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1Mar/094

Pizza Salad

I don't know if this is a Swedish thing, an Italian thing, or a pizza in Europe thing. In those rare moments when I'm craving pizza in Sweden, I go into a local pizza establishment (pizzeria or pizza place would be far too generous). I've noticed that at every casual Italian dining place, be it standard Italian fare or pizza, they have this thing called pizza salad.

Pizza salad is an awesome appetizer, dinner, or post dinner delicacy. It's served out of a big bowl at the counter next to the soda fountain. So you grab your drink, you grab your silverware and you grab your pizza salad and you sit down at a table and wait for your pizza to arrive.
Pizza salad consists of shredded cabbage, oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. That's it. That's pizza salad. It kinda tastes like cole slaw without the creamy component.
Even when you order pizza to go, they ask you if you want pizza salad and I say HELLS YES!  In Sweden I actually say JAVISST!
The pizza salad I had last night was epic. Sadly, the pizza was fail.
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  • christopher
    i know that the pizza salad thing is just a swedish thing, and what a shame it is. when visiting my girlfriend in sweden i came to love it. she taught me to put it on the pizza and its even better. and now that im back in the states i frequently converse with her sister (her only family member living outside of sweden) about how much we miss it. i have even come accustomed to eating pizza with a fork and knife thanks to being there, and here in the states it is sure to get you some odd looks. my recommendation is that if you decide to travel outside of sweden make sure to grab a good helping of it and bring it with you, or learn a really good recipe for it because life sucks without pizza salad. haha.
  • Mary
    I can't lie...I really miss pizza salad. Yum.
  • rommy
    hahaha. that sounds like another pizza fail waiting to happen.< />< />so i found out pizza salad is purely a Swedish thing.
  • Omid Abroad
    That actually sounds very good... While pizza in Paris has finally come around to being an edible product – sometimes even authentic – I never look forward to going to any of these "pizza establishments." Although there's a trendy new "pizza lounge" in our neighborhood that looks all Miami-fied. It kind of disgusts me, but I'm willing to give it a go before I go 1-star it on Qype ;)
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