RE: potatoes and pizza

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 07:42:40 +0100


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

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

?? Where? By who? Never heard of that one.

> > 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.

Although in at least one language, meaning "mountaintop" :)

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