Chicha Koi Nikki

Damnit!  We need more of this manga.  She's a total sweetheart, and the guy seems to be a totally decent kind of guy.  More of this would make me totally happy.  

In ch.1 they keep talking about a "beanie".  I dunno, as a Canadian, any way you look at that thing it's a toque.  

 

Is that pronounced "tuk" with a long u?  I had a corporal from Ontario work for me who always called it that, but the military called it a "watch cap," as the Navy issued them for sailors to wear while standing watch in the cold weather.  I love the way different regions and dialects have their own distinct terms for something, kind of like parts of the US south call everything from Coca-cola to iced tea under the generic term "co' drink."

Note:  No pompom on the Navy issue one, though.

This is such a cute slice of life story. 

That's an "inside joke" for us Ligurian... only Lombard call focaccia "pizza bianca", so you can immediately guess where they come

Since I am Tuscan I can agree. This however is just proof that Focaccia is not very well known in certain regions. Pizza (bianca, even romana) and Focaccia are just different.

Focaccia dough for example is guaranteed to include oil, unlike pizza dough.

In ch.1 they keep talking about a "beanie".  I dunno, as a Canadian, any way you look at that thing it's a toque.  

I second this assertion as another Canadian

In ch.1 they keep talking about a "beanie".  I dunno, as a Canadian, any way you look at that thing it's a toque.  

Nice one, too.  It's weird the way people can diss nice looking stuff.  "Fashionable" people are often weirdly limited in what they're capable of seeing ...

To be fair they are a bunch of teenage girls. Nothing more important at that age than trying to be recognized as "cool" - which definitely includes becoming a fashion slave. (This is why we had the awful trend of high schoolers running around in house slippers outdoors. UGG told them it was the thing to do!) I agree toques are charmingly cute, but it can also be seen as childish. Probably why I only ever see little kids and 20-plus-olds actually wearing them. XD

I'm from Pisa and I'm used to call it this way.

That said the origin of the Pizza Bianca should be Marche, not Lombardia.

 

This discounting the "Romana Bianca", due to obvious differences.

That's an "inside joke" for us Ligurian... only Lombard call focaccia "pizza bianca", so you can immediately guess where they come

Only people from Milan call it "pizza bianca"

I'm from Pisa and I'm used to call it this way.

That said the origin of the Pizza Bianca should be Marche, not Lombardia.

This discounting the "Romana Bianca", due to obvious differences.

Potatoes and cheese actually works on some variants of "Pizza Bianca".

As a rule of thumb (in italian cooking) potatoes should be used only in Pizza Bianca recipes, but never if you use the usual red pizza sauce.

 

https://www.google.it/search?q=pizza+bianca+patate&rlz=1C1ASUT_itIT459IT459&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=681&tbm=isch&imgil=kJsqqUskMXPBZM%253A%253BedBmzURC3zqFZM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fguidecucina.pianetadonna.it%25252Fpizza-bianca-con-patate-219073.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=kJsqqUskMXPBZM%253A%252CedBmzURC3zqFZM%252C_&usg=__rrTBRncLpkyiTRpUHCd6LmqYDvo%3D#imgrc=_&usg=__rrTBRncLpkyiTRpUHCd6LmqYDvo%3D

Only people from Milan call it "pizza bianca"

I've never tried such a thing, but if you forget how things should be and just go from first principles, seems to me it could work.  Potatoes & cheese go together fine in poutine and various baked-potato concoctions, so why not in pizza?

Potatoes and cheese actually works on some variants of "Pizza Bianca".

As a rule of thumb (in italian cooking) potatoes should be used only in Pizza Bianca recipes, but never if you use the usual red pizza sauce.

https://www.google.it/search?q=pizza+bianca+patate&rlz=1C1ASUT_itIT459IT459&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=681&tbm=isch&imgil=kJsqqUskMXPBZM%253A%253BedBmzURC3zqFZM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fguidecucina.pianetadonna.it%25252Fpizza-bianca-con-patate-219073.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=kJsqqUskMXPBZM%253A%252CedBmzURC3zqFZM%252C_&usg=__rrTBRncLpkyiTRpUHCd6LmqYDvo%3D#imgrc=_&usg=__rrTBRncLpkyiTRpUHCd6LmqYDvo%3D

Such a sweet innocence mmm...

I've never tried such a thing, but if you forget how things should be and just go from first principles, seems to me it could work.  Potatoes & cheese go together fine in poutine and various baked-potato concoctions, so why not in pizza?

I'm italian. I can't forget how things are supposed to be done. 

Sheesh, are these kids going to cook something in class or are they going to preform a surgery?


You know Pizza Hut created pizza with hotdogs in the crust, right?

Here's a rope for you.

That feels somewhat less disgusting, but still really annoyingly weird.

Ah... adolescence.. Only in manga..

I've never tried such a thing, but if you forget how things should be and just go from first principles, seems to me it could work.  Potatoes & cheese go together fine in poutine and various baked-potato concoctions, so why not in pizza?

Jacket potatoes, just cheese and butter.

Wait... potatoes inside pizza?

Just kill me please.

In ch.1 they keep talking about a "beanie".  I dunno, as a Canadian, any way you look at that thing it's a toque.  

Nice one, too.  It's weird the way people can diss nice looking stuff.  "Fashionable" people are often weirdly limited in what they're capable of seeing; they have no actual aesthetic sensibility, they just like what they've been told is the thing to like and any deviation is bad because not trendy (and not expensive).  And I expect there's no fashion sense as narrow as that of a town just big enough to care.  Their desperation not to be provincial makes them provincial.

Anyway, what a nice little manga.

Wait... potatoes inside pizza? 

 

Just kill me please.

I've never tried such a thing, but if you forget how things should be and just go from first principles, seems to me it could work.  Potatoes & cheese go together fine in poutine and various baked-potato concoctions, so why not in pizza?

Wait... potatoes inside pizza? 

Just kill me please.

This reminds me of why I hate the winter.

A really nice slice of life story.  I'll definitely follow this one.  Thanks, Ciel Scans.

I had no idea hot potato sellers were so devious.

I remember being forbidden to buy from an ice cream truck back in the 1960's because the guy driving would take a bill for the ice cream and give the kid a couple of cheap candies instead of the change.  He had "Uncle Steve" written on the side of his truck, and was locally known as "Uncle Thief."  For some reason, his business didn't last long.  

A really well written coming of age story!

D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW

The food part...

Im so agreeing with her brother.. pfft pfff HAHAHAHAHA

Ciel .. thank you for another heartwarming manga!!!

Ahhh...  Sweet potatoes ... super yummy

I had no idea hot potato sellers were so devious.