Pizzagate? de Blasio eats slice with knife and fork

[hrmjustin]

AP

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is dealing with a scandal of his own: pizzagate.

While eating lunch at a Staten Island pizza joint Friday, the mayor used a knife and fork to eat his slice.

That's a no-no for most New Yorkers, who are very opinionated when it comes to pizza. Most advocate using their hands to hold the slice, folding it over and then taking a bite.

Photos of de Blasio using the knife and fork were posted to Twitter and prompted mock outrage on several blogs and social media websites

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[Shrike47]

1. So do I. Thank God I'm not a politician.

[Autumn]

2. i have a partial, my Husband has false teeth. The only way we can eat

pizza and hamburgers is with a knife and fork.

[hrmjustin]

3. The media is having fun with the new mayor.

[Ed Suspicious]

4. Might consider a reline. I have a full upper and nearly full partial lower and I can eat apples,

steak, pizza, nearly anything uninhibited. (JuJu coins and sticky caramel give me trouble)

[Autumn]

7. They were better before my Husband had his religned.

I lost my front teeth in a car accident and I hate having that partial. Oh well.

[SummerSnow]

5. When are they releasing the emails?

[longship]

6. New Yorkers don't know anything about pizza anyway.

They think pizza crust should have the consistency and taste of cardboard.

[hrmjustin]

8. Heresy!

[longship]

10. I'm glad it's you who called me on this, hrmjustin.

Others might not be so nice as to call mere heresy.

I grew up with Detroit pizza -- No! Not Dominoes! That's East Lansing anyway. The best was in Hamtramck, which is an independent Polish settled city wholly within the Detroit borders. Shield's bar in Hamtramck had the absolute best. It was deep dish, but not like Chicago. Thick crust, but not like Chicago. Tomato sauce on the bottom, like traditional pizza and unlike Chicago. Toppings per usual. Rectangular pieces on rectangular pizza. If you're fast, you may get a corner piece.

It was a Detroit thing. It was wonderful. With double cheese... Wow! With anchovies... Heaven.

Best regards.

[hrmjustin]

11. Sounds good to me. Now I am hungry.

[jeff47]

9. Charred cardboard. (nt)

[CFLDem]

17. +1000

Deep dish or bust.

[MH1]

12. When I went to Europe while in the military, imagine my shock to find

that the Europeans actually eat pizza with a fork and knife.

The heathens!!!!



It's actually much cleaner that way. People who have a problem with it should get a life.

Oh and they also had this version with ham and pineapple on it. Can you imagine? Blasphemy!

[Mika]

14. And the Aussies eat pizza with sunny side up eggs on top for breakfast.

[hrmjustin]

16. That looks interesting.

[longship]

18. Interesting, but not enough bacon.

I don't see much there.

Pshaw!

On edit: okay, so there's a little.

[hrmjustin]

19. That would be great as well.

[shenmue]

13. I'm a folder of pizza, myself

But I believe in freedom.

[johnp3907]

15. My wife uses a knife and fork.

But she's from Illinois, where they're used to pizza as thick as lasagna.

[Smarmie Doofus]

20. Too late now, Pizza Nazis.

Four years is a long time. Get used to it.

[hrmjustin]

21. lol! I guess we will have to live with it.