This cute pizza craft feature was on the ReadyMade front page today. Thanks to my pizzalicious pal, Rude Robbie at Robert Smolko Graphic Design for the heads up. Of course I already have one of Cleo Dee's Pizza Squids. The only thing I love as much as pizza is cephalopods. I'm definitely trying to get my hands on some pizza-scented soap or candles. Ha!
When I was a young student of Richmond Public Schools, we were often served a very weird pizza-like dish called "barquitos" for lunch in the cafeterium (cafeteria+auditorium+gymnasium). I have NEVER been able to find out anything about barquito pizza on the internet. I did however, find out that barquito means little boat in Spanish. A barquito is basically a french bread pizza topped with seasoned taco meat (probably left over lunch the day before) and cheddar cheese. I feel like maybe there was a similar dish with sloppy joe meat but who can really be sure. I have done my best to block out school lunch from my memories. What is this dish? I only ever had it in elementary school. Is it the concoction of a lunch lady? Is it a real food item? What is a barquito?
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