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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 49 points 11 months ago (4 children)

If Australian Sushi is cultural appropriation, I'd love to hear this person justify "New York Pizza".

New York Pizza is famous globally and recognised as something different to Italian style Pizza. Is that also cultural appropriation?

[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Chicago deep dish is another whole crazy thing too.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's just a pan pizza that happens to be square but I'll give it to you as a valid regional variant.

I will also direct you to the wikipedia entry for "California-style Pizza" which contains some wild pictures of potentially illegal pizzas.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Detroit style does have that very thick crust throughout the whole pie to differentiate itself from Chicago style

[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@Voyajer @Faceman2K23 Just wait until the world learns about Lithuanian-style sushi. (And yep, it's a thing that actually exists. It's a slice of herring with beetroot, wrapped in mashed potatoes and sesame seeds.)

As for pizza — the modern variety was apparently developed by Italian-American migrants, and then introduced back to Italy: https://youtu.be/7uJ_996KlM0?si=RSq3X0TqsIkVNAr5

Damn I want to try that now !

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

America is the land of stealing other foods and making it their own

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

culture is a thing that evolves over time and place, it shouldn't have to be preserved in the "correct" version if the origin is acknowledged.

these things exist outside of western culture too. I'd be surprised if all the types of dumplings weren't derivatives of each other.

[–] crystal@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Satiric_Weasel@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's what 90% of people picture when they think of pizza.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

In the US maybe, not in the rest of the world.

They picture Italian pizza.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, seeing as how tomatoes are from the Americas, who is appropriating who.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 8 points 11 months ago

Oh boy! That's a whole different can of worms:
isn't it curious how similar pizza is to Middle Eastern flat breads with toppings? And how Italians invented spaghetti shortly after Marco Polo returned from China where he would have been exposed to noodle dishes?