"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote:

> >Oh, no. We LURV the Italians. You gave us pizza!
>
> Indirectly. Marco Polo was Italian, but bringing pizza back from China
> isn't exactly the same thing as "giving" us pizza.

I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
tomato sauce on it...?

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"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote:

> >Oh, no. We LURV the Italians. You gave us pizza!
>
> Indirectly. Marco Polo was Italian, but bringing pizza back from China
> isn't exactly the same thing as "giving" us pizza.

I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
tomato sauce on it...?

--oTTo--

"Dr. Otto Bahn" > wrote:

>"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote:
>
>> >Oh, no. We LURV the Italians. You gave us pizza!
>>
>> Indirectly. Marco Polo was Italian, but bringing pizza back from China
>> isn't exactly the same thing as "giving" us pizza.
>
>I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
>tomato sauce on it...?

That's right. The Chinese invented it, but it was topped with soy
sauce, wood ear mushroom, crab brains, and sea urchin roe.

-=D=-

--
"That rainbow chicken is kind of bitey!"
--- My pal Ellen's four-year-old nephew, reporting
on his encounter with her small Amazon parrot

wrote:

>>>I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
>>>tomato sauce on it...?
>>
>>That's right. The Chinese invented it, but it was topped with soy
>>sauce, wood ear mushroom, crab brains, and sea urchin roe.
>
>So you're saying those Californians are taking credit yet again for
>something they didn't invent.

The *******s.

-=D=-
--
"That rainbow chicken is kind of bitey!"
--- My pal Ellen's four-year-old nephew, reporting
on his encounter with her small Amazon parrot

"Darla Vladschyk" > wrote:

> >>>I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
> >>>tomato sauce on it...?
> >>
> >>That's right. The Chinese invented it, but it was topped with soy
> >>sauce, wood ear mushroom, crab brains, and sea urchin roe.
> >
> >So you're saying those Californians are taking credit yet again for
> >something they didn't invent.
>
> The *******s.

You can include Swilson with the Californians, and I'll
be damned if I will let him troll me.

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"Darla Vladschyk" > wrote:

> >>>I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
> >>>tomato sauce on it...?
> >>
> >>That's right. The Chinese invented it, but it was topped with soy
> >>sauce, wood ear mushroom, crab brains, and sea urchin roe.
> >
> >So you're saying those Californians are taking credit yet again for
> >something they didn't invent.
>
> The *******s.

You can include Swilson with the Californians, and I'll
be damned if I will let him troll me.

--oTTo--

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:22:56 -0400, "Dr. Otto Bahn" >
wrote:

>"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote:
>
>> >Oh, no. We LURV the Italians. You gave us pizza!
>>
>> Indirectly. Marco Polo was Italian, but bringing pizza back from China
>> isn't exactly the same thing as "giving" us pizza.
>
>I thought it was the Italians who figured out to put
>tomato sauce on it...?

BUT! Tomatoes are native to South America!

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