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GiovanniResta t1_itlotuy wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [i ate] Pizza Margherita and pizza nudja by succulentchr69

First of all, in Italy usually they do not cut the pizza for you at the restaurant, unless you ask for it, so you are given a fork and a knive and you are free to cut the pizza as you like it.

Second, here nobody cares how other people eat pizza.

Moreover, pizzas can be very soft in the middle so if the topping is heavy and you try to lift a whole slice the topping can fall making a mess. So a common or at least possible strategy is to eat the pointy part of a slice with fork and knife, then finish using your hands (if you are so inclined).

In general, probably because there is not a developed "dipping culture" (commonal bowls of sauces or melted cheese where people dip things like in US) we are less inclined to make our hands greasy if not really necessary.

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Granadafan t1_itltkz4 wrote

> In general, probably because there is not a developed "dipping culture" (commonal bowls of sauces or melted cheese where people dip things like in US) we are less inclined to make our hands greasy if not really necessary.

While it exists, dipping pizza is not that common in the US either. If there is a dip, it’s usually for the crust.

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Hiphoppington t1_itmns9j wrote

According to my teenage daughter not dipping your slice in ranch should be a crime but I want to stress that she's a teenager and she's got lots of questionable opinions about lots of things.

I'm not against it, it's fine, but it isn't for me.

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GiovanniResta t1_itlvjgu wrote

Yeah, I didn't mean dipping the pizza, but the general idea of using hands to dip things in sauces. I strongly dislike to have greasy hands, maybe because often I read Reddit on the cell If I'm eating alone...

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