Ask A Bulgarian

[SS-18 ICBM]

Well. You can get them rather easily. All you need is a list of paper saying that you aren't totally ****oo nut crazy insane lunatic who recently escaped the nearest crap asylum, and some money.

What's this piece of paper? And how much is that in US$? And what if I needed an RPG?

 

[gay_Aleks]

Well, you go to your nearest asylum, they usually just sign it off, no psycho tests of some sorts, especially if you pay a bail.

And the money, of course, is for the gun itself. An RPG however will be purchased through a bit shadier networks. Ya ain't expecting "Ivan's Gun Shop" to have a bloody missile launcher.

 

[cybrxkhan]

In my head I keep pronouncing your username as Tony. With that said, my question is, if I haven't asked it before, what do Bulgarians like on their pizza, if they eat it? What pizza chains are popular? What's the likelihood of being able to find genuine Italian pizza in Bulgaria?

 

[gay_Aleks]

In my head I keep pronouncing your username as Tony. With that said, my question is, if I haven't asked it before, what do Bulgarians like on their pizza, if they eat it? What pizza chains are popular? What's the likelihood of being able to find genuine Italian pizza in Bulgaria?

Meat. Corn. Cheese. Olives. You know, these things.

I can't really tell, as I live in the middle of nowhere and pizza usually comes in rather small portions, no huge pizzas. By what I've seen (which isn't much), pizza chains aren't very popular around my corner.

None.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Corn? Bah, all you non-Americans are weird. Japan, India, random parts of Europe, people put corn of all things on pizza.

Also, what kinds of cheese do Bulgarians like? Are there any native Bulgarian cheeses that can be considered national cheeses?

 

[gay_Aleks]

Corn? Bah, all you non-Americans are weird. Japan, India, random parts of Europe, people put corn of all things on pizza.

Also, what kinds of cheese do Bulgarians like? Are there any native Bulgarian cheeses that can be considered national cheeses?

Yes. There's the white brined cheese, and a very curious and interesting legal battle between Greece and Bulgaria who owns the patent to poison foreigners with white cheese.

 

[Borachio]

Corn? Bah, all you non-Americans are weird. Japan, India, random parts of Europe, people put corn of all things on pizza.

Also, what kinds of cheese do Bulgarians like? Are there any native Bulgarian cheeses that can be considered national cheeses?

What's wrong with putting corn on pizza? I'm not a fan of pizza myself (and I prefer my corn as is, straight off the plant, into boiling water for 5 minutes and smothered in butter), but I have seen it. I can't see it's different from all the other things you see on pizza.

I honestly don't get this obsession with pizza. To me it's just fancified cheese on toast. Which is fine, itself. Now and again. Or, in other words, very rarely.

To a lot of people, though, it seems to border on a religion. I had some guy, working for a well known chain, promoting pizza to me not long ago. When I said I wasn't a pizza kind of person (I certainly don't spend money on fast food which I could make myself better and cheaper), he looked at me as if I was mentally defective, or had turned purple with orange spots, or something.

Still, before anyone jumps on me screaming blue murder, I would just like to point out that if you, personally, have recognized Pizza as your true Saviour, I've no reason to gainsay you. And in fact, I'd like to say: "Well done, you!". It's good to be passionate about something. Usually.

 

[Kyriakos]

No. Corn is not to be placed anywhere near, let alone on, a pizza

 

[Tigranes]

Each and every Bulgarian male I met in real life (5-6 people) tended to be somewhat frugal. Is this a common enough trend for larger population samples?

 

[Borachio]

No. Corn is not to be placed anywhere near, let alone on, a pizza

But why not? If a person likes corn on pizza, why shouldn't they have it?

Each and every Bulgarian male I met in real life (5-6 people) tended to be somewhat frugal. Is this a common enough trend for larger population samples?

Numerous peoples are known for being "frugal". If by that you mean "very careful" (otherwise known as "mean" or "tight") with money.

It's generally a good sign of historical poverty.

Bring out number, weight, & measure in a year of dearth.

Proverbs of Hell - William Blake

 

[cybrxkhan]

What's wrong with putting corn on pizza? I'm not a fan of pizza myself (and I prefer my corn as is, straight off the plant, into boiling water for 5 minutes and smothered in butter), but I have seen it. I can't see it's different from all the other things you see on pizza.

Here in the states corn is not a normal pizza topping. Heck, I rarely see it even in specialty/unique/artisan/whatever pizzas.

I honestly don't get this obsession with pizza. To me it's just fancified cheese on toast. Which is fine, itself. Now and again. Or, in other words, very rarely.

Eh, it's only the fast food kinds that are usually cheesy. Real good pizza tends to be light on the cheese. Me, myself, I think the cheese is always overrated. The most important part of the pizza is the sauce!

In it's healthier forms it's actually a pretty good meal in one, I'd say.

 

[Borachio]

Yes. It's fine as food. Or at least not any worse than the ingredients that compose it.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Yes. It's fine as food. Or at least not any worse than the ingredients that compose it.

Yeah. I think the appeal of pizza, like burgers or sandwiches, is that it's a relatively simple thing to make if you have the right ingredients, and - in theory - provides you with a variety of different food groups. Of course, once it went the way of fast food...



Anyways, to go back on topic, a question for Tolni: What sort of hand gestures should one not make when in Bulgaria, i.e. hand gestures people will respond very badly to?

 

[Takhisis]

Corn? Bah, all you non-Americans are weird. Japan, India, random parts of Europe, people put corn of all things on pizza.

I believe you mean 'maize'. Pizza is made of corn…

Yes. There's the white brined cheese, and a very curious and interesting legal battle between Greece and Bulgaria who owns the patent to poison foreigners with white cheese.

I don't see what's wrong with white cheese.

What's wrong with putting corn on pizza? I'm not a fan of pizza myself

I stopped reading at that point. You heretic. You dirty, dirty heretic.

 

[Cheetah]

Maize are the yellow stuff grown on stilks that ameircans put in everything.

Cheese is always white or yellow. Unless it is brown. But thats for bread and not for pizza!

Which country to bulgarians like best? Turkey or serbia?

 

[Takhisis]

Pgdomia, obviously.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Each and every Bulgarian male I met in real life (5-6 people) tended to be somewhat frugal. Is this a common enough trend for larger population samples?

Well. Depends what you mean by frugal. If you mean "buying the cheapest crap at the store", then yes.

If you mean "actually keep and preserve stuff", then no. I am a God of destruction as far as most things go, and nothing really remains intact for long.

Yeah. I think the appeal of pizza, like burgers or sandwiches, is that it's a relatively simple thing to make if you have the right ingredients, and - in theory - provides you with a variety of different food groups. Of course, once it went the way of fast food...


Anyways, to go back on topic, a question for Tolni: What sort of hand gestures should one not make when in Bulgaria, i.e. hand gestures people will respond very badly to?

Well, the universal middle finger. And the whole nodding business too can get you into trouble if you nod for the wrong things.

I don't see what's wrong with white cheese.

There isn't. Unless, say, you happen to buy it from the store. Then, prepare to meet one of the wonders that Bulgarian food scientists have invented.

Also prepare a puke bag.

Maize are the yellow stuff grown on stilks that ameircans put in everything.

Cheese is always white or yellow. Unless it is brown. But thats for bread and not for pizza!

Which country to bulgarians like best? Turkey or serbia?

From the two, one enslaved us for 500 years, had the wrong religion.

Serbia betrayed us twice in half a century. Good job.

 

[Takhisis]

Well. Depends what you mean by frugal. If you mean "buying the cheapest crap at the store", then yes.

If you mean "actually keep and preserve stuff", then no. I am a God of destruction as far as most things go, and nothing really remains intact for long.

Somehow, you tend to interpret frugality and being a friggan' cheapskate as the same.

The second part of your post seems to point at your being good at playing Barbarians in RPGs.

Well, the universal middle finger. And the whole nodding business too can get you into trouble if you nod for the wrong things.

Is a sign made by sticking your thumb out through your bunched fist taken to mean anything in Bulgaria?

There isn't. Unless, say, you happen to buy it from the store. Then, prepare to meet one of the wonders that Bulgarian food scientists have invented.

Also prepare a puke bag.

Maybe you should go to another store…

From the two, one enslaved us for 500 years, had the wrong religion.

Serbia betrayed us twice in half a century. Good job.

Imagine what would have happened if Stalin had been a man of his word and allowed Bulgarian Yugoslavism to prosper in the 1950s, eventually joining Bulgaria as the 7th Republic!

 

[cybrxkhan]

I believe you mean 'maize'. Pizza is made of corn…

I apologize for being an uneducated ignorant 'MVRICAN slob.

 

[Takhisis]

Prease arso to aporogise for not having as big a postcount-u as me, cybrxkhan-me.