Many people have asked us the rules of Friday pizzaing and posed questions to see whether certain scenarios will honor the tradition. So, we thought it would be useful to lay down the ground rules of Friday pizza.
Rule #1 of Friday Pizza: Don't talk about Friday pizza.
Rule #2 of Friday Pizza: Don't talk about Friday pizza.
Now that we have begun a blog to talk about Friday pizza and have broken both rule #1 and rule #2, let's move on to rule #3.
Rule #3: It must be eaten at dinner time on Friday. Pizza on any other day of the week does not qualify, although it is encouraged. Pizza for lunch does not qualify, nor breakfast for that matter, although both are similarly encouraged.
Rule #4: Pizza takes many forms but not all forms. One should always strive for pizza in its truest triangular or square forms: Sicilian, Neopolitan, Chicago, NewYork, etc. However, desperate times call for desperate measures. In a pinch, one may resort to nontraditional pizza forms including french bread pizza, pizza bagels, microwave pizza, etc. At very last resort, if one were snowed in or a major natural disaster struck, pizza bites (or Pizza Rolls) would suffice.
Rule #5: Calzones and stromboli, while also Italian and delicious, do not count. The primary reason being that they are not called "pizza". Nowhere in their names does the word "pizza" appear. This brings us to the next rule...
Rule #6: "Pizza" must appear in the name of the consumable.
Rule #7: The pizza need not be ordered or baked on Friday. This means that leftovers qualify. Many people have busy schedules and may not be able to bake or order a pizza on Friday. If one were to enjoy a Wednesday pizza but could not finish it, the leftovers could be consumed on Friday in accordance with all the rules and qualify as Friday pizza.
Note: Friday pizza can be enjoyed alone, but "breaking bread" with others is highly encouraged. Beer is a suggested accompaniment.
These rules are intended to comprise a living, breathing document that must remain flexible so as to adapt to our ever-changing times and advances in pizza technology. Additionally, we reserve the right to modify rules at any time.
Feel free to pose varying hypotheticals to us for an official determination of qualification. Happy pizzaing!
Rule #1 of Friday Pizza: Don't talk about Friday pizza.
Rule #2 of Friday Pizza: Don't talk about Friday pizza.
Now that we have begun a blog to talk about Friday pizza and have broken both rule #1 and rule #2, let's move on to rule #3.
Rule #3: It must be eaten at dinner time on Friday. Pizza on any other day of the week does not qualify, although it is encouraged. Pizza for lunch does not qualify, nor breakfast for that matter, although both are similarly encouraged.
Rule #4: Pizza takes many forms but not all forms. One should always strive for pizza in its truest triangular or square forms: Sicilian, Neopolitan, Chicago, NewYork, etc. However, desperate times call for desperate measures. In a pinch, one may resort to nontraditional pizza forms including french bread pizza, pizza bagels, microwave pizza, etc. At very last resort, if one were snowed in or a major natural disaster struck, pizza bites (or Pizza Rolls) would suffice.
Rule #5: Calzones and stromboli, while also Italian and delicious, do not count. The primary reason being that they are not called "pizza". Nowhere in their names does the word "pizza" appear. This brings us to the next rule...
Rule #6: "Pizza" must appear in the name of the consumable.
Rule #7: The pizza need not be ordered or baked on Friday. This means that leftovers qualify. Many people have busy schedules and may not be able to bake or order a pizza on Friday. If one were to enjoy a Wednesday pizza but could not finish it, the leftovers could be consumed on Friday in accordance with all the rules and qualify as Friday pizza.
Note: Friday pizza can be enjoyed alone, but "breaking bread" with others is highly encouraged. Beer is a suggested accompaniment.
These rules are intended to comprise a living, breathing document that must remain flexible so as to adapt to our ever-changing times and advances in pizza technology. Additionally, we reserve the right to modify rules at any time.
Feel free to pose varying hypotheticals to us for an official determination of qualification. Happy pizzaing!
H'okay so, let's say that you are in China or Australia in which case the U.S. Friday is not the same, what happens? Do you default to the host country? Do you eat on host country's Thursday to ensure a U.S. Friday?
ReplyDeleteOne should always eat Pizza on Friday--no matter the location. If traveling and one can eat Friday Pizza two days in a row, one should certainly do so.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your inquiry.