我们去吃“菠萝披萨”吧！意大利人：再也不见！

近日，达美乐披萨宣布退出意大利市场。至于其为何退出，虽说疫情大大削弱了其外买配送服务的优势，但意大利人对披萨的挑剔也是使其碰壁的原因之一。

针对此事，路透社在意大利进行了街头采访。可以看出，在披萨的发源地意大利，当地人是真的对美式披萨无感，就好像“去英国做炸鱼薯条”，而炸鱼薯条正是英国人的拿手好菜。

Passenger A: There was no point in opening it. Maybe for tourists, but for an Italian, an American pizza chain doesn’t make sense. It’s like me going to England and making fish and chips.
路人甲：它家在意大利开根本没意义。美式披萨连锁店也许对游客来说行得通，但对一个意大利人来说毫无意义可言。就好像我去英国做炸鱼薯条。

Passenger B: Who is Domino? Do you know him?

Reporter: Domino’s is an American chain of pizza restaurants and they wanted to take the American model of pizza here in Rome.

Passenger D: Here? In Rome? So they wanted to take the pizza to the place where it was invented?

路人乙：达美乐是谁？你认识他吗？

记者：那是美国的披萨连锁店，他们想把美式披萨带来罗马。

路人乙：在这？罗马？所以他们是想把美式披萨带来披萨的发源地喽？

社交媒体上，许多用户的反应也是如此：美式披萨怎么可能取代正宗意式披萨在当地人心中的地位呢？毕竟对意大利人来说，做披萨这一块，还得看他们。

Moral of the story. Never try and sell ice to Eskimos.
这个故事告诉我们，永远不要把冰块卖给爱斯基摩人。

难道是菠萝披萨的“锅”？

事实上，意大利人对本国的美食文化传统非常自信。作为披萨发源地，意大利人自然有权决定哪些食物可以放在披萨上。大多数意大利人坚持芝士、番茄、罗勒和意大利辣香肠等传统配料，其实也没什么可大惊小怪的。

As the birthplace of pizza, Italians has every right to decide what does or does not belong on pizza. It should come as no surprise that the majority of Italians tend to stick to the toppings that have been around since the beginning, such as cheese, tomatoes, basil, and pepperoni.