Ofcourse, both Pizza and Lasagna (especially in the de-Italianized versions spread throughout Europe and America) get their arses royally kicked by
al dente spaghetti au zalmone. (Or KoL's painful penne pasta, ofcourse
)
I dont know about the rest of europe but German Pizza is just about the foulest crap ive ever seen. Really i dont see any need for pizza to be "authenticly italian" when pizza wasnt even invented in italy. According to the history channel show i watched about the history of pizza (yes there was such a thing im not making it up) Pizza was most likely invented in ancient greece of course it was very diffrent from the pizza we know today ( dough heated on the hot stones infront of a fire place covered with vegtables and sprinkled with a little wine and olive oil) and wasnt called pizza. Italy later contributed tomato sauce but the pizza we know today ( pepperoni sausage cheese blah blah blah) didnt come untill the late 19th and early 20th century when italian american imigrants discoverd meats were more availiable and less expensive than they had been in the old country. Or so the food historians would have me believe.
I actually like a nice fettucini alfredo.
