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[–] ComradeKeen@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago (4 children)

No one asked or wanted this comment but pepperoni was first created in NYC about 100 years ago. By Italian immigrants, sure, but that doesn't support my annoying joke ruining reply.

[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks, so I don't have to be that "actually" guy mentioning that 99% of Italians have never seen pepperonis in their life. You saved me

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't brought back to Italy much?

[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No, its taste isn't something that Italians would appreciate. It tastes like a cheap mix of a cheap German frankfurter and cheap calabrese 'nduja. It's almost impossible to find it in Italy.

I have never seen it in my life in Italy

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Italians were also invented about 100 years ago, meme still holds.

[–] rimorso@feddit.it 2 points 11 months ago

Italy as country is about 160 years old, people living in the Italian peninsula have been called Italians for a few millenia tho

[–] Defenestrator@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

See also: Caesar salad.

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

I thought that was just regular salami

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Italian blood cells are made of salami.

American blood cells, depending upon blood type, are either pepperoni or cut up hotdogs.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

White blood cells are pizza dough. It's all connected.

[–] sour@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

pizza dough is skin ._.

mozzarella balls are white blood cells

[–] rimorso@feddit.it 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Would have been nice to use actual salame and not that American abomination, but yes can confirm that it's true.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As an Italian myself, I must say 🤌

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 3 points 11 months ago

We have salami in our blood, can confirm 👌

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

This blood type is what causes Italians to cry out .... ITSA SPICY MEATABALL, AH!!??

It also causes them to flail their arms and hands around often, especially when they're talking.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 6 points 11 months ago

Erythrocites, leucocytes, gabagoolcytes

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago
[–] optissima@possumpat.io 3 points 11 months ago
[–] 108@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

This explains so much about my cholesterol

[–] Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago
[–] callyral@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago

So non-Italian pizza isn't flat... what shape is it? I'm guessing spherical, or maybe saddle-shaped?

Or does "flat" refer to the geometrical space of the pizza, so like, non-Euclidean pizza?