Pizza is apparently serious business, more than any other food it seems.
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I love pizza. I like to make it myself, either as a treat because I'm craving it or for the old school approach of using leftovers and lone stragglers. Half a bell pepper left? Pizza time. Four lonely anchovies left? Pizza time. Half a pot of creme fraiche and just one chicken breast left? White pizza time.
Normally, I go for freshly made dough (which happily sits in the fridge, ready to go for a week!) and a thin as possible crust... but sometimes, pizza 'pie' with its yeasty, doughy, chewy focaccia-like goodness is the only way to go. It really depends on the mood, the company and whether it's a planned pizza or a random spontaneous outburst of pizza.
As for Domino's or Pizza Hut - if you measure pizza goodness by these standards, your soul is already lost. I don't mind either of them when I'm pressed with little time or stranded in a city I don't know and don't care about getting to know properly. In my home and the region I call home, I will not accept the disrespecting vulgarization of pizza. Pizza is something you make yourself, getting better, more efficient and more refined at throughout your life. Pizza is something you order from a local Italian or someone who loves making pizza, and is good at it. Frozen pizza is sad. Shrink-wrapped pizza can work, but only if you have a proper excuse for not being able or willing to do pizza yourself.
I've tasted pizza all around the world, and I've plunged right into the abyss. No matter who you are, when you sell pizza, my first order is always a margherita. If you mess that up, we're through, probably for life. It's OK if your war-torn or culturally deprived country doesn't do fresh basil. It's OK if your idea of cheese strays from mozzarella if you can explain to me why you chose the cheese you chose. It's not OK to pervert the idea of a proper pizza with putting cheese in the crust or force-mating pizza with cheese burgers. Those are mad, horrible and silly.
Buffalo wings have got nothing to do with pizza. All buffalo wings tell me are tales of sensory deprivation, cultural black holes and the fact that there's a fryer in the kitchen place that should be dedicated to the making of pizza. Major turnoff. Some of the Turkish places we frequent make great kebabs, boreks and lahmacuns, outstanding salads and glorious baklava. For their pizza, however, they should be sued for racism and attempted bodily harm.
Oh, please bear in mind that, in certain languages, 'pizza' describes the female sexual organs in a rather vulgar and very offensive fashion. Fun, eh?
Captcha: nutrition
Yes, captcha. I'm still not too certain about how I feel about you analyzing the content of... everything.
Normally, I go for freshly made dough (which happily sits in the fridge, ready to go for a week!) and a thin as possible crust... but sometimes, pizza 'pie' with its yeasty, doughy, chewy focaccia-like goodness is the only way to go. It really depends on the mood, the company and whether it's a planned pizza or a random spontaneous outburst of pizza.
As for Domino's or Pizza Hut - if you measure pizza goodness by these standards, your soul is already lost. I don't mind either of them when I'm pressed with little time or stranded in a city I don't know and don't care about getting to know properly. In my home and the region I call home, I will not accept the disrespecting vulgarization of pizza. Pizza is something you make yourself, getting better, more efficient and more refined at throughout your life. Pizza is something you order from a local Italian or someone who loves making pizza, and is good at it. Frozen pizza is sad. Shrink-wrapped pizza can work, but only if you have a proper excuse for not being able or willing to do pizza yourself.
I've tasted pizza all around the world, and I've plunged right into the abyss. No matter who you are, when you sell pizza, my first order is always a margherita. If you mess that up, we're through, probably for life. It's OK if your war-torn or culturally deprived country doesn't do fresh basil. It's OK if your idea of cheese strays from mozzarella if you can explain to me why you chose the cheese you chose. It's not OK to pervert the idea of a proper pizza with putting cheese in the crust or force-mating pizza with cheese burgers. Those are mad, horrible and silly.
Buffalo wings have got nothing to do with pizza. All buffalo wings tell me are tales of sensory deprivation, cultural black holes and the fact that there's a fryer in the kitchen place that should be dedicated to the making of pizza. Major turnoff. Some of the Turkish places we frequent make great kebabs, boreks and lahmacuns, outstanding salads and glorious baklava. For their pizza, however, they should be sued for racism and attempted bodily harm.
Oh, please bear in mind that, in certain languages, 'pizza' describes the female sexual organs in a rather vulgar and very offensive fashion. Fun, eh?
Captcha: nutrition
Yes, captcha. I'm still not too certain about how I feel about you analyzing the content of... everything.
Hell is the only way to go... When it comes to pizza!
Seriously, Hell Pizzas are some of the best around in my country, their menu is hilarious too, the stick to their theme.
Seriously, Hell Pizzas are some of the best around in my country, their menu is hilarious too, the stick to their theme.
we make our own pizza's, but if we ever get takeout, it's new yorker pizza.
mostly caus they're cheap.
mostly caus they're cheap.
I'm not picky. Any of the chains in the states are fine. I mean I have my preferences, but I'll eat any of them. There is one chain when I went to canada called "Pizza 73" or something that makes digiorno taste like fine dining but other than that it's rare for me to not like pizza.
Pizza Hut vs Dominoes? I always thought the pizza argument was between NY and Chicago styles. And the better style (Chicago) you can't get at either. Besides, I've been getting better pizza at Papa Murphy's Take and Bake anyway.
That actually sounds admirable.Guy from the 80 said:
Bear in mind, though, that, if you make your own pizza, there is no 'greasy' in pizza. All the fat that's in there is superb olive oil and the creamy goodness of the cheese of choice. Pizza is a very clean and wholesome way of getting fed and enjoying it, while making the most out of pretty much whatever ingredients you have at hand.
That has got absolutely nothing to do with international pizza chains or frozen pizza.
'Chicago style pizza'? Deep-dish or stuffed? That is actually not much of a pizza, more of a pie or a quiche or... whatever.Kyrian007 said:
Pizza Hut vs Dominoes? Mmm i usually prefer dominos overall but can see why pizza huts "soft" feeling pizzas would appeal.
Personally out of the pizza food chains in my area, one i like is papa johns.
Whats controversial about my pizza tastes though is i ONLY ever order plain cheese and tomato/marguerita pizza.
Why people insist on putting so much crap on their pizza is beyond me, but i dont mind, however when people try to impose on me their horrid tastes i can get rather annoyed with their sacrilegeous insistance at defiling a perfectly good pizza.
Personally out of the pizza food chains in my area, one i like is papa johns.
Whats controversial about my pizza tastes though is i ONLY ever order plain cheese and tomato/marguerita pizza.
Why people insist on putting so much crap on their pizza is beyond me, but i dont mind, however when people try to impose on me their horrid tastes i can get rather annoyed with their sacrilegeous insistance at defiling a perfectly good pizza.
Thanks for the tip. My birthday is coming up next sunday, perhaps I should buy myself a pizza? Yes probably soHeaddrivehardscrew said:
Or you could take the slightly less expensive and ridiculous option and go to an Italian restaurantWadders said:
OT: Pizza Hut and Dominoes are both pretty crappy but when I'm hungry I don't really notice, also there is a Pizza Hut literally down the street from my house so its much easier to just order from there rather than somewhere that serves good pizza.
Dominoes Pizzas are really nice where I live. I got this buy on get on free voucher for pizza hut from Game.co.uk that lasts a year so I will be trying theirs soon.
As long as it comes with Jalapenos and a stuffed crust, I don't care who makes it. (and peppers, red onions, some kind of meat, and possibly another kind of meat and extra mozzarella)
Although, when it comes down to a place for lunch.... that Pizza Hut Lunch time buffet... Oooooooh Boy! Did my student loan come in handy!
EDIT: Shoot. Now I want a pizza. I love pizza. I'm fairly sure it's what they serve in the dining halls of Valhalla.
Although, when it comes down to a place for lunch.... that Pizza Hut Lunch time buffet... Oooooooh Boy! Did my student loan come in handy!
EDIT: Shoot. Now I want a pizza. I love pizza. I'm fairly sure it's what they serve in the dining halls of Valhalla.
The worst pizza I've ever had was made on site at the grocery store where I work. The dough was almost inedible, and they used spaghetti sauce. At least their fried chicken is good.
Cold pizza is probably the best midnight snack. It also makes a good breakfast. Coincidentally, I have pizza and garlic sauce right now.
Cold pizza is probably the best midnight snack. It also makes a good breakfast. Coincidentally, I have pizza and garlic sauce right now.
Eh, I agree. Go to Papa John's if you have to order from a big chain, otherwise I just go to my local shops. In my experience they taste better and have more in the way of toppings.Dirty Hipsters said:
Also, where's our stereotypical New Yorker that buts in and says that no pizza is as good as New York pizza and that everyone is just trying to make New York pizza and failing? I mean, in addition to the obligatory "You should move to New York" and "Everyone wants to move to New York"?
My problem with pizza is that once you start baking your own, everything else tastes like paper. I have the same issue with bread. So nowadays I rarely ever go to pizzerias. Used to be a frequent visitor at PHut though.
On the other hand, while frozen pizza is disgusting, it goes wonderfully along with a few crates of beer as supplies for a Rock Band night.
Also, there is a special place in hell reserved for people who put pineapple on pizza. If you don't believe me, believe Mr Pratchett. Don't say we didn't warn you.
On the other hand, while frozen pizza is disgusting, it goes wonderfully along with a few crates of beer as supplies for a Rock Band night.
Also, there is a special place in hell reserved for people who put pineapple on pizza. If you don't believe me, believe Mr Pratchett. Don't say we didn't warn you.
I'm curious now. In Polish, it's a very similar word - just one letter away, but far enough that you wouldn't confuse the two. Did you mean that, or are there others? Science needs to know!Headdrivehardscrew said:
Huh. Funny that this thread popped up. I am currently preparing my own molten cheese disc as I write this.
EDIT: there is no better Pizza place than this:
EDIT: there is no better Pizza place than this:
I am Pinkamena, and I am here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to a decent pizza?
"No!" says the employee of Pizza Hut. "It must be greasy and sloppy!"
"No!" says the waitress of Dominos. "It must be as cheap to make as possible!"
"No!" says the owner of the local pizza shop. "It must be topped with every ingredient!"
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Home made pizza. A pizza where oil and butter would be used in modesty, where the dough would not be pure wheat, where the toppings could be just the way they need to be!
"No!" says the employee of Pizza Hut. "It must be greasy and sloppy!"
"No!" says the waitress of Dominos. "It must be as cheap to make as possible!"
"No!" says the owner of the local pizza shop. "It must be topped with every ingredient!"
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Home made pizza. A pizza where oil and butter would be used in modesty, where the dough would not be pure wheat, where the toppings could be just the way they need to be!
I'm guessing there's some disparity in what Dominoes is like in the UK vs the US I mean I've had pizza in Venice (just to show I'm not clueless) and Dominoes isn't THAT bad.
I can't stand cheap pizza (from local fast food places) so I rarely get it.
I can't stand cheap pizza (from local fast food places) so I rarely get it.