A funny video from Canadian TV archives, about the recently discovered “popular Italian dish” called “pizza pie.” More on the history of pizza here.
A funny video from Canadian TV archives, about the recently discovered “popular Italian dish” called “pizza pie.” More on the history of pizza here.
Mike McDougal says:
What is this non-sweet pie of which you speak?
January 29, 2010, 6:41 pmRay Midge says:
Growing up, I watched old Flintstone episodes. Fred frequently talked about pizza pie. I had no idea what this was, how similar to pizza it may be. Was this something that only existed in the Flintstone’s universe, sort of cartoon prehistoric version of my favorite food? Did it look like a pie? Have a crust over the top? If not and it was real, what happened to this dish? Why do we just have pizza now?
It was an embarrassingly long time afterward that I figured the thing out. Sometimes now when someone talks about getting a pizza, I’ll say “pizza pie?” just to entertain myself and see if I get a confused reaction. A slight pleasure.
January 29, 2010, 9:38 pmbyomtov says:
Never heard the expression “pizza pie?” You will before you get out of high school.
“When the moon hits your eye
January 29, 2010, 10:37 pmLike a big pizza pie
That’s amore.”
methodact says:
With all due solemnity. Thanks for the segue. I mentioned it earlier today, but it bears repeating: One of the Greats that I admire the most is Eugene Levy.
January 29, 2010, 11:14 pmkdackson says:
What is a “pee-zar-i-a”?
January 30, 2010, 7:53 amJoe says:
Pizza pie is composed of three parts. First, there is a base, which is usually a biscuit or a yeast dough. This is covered with a tangy tomato sauce, sprinkled with oregano, and then topped with nippy cheese.
nippy cheese?
Must ask the parental unit about bit about cars lining up for miles to get this unique dish. Strange times — right up there with parents not sleeping in the same bed.
January 30, 2010, 10:33 amEarly Bird says:
It struck me about ten years ago how quickly pizza had become a sort of national dish. I was driving along Highway 50, through Southern Ohio. Every podunk town I passed through had, if nothing else, a pizza restaurant downtown. There may have been no other businesses actually operating downtown, but there was a pizza joint. I thought, “you know, fifty or sixty years ago, I bet nobody in these towns had even heard of pizza. And now it’s everywhere.”
January 30, 2010, 5:57 pmMilhouse says:
byomtov: How about Watermelon, ginger ale, chai chai, pizza pie?
January 30, 2010, 11:06 pmAeon J. Skoble says:
My local supermarket is always out of nippy cheese.
February 1, 2010, 9:44 amGeorge says:
I’m an American living in Australia.. first time I asked for a “pizza pie,” I was given stares of “what is this guy smoking?”
July 12, 2010, 1:42 am