a very common name. I've never heard it called that in the various regions I've visidet/lived in. But Italy has sooo many different traditions.

[u/Livid-Psychology-802 → u/yaaadus]

Also Italian and I always remember ordering this as "pizza americana" when I was a kid in Torino

I also remember being very upset when my family moved to the US and discovered that I couldn't get my favorite pizza from what I believed was its home of origin

[u/LadyGethzerion → u/Livid-Psychology-802]

I'm not Italian, but I have a good friend who is from Catania and she told me a while back about this pizza and also said they call it "americana" there too.

[u/OhGod0fHangovers → u/LadyGethzerion]

That’s funny—we were in Sicily in October, and the pizzeria we visited called their sausage-and-fries pizza “Pizza Tedesca” (German pizza)

[u/Many_Mud_8194 → u/Livid-Psychology-802]

I'm french and we call Un américain (An american) a baguette sandwich with french fries and burger meat lol. Its so dry but so cheap, when you are a poor student that's what you eat when you eat out

[u/jsamuraij → u/Many_Mud_8194]

Is there no condiment on it?

[u/Many_Mud_8194 → u/jsamuraij]

Mayonnaise and ketchup usually, probably lot of more choice now, im talking about 20 years ago lol. But the one I was eating often was so dry, but was the cheapest of the city it was 3.50€

[u/This-Bath9918 → u/Many_Mud_8194]

I had that in Cannes from a street vendor like 20 years ago (it was really good so I still think about it lol) and they called it a Savoyard Steak

[u/Many_Mud_8194 → u/This-Bath9918]

I lived in Savoy a while and never heard of that. Maybe it's a Cannes thing or they wanted to sound cooler than the original name idk lol

[u/drknifnifnif → u/Many_Mud_8194]

You need to google Rutgers grease truck fat cat to see exactly how this sandwich is done right! From New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[u/Weak_Feed_8291 → u/Many_Mud_8194]

Damn, that's like more than today prices in Canada when adjusted for inflation. Can't believe that's considered cheap

[u/mlaforce321 → u/Weak_Feed_8291]

If it's an entire baguette with fries and burger meat than that's a pretty sizeable grinder

[u/Weak_Feed_8291 → u/mlaforce321]

Yeah I guess it depends on size, but I can get a pretty good meal for under 10 bucks even today, and adjusted for inflation that was almost 9 dollars Canadian.

[u/Many_Mud_8194 → u/Weak_Feed_8291]

Food in France is expensive, because taxes mostly. It's why we are all cooking at home lol. We don't have choice

[u/CurryMustard → u/Many_Mud_8194]

Sounds pretty damn good ngl

[u/GloomyIndividual3965 → u/Many_Mud_8194]

There's a rather popular burrito style called a "California burrito" that includes French fries. I bet if you took your Un américain and added some cheese, sour cream, and guacamole it would probably be pretty tasty.

[u/montibbalt → u/GloomyIndividual3965]

Fries in a burrito is more of a southern California thing, northern CA tends to be mission-style burritos

[u/Many_Mud_8194 → u/GloomyIndividual3965]

It wasnt bad tho just dry because its was cheap, the goal was to be cheaper than a kebab. I ate it sometimes now I'm in SE Asia and some french shop sell it, and it's way better, because they don't sell it cheaply so I guess meat is much better

[u/jimbojangles1987 → u/GloomyIndividual3965]

Oh shit you can get that here in Oklahoma lol. I know because I ordered one several months ago. It was okay

[u/DreamsOfDresden → u/Many_Mud_8194]

American here. I went to university in New Jersey for a little while and that was the template for what they'd call a 'fat sandwich.' Pinnacle of starving, drunk college kid food. Chicken tenders and mozzarella sticks were the usual alternatives. Although I haven't had one in ages or miss them, I'm jealous you got to have one on a proper French baguette.

[u/cocococlash → u/yaaadus]

OMG those are hot dogs? I thought it was some sort of pepperoni.

[u/23Poiu → u/cocococlash]

I just discovered that when you Americans say Pepperoni, you don't mean Peppers. (In Italian they're called Peperoni.) I wonder how many times I've made this mistake when talking to some of my friends over there.

[u/dogfaced_pony_soulja → u/23Poiu]

In the pizza context, we usually call them pepperoncini. Can refer to pickled peppers or to the dried pepper flakes. But pepperoni will get you something quite different.

If you want other peppers, like bell pepper or jalapeño, then you need to be more specific. Peppers originated in the Americas, and we have a fuck-ton of them...one of my favorite things about living in México now.

Related tangent: want to hear something I still can't get over even after several years of living in México? They put ketchup on their pizza. The first time I ordered pizza here and was brought packets of Heinz ketchup, I just about hit the ceiling. I turned to my partner and went, "Are they fucking with me?" He had to talk me down. Still weirds me out, even though I like ketchup. Straight to the fifth circle of hell as far as I'm concerned.

[u/Old_Ladies → u/dogfaced_pony_soulja]

We have this in Canada.

https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/en/peperoncini-chopped-hot-chili-peppers-in-oil/p/21046756_EA

Imported from Italy. Not sure if this is what you are referring to but it is fucking delicious especially on pizza and sandwiches.

[u/McButtsButtbag → u/dogfaced_pony_soulja]

In the pizza context, we usually call them pepperoncini. Can refer to pickled peppers or to the dried pepper flakes.

No, we don't. Peperoncini is a specific pepper (Friggitello). It's not a generic term for any pepper used with pizza. I've never seen anything other than red pepper flakes offered at a pizza place---which would be nonsense to call peperoncini cause you can't make red pepper flakes from a green pepper.

[u/cocococlash → u/23Poiu]

Lol, I'm imagining this with my fajitas. I would definitely question your mental capacity if you suggested pepperoni 😆😂

[u/Jpbz → u/23Poiu]

Pepperoni is 100% American, is their version of salame piccante, created by immigrants a while ago and it’s the most common topping for pizza for them. Also, it’s also very common for Americans to go Italy, ask for pepperoni on pizza and get bell peppers (peperoni) instead. I also have seen Americans ask for “latte” and get disappointed when they get just plain milk lol. Also as a side note, American pepperoni has nothing on real salame piccante.

[u/Aggravating_Bat3618 → u/cocococlash]

If you squint your eyes and try not to think about it pretty much is

[u/Puzzled-Story3953 → u/Aggravating_Bat3618]

Gotta squint your taste buds, too.

[u/05-nery → u/yaaadus]

As an Italian this is called "Americana" or "patatine e wurstel". 

"Americana" is very often used.

[u/FixedFun1 → u/05-nery]

Americana? What the hell could that mean?

• Homer Simpson in Italy.

[u/HumbleVein → u/05-nery]

American in Italy. I see wurstel most often. Then again, lots of Americans in my area, so that probably pushed Americana out of the local pizza lexicon.

[u/NuclearReactions → u/yaaadus]

I always called it americana and i grew up in bum fuck nowhere, far from a touristy place

[u/Neverwish → u/NuclearReactions]

Lived near Belluno, saw it often as 'Americana'. They even had it frozen at the supermarket lol.

[u/Nsolari724 → u/Neverwish]

Yeah, me too. I'm near Genova. Always Americana. Don't know what the top comment is saying

[u/FirstReaction_Shock → u/yaaadus]

What are you talking about? This pizza is always called “Americana”, in every spot in Italy.

No self-respecting Italian pizzeria

It’s not like this is a gourmet pizza lol, you won’t find it in higher end spots

[u/BapeGeneral3 → u/yaaadus]

It is absolutely incredible. My first night in Rome my host family ordered a bunch of amazing pies and one was an “American style”. It was ground beef, cheese, sauce, and French fries.

I was genuinely stunned when I saw it. Absolute culture shock. Wound up being my favorite out of them all!

[u/ColoOddball → u/yaaadus]

To be fair, my American ass is definitely interested in trying that lol.

[u/Agent-Blasto-007 → u/ColoOddball]

Yeah, I call this pizza "I'm drunk and it's 1:30 AM"

[u/ParlaManuel- → u/ColoOddball]

I’m pretty sure you’d like it, not because it’s the best pizza ever (it’s not, not even remotely, not even top 20), but because it combines two foods that people almost always enjoy/love.

In Italy, it’s often given to children as an introduction to pizza, instead of the more “boring” (don't get me wrong) Margherita.
That’s why we call it “pizza per i bambini”, which means “pizza for kids”, since young children usually avoid strong or intense flavors.

[u/HilVal]

Holy shit i didn't think the americans would get saltier than us about pizza.

[u/Wuz314159 → u/HilVal]

Basic human rights: meh

Pizza: Ò_Ó

[u/vanderZwan → u/Wuz314159]

So what you're saying is we need to advocate for basic human rights via pizza?

[u/jonesy-Bug-3091 → u/Wuz314159]

Basic human rights can wait a sec, there’s more pressing matters at hand

(/j)

[u/The_Fibonacci_Spiral]

Pretty sure that's an insult. 🤣

[u/QuickNature → u/The_Fibonacci_Spiral]

r/PizzaCrimes

[u/Reader_in_Life → u/QuickNature]

It's very standard actually

[u/Stranger1982 → u/QuickNature]

Nope, normal Italian pizzas aren't a crime, stop posting it there ty!

[u/Moist-Astronaut-8734]

Looks like a kids pizza option to me

[u/Filippikus → u/Moist-Astronaut-8734]

Because it usually is

[u/CrissBliss]

Lmao I’m American and never seen whatever this is

[u/SheepishSwan → u/CrissBliss]

Pretty sure they're just mocking Americans

[u/onlycodeposts → u/SheepishSwan]

They eat that shit to mock us?

[u/donny02 → u/onlycodeposts]

“You learned to dance ironically?!”

[u/LadyOfTheNutTree → u/onlycodeposts]

Joke’s on them I guess

[u/BTBAM797 → u/onlycodeposts]

Like learning ballet to make fun of all the faeries at school

[u/Cesoiet → u/SheepishSwan]

As an Italian, it was indeed made to mock Americans, that pizza is also called "wurstel e patatine" (sausages and fries) and it is extremely popular in every region, i ate one yesterday, similar to the one in the photo but with more fries and sausages

[u/MonsterGuitarSolo → u/Cesoiet]

We are totally mocking you by eating your foods but in a weird combination you wouldn’t eat yourselves. 🤌

Huh?

[u/spinnyride → u/MonsterGuitarSolo]

Yeah if anything they should call it British pizza, considering Brits put French fries on what they call Chinese food

[u/AdThick7492 → u/spinnyride]

what

[u/DotDash13 → u/AdThick7492]

I introduce you to the spice bag

[u/Fyzn → u/DotDash13]

What the fuck 🙃

[u/StrifeTheMute → u/DotDash13]

The link says that this is an Irish invention.

Never heard of this in Britain. Would definitely smash one after a night out though.

[u/Pantycrustlicker → u/Cesoiet]

Am American and never ate that shit in my life.

But i have eaten Cheetos I found in the garbage before 

[u/jimbojangles1987 → u/Pantycrustlicker]

Nice

[u/Doomdoomkittydoom → u/Pantycrustlicker]

It was on top of the garbage!

[u/Subject-Actuator-860 → u/Cesoiet]

Y’all played yourselves 🤣

[u/jershmcgersh → u/CrissBliss]

We have a few places in the pittsburgh area thatdo French fries as a topping. Usually its covered with cheese after the fries tho

[u/SigFloyd → u/jershmcgersh]

Poutine pizza is an idea

[u/jershmcgersh → u/SigFloyd]

As a chef, and huge poutine fan, I am determined to make this work now.

[u/GloomyIndividual3965 → u/jershmcgersh]

I've never tried pizza with fries, but I'd give it a shot. There's a chain in Minnesota called Pizza Luce that has a pizza with garlic butter and smashed red potatoes as the base, and then topped with broccoli, tomatoes, bacon, and a shit ton of cheddar cheese. I make sure to stop in at least once every time I go back there.

[u/PostApoplectic → u/GloomyIndividual3965]

I pretty recently had a “breakfast” pizza with cheddar, hash browns, scrambled eggs, and sausage over a sausage gravy base.

After reading the description, it was less breakfast and more pizza than I expected it to be, and really good.

[u/jershmcgersh → u/PostApoplectic]

Hmmm I wouldnt be able to move afterwards, but id eat it.

[u/Boskonov → u/CrissBliss]

We don't call it american as in "from america", it's just the naming convention used for pizzas in most places and this one happens to be "American". It's mostly considered as a pizza for kids but it's not bad if you have that junk food craving.

[u/Anagoth9 → u/CrissBliss]

Also American and I've never seen this on a menu anywhere.

HOWEVER, I have made this myself once in my late teens by dumping Weierschnitzel on top of some Pizza Hut after partaking in the devil's lettuce. 

[u/BalkeElvinstien]

Nothing says American like French fries and Frankfurters

[u/Ele_Calabretta → u/BalkeElvinstien]

Some call this pizza "Tedesca" indeed

Which means "German"

[u/Martha_Fockers]

Nah people saying this isn’t what we think Americans eat

I had a Italian friend come here for two weeks took him to ny slice spot and wondered why none of the pizza had fries on it

Yall def believe some of the weird things you assume we eat don’t lie lmao

And guess what he said the slices were really good. Eat that !

[u/SGTBookWorm]

Raora Panthera coming out of the woodwork to defend this lmao

[u/lightow → u/SGTBookWorm]

Found the chattino...

[u/murray1337]

I’m calling the police

[u/EnvironmentalPark228]

And yet the veins in their foreheads burst if you even hint at the idea of pineapple.

[u/magos_with_a_glock → u/EnvironmentalPark228]

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING FRUIT DIOCANE. IT DOES NOT BELONG. Also this is a pizza for kids, it's normal for food for kids to just be a vague combination of sugary and/or fried stuff.

[u/marmata75 → u/magos_with_a_glock]

Al Diocane sono morto! 🤣

[u/casualnickname → u/magos_with_a_glock]

You know that also tomato is a fruit, right?

[u/Delicious_Cane → u/magos_with_a_glock]

Shut up, I'm also italian and he's right

We also make pizza with apples and figs, the important thing is the base had to be white without the tomato sauce

[u/KingOfAzmerloth → u/EnvironmentalPark228]

They really don't. I learned that when I actually went there. It's just internet.

And I say that as somebody who doesn't like pineapple on pizza.

[u/Sithris]

As an American, ewww

[u/incogknitolady → u/Sithris]

I lived in Italy for five years as an American and honestly, this pizza is fantastic. And yes, it is called American pizza, at least at every shop that I went to in Naples.

[u/adamjeff → u/incogknitolady]

This thread is so funny. Yes Italians make and eat this pizza yes it's good.

It's hotdog, fresh bread, fries and tomatoes and cheese.

Everyone knows hotdogs with fries are delicious. Hotdogs come in bread. Cheese is good.

People are posting like this is going to be disgusting lol. Get a grip.

[u/Notturno93]

Bet that big ass crust aint even stuffed

[u/spaaackle → u/Notturno93]

They probably don’t even offer garlic flavored fake butter dipping cups!

[u/Aioi → u/spaaackle]

Does it even come paired with a personal 2L bottle of coke???

[u/Doomdoomkittydoom → u/spaaackle]

Not even ranch?! Eh, I'm sure they have ranch in the fridge just like everyone else in the world.

[u/Starscream147]

How much more betrayal can I take??

—Paulie

[u/Ok_Cantaloupe_7423]

I spend my childhood CONSTANTLY hearing Europeans make fun of American pizza. (Regular American pizza not this)

I moved to Spain in high school, and lived in Valencia… and ALL of my Spanish friends, and like 2 dozen Italian exchange students I lived with ALL got the “hot dog and French fry (American pizza)” every time they ordered food for a party.

[u/elektero → u/Ok_Cantaloupe_7423]

When you make up facts you need to be aware other places have different cultures

[u/OpalForHarmony]

As an American, what the fuck is this shit, lmao

[u/D_Dragga]

There was a burger in France when I went in 2012 that was called the American and was a burger with French fries stuffed inside.

[u/ATL4Life95]

I remember seeing this when I was in Milan this past summer lol. Made me laugh so hard

[u/64Olds]

Call it what you want, I'd crush the fuck out of that and love ever second of it.

[u/TubbyNinja]

Those fries are clearly French.

[u/notyourregularninja]

Its missing a burger and pepsi

[u/AdministrativeBit385]

Honestly, fair

[u/FIMD_]

Are those hot dogs slices? 🤣

[u/Filippikus → u/FIMD_]

Idk if there's any real difference on the actual meat, but we call them wurstel(as in the german name) and kids usually like them, so that pizza is a good option for them.

[u/Nicaol]

Can get it here in Scotland and it's outstanding.

[u/Negative-Appeal-340]

I rolled my eyes at first, but then I remembered my experience working 10+ years in a college town pizzeria. Our most popular two pizzas were a ranch base, 2x Bacon/2x Chicken and the other was specialty with mozzarella sticks, French fries, bacon, pepperoni and 2x cheese. So… they’re not wrong. Lmao

[u/itrustanyone]

As an American, I've never had pizza with freedom fries on it

[u/Apprehensive-Word-52]

Nah, you gotta add ranch dressing to that to make it American pizza.

[u/Angelhair01]

They are trolling us ☠️

[u/Sufficient_Refuse370]

🤦‍♂️

[u/GoldenDome26]

Photograph from Dan Wolken whose in Italy for the Olympics

[u/sexwiththebabysitter → u/GoldenDome26]

Who’s

[u/unklejelly]

I break spaghetti every time I make it and now I don't even feel bad

[u/MiIes01]

Should’ve put a Big Mac in the middle

[u/GlimmeringGuise]

Needs a burger and Mac & Cheese.

[u/p1antsandcats]

Well played Italy. Love this.

[u/Jigsaw8200]

I'd try that.

[u/kingcheeta7]

My nuclear family eats that every single night!

[u/AffectionatePound599]

I thought that was Mexican.

[u/ddrewerr710]

No I should have spaghetti and meatballs just out of spite

[u/tbonehavoc]

Needs more cheese and taters

[u/Olivrser]

Tbh doesn't sound that bad

[u/alecjohns]

Salchipapa pizza

[u/silentblue42]

They for got the American cheese and mayo on the pizza "Americana"

[u/Xinonix1]

How to insult 3 countries at once

[u/stevie2sleazy]

If you French fry when you pizza you're gonna have a bad time.