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Title: Pizza!
Post by: watcher1 on November 29, 2013, 05:28:43 PM: Jon Stewart of the Daily Show last week rankled many in Chicago by proclaiming New York City's deep dish pizza was better than Chicago's, the home of deep dish pizza. In a follow up a few days later, a member of the Malnati family pizzeria in Chicago brought out a deep dish pizza for Stewart to try and Stewart said he liked it.

Do you prefer deep dish over thin crust?

Personally, I am a thin crust type. One slice of a deep dish is all I can eat. Too filling for me.
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: Janus on November 29, 2013, 05:35:07 PM: Quote from: watcher1 on November 29, 2013, 05:28:43 PM
Jon Stewart of the Daily Show last week rankled many in Chicago by proclaiming New York City's deep dish pizza was better than Chicago's, the home of deep dish pizza. In a follow up a few days later, a member of the Malnati family pizzeria in Chicago brought out a deep dish pizza for Stewart to try and Stewart said he liked it.

Do you prefer deep dish over thin crust?

Personally, I am a thin crust type. One slice of a deep dish is all I can eat. Too filling for me.

I'll take a thin crisp crust. One of the reasons that I like a frozen pizza is because I like the crispiness of it.
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: coacheric on November 29, 2013, 06:32:18 PM: Can't eat pizza anymore but back when I could, thin crust. Deep dish just is not that good around here unless you are heading downtown Greek Town area. They had a great pizza place down there back in the 90's.

Otherwise they just all taste like sauce and bread
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: Cats_Whiskers on November 29, 2013, 06:36:52 PM: Thin crust for me every time, as Watcher says, thick crust is just way too filling.

I also really enjoy the stuffed crust pizza's, but here you can only get them in the deep dish variety of pizza's, so they're a special treat for me - but only with friends as I can't devour a whole one by myself any more!
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: Lippy on November 29, 2013, 06:49:44 PM: It has to be thin crust, with as many toppings that will fit and a light sprinkling of cheese, yummy!
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: MissBarbara on November 29, 2013, 11:18:49 PM: Quote from: watcher1 on November 29, 2013, 05:28:43 PM

One slice of a deep dish is all I can eat.

One slice of deep dish is all I can eat, too. But who needs more than one slice? After all, that's why Italians call it pizza pie.

The "deep dish pizza" they sell in NYC is a big hunk of bread with a little bit of sauce and cheese on it. That's not deep dish pizza!

Anyone who has not had a piece of a deep dish pie made by Lou Malnati's, or Uno's, or Carmen's, or -- especially! -- Giordano's, has never truly experienced REAL deep dish pizza. And you've been missing out your entire life...

(http://i.imgur.com/Ul4PZOS.jpg)
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: Gina Marie on November 30, 2013, 11:04:26 PM: For starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza

Now... I must start by saying pizza in LA is 90% shite. I don't go in for the "artisan gourmet" crap they market here like "CPK".
http://www.cpk.com/menu/

There is something to be said for both the NYC uber-thin, oil-fest slice... and the Chicago "above ground swimming pool" of cholesterol block of pizza. Me? I prefer thin.

My joint is a place I visit maybe once a year (So far, this year I have not) called Joe Peeps... It is "OMFG" good. As far as "NY" pizza, its about the best you can do in LA.
http://www.joepeeps.com/

Here is a great little timeline of pizza innovations:
http://business.time.com/2013/05/18/slices-of-history-great-moments-in-pizza-innovation/
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: Katiebee on November 30, 2013, 11:50:16 PM: I love cracker thin crust. And flatbread pizza.
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: RopeFiend on December 01, 2013, 08:27:14 AM: My favorite, from a place that's disappeared:

Deep dish, slathered with olive oil instead of tomato paste, with chunks of tomatoes, olives, avocado, palm heart, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember at the moment. I'd KILL for one of those right now!

They did all sorts of specialty pizzas, as well as the old stand-bys.

The restaurant was called "Bits N Pizzas" on 68th St in Scottsdale. It's Yet Another Faceless Mexican restaurant now. <sniff> Mexican food is a dime a dozen in Arizona, but a great pizza joint is GOLD.
Title: Re: NYC or Chicago deep dish pizza. Who has the best?
Post by: watcher1 on December 01, 2013, 03:41:27 PM: Quote from: Gia1978 on November 30, 2013, 11:04:26 PM

Now... I must start by saying pizza in LA is 90% shite. I don't go in for the "artisan gourmet" crap they market here like "CPK".

Gia, having been to the West Coast many times, I tend to agree.
Title: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: watcher1 on October 08, 2015, 08:15:53 PM: Domino Pizza opened, or will soon open, it's first store in Milan, Italy. WTF!! Has things gone that bad in Italy that people will flock to a Dominos? Dominos pizza is not pizza. :emot_weird:
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: joan1984 on October 08, 2015, 09:32:53 PM: Quote from: watcher1 on October 08, 2015, 08:15:53 PM
Domino Pizza opened, or will soon open, it's first store in Milan, Italy. WTF!! Has things gone that bad in Italy that people will flock to a Dominos? Dominos pizza is not pizza. :emot_weird:

Will it be called Dominos Pizza? or just Dominos?
Just in time for a Syrian oriented pie... goat anyone?
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 03:37:37 AM: My mom's wife is Italian. She would call bullshit on this.

That woman can make a pizza that would make you die happily after eating it. There's never a molecule left of her homemade everything from scratch spaghetti. She grows her own tomatoes for fucks sake.

I got to visit Italy with her years ago and I can't imagine Domino's will last very long. But, then again, they probably want to get the new majority of invading Arabs hooked on that shit.
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: Piper-Dreams on October 09, 2015, 03:40:25 AM: Quote from: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 03:37:37 AM
My mom's wife is Italian. She would call bullshit on this.

That woman can make a pizza that would make you die happily after eating it. There's never a molecule left of her homemade everything from scratch spaghetti. She grows her own tomatoes for fucks sake.

I got to visit Italy with her years ago and I can't imagine Domino's will last very long. But, then again, they probably want to get the new majority of invading Arabs hooked on that shit.

It will, because the tourists will go there. You would be amazed just how many people don't like traditional pizza.
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 04:27:20 AM: Quote from: Piper-Dreams on October 09, 2015, 03:40:25 AM
Quote from: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 03:37:37 AM
My mom's wife is Italian. She would call bullshit on this.

That woman can make a pizza that would make you die happily after eating it. There's never a molecule left of her homemade everything from scratch spaghetti. She grows her own tomatoes for fucks sake.

I got to visit Italy with her years ago and I can't imagine Domino's will last very long. But, then again, they probably want to get the new majority of invading Arabs hooked on that shit.

It will, because the tourists will go there. You would be amazed just how many people don't like traditional pizza.

Those people are moron, sweetie.
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: Piper-Dreams on October 09, 2015, 04:51:47 AM: Quote from: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 04:27:20 AM
Quote from: Piper-Dreams on October 09, 2015, 03:40:25 AM
Quote from: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 03:37:37 AM
My mom's wife is Italian. She would call bullshit on this.

That woman can make a pizza that would make you die happily after eating it. There's never a molecule left of her homemade everything from scratch spaghetti. She grows her own tomatoes for fucks sake.

I got to visit Italy with her years ago and I can't imagine Domino's will last very long. But, then again, they probably want to get the new majority of invading Arabs hooked on that shit.

It will, because the tourists will go there. You would be amazed just how many people don't like traditional pizza.

Those people are moron, sweetie.

:D
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: GEMINIGUY on October 09, 2015, 07:16:53 AM: Hell, Chirp, you think everyone's a moron. :P
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: Piper-Dreams on October 09, 2015, 11:45:46 AM: Quote from: GEMINIGUY on October 09, 2015, 07:16:53 AM
Hell, Chirp, you think everyone's a moron. :P

Dem is fightin words! :D
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: ChirpingGirl on October 09, 2015, 02:30:24 PM: Quote from: GEMINIGUY on October 09, 2015, 07:16:53 AM
Hell, Chirp, you think everyone's a moron. :P

90+ % of the population doesn't know your from you're.
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: RopeFiend on October 10, 2015, 06:14:15 PM: Your wrong... sure we do! :emot_laughing:

edit: check out the QUOTES section for this movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ :emot_kiss:
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: Piper-Dreams on October 10, 2015, 06:17:03 PM: Quote from: RopeFiend on October 10, 2015, 06:14:15 PM

Your wrong... sure we do! :emot_laughing:

That their is a fine peace of grammar Rope!
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: Lois on October 13, 2015, 04:52:25 PM: I suspect the Italians will be curious about what Americans call Pizza. But will they like it enough to go back? :emot_laughing:
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: ChirpingGirl on October 13, 2015, 08:45:20 PM: Quote from: Lois on October 13, 2015, 04:52:25 PM
I suspect the Italians will be curious about what Americans call Pizza. But will they like it enough to go back? :emot_laughing:

I doubt it. But their pizza is probably cheaper than a real one made from scratch with the best ingredients.
Title: Re: Domino Pizza opens in Italy??
Post by: TinyDancer on October 13, 2015, 09:45:50 PM: Quote from: Lois on October 13, 2015, 04:52:25 PM
I suspect the Italians will be curious about what Americans call Pizza. But will they like it enough to go back? :emot_laughing:

We have friends who were stationed in Italy, said the pizza wasn't very good at all. They asked the owner of the place to put different toppings on it and when they went back the owner gave them free pizza, said since he added more toppings the customers were crazy about it.
Title: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: watcher1 on April 05, 2017, 11:31:41 PM: Mangia!!

April 5th recognizes a food holiday that pizza lovers all across the country will enjoy. It is National Deep Dish Pizza Day.

In ancient Greece, the Greeks covered their bread with oils, herbs and cheese which some people believe is the beginning of the pizza.

In Byzantine Greek, the word was spelled “πίτα,” pita, meaning pie.

A sheet of dough topped with cheese and honey, then flavored with bay leaves was developed by the Romans.

The modern pizza had its beginning in Italy as the Neapolitan flatbread.

The original pizza used only mozzarella cheese, mainly the highest quality buffalo mozzarella variant which was produced in the area surrounding Naples.

It was estimated that the annual production of pizza cheese in the United States in 1997 was 2 billion pounds.

The first United States pizza establishment opened in 1905 in New York’s Little Italy.
Pizza has become one of America’s favorite meals.
Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: KitKat on April 05, 2017, 11:43:44 PM: (http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Chicago-Style-Deep-Dish-Pizza.jpg)

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Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: MissBarbara on April 06, 2017, 12:25:56 AM: Quote from: watcher1 on April 05, 2017, 11:31:41 PM

Mangia!!

April 5th recognizes a food holiday that pizza lovers all across the country will enjoy. It is National Deep Dish Pizza Day.

I don't call it Deep Dish Pizza. I simply call it Pizza. That other type of pizza with a wafer-thin crust and no toppings is unworthy of the name.

Now, let the Uno vs. Giodarno's vs, Lou Malnati's debate begin!
Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: Katiebee on April 06, 2017, 08:59:07 PM: I like cracker crust pizza.
Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: GEMINIGUY on April 06, 2017, 09:38:30 PM: And anyone who has a problem with that can say hello to her lee - tle friend ;-)
Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: watcher1 on April 07, 2017, 03:59:07 PM: Quote from: MissBarbara on April 06, 2017, 12:25:56 AM

I don't call it Deep Dish Pizza. I simply call it Pizza. That other type of pizza with a wafer-thin crust and no toppings is unworthy of the name.

Now, let the Uno vs. Giodarno's vs, Lou Malnati's debate begin!

One piece of a deep dish pizza fills me up. I prefer a very thin crust.

MissB - Having eaten pizza at all three of the establishments you named, I would pick Lou Malnati's over the other two.
Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: MissBarbara on April 07, 2017, 05:09:00 PM: Quote from: watcher1 on April 07, 2017, 03:59:07 PM
Quote from: MissBarbara on April 06, 2017, 12:25:56 AM

I don't call it Deep Dish Pizza. I simply call it Pizza. That other type of pizza with a wafer-thin crust and no toppings is unworthy of the name.

Now, let the Uno vs. Giodarno's vs, Lou Malnati's debate begin!

One piece of a deep dish pizza fills me up. I prefer a very thin crust.

MissB - Having eaten pizza at all three of the establishments you named, I would pick Lou Malnati's over the other two.

Yep, I'd choose Lou Malnati's, too!
Title: Re: National Deep Dish Pizza Day
Post by: MintJulie on April 12, 2017, 02:42:35 AM: Quote from: MissBarbara on April 06, 2017, 12:25:56 AM
Quote from: watcher1 on April 05, 2017, 11:31:41 PM

Mangia!!

April 5th recognizes a food holiday that pizza lovers all across the country will enjoy. It is National Deep Dish Pizza Day.

I don't call it Deep Dish Pizza. I simply call it Pizza. That other type of pizza with a wafer-thin crust and no toppings is unworthy of the name.

Now, let the Uno vs. Giodarno's vs, Lou Malnati's debate begin!

We have Uno in Detroit. I first had it in Chicago though and freaked when it opened a place here many years later. My dad refused to go to Uno because he claims his loyalty is to a certain 'za place here. We are both pizza lovers. I finally got him to Uno when my sister asked where I wanted my birthday dinner to be. Uno. AND since that day, dad goes to Uno about once a month. I always stop by the next day to pick me up some leftovers. :) Free food. I especially like left over pizza in a toaster oven because it dries it out a little more and makes the cheese a little bit firmer and the crust crunchier.
Title: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 02, 2018, 10:13:09 PM: PIZZA!

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Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 02, 2018, 10:15:48 PM: I'm craving pizza so bad right now!! :facepalm:

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Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 02, 2018, 10:17:47 PM: How do you like your pizza?
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 02, 2018, 10:25:39 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 02, 2018, 10:17:47 PM
How do you like your pizza?

My go to is pepperoni, onions and black olives, grate a little Parmesan and shake a little red pepper flakes on top.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 02, 2018, 10:43:19 PM: Yumm!
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Elizabeth on May 02, 2018, 10:58:17 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 02, 2018, 10:17:47 PM
How do you like your pizza?

With Fresh Mushrooms, Garlic (not powder), Onions and Black Olives.....

Love,
Liz
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 02, 2018, 11:07:48 PM: Quote from: Elizabeth on May 02, 2018, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 02, 2018, 10:17:47 PM
How do you like your pizza?

With Fresh Mushrooms, Garlic (not powder), Onions and Black Olives.....

Love,
Liz

Mmmmm fresh garlic. :emot_thdrool:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 01:40:49 AM: Haven't had it in a long while, but I use to love grilled chicken, with mushroom, and spinach on my pizza.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 03, 2018, 03:05:21 AM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 02, 2018, 11:07:48 PM
Quote from: Elizabeth on May 02, 2018, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 02, 2018, 10:17:47 PM
How do you like your pizza?

With Fresh Mushrooms, Garlic (not powder), Onions and Black Olives.....

Love,
Liz

Mmmmm fresh garlic. :emot_thdrool:

Oh yeah, fresh garlic is always welcome.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Hades on May 03, 2018, 04:33:54 PM: Quote from: Elizabeth on May 02, 2018, 10:58:17 PM
Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 02, 2018, 10:17:47 PM
How do you like your pizza?

With Fresh Mushrooms, Garlic (not powder), Onions and Black Olives.....

Love,
Liz

Hell yeah! Like your style Liz....
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 04:45:57 PM: Mmmm...

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Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Hades on May 03, 2018, 04:47:41 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 03, 2018, 04:45:57 PM
Mmmm...

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Does that mean you put your pizza in your....
Ewww :facepalm:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 04:50:50 PM: HISTORY OF PIZZA

There are not many nations that can say their national dish has become an international phenomenon. Italy has two such dishes, pasta and, of course, pizza. Both are famous all over the world, both have made the history of Italian food.

In America pizza usually falls into two categories: thick and cheesy Chicago style or thin and more traditional New York pizza. In Italy pizza also falls into two distinct categories: Italian pizza and the rest of the world. It might seem silly considering the basic ingredients, but one taste of a true Italian pizza and that's it. You will never feel the same about this simple and delicious food again.

Pizza in its most basic form as a seasoned flatbread has a long history in the Mediterranean. Several cultures including the Greeks and Phoenicians ate a flatbread made from flour and water. The dough would be cooked by placing on a hot stone and then seasoned with herbs. The Greeks called this early pizza plankuntos and it was basically used as an edible plate when eating stews or thick broth. It was not yet what we would call pizza today but it was very much like modern focaccia. These early pizzas were eaten from Rome to Egypt to Babylon and were praised by the ancient historians Herodotus and Cato the Elder.

Pizza Origins
The word "pizza" is thought to have come from the Latin word pinsa, meaning flatbread (although there is much debate about the origin of the word).

A legend suggests that Roman soldiers gained a taste for Jewish Matzoth while stationed in Roman occupied Palestine and developed a similar food after returning home. However a recent archeological discovery has found a preserved Bronze Age pizza in the Veneto region. By the Middle Ages, these early pizzas started to take on a more modern look and taste. The peasantry of the time used what few ingredients they could get their hands on to produce the modern pizza dough and topped it with olive oil and herbs. The introduction of the Indian Water Buffalo gave pizza another dimension with the production of mozzarella cheese. Even today, the use of fresh mozzarella di buffalo in Italian pizza cannot be substituted. While other cheeses have made their way onto pizza (usually in conjunction with fresh mozzarella), no Italian Pizzeria would ever use the dried shredded type used on so many American pizzas.

The introduction of tomatoes to Italian cuisine in the 18th and early 19th centuries finally gave us the true modern Italian pizza. Even though tomatoes reached Italy by the 1530's it was widely thought that they were poisonous and were grown only for decoration. However the innovative (and probably starving) peasants of Naples started using the supposedly deadly fruit in many of their foods, including their early pizzas. Since that fateful day the world of Italian cuisine would never be the same, however it took some time for the rest of society to accept this crude peasant food. Once members of the local aristocracy tried pizza they couldn't get enough of it, which by this time was being sold on the streets of Naples for every meal. As pizza popularity increased, street vendors gave way to actual shops where people could order a custom pizza with many different toppings. By 1830 the "Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba" of Naples had become the first true pizzeria and this venerable institution is still producing masterpieces.

The popular pizza Margherita owes its name to Italy's Queen Margherita who in 1889 visited the Pizzeria Brandi in Naples. The Pizzaiolo (pizza maker) on duty that day, Rafaele Esposito created a pizza for the Queen that contained the three colors of the new Italian flag. The red of tomato, white of the mozzarella and fresh green basil, was a hit with the Queen and the rest of the world. Neapolitan style pizza had now spread throughout Italy and each region started designing their own versions based on the Italian culinary rule of fresh, local ingredients.

Neapolitan style pizza is not only special for its relevance in the history of the dish, but also because, since 2010, it holds a STG qualification granted by the EU. STG means that Neapolitan pizza, or Pizza Verace Napoletana, as it is known (original neapolitan pizza), is a specialità tradizionale garantita (guaranteed traditional specialty): its ingredients are controlled and regulated by law, just as its shape, the way the dough is prepared and cut, and where it can be consumed. Yes, that's right: to be so, a pizza verace napoletana must be consumed in the same premises where it has been baked, which means take out pizzas loose their STG qualification. The STG qualification is a guarantee for the consumer that the product roots its origins in the culinary tradition of a certain area and, even more important, that it has been made following regulations apt to keep it authentic.

Italian Traditional Pizza
Pizza Margherita may have set the standard, but there are numerous popular varieties of pizza made in Italy today.

Pizza from a Pizzeria is the recognized round shape, made to order and always cooked in a wood fired oven. Regional varieties are always worth trying such as pizza Marinara, a traditional Neapolitan pizza that has oregano, anchovies and lots of garlic. Pizza Capricciosa: a topping of mushrooms, prosciutto, artichoke hearts, olives and ½ a boiled egg! Pizza Pugliese makes use of local capers and olives, while pizza Veronese has mushrooms and tender prosciutto crudo. Pizzas from Sicily can have numerous toppings ranging from green olives, seafood, hard-boiled eggs and peas.

Besides regional styles there are several varieties that are popular throughout Italy. Quattro Formaggi uses a four cheese combination of fresh mozzarella and three local cheeses such as gorgonzola, ricotta and parmigiano-reggiano, or stronger cheeses such as fontina or taleggio, depending on the areas of Italy. Italian tuna packed in olive oil is also a popular topping along with other marine products like anchovies, shellfish and shrimp.

Quattro Stagioni is a pizza similar to the Capricciosa that represents the four seasons and makes a good sampler pizza with sections of artichokes, salami or prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, and tomatoes. In Liguria you may find pizza topped with basil pesto and no tomato sauce. Of course there are hundreds more to discover and all of them are delicious!

New Trends in Pizza
Pizza al taglio, also known as pizza rustica, is sold everywhere in Italy, usually by weight and often piled with marinated mushrooms, onions or artichokes. This style of pizza is cooked on a sheet pan at street stalls and makes a good quick lunch.

Focaccia is typical of Liguria and is characterized by a base usually thicker than that of pizza, topped with olive oil and rosmary. More toppings can be added, olive, caramelized onions and cheese being among the more common.

Sfincione is a thick Sicilian sheet pizza that uses tomato sauce, anchovies (usually anchovy paste) breadcrumbs and caciocavallo (or another local variety) cheese.

Italian calzone (no surprise here!) is smaller than its American cousin and is often filled with either meats or fresh vegetables (a favorite is spinach) and mozzarella. A newer trend that is gaining popularity is the emergence of sweet pizzas and traditional Italian pizzerias are trying to accommodate this trend by using unique ingredients. These dessert pizzas often have flavor combinations such as Nutella, honey, fruit jam, yogurt, even mustard and liquor.

One thing to keep in mind when ordering pizza in an Italian pizzeria is that the product is personal size. Each person at a table should order their own individual pizza - one bite will explain why. In certain areas outside Italy, there are a few piazzioli who keep to their homeland traditions as best as they can with the ingredients they have, but it really isn't the same. In the end there is no going back once you try a real Italian pizza, no delivery or frozen product will ever stimulate your taste buds the way a real pizza will.

https://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pizza-history.asp
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 04:51:30 PM: Quote from: Hades on May 03, 2018, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 03, 2018, 04:45:57 PM
Mmmm...

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Does that mean you put your pizza in your....
Ewww :facepalm:

:emot_bottomspank: :emot_bottomspank:
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Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Hades on May 03, 2018, 04:56:32 PM: Sorry ! I didn't know you had a platonic-oral relationship in mind.... :emot_blush:
Guess I had my mind in the gutter again ;D
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 05:00:52 PM: It's understandable. ;)

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Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 05:05:52 PM: Now that I think about it Hades, "Pussy Pizza" could be fun. As long as it's not too hot, and you have a partner who would enjoy eating it out of you. Damn! That's pretty freaky. :emot_heehee:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Hades on May 03, 2018, 05:13:01 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 03, 2018, 05:05:52 PM
Now that I think about it Hades, "Pussy Pizza" could be fun. As long as it's not too hot, and you have a partner who would enjoy eating it out of you. Damn! That's pretty freaky. :emot_heehee:
Wut?! You never been rubbed 'down there' with tiger balm?!
I'm so thinking of pepperoni pizza with extra chili-oil on... :facepalm:
Never mind.... I'll go have some privacy :emot_mb:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 05:28:21 PM: (https://images.hellogiggles.com/uploads/2016/02/26225932/gif-of-maya-rudolph-eating-pizza-gif.gif)

I wish! ;D
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: JBRG on May 03, 2018, 05:37:59 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 03, 2018, 05:28:21 PM
(https://images.hellogiggles.com/uploads/2016/02/26225932/gif-of-maya-rudolph-eating-pizza-gif.gif)

I wish! ;D

Many times in my younger days. Not necessarily for lunch but pizza in the evening and left overs for breakfast.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 03, 2018, 05:49:31 PM: Yep. Same here. :)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Elizabeth on May 04, 2018, 02:29:54 AM: College......Pizza at night, Same Pizza for breakfast heading to class at 7:30AM.
;D

Love,
Liz
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 04, 2018, 05:00:36 PM: (https://i.giphy.com/media/kQ6LloFKVlxte/giphy-downsized.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 04, 2018, 05:03:01 PM: My brother worked at a pizza place just after high school owned by a Greek family. It’s where I became familiar with the concept of ‘Greek pizza’, loved it from the beginning.

Not too far off from what I had all the way back then, but top a regular mozzarella cheese pizza with:

Salami (a Greek salami would be great, but hard to find)
Black olives (I only use Greek kalamata)
Red onion
Feta cheese
Optional, fresh or roasted red bell pepper
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 04, 2018, 05:04:35 PM: :emot_thdrool:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 04, 2018, 05:08:46 PM: This looks very interesting. I've never tried shrimp on a pizza. :emot_weird:

(https://images.food52.com/LeaAfJi95BhWYPoFLraQjNPBfII=/753x502/586a1746-b6a5-4673-8141-b610b03a4b64--greek_pizza_1.jpg)
Lazy Greek Pizza with Shrimp

https://food52.com/recipes/4488-lazy-greek-pizza-with-shrimp
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Hades on May 04, 2018, 05:23:46 PM: Greek pizza is yummie. For some reason all but a few of the pizza home deliveries here are Turkish owned. And for some even weirder reason, all of them have a variety of Greek pizza's on the menu.
Now if only those turks could turn out a decent italian pizza crust... :facepalm:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 04, 2018, 09:24:09 PM: Quote from: Hades on May 04, 2018, 05:23:46 PM
Greek pizza is yummie. For some reason all but a few of the pizza home deliveries here are Turkish owned. And for some even weirder reason, all of them have a variety of Greek pizza's on the menu.
Now if only those turks could turn out a decent italian pizza crust... :facepalm:

Why don't they make turkish pizza? I've never had it, but it looks good.

(http://blackwhitevivid.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/A-Quick-Travel-and-Food-Guide-to-Old-Istanbul-by-Kati-of-black.white_.vivid_._77-683x1024.jpg)
TURKISH PIDE TWO WAYS (TURKISH PIZZA WITH TWO DIFFERENT TOPPINGS)

http://blackwhitevivid.com/turkish-pide-two-ways-turkish-pizza-with-two-different-toppings/
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 06, 2018, 02:06:22 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/9RshZNX.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 07, 2018, 04:53:54 PM: Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Pizzeria_Port_Alba.jpg/220px-Pizzeria_Port_Alba.jpg)
Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba..
Is a pizzeria in Naples, Italy,
Which is widely believed to be the world's first pizzeria.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 07, 2018, 08:32:18 PM: Tossing the dough.

(https://i.giphy.com/media/8gq9gBUBlbgRi/200_d.gif)

Why Tossing Pizza Dough Isn’t Just For Show
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6770618
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 08, 2018, 04:47:52 AM: Dough’s Pizza, as featured on Diners, Drive-In’s & Dives. :emot_thdrool: :emot_thdrool: :emot_thdrool:

(https://www.localsugar.com/userfiles/images/DSC_3163.JPG)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 08, 2018, 04:54:51 AM: I wanted pizza so bad tonight, but wifey had already made ribs. Trouble is, we drove to Lockhart yesterday, and ate at Smitty’s Market. So I had a BBQ orgy yesterday. Too soon for ribs.

I like this place called Fralo’s...

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/84/32/2c/fralo-s-art-of-pizza.jpg)

Thought I’d pick up some pies on the way home. Maybe tomorrow. :emot_thdrool: :emot_thdrool: :emot_thdrool:

(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53332749e4b04626b1915960/533c5a3be4b0aea39168be2d/538f6796e4b0c97e608f6b79/1401907094964/pizza+photo+shoot.JPG)

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0d/62/8b/62/photo1jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: wayne3218 on May 08, 2018, 06:29:44 AM: (https://s17.postimg.cc/qjiune59b/89455_A27-662_F-4_DCC-_A2_FC-17_B7_B5_B65460.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/w7p5ea9ln/)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 08, 2018, 12:59:18 PM: Quote from: Mervinh2o on May 08, 2018, 04:47:52 AM
Dough’s Pizza, as featured on Diners, Drive-In’s & Dives. :emot_thdrool: :emot_thdrool: :emot_thdrool:

(https://www.localsugar.com/userfiles/images/DSC_3163.JPG)

I really like the look of the crust on this one. I tend to take a bite of the crust with every bite of the center. I never could understand not eating the crusts, especially on a pizza like this.

I love mushrooms, but typically do not add them to pizza.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 08, 2018, 03:48:31 PM: (https://i.gifer.com/6s6S.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 09, 2018, 09:45:29 PM: (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/4c/25/534c2501fbbfaf4efa1f6cb7ce11246d.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 10, 2018, 03:18:56 AM: Quote from: Jed_ on May 08, 2018, 12:59:18 PM

I really like the look of the crust on this one. I tend to take a bite of the crust with every bite of the center. I never could understand not eating the crusts, especially on a pizza like this.

Dough’s has an authentic brick oven. So you watch them make the pie, then slide it onto the glowing bricks. The oven is incredibly hot, and the pie cooks in a matter of minutes.

(https://s.hdnux.com/photos/31/55/70/6741538/3/1024x1024.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 10, 2018, 03:59:47 PM: (https://i.imgur.com/noAFakZ.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: psiberzerker on May 14, 2018, 11:56:49 PM: Quote from: Mervinh2o on May 06, 2018, 05:20:12 PM
Gotta be Conan’s Deep Dish from Austin.

Yes. This isn't the only place, but a great example. There was another one in Santa Fe, but it closed down. Little seizures seems to have started the idea the "deep dish" means pack in more bread. It's a different dough. Typically, Pizza uses Italian Bread dough, rolled out. Deep Dish is more leavened, but the same amount (By weight) as regular crust. So it rises, and you get that delicious layer of bread/custard before you get to the sauce layer.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 15, 2018, 12:40:45 AM: I’m jealous in one regard. While I have had some really good pizzas, I think they have mostly been a tease for true greatness. And I like many styles.

There was once nearly 3 decades ago a place called Mama Ilardos that had the thickest pizza I ever saw, dough must have been over an inch thick without the toppings. I have no idea how they got the dough fully cooked, but they did. I loved it. They also had the best Italian sub I ever had.

I always said I hated a thin crunchy crust, until I had a wood fired pizza in an old inn just outside my home town. I took my grandmother there not long before she died at 95, and she loved it too.

But still, I have this feeling that there are pizzas out there I would want to make sweet love to, I just haven’t met them yet.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 15, 2018, 04:31:11 AM: Chicago’s Spacca Napoli, voted one of the best pizzas in the world.

(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55c4ce5ee4b026fd99444e90/565896c5e4b00f188f3c0aa1/57be00044402434cb3d57065/1472069640691/SpaccaNapoli_Food13796.jpg?format=1500w)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 15, 2018, 05:02:38 PM: I use to love pizza day at school. Yumm.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/foodservicedirect.com/productimages/OTF477988S.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 15, 2018, 05:13:25 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 15, 2018, 05:02:38 PM
I use to love pizza day at school. Yumm.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/foodservicedirect.com/productimages/OTF477988S.jpg)

I liked “pizza day” when I was 12 years old, but that was a verrrry long time ago.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 16, 2018, 07:55:55 PM: (https://i.giphy.com/media/zupBYeTfv92H6/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 16, 2018, 07:58:59 PM: I had pizza from Il Forno last night. So good, I almost soiled myself. Let me upload photos.

Here:

(https://i.imgur.com/7P5RmkE.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 16, 2018, 08:40:24 PM: Yummers! ;D
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: psiberzerker on May 16, 2018, 09:58:39 PM: Quote from: Mervinh2o on May 16, 2018, 07:58:59 PM
I had pizza from Il Forno last night. So good, I almost soiled myself.

You're like the resident gourmand of pies in this thread. Keep em cumming, they all look delicious, and I <3 that you don't repeat the same type.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 16, 2018, 10:19:10 PM: That's it! I'm callin' the Hut. ;D

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/spoonuniversi-wpengine/spoonuniversi/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2016/04/2016-04-18-02_03_50.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 16, 2018, 10:27:55 PM: (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1r4emmmgiHs/WnKB-gFMmxI/AAAAAAACINo/o3renWTvdE0aTqMs_MGP8tR73VOnm0cUQCLcBGAs/s1600/1111tur.gif)

:emot_heehee:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: ChirpingGirl on May 16, 2018, 10:50:01 PM: Quote from: _KitKat_ on May 16, 2018, 10:19:10 PM
That's it! I'm callin' the Hut. ;D

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/spoonuniversi-wpengine/spoonuniversi/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2016/04/2016-04-18-02_03_50.gif)

:emot_weird:

0vomit0
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 17, 2018, 05:29:26 AM: I don’t like any of the National chains’ pizzas; however, someone at work bought a Pizza Hut pepperoni. I think it had extra cheese and a specialty crust. Soooo good. I really enjoyed it, which was weird, because I really dislike Pizza Hut.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: Jed_ on May 17, 2018, 10:49:08 AM: Quote from: Mervinh2o on May 17, 2018, 05:29:26 AM
I don’t like any of the National chains’ pizzas; however, someone at work bought a Pizza Hut pepperoni. I think it had extra cheese and a specialty crust. Soooo good. I really enjoyed it, which was weird, because I really dislike Pizza Hut.

I still order Domino’s once in a while for delivery when I’m lazy. The other delivery option is Papa John’s but don’t order from them.

I have two private places close to me that have far superior pies to the chains, just wish they started a delivery businesses. This thread is giving me cravings, so I might have to get carryout from one of them tonight.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 17, 2018, 12:04:00 PM: Quote from: Jed_ on May 17, 2018, 10:49:08 AM

This thread is giving me cravings, so I might have to get carryout from one of them tonight.

I have bought way too much pizza, because of this thread, recently. My teenagers approve.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 17, 2018, 02:44:16 PM: Quote from: Mervinh2o on May 17, 2018, 12:04:00 PM
Quote from: Jed_ on May 17, 2018, 10:49:08 AM

This thread is giving me cravings, so I might have to get carryout from one of them tonight.

I have bought way too much pizza, because of this thread, recently. My teenagers approve.

;D
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: ChirpingGirl on May 17, 2018, 08:12:05 PM: CJ still craves school pizza. :roll:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UtMBepj-m1U/TvEjvN6h2mI/AAAAAAAAB94/R-8dZXf-f4Y/s1600/square_cafeteria_pizza.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 17, 2018, 08:24:10 PM: 00) :emot_laughing:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: ChirpingGirl on May 17, 2018, 08:30:28 PM: Little CJ got so excited over that little square piece of crust and cheese and whatever and the slightly cold chocolate milk. :roll:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 17, 2018, 08:34:52 PM: ;D

(https://i.giphy.com/media/xUNd9NPRRO1aEL6Hzq/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 21, 2018, 05:25:36 AM: (https://i.imgur.com/LMziCb4.jpg)

Friday night’s fare from our local brick oven. Four meats. It was pretty good, but Il Forno was much better. I’m going to take a pizza break, but this thread is still my Safe Place.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: KitKat on May 21, 2018, 02:53:07 PM: KitKat had a pizza with brussel spouts on it this weekend. It was different but not bad.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: ChirpingGirl on May 21, 2018, 06:57:40 PM: CJ just got a coupon for a free large 2 topping with a $4 purchase.

CJ won't be allowed to have it. But The kids will love it on Friday. :roll:
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: wayne3218 on May 24, 2018, 02:20:36 AM: Who the fuck has been eating my pizza.

(https://s31.postimg.cc/twqd0u1sb/35824407-_CD73-4_F3_F-901_E-_D309_B56_EAC10.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: wayne3218 on May 24, 2018, 02:25:09 AM: There is enough for everyone on KB to have one slice.

(https://s31.postimg.cc/s4xe650hn/70_D8_EF2_E-18_F6-4_B4_D-8_E15-7_A5_B02_C7_A619.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on May 31, 2018, 11:14:10 PM: This was actually the #1 thread for the month of May, which is kind of nice. No politics, no perversion, just good pizza.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on September 13, 2018, 08:58:34 PM: Dough’s Pizzeria Napolitano, from San Antonio.

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/07/af/35/60/dough-pizzeria-napoletana.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: MintJulie on September 13, 2018, 11:56:33 PM: My assistant asked me if I wanted a 'foldie' today. I asked what it is. She told me it was like an Italian taco. So I said I'd love to try it. It was a mini pizza folded in half but with triple the toppings and bigger toppings, and had a parmesian flavored outside. Mine was just pepperoni and mozerella. Jill's looked like the one in the picture below. A mix between a sub sandwich and a pizza. It was good.

Picture from their yelp page.

(https://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/e32db_E4Gg1F2M5wVI_sfw/l.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: RopeFiend on September 14, 2018, 01:20:28 AM: That's kinda like a calzone,

https://www.google.com/search?q=calzone&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X

(the pix with the thicker crust, not the pita-style)

When I made mine, I used an 8" or 9" pie pan and used medium-thick pizza dough, like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/eA7xS0f.jpg)
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on September 14, 2018, 03:19:46 AM: I went to Dough’s for a late lunch, and ate a 7” pizza, salad, pan bread, and washed it down with two pints of IPA. Then I said “fuck it,” and went home early.
Title: Re: Pizza!
Post by: _priapism on November 01, 2020, 01:23:41 AM: Odds are, this guy will be kicking himself in the ass FOR THE REST OF HIS NATURAL LIFE!!!

(https://thcf5.redgifs.com/DarlingClearHochstettersfrog-size_restricted.gif)

http://www.xvideos.com/video31706789/hot_milf_open_door_nude_for_pizza_guy

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