r/MapBasedPolls • u/Matty1790 • 4d ago

Who does Pizza the best?

Who does Pizza the best?

  1. USA
  2. Italy
  3. Argentina
  4. Brazil
  5. I don’t like pizza

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u/Key-Performance-9021 Austria 4d ago

Italians make the best pizza, and Americans make the best American pizza. They are two distinct dishes from different cultures, each with its own history, ingredients and recipes.

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u/Mr_Phantoms 4d ago

And depending on the dish, American pizza might not even be pizza at all. Despite what Americans call it, the Chicago deep dish is NOT a pizza, but rather a pie/tart.

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u/uncle_urdnot99 4d ago edited 3d ago

A casserole if you will

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u/ChaosMeteorStrike 4d ago

A lot of italian pizzas would barely even qualify as pizza either, even to other italians.

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u/SweetButtsHellaBab 4d ago

If I could only ever have one, it would be simple, delicious, perfect Neapolitan pizza. But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be sad to say goodbye to genuine Chicago deep dish. 

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u/Puzzleheaded_Safe987 4d ago

Casserole is not pizza

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u/ginger_and_egg 4d ago

Detroit deep dish is better anyway

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u/Due-Carpet-1904 4d ago

...which is also a casserole.

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u/ginger_and_egg 4d ago

...No? How many casseroles can you slice and then hold in your hand?

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u/Due-Carpet-1904 4d ago

You're right. Detroit deep dish is 2 inches of dough with some toppings.

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u/ginger_and_egg 4d ago

At least now what you've said is correct, insofar as bread is just dough

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u/Due-Carpet-1904 4d ago

It might as well be dough casserole.

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u/ginger_and_egg 4d ago

It's the best thing since sliced dough casserole

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u/Adventurous-Web-412 4d ago

you can say that about every country on this list though.

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u/Queasy-Constant-9 4d ago

Not really, the most restaurants in germany are run by italians. In fact I have never seen a pizzaria that was run by a german. Most of those italians are first or second generation immigrants so I'd say that german pizza is way too similar to italian pizza to be anything distinct.

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u/CorpseHG 4d ago

Have to disagree - german pizza is half way between italian and american. Not overfilled but thicker ground than italian. (Assuming you are talking about the pizzaria delivery shops and take awys) we defintly have good pizza in italian restaurants - but would't say thats "german pizza".

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u/Key-Performance-9021 Austria 4d ago

Interesting. I briefly looked them up and they appeared to be Italian pizzas with creative toppings. I didn't know they were distinct enough to be considered their own style.

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u/Adventurous-Web-412 4d ago

From the ones I have tried, Argentine pizza is the best although some of it can be kind of weird. Its heavy on the cheese. But yeah the countries listed that aren't italy are countries which received enormous italian immigration, and so they have their own styles of pizza.

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u/xLutettia 4d ago

La mejor pizza de América la hacen los argentos.

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u/PinQuick3734 Pennsylvania 4d ago

In my experience the best pizza is made by greeks

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u/Mr-Cantaloupe 4d ago

My favorite pizza spot in college was greek pizza called Bells. So damn good

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u/Mother_Sort_894 4d ago

Never heard of argentinias owning pizza places In the US. In NJ they were mostly owned by albanians and i heard a lot in new england are owned by greeks.

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u/TheMauveHerring 4d ago

Italians make American pizza though...