Should Pizza exist in a "fantasy" setting?

[Naruzeldamaster]

This reminds of the anime, Frieren, where the main characters are seen eating burgers in what's supposed to be a Medieval European setting.

Isn't that one of the scenes that are memed on in that show lol To be fair, a burger isn't too outlandish, it's just a mashed up beef patty cooked on a grill.

 

[CupofJoe]

There is a gag in Babylon 5 that all the races have something identical to Swedish meatballs.
Swedish meatballs
Fill your boots [or plates] with Pizza!

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

There is a gag in Babylon 5 that all the races have something identical to Swedish meatballs.
Swedish meatballs
Fill your boots [or plates] with Pizza!

I plan to, the readers are told just what sort of comedy the story is out the gate (Though I may have to reword it, reading it back it feels a bit too blunt) so I'm not sure too many readers will be thrown by pizza (They might be more thrown by Vending machines and Microwaves without a good lore explanation )

 

[xena]

Food grounds fantasy. xD

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

Food grounds fantasy. xD

To an extent, though I wouldn't expect to see a straight up hamburger in How to Train your Dragon.

 

[The_BestX]

And no, I don't mean like, some silly fantasy equivalent. I mean straight up, deep dish, regular crust etc, and because of my particular world, maybe even frozen.

Now I'm not set on calling a duck a duck, but due to the setting and tone of the story, Pizza (the item) wouldn't be that outlandish. I was going to have it that not many people have heard of it and it's only known by one of the clans. Also considering 'hot dogs' and 'hamburgers' too. There's a particular clan that's creative enough/outlandish enough to have concocted these things even in a fantasy setting, they have the tools too.

That's actually a good idea, I think.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

That's actually a good idea, I think.

The L33T Clan (Yes I'm serious) are all generally mechanics, or mechanically minded enough to learn the profession, even if they're from species who don't particularly take interest in that stuff. The clan itself is a whole 'found families' kind of culture, that can access the sea of data, which not only contains data from their world, but also the internet in 'our' world. They're even a particularly unique form of spellcasters, since they figured out how to 'desync' the spell itself from the actual phrase. This is their secret weapon because nobody can predict what their spells do from hearing what they're enchanting.

So they are a bunch of 'nerds' who have access to the internet, and know a good deal about the mechanical functions of their world and ours. Pizza isn't outlandish for them, though a straight up burger might be, I was going to have it that they found the idea of grilled meat patties on a bun to be 'barbaric'