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Article: A meal on a crust, pizza lures legions of disciples
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 25, 1988
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Just what is a pizza? Translated from Italian, pizza means pie.
So the term pizza pie is redundant. But as with any pie, there are
infinite varieties.
Federal regulations governing pizza are a bit confusing. If
pizza has a meat or a meat-and-cheese topping, it is regulated by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, which defines pizza as a dough-based
meat-food product with tomato sauce, cheese and meat topping.
Judith Quick, chief of the standards branch of the USDA's
safety and inspection service, says part of the topping must be real
cheese and not imitation cheese, and a minimum of 12 percent cooked
sausage, 10 percent pepperoni or 15 percent raw beef must be present.
If a frozen ...