Mayor de Blasio eats pizza properly; Americans throw a fit.

[Keystone Phil]

Mayor de Blasio noted that he has been to Italy and his habit of using a fork and knife is a hat tip to his ancestral homeland - http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/nyregion/de-blasio-skewered-for-eating-pizza-with-utensils.html?referrer=

Chaos ensues.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

New York is not Italy. You pick up a slice and take a bite.

[Antonio the Sixth]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

[Supersonic]

I eat pizza with a knife and fork when I'm in a restaurant or so. Not at home with a take-away.

[Keystone Phil]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

You're on a real horrible streak today, pal. You continue to prove that you've betrayed The Beautiful Place.

[Napoleon]

I've always eaten pizza with a knife and fork. Back in the day I would eat buffalo wings with a knife and fork though.

[Keystone Phil]

I've always eaten pizza with a knife and fork. Back in the day I would eat buffalo wings with a knife and fork though.

I use a fork and knife for sandwiches and some other things but never dared for wings. You, sir, are a hero.

[Antonio the Sixth]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

You're on a real horrible streak today, pal. You continue to prove that you've betrayed The Beautiful Place.

I've been to plenty of pizzerie in Italy. I think my experience should be taken into account in this debate, no?

[7,052,770]

Sometimes I eat Snickers with a knife and fork, but generally not pizza unless it's a really deep dish.

[Keystone Phil]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

You're on a real horrible streak today, pal. You continue to prove that you've betrayed The Beautiful Place.

I've been to plenty of pizzerie in Italy. I think my experience should be taken into account in this debate, no?

Not when you're wrong. And you clearly haven't eaten much around Naples, the birthplace.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

You're on a real horrible streak today, pal. You continue to prove that you've betrayed The Beautiful Place.

I've been to plenty of pizzerie in Italy. I think my experience should be taken into account in this debate, no?

Not when you're wrong. And you clearly haven't eaten much around Naples, the birthplace.

I was just about to say that this might be a North/South, or even specifically Piedmont/Mezzogiorno, thing. Where are de Blasio's people from?

[Antonio the Sixth]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

You're on a real horrible streak today, pal. You continue to prove that you've betrayed The Beautiful Place.

I've been to plenty of pizzerie in Italy. I think my experience should be taken into account in this debate, no?

Not when you're wrong. And you clearly haven't eaten much around Naples, the birthplace.

I was just about to say that this might be a North/South, or even specifically Piedmont/Mezzogiorno, thing. Where are de Blasio's people from?

My main experience is with Calabria though. Maybe it's a typically Neapolitan thing? I seem to recall De Blasio is from somewhere around there.

[CatoMinor]

1. Pizza is finger food.
2. Italian Pizza sucks compared to American

(prepares for lynching)

[Bacon King]

De Blasio's maternal grandparents were from Sant'Agata de' Goti in the Province of Benevento

[Keystone Phil]

What? I've never once used forks and knives to eat pizza. By the slice is the normal way to do it, whether in Italy or anywhere else.

You're on a real horrible streak today, pal. You continue to prove that you've betrayed The Beautiful Place.

I've been to plenty of pizzerie in Italy. I think my experience should be taken into account in this debate, no?

Not when you're wrong. And you clearly haven't eaten much around Naples, the birthplace.

I was just about to say that this might be a North/South, or even specifically Piedmont/Mezzogiorno, thing. Where are de Blasio's people from?

I was going to say that as well but, as Antonio noted, he has strong roots (but not strong enough apparently) in Real Italy.

And yes, unsurprisingly, De Blasio's family is from Southern Italy specifically Campania.

[morgieb]

Who cares how he eats pizza?

[dead0man]

Who cares how he eats pizza?

assholes

[Redalgo]

I prefer to use a pizza cutter, then tend to the rest with a fork, but have eaten pizza before the way Mayor de Blasio did. I didn't realize this is actually considered a problem by anyone. xD

[Dave from Michigan]

yeah I have also heard Italian pizza sucks.

[Keystone Phil]

yeah I have also heard Italian pizza sucks.

...remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. And these people are serious...

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

yeah I have also heard Italian pizza sucks.

...remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. And these people are serious...

Phil, I think I'm with you on this, but I want to make sure: What are your thoughts on the proper use of cheese?

[Horus]

I don't think I've encountered someone who eats Pizza with utensils in my entire life..

[Zanas]

I don't think I've encountered someone who eats Pizza with utensils in my entire life..

Then you must not have gone to an actual Italian restaurant ever in your life. Which is kind of sad.

[Tender Branson]

It's about 50/50 here.

I sometimes eat it with my hands, sometimes with knife and fork.

Even in Pizzerias, people are split.

It really depends on the rigidity of the pizza you eat.

If the pizza piece is heavily loaded with stuff, especially in the front, the stuff on the front could fall down on your pants/shirt for example.

This is when I mostly use knife/fork.

Also, if you don't want to get oily fingers (for example if you need to use your mobile phone) - I use knife/fork.

If the pizza has a good rigidity, with medium/low stuff on it - I usually always eat it with my hands.

[Keystone Phil]

yeah I have also heard Italian pizza sucks.

...remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. And these people are serious...

Phil, I think I'm with you on this, but I want to make sure: What are your thoughts on the proper use of cheese?

What in the name of God does "proper use of cheese" mean? What is the context? Cheese related to pizza or in general like grated Parmesan on pasta?

Guys, I do want you to know, in Naples especially, there is such thing as a pizza you can eat with your hands but it's a small thing you eat as street food. And in many delicious cases, the pizza is folded up so the sauce is inside. It's almost like a sandwich.