USA vs ITALY - Who makes the best pizza? (NY's best slice vs Oldest Pizzeria!)

[@ThisHandleIsntAvaluhbull]

I lost my dear Momma in January of this year, and I’m still struggling with it. But watching Denzel and Nadine share a little happy food dance warmed my heart. What a small Mother/son moment. THATS why I watch your family. That IS family. Ya’ll are blessed to have these small moments on video. Thank you so much for making me thank of some amazing times to smile about with my own Mom! Enjoy America, we certainly enjoy having yall!!!

[@FourFish47]

I've always been under the impression, as an American, that Italians brought their pizza to the U.S. so it's still Italian, but I know there's lots and lots of knock offs. I hope one day Atlanta and Denzel realize how lucky they are to travel around the world. Maybe they'll be ambassadors 😊 They have phenomenal parents. ❤

[@Alewort]

What's really interesting is that Italians have pizza as a national dish because Americans brought it over starting in World War II. Before then, it was only known and eaten in a handful of places, Naples most prominently. A great many Italian immigrants to America were from those regions, and they introduced pizza to Americans. Then American G.I.s in great numbers during the war wanted pizza no matter where in Italy they ended up, and that demand is what informed the rest of Italy that pizza was a thing, and of course they loved it. If it weren't for that, it might still be an obscure, regional dish there.

[@annamariavalatka636]

Absolutely 👏👏❤️❤️

[@johnbattle7518]

Greeks would disagree

[@shawnm7246]

American pizza is its own thing now. Just like chinese american food. It has its roots in Italy, but it has vastly changed.

[@jason42080]

I swear my hope is that someone of Gordon Ramsay's family or Team shows him Video's of Atlanta's love of cooking Food Dishes and Invites Atlanta to come to his home or even come to her and do a Cooking segment with her for his KZbin cooking Channel

[@ahill209]

Best pizza I've ever had was in NYC. Just something about their dough and sauce that makes it special. You just can't go hungry in NYC. But you can go broke!

[@kenlandon7803]

NYC has great water piped in from NY State. There's some great beers in NY that use that water.

[@LuanneNewell]

I am an American who loves pizza in Italy. On my first trip to Italy, I ordered a pepperoni pizza and learned that pepperoni is the Italian word for the green pepper. I loved the margherita pizza in Italy. In America, the Bertucci’s pizza chain makes a margherita pizza that tastes much like one in Italy.

[@ItsTheFuzzMan]

Italian-American, can't be mad. But we know Italian pizza and American pizza are nearly two different dishes. I really want to try that tomato sauce...it's the key.

[@Janice4th]

And both are nothing to get excited over. And yes, I had pizza in Italy.

[@tizioincognito5731]

It is not a sauce. It is just raw tomatoes purea.

[@degausserrr]

There are SOOO many amazing pizza spots all across the US. I swear in any given state you can find a top 10-20 slice if you just dig hard enough

[@ct6852]

American food is kind of underrated I think. When my parents got back from Italy they both said we're pretty lucky, food-wise.

[@jovetj]

There _is_ bad pizza, contrary to come people's belief. But there is so much pizza out there that is really, really good!!

[@ReallyBruh1]

Watching this bring me back to the time when I went to NYC. I miss that city so much 😭❤️

[@ianhowe338]

It’s subjective. I don’t think there’s a wrong answer. It’s just preference. But, for my vote, I always prefer NY style pizza. If you ever find your way up to Boston, you need to try Pizzeria Regina. It’s by far the best NY style pizza in OR out of New York. It’s been serving up the same slices on the North End since 1926. I think the family that founded the original location may have moved up from NY, so I think it still counts as NY pizza. It’s certainly NY style.

[@mione134]

Pizza Regina!!! Yup! Nothing beats that pizza!

[@claycassin8437]

I thought NYC pizza was the best, until I had a real Detroit style pizza. That caramelized crust takes it right to the top.

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

Detroit style is a descendant of Sicilian pizza, whereas NY style is a descendant of Neapolitan pizza.

[@benjin3993]

From what i remember on Cooking History with Max Miller, pizza in Italy dates back to pre Rome. Flat bread with oil and cheese baked and sold to the poorer class as a basic food staple for workers. Something they can pay a copper for and walk on. Then the next day any left over was sold at 5 for that price. So day old pizza was a classic even before tomato sauce was on it

[@johnbattle7518]

Ive see this in other videos. You can get that italian style pizza in NY with the greatest difference being the volcanic soil giving the Italian tomatoes a different flavor

[@paulbrickler]

I like how they managed to place a portrait of Nadine right above your table - that's SERVICE.

[@karinwtfont]

Haha I thought the same thing! 😆

[@LudiCrust.]

Interesting fact: Fanta was developed in Germany during WWII by Coca Cola bottlers who couldn’t get their hands on the coke syrup during the war. A lot of people think it’s a Latin American product that Coca Cola just bought along the way but it’s from Germany (Fanta is almost as popular as regular coke in Latin America).

[@afcgeo882]

In fact, they mix Fanta and Coke into a separate soda in Germany called Spezi or MezzoMix (depending on brand).

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

@afcgeo882, Interesting! I used to make that same mix myself as a kid whenever I was at a restaurant with a self serve fountain.

[@johng5710]

Whenever you come to Chicago, don't just have deep dish only. The more popular style among Chicagoans is called "tavern style" and Vito and Nick's is one of the best at it...I'm sure others will chime in on which place is their favorite as well.

[@dragonfly9209]

Yes! I'm originally from Chicago---and "tavern style" is the most popular. We got ours either from "Onesti's", or "Palermo". Deep dish---not a fan.

[@mikeguy]

I like vito and nicks but right now I am eating Home Run!!!!!!

[@markrabideau4067]

But do still have the deep dish, both deep dish and tavern are great

[@jeffreymanson2539]

Yes, yes, yes!!!Thank you!!! I'm not the only one preaching the tavern style gospel. The original and true Chicago Pizza!!!

[@Rjtorre16]

I'm from Chicago, and Deep dish is king... =)

[@thebargainshack6901]

I've heard that one reason why NYC pizza, bread, bagels, etc. are so good is because of their tap water, which has the perfect minerals and pH for baking.

[@CSagan710]

There are some alternatives to Fanta in the US if you like the Italian version much better. Orangina, Orange San Pellegrino, and Lorina come to mind, but I know there are others. You obviously won't get these from a fountain at a fast food place, but most supermarkets have them and any true Italian spot should have the San Pellegrino. Hope you guys are enjoying your RV trip! Looking forward to all the content.

[@Ira88881]

Three pies for the four of you!? You’re my heroes.

[@jovetj]

When in Rome, errr....

[@bernicearthur8655]

I've been watching your show for 2 and a half years. I started when my husband had cancer and you guys helped me cope. There was peace watching your videos. My husband has recovered and now he watches you guys also. Atlanta is growing more beautiful each day. Denzel is also growing more handsome. They are both very mature. You two have done a great job raising them. I also like the relationship between you Nadine and Sam. Enjoy your lives.

[@DanielPerez-rd5ig]

As an American that lived in Italy, fried pizza is my personal favorite Neapolitan pizza. It is simply fantastic! As far as eating pizza with a fork and knife, go for it! I could personally not careless.

[@mikeguy]

I loved the opening with the Statue of Liberty and the new Tower in the background. I know I will never get to see that view in person so I thank you for providing it!!

[@NotaVampyre111]

Way back in1987(? ) I visited Sydney. While there, I found a Pizza Hut close to King's Cross I think. When my order arrived, I started eating just like we do in 'merica, with my hands. Soon I noticed everyone was staring at me. I blurted out, I am an American. This is how we do it. Then I went back to eating. Later I managed to join a week long diving trip out to the GB reef. While it was a big part of my "bucket list" it almost became my last entry. After the third time they almost killed me I refused to go into the water with them. I did a lot of other things the 3 weeks I was there. Going to Australia was always number one on my list. I used to love traveling. Nowadays, it's too expensive and my health problems makes it very difficult.

[@flashxdoe295]

there is no rivalry between italian and american pizza... they are very different dishes. they are both great for thier own reasons

[@flar5022]

Your family is beautiful and gorgeous I hope you All enjoyed your pizza God bless you all

[@WestTXRedneck1972]

I always wondered why was called a Margherita Pizza. Thanks for the history on it. It's one of my favorites actually.

[@IronWolf_345]

I will say 2 things and leave it at that! 1) just wait until you try Chicago deep dish pizza. If you ever come to Chicago that is! 2) Italy may have invented pizza, but America made it a global dish icon! That’s it! God bless and keep up the awesome content!!

[@juddosborne305]

Great competition. I couldn’t compare the two cause one I consider new school and the other one traditional. I watched a new show about opening another part of Pompeii that was previously unexcavated. They found a mural with proto pizza so 2,000 years old.

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Wisconsin Dells. Water-park capitol of the world. Orangina is a worldwide available orange beverage. It is 12% juice also. Very good

[@Vinnytint2]

In Italy it was called orengiata when I was a kid and it was the most memorable soda then orangina hit the us and I was so happy

[@kristophergoordman7225]

I haven’t seen Orangina in my area in the years! The closest thing I’ve found is polar soda makes one they call orange dry!

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

@@Vinnytint2 Have you had Kinnie from Malta? I like it. Not everyone does.

[@Vinnytint2]

@@FreezyAbitKT7A is that bitter ? I loved the red flavored one not I’d it’s the same

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

@@Vinnytint2 It's the bitter orange

[@MyFatAdaptedLife]

Pizza My Heart, here in Santa Cruz California, won the 2012 Best Traditional Pizza title at the International Pizza Competition. I know both Atlanta and Denz wear SC brand clothes. So, if you're ever in the neighborhood, try the winning pizza. Also, Verve Coffee, also in SC, won Coffee Roaster of the Year.

[@tosweet68]

But who won in the 12 years since?

[@MyFatAdaptedLife]

@@tosweet68 look it up

[@barbnorton]

It’s so great to see this video.🍕👍🏽 ~You are all such sweet people. Right now, I have Covid, so you are helping me get through this time. Thank you so much!💜 In the states, pies are usually thought of as sweet, like apple, blueberry, pecan, cherry, pumpkin, etc. The main meat pie we have is a Chicken Pot Pie. Pizzas are called pizzas (not pies😉). This trip sounds epic! Who knows how it will change your children’s lives. Keep on, Keepin’ On enjoying life! Thank you so much.🙏🏽💕

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

Uh, people refer to pizza as a pie every single day in the US. You can even see it on the menu sometimes (“Plain Pie”, “Tomato Pie”).

[@lehammsamm]

Sam your editing skills just get better and better. 🤌Forever grateful that y'all let us into your lives and made us honorary Z Zedders. Glad you're enjoying your time in the US cause y'all are just as appreciative of this country as the rest of us. Love from SC. ❤

[@carlchiles1047]

Saw the RV in California ..posting things from LA or New York City is good for the ego and when it’s time to recall a trip there..but the heart of America is a hundred thousand towns spread across this country …east to west and north to south…deserts, wetlands, mountains and rivers…a glacier in Tacoma-Seattle..golden leaves mixed with glorious red in Pennsylvania in Autumn..while still enjoying the pure white powder like sand of Florida from Pensacola to St. Pete…caves and deserts..and petrified forest in Arizona…The United States is part of America…but just a part as are Canada and Mexico..

[@jsstars1]

When I was in Navy a few of us went to Florence from Naples for some sightseeing but it was siesta time so went to a little cafe for lunch. The guys ordered pizza thinking it would be like back in the states. They didn’t believe it when I told them it would be different. Pizza was a thin layer of sauce and a little bit of goat cheese and some vegetables.

[@Beans-1111]

I love how we adopt a lot of stuff from around the world and try to make it even better then the original. That's what were really good at.

[@fabriziopastorino3792]

no you take the cuisine of other countries and ruin it

[@unholydriver4987]

That fried pizza looks like a calzone, rather than pizza.

[@ivancacic79]

Exactly what I thought a colzone

[@kristophergoordman7225]

We have that fried pizza in the US as well! It’s called Panzerotti!

[@unholydriver4987]

@@kristophergoordman7225 Wow, I've never heard of it. I'd say I need to try it, but it looks incredibly unhealthy.

[@kristophergoordman7225]

@@unholydriver4987 I don’t know how widespread it is but I know we have it in NJ.

[@VelGer-hq7ms]

It was a calzone - a mighty large one, too.

[@NykkiLaneLane]

The fried pizza in Napoli looks like a calzone you would find in a NY pizzeria. It looks delicious! To a native New Yorker, there's only Italian pizza and NY pizza. You should try the original pizzeria in NYC though. It wouldn't sell slices at first. You had to buy a whole pie but then when it became popular outside of the Italian community and returning World War (both of them) soldiers, people wanted slices. That first restaurant, Lombardi's, wouldn't sell slices until competitors forced them to do so to stay in the game.

[@boomsing88]

I remember eating at Johns with my daughter when we were in NYC.The pizza was really good and the sauce was so fresh tasting.

[@brenz990]

Wow, to be able to travel to both places and compare the two pizzas is amazing. Can't wait to see your small-town USA camping vlogs.

[@vickiepatrick4107]

My grandfather is from naples..it's beautiful there

[@richardhell73]

Good video! Hopefully you make it out to New York again for a full pizza tour. Go to Brooklyn and hit up Di Fara, Lucali, and Luigi's. Then head over to New Haven.

[@Roh_Echt]

My first trip to Italy...I just couldn't stop eating pizza. There was so much to try but I stuck with pizza nearly the whole two weeks. When I returned to America I couldn't buy any more pizza from any of the local pizza shops and had to start making my own. But Italy always uses fresh made mozzarella and sauce. And so it is difficult to recreate here but I do my best. I still love my own pizza much more than any I can buy.

[@markmcdonald1663]

You have a great family, especially your children!!

[@lendir1]

9:25 we have calzones here in the US, same ingredients.

[@TheRealBosTonGuYyoJj]

In America we do make other pizza with out tomatoes sauce and other sausage and different cheese on the pizza we also have fried pizza and different sizes and shape like are deep dish 👌

[@MelissaNY-Reviews]

Pizza have 4 parts that change by area, time of year: Crust is Water and Yeast, then Sauce is different tomatoes, and then cheese fresh and/or shredded.

[@AliasMark69]

You will really appreciate the talents displayed in this version of a iconic song......Go take a nice ride through the countryside..... Fly Me To The Moon - John Michael Zov

[@argentlupin]

Make sure to drink Orangina when you can find it it should be good like the Italian Fanta.

[@thumper7047]

When I was in Italy, I had to try the Pizza. I went to some little Mom--n-Pop restraint they were very nice and seemed so eager to serve me. I can't remember which kind I had, it was good, I remember I burned the roof of my mouth and I remember that it had literally puddles of grease on it. It was amazing, but like you said - different.

[@BTinSF]

Pizza Margherita is a staple in NY and much of America as well. You should have compared pizza to pizza. I think you explained the Fanta issue slightly wrong. In the US, to call something "juice" it must be 100% juice. Fanta would be a "fruit juice drink" which can be as low as 6% juice as you said. But nobody calls Fanta "juice". And yeah, the companies do what they can get away with. That's why many Americans prefer Mexican Coke because it uses cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener. If they can get away with less juice, they will if it still sells.

[@sbjorlond8465]

When you were talking about it being a "Pie", the pie refers to the whole pizza. You have a 'slice' of the pie. It's not eating pie like you would a British or Irish mince pie. It's a Pizza pie that you grab a slice of! Mostly called that due to the way it's cut similar to a pie would be cut.

[@RoseNZieg]

for me a true pizza pie is a deep dish pizza.

[@autumncolors7015]

And it's always "A pie" not just "pie" ... "That's A great pie".... not "That's great pie." Without the article before it, to me, implies dessert, not pizza. I never realized that until hearing them say "That's great pie" about pizza.

[@carlygrace2]

Pizza Pie always makes me think: “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore”🎶

[@tumblweed80]

You need to try Detroit style pizza. It’s so good. The crust is a cheese crunch and the crust is a little breadier almost like a foccacia. Also I eat pizza with a knife and fork.

[@jimc2140]

Detroit style good. Knife and fork bad!

[@mescko]

Since Chicago deep-dish is my style of pizza (still waiting for someone to come up with a 6" high pizza), I suspect Detroit style would be my close second. Don't know if I'll ever get back there (my father moved his family out to the west coast for a job, I was born in Livonia), I don't have any family there now.

[@AKCFTW]

@@mescko You can get Detroit-style pizza in all of the neighboring states, if you ever ever find yourself just generally in the Ohio Valley region. Most are as good as anything served in Detroit, though some are not.

[@Augustus087]

Atlanta was too busy scarfing pizza to talk. Same for Denzel. That is how you know it is good. After watching middle schoolers eat lunch for 29 years as a teacher, it brings a smile to my face.

[@AKCFTW]

Why were you in the kids’ cafeteria, if you’re a teacher? Teachers don’t usually eat with the students… Not at any school I’ve ever heard of, anyway.

[@Augustus087]

@@AKCFTW Georgia is a non union state, where teachers are not allowed to strike. Therefore, they take advantage of us, ignoring OSHA rules and assigning us to monitor kids during our lunch time, about 30 minutes. They also assign us to sports games "duties" which are non paid assignments.

[@AKCFTW]

@@Augustus087 Jesus. Sorry to hear that. I had heard about the anti-unionism in Georgia, but naively assumed that of all professions, nurses and teachers would still have unions. How is that even legal, with the national legislation that created the NLRB and whatnot? Seems like it would be in violation of federal law, though I’m assuming there’s some technical loophole since teachers are technically employed by the state. And with this Supreme Court, I can see them just siding with Georgia and creating that sort of precedent.

[@mycocorleone4771]

​@@AKCFTW i live in michigan and there is usually a handfull of teachers that oversee the lunchroom in case of fights or anything like that.

[@lindadeters8685]

I’ve had many styles of pizza from all over the USBeing from Chicago, I grew up with tavern style and stuffed deep dish. I’ve also had pizza from all over mainland Italy, including where you are now in Napoli. I’m not sure you can compare, but I do like the Italian sauce over US sauce.

[@b0de]

Hi @NZ Family. There are so many Americans that are so jealous of all the great food you get to try and the places you visit. I am a huge foodie but have never been able to get to NY.

[@KarynHill]

I grew up with NY style pizza so to my mind and taste buds, that's what pizza really is to me. But I've had some other really good pizza on occasion that's a different style so I can see how what one grew up with really makes a difference.

[@MrScottsearles]

Blessings to you all, glad you enjoyed some good food!

[@louiekolbe2776]

The freshness of the ingredients in Italy is the difference. 🇮🇹🍕

[@katinacarson-hunwi7297]

I do like Margherita pizza. I have never been to Italy but hopefully someday I can as their food looks so delicious.

[@Caretaker58]

While in the Navy, I got to try pizza in Italy in a couple different cities. Pretty good, but mostly topped with veggies with a somewhat bland sauce. The best pizza I had in the Mediterranean was in Spain, believe it or not. Don't even bother with pizza in France.

[@david-xr4oj]

In Spain? You smoke good stuff.

[@Mr.A-000]

Great video! I would LOVE to try some pizza from Italy. I can just imagine the flavors I would get. Anyway, I’m glad you all are having a great time!

[@shelbybrillobee2495]

Favorite. Routinely travel 60 mins from home in Bronx to grocery shop in neighborhood. Sad to have not seen you to say hello

[@lisalarosa4546]

In America, the fried pizza is called a calzone or Pizza turnover. The one I love best, is fresh spinach and cheese, with tomato sauce on the side, for dipping. I am American, and always eat my pizza with a knife and fork!

[@jakTheThird]

Anybody else notice Denzel doing a ‘Vietnam’ stare after the first bite? He just got lost for a second there, then clicked back to reality lol! That’s how you know it’s good!

[@ryanawilson8549]

Nice work with the pizza fold

[@JohnGCollects]

The filming, the b roll, the formatting, guys you KILLED this video. I am so impressed with the changes of this food review compared to others. You guys did insanely well!!! Man, I’m having a proud fan moment 🥹

[@yournewzealandfamily]

Wow thanks John, what an awesome comment! Thats made our day 😀 So happy you’re enjoying the videos!

[@JohnGCollects]

@@yournewzealandfamily you guys have developed into such pros, and it shows each and every video. I am so excited to watch your journey! Can’t wait to watch the next one, including the future RV vids!!

[@Jay_Sullivan]

I definitely prefer thin and crispy crust, but that looked really delicious. I also love a lot of cheese.

[@darrineckert9132]

There are alot of stories on pizza in america .i was taught during war war 1 the dough boys would get hard tack cheese and tomato sauce in there mess kits they used the sauce to make the hard tack pliable and they started to put the cheese and sauce on the hard take then cooking it over a fire when they came home to the usa they started putting it on dough and thats where american pizza came from but i am sure it is as big a mystery who made the first buffalo wings

[@bunnyfufu9933]

Im so happy for you guys. Hope you get to travel more ❤

[@timisme8360]

I am so looking forward to this episode! Pizza is one of my favorite foods. The perfect food actually. It's got grains, dairy, veggies and protein. I have to be careful because ... pesky bad cholesterol. I did find a pizza that got my doctor's seal of approval though. A flat bread pizza with artichoke hearts , baby spinach and cherry tomatoes. Very little cheese. It may sound weird but it's delicious.

[@alexg.9502]

We are going to NY for the first time in December and this is on my list to do

[@jdogkaioken721]

Such a wholesome bunch keep up the content!

[@chancemurdoch1]

I’ve only known you guys for about 5 months now but your children are so big now. They’re like adults. Treasure these moments🥹

[@pamelaking9715]

Authentic Italian food is very simple, just a very few of the very best ingredients.

[@jameshinton-howard6778]

I had to watch this while fasting. Now I'm craving pizza. haha. Great video and very entertaining!

[@ashtonthomas3092]

if you ever make it to Phoenix, Arizona you need to go to Pizzeria Bianco. It is traditional Italian style pizza here in the USA and has won tons of awards and at one point was even rated the best pizza place in the whole United States.

[@BigJonny]

We have something similar to their fried pizza over here in the US. Here they're called calzones, the ones I've eaten are usually smaller in size and baked instead of fried.

[@AKCFTW]

We have panzerotti. It’s different than a calzone. They’re just not served outside of Italy, Canada, and specific regions of the United States, so it’s likely you’ve never had one before.

[@JR-cf3wh]

I lived in Europe for 3 years, European pizza is like a snack, American pizza is Thanksgiving Dinner. Both are awesome.

[@Sirge57]

Can't wait to see your take on Chicago deep-dish. Totally different animal and really not comparable with Italy or New York style but still blow your mind good.

[@word42069]

Totally agree, American and Italian pizza are two different things… I don’t really try to say one is better than the other. That said, best pizza I ever had was Lucali in Brooklyn… by a LOT. John’s is great though, it’s definitely up there (in the top 5) as far as NYC places go.

[@robertfrye5161]

want to try another style of pizza that will blow your mind, Mazza Pizza in Scotch Plains NJ, thick crust(which until I went there was not a fan). They have pizza with sopresa, perreroni onion and hot honey, and a wide variety of ingredients, non GMO flour, local fresh mozzarella. try it

[@ErikNestor-r5w]

If you ever come to Japan, you need to try the melon Fanta! It’s by far the best Fanta

[@RochelleDesimone]

This should be interesting! Although I believe that Italian pizza versus American pizzas are totally different things

[@SVanTha]

the oldest Chinese restaurant in America is in Montana and serves the best Chinese food. the best Pizza i've had was in Jackson's Hole Wyoming. your average American just flies by these states and are missing out.

[@AKCFTW]

Makes sense though, when the population of Jackson Hole is smaller than my little Ohio suburb. It doesn’t really make sense for tourists to visit these places. And just to let everyone know, the place that you’re referring to is “Pekin Noodle Parlor”, in Butte. Founded a little over a century ago.

[@dwightguthrie8757]

I just looked up when Antica Pizzeria Port' Alba opened up and it was the year 1830 not the 1738 as you said in the video. America came to be in 1776 in July.

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

As an Italian/Lithuanian-American, I'm an American first, but I greatly respect every immigrant who brought their culture and food over here with them, but I respect even more how those same immigrants made what they brought over better (or at least different) than what it was originally. So what I'm saying here is that I prefer what my Italian ancestors brought over here and made American-style pizza. If you've watched that video about Faux-American-style food by that Canadian guy, where everyone else thinks that if you just slap some hotdogs or corn on some food item, that it makes it "American-style"...like no, that's not what I'm talking about in this case. Because unlike in those cases where you just have natives who assume something is American by just adding something America is famous for, like the aforementioned Hotdog. What I'm talking about is immigrants from these original "motherland" countries, who emigrate over and then bring their food ideas with them, but change and/or improve on them because they either have more ingredients to choose from or because they want to appeal to a wider taste pallette in a nation made up entirely of immigrants. Know what I mean? These countries around the world that don't get a lot of immigration, tend to limit themselves on their food choices because they can. They only have to appeal to the same basic pallette across their relatively small country where 90+% of their population is of the same ethnicity. I feel that's what's wrong with the UK for example. Up until recent years with all their Muslim immigration, they have essentially been an ALL Anglo-Saxon culture and they settled on their Fish & Chips staple dish, right? Well, that might be all well and good if everybody is essentially the same ethnicity, right? But add in every ethnicity across the world all in a single country, and you're almost forces to constantly experiment with your food choices in order to appeal to so many different food pallettes. Hell, if anything, in America, what seems to work best is taking traditional dishes from other countries, and spicing them up a bit, figuratively speaking, but also maintaining the originals without desecrating them with ingredients that the native country would never use on such item. Like we'd NEVER put hotdogs on a pizza. Or creamed corn on one either. A pizzeria would get shot if they tried that here.

[@ronaldkirkland4576]

The 1st pizza you said was fried but in Texas we call that a Calzone, med pizza folded over and that is the canzone. The best pizza I have had in my 62 years was in Corpus Christi, TX. in a Parlor was Panjo's Pizza started in 1967.

[@AKCFTW]

It’s a panzerotto. They’re different than a calzone. They don’t really serve them outside of one specific region in the United States. You can find them all over Canada and Italy, though.

[@Pazuzeus1313]

In America or more so from where im from Brookly NY, that fried pizza is called a calzone here

[@donnadb5506]

The cheese pizza in Italy 🇮🇹 we call a calzone here in America 🇺🇸. My relatives come from Naples 😊 mangiare.

[@taylorvanbuskirk8040]

I know how much pizza's cost. You guys spent a small fortune on all the pizza's you ordered. Lucky you! I love your reactions. That's why I tune in.

[@davidmarshall8166]

Having eaten pizza in both New York and Italy, I would say it comes down to where you eat it. I love NY pizza, but overall, Italy blows it away. We found a great little place in Venice that we go to when we're there. It's on one of the little backstreets and I have yet to see a name on the business, but really good pizza. The best we had by far was in Naples. Of course, they take their pizza making VERY seriously and it shows. Two places I was shocked to find good pizza - one was in Croatia and we had an excellent pizza the first time we visited Paris. Neither as good as Italy or New York, for that matter, but still very good.

[@bartonbagnes4605]

Well the Italians wouldn't even have tomato sauce without tomatos from America.😜 At first they thought tomatos were poisonous. I think the Italians were the first Europeans to give tomatos a chance.

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

Spaniards. The tomato arrived in Spain before Italy, but Italian cuisine made them world famous as an ingredient.

[@KamboCan629]

Every video, I am so impressed with your kids, but atlanta sitting there all prim and proper just shows maturity on a whole new level... what a beautiful young lady

[@ItsTheFuzzMan]

If you ever come across a Damiano in Nothern Italy they are likely a distant relative of mine.

[@CJWJR]

I would love to go to Italy some day and try their food, especially the pasta and pizza.

[@ElenaLyda]

Pizza is one of my favorite foods. My favorite pizza places from childhood were owned by Armenians. The crust has a cracker effect on the outside but layered on the inside and chewy. The sauce is hearty but a hint of sweetness and lots of cheese. MWAA!

[@wks4511]

Great video guys. Very entertaining. Sam is a pro at this.

[@romulus_]

I think you guys would like orangina or san pellegrino's sodas.

[@1TutorialBoss]

That was super interesting pizza history!

[@jimgreen5788]

Da Fam, here in the US, it's a matter of preference as to whether pizza's eaten with a knife and fork, or with hands only. Back in '86, while returning from a tour of Israel via Eurailpass, I stopped in San Marino, where I had an Italian pizza. I honestly wasn't ranking the 2 at the time, and just took it as an interesting cross cultural experience.

[@mione134]

I hope you guys get to come to Boston, specifically, the North End. Eat some pizza at Pizzeria Regina. Best pizza ever.

[@brentbovay9630]

NYC gets tons of hype, but the best pizza in the U.S. is in New Haven, CT. Frank Pepe's, Sally's, and Modern chew up NYC any day of the week! 🙂

[@russellfisher2853]

I think its because the US, is not afraid to experiment, with lots of different things. When some countries say, why would you do that? The US, says why not.