We need pizza to be pizza.
I wonder if this person is American? If he/she saw an original regional Italian Pizza he/she would declare it Satanic, or accuse anybody who said it was the real thing of peddling “fake news”.
And there would be barely a place to eat in Geelong (Vic, Australia - Go Catters! AFL Premiers to be 2021) that this person would not consider Satanic. We love our fusion, as well as knowing that most of our Chinese, Italian, Greek, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese food is bastardised to suit Australian tastes. Fish and Chip shops so beloved here? A Pommy would turn his nose up at seeing them, and refuse to eat any. And don’t start me on deep fried Pineapple Fritters….
There is barely a dish including any meats from Cows, Sheep and Pigs, and most popular vegetables, that are indigenous to this country. Kangaroo steaks, Crocodile and Emu would be about it for meat. Even our infamous local Meat Pies claim to use nothing but beef. (We have great seafood though, although most of our shellfish is exported or very, very, very expensive)
Norm