Rosa Parks and Little Caesars Pizza - Didn't know that

[packman]

[NewJeffCT]

1. excellent story

I remember hearing about this several years ago, but had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder - choose Little Caesar's pizza over Domino's

[George II]

6. Over Papa John's and Godfather's, too.

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. I'd choose anything over Papa John's.

[Mr. Evil]

15. 100% correct!

Absolutely the worst pizza ever.

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. Made by the worst owner.

[TheFarseer]

33. Disagree

You’ve apparently never had Godfather’s

[Vdizzle]

34. Puh-Leez. Round Table has them all beat.

[DenaliDemocrat]

37. The fact that Godfathers pizza exists

In today’s world us ridiculous. The Sons of Italy fights Italian stereotypes. Naming a pizza chain after an Italian stereotype is ridiculous in this day and age.

Oh, they also have shitty pizza. I mean, most gas station pizza is better.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

44. I have to say that I'm no fan of Little Caesar's pizza. n/t

[CaptainTruth]

16. Thankfully we have a real Italian pizza place nearby, Mangia e Bevi.

("Eat and Drink" in Italian.)

It's owned & run by 2 guys from Naples & they make real Italian pizza, in an oven imported from Italy using ingredients imported from Italy. My wife is Italian & pre-COVID we were making 2 trips a year there & I got totally spoiled by real pizza, nothing at the US pizza chains comes close, the ingredients are all different. Go to a US pizza chain & try to get a pizza with 'nduja, or burrata, salsiccia, prosciutto, riccota, mortadella, salame piccante (no, it's not pepperoni), or even real mozzarella (which comes in balls, not the shredded stuff).

When they opened I was concerned they might not be successful because I could imagine the typical American (who grew up eating things like Domino's & Pizza Hut) looking at it, saying "What the heck is that?" & walking out. But much to my surprise the first year they were open they were voted "best pizza" in the area, & we have a lot of good American-style pizza places in the area. It's good to see that people appreciate the real thing!

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[electric_blue68]

19. Ricotta...as in for a...

... white pizza? Chains don't have that?

I know of, or have had those other ingredients (I'm about 1 1/2 miles from Little Italy in The Bronx - Arthur Ave) .

Eaten mostly non chain local, serious local, and one local smallish chain.

I'v gotten fresh mozzarella from our specialty (along with regular stuff ) stores. Add crusty Italian bread, good olive oil, garlic, and Heir loom tomatoes ~~~ *Summer Magic*!
🥰 😁

[DenaliDemocrat]

38. Mortadella and Buffalo mozzarella is the best

And my pet peeve is when they Americanize ricotta and pronounce it ri-cah-ta.

We can pronounce jalapeño correctly. We can say ricotta correctly too - I’m looking at you Iron Chef Zakarian.

[electric_blue68]

39. Ok, then. I looked up mortadella....

I can't remember if I've ever had Buffalo mozzarella - but I know where I can get it.

and so how do you pronounce ricotta correctly?! 🙂

[DenaliDemocrat]

43. Long O not short

And pronounce the double tt (its subtle but a native be speaker will do it)

Ri-coat-tah

Coat-tah is “cooked” in Italian ricotta means recooked. If you have ever seen them make it, tenet goes in, milk is heated until the protein drops. This is collected for hard cheese. Sometimes additional fat is added to the whey, it’s the recooked for a second protein drop. We made goat canestrato cheese and ricotta as a kid. Most of the stuff in the store is not really ricotta.



Mortadella is wonderful. Get the largest one you can and sliced paper thin

[electric_blue68]

51. Ah...long O. Not subtle to my ears 👍....

While not in the same leauge - Decades ago when my
Greek-American mom wanted to make ...well something (forgot) she took a pound container of Dannon yogurt strain it into a thick half pound - waaaay before Greek yogurt became know here.
I used it to make taziki - Greek yogurt dip.

I'll have to see if any of my special stores have imported ricotta from Italy.

I was thinking with the pork fat of the mortadella a hardy cheese would be needed - like aged ❤️ provolone for a sandwich. What do you think.
For me the physical softness of the fat would echo too much in texture with a softer cheese.

.I probably won't get to that neighborhood until sometime in ?June - but I'll report back to you. 👍🙂

[DenaliDemocrat]

52. Mortadella on a good crusty bread

I rarely put cheese with it. I always have it on hand along with hot coppa! It just tastes like really rich bologna but the texture is firmer and smoother. Then the pistachios if yours contains them add another layer

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

46. Buffalo mozzarella is worth trying, but the cow's milk version is fine.

I have to say that my favorite version of pizza is Detroit style -- which I make.

[PSPS]

2. Ilitch was a philanthropic icon in Detroit for his entire life.

[niyad]

3. Thank you for this reminder.

[BunnyMcGee]

4. I didn't know this

This makes me a happier today for knowing.

[spooky3]

7. I didn't either. Good on him. Nt

[George II]

5. Little Caesar's...Papa John's. Which pizza would YOU eat? Great story, I'll go to Little Caesar's...

Thank you!

[PatrickforB]

8. I did not know this.

What a nice thing to do for those who can.

This is why Biden is so transformative - for those multitudes who have need but no benefactor such as Mike Ilich, the government must use public monies to provide those services that materially benefit us, like affordable housing, healthcare, affordable college, and policies that create growth and opportunity for good union jobs.

I love the way Biden always adds the word 'union' when he says good jobs. Good union jobs. Educational opportunity. Infrastructure.

[haele]

9. As a side note of the Rosa Parks story....

I was watching a Beau of the Fifth Column clip where he pointed out that the Rosa Parks on the Bus story that most people hear doesn't do her proper justice.

Apparently, the public busses in Alabama at the time were Whites only for the first ten rows, first come first seated in the next five/ten rows, then Blacks only for the back.

Rosa Parks and three other black riders had seated themselves legally in row 11; a white man decided he wanted to sit in row 11 and told all of the blacks in that row to go to the back of the bus. The other three did, Ms. Parks didn't. She got arrested for telling him and the bus driver she legally had the right to sit there. The bigot could always sit on the other side of the aisle and not see her.
While Whites Only/white privilege is an evil that hamstrings progress in America, the fact that she was (for that time) legally seated on the bus but still arrested because she didn't cave into some cracker's poutrage indicates why it made such an impact at the time.


Haele

[soldierant]

27. Yes. I watch him regularly

and that one was stunning. And I already knew that Rosa parks story gets shortened out of all recognition all the time, but I did not know every detail.

[trof]

31. I grew up in Birmingham in the 40s and 50s.

The busses seats had steel tubular frames with two hole drilled in the top of each frame.
There was a 'Whites' sign on one side and 'Colored' sign on the reverse with a couple of steel pins that fit the holes..

At the bus driver's discretion he could move the sign back and forth according to the load.
In the early mornings when maids were going to work the sign was moved forward to accommodate the 'colored' women.

Later, when white folks were commuting to work, the signs were moved back.
I rode those busses to school. We thought it was great fun to move the sign so that white folks sere sitting in the 'Colored' section.

That was Alabama back then.

[JI7]

36. Looks to me like the White Racist just wanted to order around some black people

[Sgent]

40. Of all shows

Doctor Who actually did a fairly good job on Rosa's ride as well.

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. I didn't know this

Good for him.

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

12. Reading about this makes me smile.

[Foolacious]

13. The truth is apparently more complicated...

https://www.blac.media/news-features/yes-mike-ilitch-paid-some-rent-for-rosa-parks-but-not-for-more-than-a-decade

It’s the WXYZ story that’s really got everybody screwed up. With a headline blaring “Mike Ilitch paid for Rosa Parks’ housing for more than a decade,” the TV station’s story is just not true. The headline repeats itself on national black media sites and elsewhere. Not true.

By all accounts, but particularly an Associated Press report from December 2004, Parks fell behind on her rent in 2002. That would be eight years after she moved to the apartment in 1994, and that’s certainly less than a decade. Simply put, Ilitch – and he was very good for helping out, don’t get it wrong – could not have been paying for Parks’ rent all that time. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have owed.

Even Snopes presents the simplified version, which is partially true, as true:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/papa-johns-little-caesars-meme/

[Celerity]

30. Thank you for this, facts matter. NT

[NNadir]

14. Wow. I checked out his Wikipedia page. What a fine man he was! Thanks.

I generally buy Pizza from local pizza places, but where I have a choice of "chain pizza," Little Caesar's will be it.

I have refused to set foot in either a Domino's or a Papa John's because I object to their founders. I'd rather eat a hot dog than eat their food, and I haven't eaten a hot dog in over 40 years, as I'm a vegetarian.

[Mysterian]

18. It's a good pizza chain

Among the pizza franchises, it's my favorite.

[electric_blue68]

20. Don't do the franchises but I will see if Lil Caeser's will deliver up the the long hill I live on

[prodigitalson]

21. Little Caesars exploits their workers

I took a job there out of desperation a few years ago
After a week of 8 hour shifts with no break, work weeks just short enough that I didn't qualify for benefits and the federal minimum wage I found myself quoting Karl Marx. The very next week I got a State job making more but still very little money but cadillac health coverage, paid vacations and a retirement pension.

[Layzeebeaver]

25. millionaire pays people shit wages...

but pays out his personal profits to make himself look wonderful.

Song as old as time...

[prodigitalson]

29. In a nutshell nt

[DownriverDem]

42. Really?

No one knew. You attack a dead guy?

[Layzeebeaver]

53. Ray-gun is dead and we attack him

and his ideals.

I'm attacking the system that allows the rich to avoid paying for the common good, and lets them pay for the specific good they choose.

[Demovictory9]

22. wonderful

[miyazaki]

23. I like their pizza portal.

[JI7]

24. I didn't know she was attacked in 1994. The pizza is not great but it's ok for how cheap

it is.

[Beringia]

49. What is your favorite Pizza?

[DownriverDem]

26. Living in

Metro Detroit, I did know this. The Ilitch family continues to give back here.

[Trueblue Texan]

28. Good to know...

...Gettin' hungry for some pizza!

[Raine]

32. Good to know ... Thanks for the info! 👍 nt

[redqueen]

35. Well I'll be...

Thars awesome, thanks for posting it! 🙂

[oasis]

41. Little Ceasar's will get some love 💵 from me.

[ailsagirl]

45. I did not know of this either

Thank you for posting

[twodogsbarking]

47. Great gesture.

Even if you hate all pizza and the box it rode in on.

[Polybius]

48. I knew

I remember reading about it several times throughout the years.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

50. people with money, doing the right thing when nobody notices....Love it

We as a country need more of this !