A Bigga Pizza Pie Is'sa Comin'

Hey the pizza convoy may be coming to your town! If you get the chance to eat "True Neapolitano pizza" you might not look at pizza the same way again. I have been told the secret ingredient is in the water - only found in Naples. Wonder if they will truck that along too. I've seen this passion for authenticity at work in a Neapolitano's home in Sicily. I was at a huge wedding party, which lasted for the whole weekend, the night before the ceremony they had some guests over for pizza. They flew - all the way from Naples, the pizziaola with the water and mozzarella di bufula. Local Sicilian ingredients, though still Italian, still weren't good enough. That is a true story and how I found out about the water....Now the Romans say their expresso is the best because the water....See, you can on and on....

TOURISM: TRAVELLING PIZZERIAS TO PROMOTE NAPLES IN THE WORLD
(AGI) - Naples, 6 Apr. - Two traveling pizzerias, with real rough brick ovens as laid down by the discipline of the 'True Neapolitan Pizza', will be created to promote the image of Naples and its typical products in Italy and the world. The provincial association and its administration's initiative - known as 'True Neapolitan Pizza' - is based on the fact that pizza is one of the city's main tourist attractions. The project involves an investment of 200 thousand euros, 92 thousand of which have been provided by the Province. "We want to take our tourist promotion round Italy and also abroad - stressed the tourist offical Giovanna Martano - its basis being in our region's extraordinary heritage, its tradition in wine and cuisine and in craftsmanship. Pizza, with a key role in both sectors, is a crucial element." The project will make use of two large lorries carrying the sign 'Neapolitan Pizza on Tour'. Each lorry will be equipped with two ovens and two work benches and changing rooms for the staff. Each structure will be supplied with a system of lateral bulkheads with inbuilt openings to permit the covering of an area of around 200 square metres with seats for a hundred people. The occupied area will then be sectioned off with panels containing images of local beauty spots. From time to time musical performances of Neapolitan street artists will be included in the project.
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062015 APR 05

Which brings us to this tidbit. Let us just hope they aren't using any Chinese tomatoes on the pizzas made in the traveling pizza ovens. The outrage!


CHINESE APPLES AND TOMATOES HURTING ITALIAN PRODUCTION
(AGI) - Bologna, Italy, April 6 - Tomatoes and apples are the products that are suffering the most in Emilia Romagna from increasing imports from China. On the other hand, there are products such as kiwis and Parma ham that cannot enter the Chinese market, announced Coldiretti (farming association ) of Emilia Romania, revealing that Chinese exports of apples in Italy more than tripled in a year, passing from 1,463 tons in 2003 to 5,637 tons in 2004, while tomato concentrate has quadrupled since 2004, arriving at 150,000 tons, or half of the tomato concentrate in Italy. "The big problem is that these products arrive in Italy in an indistinct manner, with a strong risk that they can be sold as Italian products because there is no labelling that allows consumers to recognise them," said Mauro Tonello, the regional president of Coldiretti. This, according to Coldiretti, causes a crisis for some important Emilia Romagna products, such as tomatoes. Tomatoes from Emilia, with 1,800,000 tons, represent 30 percent of the national production. On the other hand, a leading Emilia Romangna product, kiwis, can't be exported in China, because Italy is not authorised to do so. Even Parma ham was difficult to introduce in China, and only recently did Chinese health authorities concluded health visits to define technical aspects and give authorisation for exports, which interest 60 Italian companies. (AGI) .
061938 APR 05

BTW, I got this from the official state news site, I take no responsibility for the spelling and grammar errors.