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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Kill it with fire!

Altoona-style pizza originated at the Altoona Hotel, which was noted as serving "a unique pizza" in 1996 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Following the destruction of the hotel in 2013 by fire, other local restaurants began serving Altoona-style pizza.

Oh, they tried but took too long and the infection spread.

[–] pauldrye@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

distant sound of Italians exploding

[–] Satellaview@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago

absolutely fucking not

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

While originally topped with Velveeta, Altoona-style pizza is popularly topped with yellow processed cheese known as American cheese.

A.k.a melted plastic.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I will only accept American in two places, albeit mostly for nostalgia/vibes; burger/patty melt, and grilled cheese.

And even in those applications you can do a lot better for the melty cheese factor - hell even provolone or swiss is a solid upgrade.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Its good in a grilled cheese! I don't want fancy or even nice for grilled cheese. I want melty, fat melty, slightly oily, easy to eat like 3 of then in a go at 4am!

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Cmon Linus, we all know it’s you

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This looks like a crime

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Crikey. I’m from NY and this was the worst pizza abomination I’d seen until now. And yes it’s disgusting. St Louis style pizza

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NJ here. What the hell is provel cheese?

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

cheddar, swiss, provolone

used in pasta sauces

Lmao

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Take one of those, throw the ingredients on haphazzardly so they're not evenly distributed at all, then burn it to a crisp. Congratulations you just made the new haven style pizza that people from Connecticut pretend they like out of hometown pride

YUMMY RIGHT???

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

"..topped with American cheese.."

Fuck. Right. Off.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

“Hello, r/pizzacrimes? I’d like to report a murder.”

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] classic@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah the pizza isn't great, either

[–] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Altoona would be a good candidate for Nuclear Whipping Boy

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

WHO LETS THE AMERICAN INVENT FOOD! THATS IT NO KITCHENS FOR AMERICANS ANYMORE!