Good Morning and Happy Weekend!
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@scottalanmiller said:
Kind of like what American Pizza is in Europe. They make things called "American" that no American has ever eaten. Pizza with French fries on it? Who eats that? Americans would be so confused.
I've never ever seen or heard of that. Sounds disgusting. I'd have assumed an American pizza is thick crust (which I'd probably call a Chicago pizza), whilst an Italian one is thin crust?
@scottalanmiller said:
Or Café Americano, it's a style of coffee effectively unavailable in the US.
It's a diluted espresso. Do you not drink that or is your coffee always filtered?
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@Carnival-Boy by far the most famous American pizza is the paper thin NYC style pizza. That is what we are famous for. Insanely thin. Much thinner than anything that I have seen in Italy.
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Chicago style "deep dish" pizza is generally available in very limited areas. Both the super thin NYC and super thick Chicago styles are regional.
The bulk of the US does the "medium crust" that is very similar to Italy and that pizza culture is centered in NY around the Utica and Albany areas (Mohawk Valley.) The US is actually nearly identical to Italy in pizza.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
It's a diluted espresso. Do you not drink that or is your coffee always filtered?
Always filtered. Always. Only if you order an espresso do you get something made from espresso. Café Americano is effectively unavailable here. You could go to any espresso shop and explain what to do and they'd do it, but none of them will have any idea what you mean by asking for Café Americano and no standard drink is made that way.
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You can get Alsatian style pizza in the US too. Only we just call it a crispy crust normally. But surprisingly similar.
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I was reading in yesterday's paper about deep fried pizza, which I hadn't heard of before.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/24/deep-fried-pizza-just-like-make-in-naplesThe dry-fry method also discussed in the article is similar to how I cook pizza at home. I start the pizza in a cast-iron frying pan on the stove and then finish it in a very hot oven (not under the grill) for five minutes. I've had rows on food forums about pizza before that would make a Spiceworks RAID 5 discussion seem tame. My cousin now has an outdoor, wood-fired oven that cost thousands and has made me very jealous. I've yet to be invited to try it though.
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Have never seen deep fried pizza in the US. But the way that they do deep dish is kind of like frying. It's a really deep oil filled cast iron skillet that gets super hot so basically fries the bottom side of the pizza.
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Happy Weekend to everyone
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Happy Weekend to you too.
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I beat Dragon Age: Origins and the incredibly short and easy Witch Hunt alternate campaign. I was going to play all the DLC and replay it all, but I think I'm ready to start Skyrim. Oh boy...here we go...
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I bought Skyrim and hope to start it soon. Did you complete Oblivion previously?
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@scottalanmiller said:
I bought Skyrim and hope to start it soon. Did you complete Oblivion previously?
Very played any of the previous Elder Scrolls games.
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I bought Skyrim and hope to start it soon. Did you complete Oblivion previously?
Very played any of the previous Elder Scrolls games.
I don't know how to interpret that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I bought Skyrim and hope to start it soon. Did you complete Oblivion previously?
Very played any of the previous Elder Scrolls games.
I don't know how to interpret that.
*Never. Sorry. Typo and I was only half paying attention when I wrote it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
It's a diluted espresso. Do you not drink that or is your coffee always filtered?
Always filtered. Always. Only if you order an espresso do you get something made from espresso. Café Americano is effectively unavailable here. You could go to any espresso shop and explain what to do and they'd do it, but none of them will have any idea what you mean by asking for Café Americano and no standard drink is made that way.
All of our coffee shops offer Americano's. I can also attest to Atlanta, Athens, Asheville, Nashville, Portland, Atlanta, Vancouver, Birmingham, etc etc etc.
@scottalanmiller Not sure where you're getting your Joe, but it's easy peasy round here to get said bev.
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@ajstringham said:
My current meal. It's about 1:30AM here and this is my "It's 7AM somwhere" snack. Actually dinner but whatever..lol
http://i.imgur.com/1Dby4no.jpgWhy is our health insurance so expensive?
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@Hubtech said:
@ajstringham said:
My current meal. It's about 1:30AM here and this is my "It's 7AM somwhere" snack. Actually dinner but whatever..lol
http://i.imgur.com/1Dby4no.jpgWhy is our health insurance so expensive?
Umm....what??
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I was reading in yesterday's paper about deep fried pizza, which I hadn't heard of before.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/24/deep-fried-pizza-just-like-make-in-naplesThe dry-fry method also discussed in the article is similar to how I cook pizza at home. I start the pizza in a cast-iron frying pan on the stove and then finish it in a very hot oven (not under the grill) for five minutes. I've had rows on food forums about pizza before that would make a Spiceworks RAID 5 discussion seem tame. My cousin now has an outdoor, wood-fired oven that cost thousands and has made me very jealous. I've yet to be invited to try it though.
I love the taste of homemade pizza when i cook it on my gas grill!
