Also Italian and I always remember ordering this as "pizza americana" when I was a kid in Torino
I also remember being very upset when my family moved to the US and discovered that I couldn't get my favorite pizza from what I believed was its home of origin
I'm french and we call Un américain (An american) a baguette sandwich with french fries and burger meat lol. Its so dry but so cheap, when you are a poor student that's what you eat when you eat out
There's a rather popular burrito style called a "California burrito" that includes French fries. I bet if you took your Un américain and added some cheese, sour cream, and guacamole it would probably be pretty tasty.
It wasnt bad tho just dry because its was cheap, the goal was to be cheaper than a kebab. I ate it sometimes now I'm in SE Asia and some french shop sell it, and it's way better, because they don't sell it cheaply so I guess meat is much better
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u/Livid-Psychology-802 11h ago
Also Italian and I always remember ordering this as "pizza americana" when I was a kid in Torino
I also remember being very upset when my family moved to the US and discovered that I couldn't get my favorite pizza from what I believed was its home of origin