RE: potatoes and pizza

From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 20:51:39 -0400

On Mon, 2005-04-07 at 00:14 +0100, Jane Williams wrote:

> But they're not pies. No top crust.

But they are called pizza pies. Even without a top crust.

> And looking up the etymology of the word "pizza" is not helping :(

I thought it had to do with the word for "bite" or "mouthful". (similar to pita) I know the word itself dates back at least a millennium.

LC