So there I am in a packed pizzeria in downtown Florence, sitting next to a table of fellow Americans. Their pizzas are served and then all of a sudden everyone at the table pulls out a pair of scissors ….
The saying goes, ‘when in Rome do as the Romans do’, and you can bet that the only one who pulls out scissors in Rome is grandma when she has to cut up a roasted chicken. No Italian in their right mind would use scissors on a pizza.
There are two ways to eat pizza, here they are:
Pizzas are ordered individually and served that way too. No “give us a pan for 12″, everybody gets to choose their own toppings. Most Italians eat pizza with a fork and knife, like you eat food in civilized countries. In some areas of Italy where the pizza dough is a little more crunchy and therefore easier to handle, or if you’re serving pizza to kiddies, they might cut a slice and pick it up with their hands, kind of the “finger lickin’ good” thing.
No way, no how, nowhere do Italians use scissors to cut up their delightful disc.
