Pizza loving

[krisk]

I miss the pizza from Europe, so very thin, little more than a cracker in thickness with nicely flavoured tomato sauce, artichoke hearts, pepperoncini, and maybe a bit of sausage with just a bit of cheese to meld it all together.

I can hear now the pizza guy coming into the barracks and yelling "PIZZAMAN!!!!" as they would always load up extra pizzas whenever someone on base ordered. oh! and the cardboard bases with the waxpaper tops of the pizza plates instead of our big clunky cardboard monstrosities!

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Original Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Love it!

Drooling now. Not so good for my keyboard. Or my dignity.

[tompe]

Originally Posted by krisk

I miss the pizza from Europe, so very thin, little more than a cracker in thickness with nicely flavoured tomato sauce, artichoke hearts, pepperoncini, and maybe a bit of sausage with just a bit of cheese to meld it all together.

I can hear now the pizza guy coming into the barracks and yelling "PIZZAMAN!!!!" as they would always load up extra pizzas whenever someone on base ordered. oh! and the cardboard bases with the waxpaper tops of the pizza plates instead of our big clunky cardboard monstrosities!

That is actually the pizza variant I prefer. I think the difference is because in Europe you order a personal pizza usually with more stuff on it then in the US and you do not share it. So you do not need to have a thick pizza that can be shared.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

If I'm having something like pizza hut pizza, thick base margherita with half cheese.
If I'm having it somewhere that does nice Italian style bases, then thin base with multi cheese topping

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by tompe

That is actually the pizza variant I prefer. I think the difference is because in Europe you order a personal pizza usually with more stuff on it then in the US and you do not share it. So you do not need to have a thick pizza that can be shared.

The New York style of pizza seems very thin to me, of course, I grew up on Chicago style. With the NY pizza, I often see people fold it in half length-wise to eat it. I give my friends from New Jersey the hardest time because the denounce deep dish so vehemently but yet they fold their pizza in half to eat it!

Whenever I make pizza at home, trying to divide it so everyone gets to have their favorite toppings on their slices can be a mathematical nightmare!! Forget even trying to order it at a restaurant.

Kaz

[tompe]

Originally Posted by kazbates

The New York style of pizza seems very thin to me, of course, I grew up on Chicago style. With the NY pizza, I often see people fold it in half length-wise to eat it. I give my friends from New Jersey the hardest time because the denounce deep dish so vehemently but yet they fold their pizza in half to eat it!

I think that is the variant that is most similar to what is most common in Sweden. If you eat it using your hands you might have to fold it. Using knife and fork is the most common way to eat it here.

Kebab-pizza has become very popular in Sweden nowadays:

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by tompe

I think that is the variant that is most similar to what is most common in Sweden. If you eat it using your hands you might have to fold it. Using knife and fork is the most common way to eat it here.

Kebab-pizza has become very popular in Sweden nowadays:

Yummy, it looks like it has plenty of my favorite green olives.

EDIT: OK, I can't see. Are those olives or mushrooms (both of which are important!)

[Alphapheemail]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Yummy, it looks like it has plenty of my favorite green olives.

EDIT: OK, I can't see. Are those olives or mushrooms (both of which are important!)

i think they are jalapenos...

[Alphapheemail]

Originally Posted by kazbates

The New York style of pizza seems very thin to me, of course, I grew up on Chicago style. With the NY pizza, I often see people fold it in half length-wise to eat it. I give my friends from New Jersey the hardest time because the denounce deep dish so vehemently but yet they fold their pizza in half to eat it!

Kaz

So odd how people become accustomed to "one way" of doing things. I cannot eat pizza anyother way than folded, but I see your point...
So is the deep dish is typically eaten "unfolded" or with utensils?

[Bilbo1967]

I think a pre-folded pizza is a calzone isn't it? Does that still count as a pizza, and does folding it yourself make it a calzone rather than a pizza?

[tompe]

Originally Posted by Alphapheemail

i think they are jalapenos...

I think it is called pepperoni.

It is in principle just cheese, onion, meat, pepperoni and a sauce.

[vivaldirules]

I like both Chicago and New York pizza, but I like New York the best. Thin and crispy is terrific. My favorite is homemade and baked in the oven on a pizza stone: shitake, oyster, and button mushrooms, fresh mozzarella, fontina, and parmagiano reggiano cheeses, a little prosciutto, olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil. Note that there is no tomato sauce. It's to die for!

[bbusybookworm]

God, this thread has really got me a hankering for a Pizza
(And I've been trying to cut down on Zza Consumption recently )

I'm a thin Crust Guy all the way, going with either NY or Chicago Thin crust when available,otherwise an Italian style. Never really cared for thick crusts.

Toppings wise it really depends on the time and place.

If it's from a place with decent thin crust, then the classic plain cheese is great.

Otherwise Olives, Jalapenos, corn, mushrooms, peppers, go on in different combination, depending on the mood and place.

Still, I've recently fallen in love with a couple of other combination such as Spinach and Ricotta, or baby Plum Tomatoes, Rocca, Goat's Cheese & basil.

Best Pizza I ever had? its a thought one, as most of my consumption has been Chain pizza and Takeouts (Collage Survival tool) so tat does not usually score that high on the scale.

The most memorable one is probably from when I was 6 or 7 and we had gone to a new Italian restaurant in town (In fact the first Italian restaurant in town) and waited nearly 3 hours for our Pizzas to arrive, and boy was that a disappointment.

They had apparently run out of cheese, olives, tomatoes, etc so what we ended up getting was something compleatly unrecognisable as pizza, basicly a base with broccoli. spinach and peppers on it

[tompe]

Originally Posted by tompe

I think it is called pepperoni.

Aha, chili pepper was the more common term maybe. From wikipedia:

Chile pepper (also spelled Chili pepper, Chilli pepper; often shortened to chile, sometimes called Pepperoni) is the fruit of a series of plants called Capsicum (nightshade family).

[grooks]

I live in Chicago and some of my favorite places to get deep dish are:

Gino's East
Lou Malnati's
Giordano's
Rosati's
Nancy's Pizza

Nancy's is a restaurant with a few locations.

** Side note...I was on a cruise a few years ago and met the daughter of the Nancy's owner. She lives about 20 minutes from me.