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Rob Ricci 1d ago

@dev whoever is answering yes to this lives on a much smaller planet than I do

@ricci @dev that was my first reaction, but then someone pointed out to me that Pittsburgh is only about 30 miles from the border with Ohio which is clearly in the midwest so now I am confused

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Valley-style_pizza

@ricci @dev it is also in the Ohio Valley which means I have to link this:

Ohio Valley-style pizza - Wikipedia

@ricci @dev when my dad was born (not too far away on the Ohio side), this was the only pizza available in Ohio, and it had just been introduced.

This might explain why my grandmother never ordered a pizza delivery in her life.

Dan Ports

@ricci @dev (she also never used an ATM or a computer, and only reluctantly got a touchtone phone a few years before she died)

@dan @ricci @dev like they just no shit don't bake the toppings? for real? it's hard to see how this can be something people would eat

@dan @ricci @dev also the second part of "covered with a savory or sweet tomato sauce" is causing problems for me

@dan @ricci @dev "the food of your people is worse than lunchables" is harsh AF

G. Wozniak 1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev This is Tanenbaum-esque.

@regehr @ricci @dev in the 1940s it was called "the poor man's cheesecake" which also raises a number of concerns

G. Wozniak 1d ago

@dan @regehr @ricci @dev For one thing, the universe of "rich man's cheesecake" seems unbounded without any parameters.

@dan @ricci @dev it's just not right

G. Wozniak 1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev Dogs and cats, living together. Mass hysteria.

Patrick Lam

1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev tomato sauce means something that can substitute for ketchup in NZ. It also means tomato sauce. I don't really get it. https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1apk31w/what_is_the_difference_between_tomato_sauce_and/

@regehr @ricci @dev I have never actually tried it myself! but yes, not even the cheese is cooked

@dan @ricci @dev I posted the wikipedia link to a local group and a friend has totally been to "Steubenville" -- which sounds made up AF but I guess exists -- and has eaten this food

@dan @ricci @dev she said "It's legit not great, but it's a legend there"

atsuzaki 1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev ??? i'm concerned

@atsuzaki @dan @ricci @dev whole thing is fucking concerning for real, I was only dreading nuclear war tonight before this

atsuzaki 1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev perhaps it is the civilization of ohio valley that should no longer exist

atsuzaki 1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev omfg i sent this to my partner and he was like oh i always top my pizza at home with cold cheese its good. i think i'm calling off the marriage

@atsuzaki @dan @ricci @dev hahahaha omg you think you know someone!!!!!

@regehr @atsuzaki @ricci @dev this must be why the Catholic Church mandates premarital counseling, right?

@regehr @atsuzaki @ricci @dev I can't be sure because my only catholic relative was my grandma (same one) who was kicked out for marrying a non-catholic

Subsequently, when she was forced to move to a new town in Ohio at least once per year, she made it a point to go to entirely different churches so she could rank the denominations. On the quality of their baked goods.

Tobin Baker 1d ago

@dan @regehr @atsuzaki @ricci @dev Mennonites ftw

@dan @ricci @dev "Steubenville" is near "Follansbee", "Weems", "Alikanna", "Pottery Addition", and "Weirton". this is like reading the map from a poorly done fantasy novel

Garrett Wollman 1d ago

@regehr @dan @ricci @dev Steubenville is known for pottery. (As is that whole corner of Ohio — apparently there's good clay there?) Weirton is known for steelmaking (one guess as to the name of the company's founder).

@regehr @ricci @dev yes, my dad’s family lived in Steubenville at one point (and tbh pretty much every other town in Ohio because this was the era when your employer could just reassign you to another random place and you’d pack up and move your entire family)