The Pizza Thread.

[Cybren]

It's fairly obvious, that as a New Yorker, i am the most knowledgable in regards to pizza.

Putting pineapples on pizza is a travesty! A travesty I say!

[Spaatz965]

Bah...Hawaiian rocks! Ham and Pinapple FTW (I need a smilie that's rubbing it's stomach and smiliing dang nab it)

[Loc]

Pepperoni or meat feast. The best ways to go.

Unless you're feeling particularly eccentric, then it's ham and pineapple :hat:

[Idlethought]

hawaiian is the most delicious pizza ive ever had

[Jay]

It's fairly obvious, that as a New Yorker, i am the most knowledgable in regards to pizza.

Says you.

Supreme for the win, personally. Pretty much any pizza is cool, but favourite is supreme and least favourite is meat lovers.

[paul]

Well I order meat lovers, and I get either:
Sausage, bacon and chicken
or
pepperoni, sausage and chicken :)

[Stephy]

Chourico pizza is the best. :yes:

[Jay]

What in hell is a chourico?

[paul]

portugese sausages?

[Cybren]

I personally like olives, meatballs, pepperoni, peppers, tomatos. In any combonation.
Whats interesting is that what makes pizza so good is the disgusting new york water.
Many places out of New York import water from here to make their dough with.
The More You Know!

[Baani]

Hahaha, having lived in India for 14 years, I saw all types of Indian toppings on Pizza

My favourite, Tandoori Chicken pizza. *drool*

[Stephy]

portugese sausages?

Yes. :yes:

It is tasty. The best pizza! Chourico pizza!

[Dresh]

Hahaha, having lived in India for 14 years, I saw all types of Indian toppings on Pizza

My favourite, Tandoori Chicken pizza. *drool*

It may not be my favourite, but Tandoori Chicken pizza is tremendously delicious. I think Hawaiian pizza is the only one that tops it to me.

[h2orowe]

Pineapple =P It can have ham, but sometimes just plain ol' Pineapple is awesome.

[Baani]

It may not be my favourite, but Tandoori Chicken pizza is tremendously delicious. I think Hawaiian pizza is the only one that tops it to me.

Hot 'n' spicy tops it for me! Beef and Jalepenos= heaven.

[Idlethought]

Hawaiian tops all, and i dont even EAT ham! It's mostly the sweet pineapple flavor that does it

[NERD]

It's fairly obvious, that as a New Yorker, i am the most knowledgable in regards to pizza.


Don't ever say that to Italians, as they consider any other form of pizza outside of Italy as a travesty to the food.

Hawaiian is not too bad, though I'd rather have beef with my pineapples. Nastier toppings would be mayo and corn, which according to some sources are what Japanese put on their pizza.

I like supreme pizzas, mushroom, black olives, Italian sausage, and pepperoni toppings.

[Idlethought]

honestly i could see sweet corn on pizza

[PinkRanger]

Just give me pepperoni pizza with LOADS of parmesean cheese and I'm good to go.

[Decade]

Mushrooms when they use the right kind (and no, thats not a pot joke)

[gyoza]

I haven't had a pizza that I didn't like, though I'm not too fond of Italian sausage or similar meats with strong herbal flavors. Though I haven't had pizza in Japan... mayo/corn sounds nasty.

[Lateli]

Supreme for the win, personally. Pretty much any pizza is cool, but favourite is supreme and least favourite is meat lovers.

Well said. :clap:

[Lisa M]

Mushrooms and blue cheese FTW!

Personally, pineapple on pizza makes me sick.

[Mechs]

Cheese....lots of gooey Cheese :D.

[Angelyne]

Bagel Bites :yes:

[Zensouken]

It's fairly obvious, that as a New Yorker, i am the most knowledgable in regards to pizza.

Putting pineapples on pizza is a travesty! A travesty I say!

You're fomr NYC, but you can't handle the pineapples, PSHHHHH!!!

[Masa the Masta]

It's fairly obvious, that as a New Yorker, i am the most knowledgable in regards to pizza.

Putting pineapples on pizza is a travesty! A travesty I say!

What's wrong with you?

Pineapple, Mushrooms, Pepperoni, and Olives FTW. :clap:

[Idlethought]

It's fairly obvious, that as a New Yorker, i am the most knowledgable in regards to pizza.

Putting pineapples on pizza is a travesty! A travesty I say!

What kind of new yorker are you? Maybe youre one of the sucky ones. Pinappeles are l33t

[PinkRanger]

Pinappeles are l33t
So is your spelling.:P

I'm not a big fan of pineapples on my pizza.

[Idlethought]

go fuck yourself lol hawaiian style is my favorite

[PinkRanger]

I could say something about your mom but I won't....You know what I'm talking about, lol.

Hawaiian style blows. The pineapple makes it too sweet.

[Idlethought]

I could say something about you at night but I wont....you might know what I'm talking about >_>

Hawaiian style is superb. The sweetness is what does it

[paul]

Don't get the new "cheesy bites" from pizza hut, they suck... alot. I just had it

[Idlethought]

Really? Aw that looked like it would be tasty too

[NERD]

Change of subject- which is the best crust, hand tossed? Thin? Filled with cheese? Or plain and simple pan?

I'm a fan of hand tossed.

[PinkRanger]

Hand tossed and pan are good for me. Thin is....well, too thin. I like to eat the crust, sometimes I like it more than the pizza part.

[Idlethought]

plain and simple pan. I hate hand tossed its so thin -_-

[Zensouken]

Hand toss that sucka, I want my pizza authentic dammnit!

[NERD]

I get a lot of delivered pizza, from chains like Pizza Hut, Domino's, and/or Papa John's because they deliver past midnight (quirks of living in campus) but I notice that hand tossed pizza tends to be less greasy than pan. And thin- well, if you are like me who will eat more than two meals out of a large pizza, getting yourself stuffed goes a long way.

[Bob]

Bah...Hawaiian rocks! Ham and Pinapple FTW (I need a smilie that's rubbing it's stomach and smiliing dang nab it)


Fruit should never be mixed with anything cooked

[Tekkarath]

Hand tossed black olive and pepperoni FTW!


It's so rare to find people that like Black olives like I do...


Sadness.

[Cybren]

Don't ever say that to Italians, as they consider any other form of pizza outside of Italy as a travesty to the food.

Hawaiian is not too bad, though I'd rather have beef with my pineapples. Nastier toppings would be mayo and corn, which according to some sources are what Japanese put on their pizza.

I like supreme pizzas, mushroom, black olives, Italian sausage, and pepperoni toppings.
That's good for them. They invented the food. New York made it eatable.
They're probably upset because more authentic italian pizza is closer to a bread than a meal itself.

[Rogue_7]

I was always a fan of pepporoni Bacon and Ham. *sigh* Pizza come back, I miss you!!!

[Kyoushu]

I'm more of the simple pepperoni type.

[NERD]

That's good for them. They invented the food. New York made it eatable.
They're probably upset because more authentic italian pizza is closer to a bread than a meal itself.

You mean New York made it edible. I never had authentic pizza, mind you, but any kind of pizza with fish on it (anchovies) I'm gonna stay away from. Better be one effing pizza to convince me otherwise.

[Cybren]

You mean New York made it edible. I never had authentic pizza, mind you, but any kind of pizza with fish on it (anchovies) I'm gonna stay away from. Better be one effing pizza to convince me otherwise.
Thanks. something felt wrong about that sentence.

[NERD]

No problem dude.

[Frankey-eh]

That's good for them. They invented the food. New York made it eatable.
They're probably upset because more authentic italian pizza is closer to a bread than a meal itself.

I actually don't like Italian pizza.
Once, when we were on East Coast, we decided to go to a buffet... somewhere in Boston? It was called Valentino. It was... an Italian buffet. I couldn't eat much...even the spaghetti tasted "different". (I guess I shouldn't say 'weird' here, huh?) The pizza was different too... too tomato-saucy.
At the end, my brother didn't have much to eat (he was already a picky eater to start with) so he just ate fruits and drank soda. And he got a stomachache. We spent a good two hours in the parking lot walking around so he won't barf everything up.

Of course, that was NOTHING compare to the time we went to a Mexican buffet... These are the times when I can walk out of a buffet with an empty stomach.

[koku]

Eh. Keep it simple. Pepperoni and maybe sausage with it. It tastes the best. Nothing I can't eat. I'm picky with my food too.

[setrict]

A local pizza place here has something they call Greek Pizza that's probably my favorite. It's deep dish, normal pizza sauce, dun dried tomatos, feta + mozarella cheese and a little parm on top. Close favorite.

[Baani]

I prefer traditional Italian pizza over anyother type of pizza. =/

[Zensouken]

For all the times I read "Italian pizza" in this thread I laughed a little because it's like saying, "Yellow sun".

I know there are other cultural variants of pizza but when I hear, "Hey, let's go get some Italian pizza!" in daily conversation here in NYC; I just stop and laugh. :D

[gyoza]

I actually don't like Italian pizza.
Once, when we were on East Coast, we decided to go to a buffet... somewhere in Boston? It was called Valentino. It was... an Italian buffet. I couldn't eat much...even the spaghetti tasted "different". (I guess I shouldn't say 'weird' here, huh?) The pizza was different too... too tomato-saucy.
At the end, my brother didn't have much to eat (he was already a picky eater to start with) so he just ate fruits and drank soda. And he got a stomachache. We spent a good two hours in the parking lot walking around so he won't barf everything up.

Of course, that was NOTHING compare to the time we went to a Mexican buffet... These are the times when I can walk out of a buffet with an empty stomach.

You're kidding, right?

Mexican buffet = owns at life.

And maybe that Italian buffet wasn't very authentic. I tried Italian buffets in New York and Boston and didn't really like them. Then I went to Italy and had real Italian food, and it just blew my tastebuds away. :clap:

[Frankey-eh]

You're kidding, right?

Mexican buffet = owns at life.

...how??!!
Back in a ghetto school days, we had burrito for lunch one day. I hated the squishy, BROWN, beans-that-don't-look-like-it beans
I also had another type with shredded meat pieces. Those got stuck between my teeth and I'm never touching them again.
I've had tortilla chips. It was bland by itself. I've had it with nacho. Until I found out it was molten cheese. I hate cheese.
The funniest yet was at Taco Bell. My dad thought they were octopuses, so we went in. Turned out, it wasn't. Nobody wanted them, and my dad had to force feed himself so it won't be a waste.

What do you suggest would be a good Mexican food for me to try next? Somehow... I've always had this anti-Mexican sentiments, and I really want to learn to look at it like another country... but I always associate it with bad things. It's the reason why I'm taking all the languages offered at school except Spanish.

And maybe that Italian buffet wasn't very authentic. I tried Italian buffets in New York and Boston and didn't really like them. Then I went to Italy and had real Italian food, and it just blew my tastebuds away. :clap:
...maybe ^^ But the name was cute.

[gyoza]

...well, I see then. The thing is I really really really love cheese. I also love spicy stuff, and sour stuff. And, well, you get all 3 in almost every common Mexican dish. So if you don't like cheese that's probably a big reason why you don't like Mexican food.

I will agree with you that those squishy beans are an acquired taste. I couldn't stand them when I first came to the US but now I can't have any Mexican food without them. :)

[Frankey-eh]

...well, I see then. The thing is I really really really love cheese. I also love spicy stuff, and sour stuff. And, well, you get all 3 in almost every common Mexican dish. So if you don't like cheese that's probably a big reason why you don't like Mexican food.

...that explains a lot. not only do I not like cheese, I can't eat spicy stuff and I hate sour stuff. Guess I wasn't meant to live in Mexico.

[paul]

I eat spicy stuff like a monster
my dad grows the world's second most spicy pepper in our garden, in the middle of summer its ready to eat, and its as hard as rock when picked. I've ordered "suicide" category things from restaurant and not be able to taste the spicyness. Due to this, I can't tell the difference between different types of cheese, and I can down hot food faster than anyone else. I don't brag about much, but I can easily brag about this.

My dad makes homemade pizza with half a side with the peppers I was talking about :) my friend had a slice, he was in tears after the first bite.

[General_Admission]

pineapples, ham, mushrooms, green peppers, banana peppers, fire roasted tomatoes, feta cheese, and provolone cheese.

[harper]

I usually stick with just pepperoni, though I don't mind ham, sausage, ground beef and bacon. Deep Dish pizza is better than regular pizza and I think thin crust sucks. Chicago style pizza is also excellent. There is a place in Greektown here in Detroit called Pizzapapolis that makes an excellent deep dish pizza so that is so thick and huge that each slice is nearly a meal in itself.

When I was in Dublin, I ate at a pizza joint called the Bad Ass Cafe. I ordered a pepperoni pizza and it accidentally came with pepperoni and corn. I didn't bother to send it back and it turned out to be pretty good.

[Frankey-eh]

oh...back to this topic,
I like pinapple pizza too!
And the strange thing is, we just had this conversation at lunch the other day at school... I like pinapple and ham and mushroom.

[Baani]

I eat spicy stuff like a monster
my dad grows the world's second most spicy pepper in our garden, in the middle of summer its ready to eat, and its as hard as rock when picked. I've ordered "suicide" category things from restaurant and not be able to taste the spicyness. Due to this, I can't tell the difference between different types of cheese, and I can down hot food faster than anyone else. I don't brag about much, but I can easily brag about this.

My dad makes homemade pizza with half a side with the peppers I was talking about :) my friend had a slice, he was in tears after the first bite.

I could probably have that chilli, every chilli I have tried so far has had no effect.

[Hira-Kata to Sawa]

For all the times I read "Italian pizza" in this thread I laughed a little because it's like saying, "Yellow sun".

Hmm, suns in Japan are red though... and kids will color them so.

As far as pizza, it's gotta be good ol' pepperoni and cheese. That does it for me. If it's Japanese pizza though, I like potato and corn as well as the dessert pizzas. Shakey's in Japan has a good chocolate and custard dessert pizza.

[Cybren]

Buffets in general aren't that represenative of a particular cultures food.
Unless you're in vegas.

[Renter]

Thin crust, lots of cheese and tomato sauce, pineapples and garlic a must. For third ingredient I usually pick one of pepperoni, ham, onions, kebab, chicken, mayonnaise, tuna, chicken, shrooms, bacon, pretty much everything.

Except paprika, olives, shrimps and octopus. Egh.

[Rogue_7]

...how??!!
Back in a ghetto school days, we had burrito for lunch one day. I hated the squishy, BROWN, beans-that-don't-look-like-it beans
I also had another type with shredded meat pieces. Those got stuck between my teeth and I'm never touching them again.
I've had tortilla chips. It was bland by itself. I've had it with nacho. Until I found out it was molten cheese. I hate cheese.
The funniest yet was at Taco Bell. My dad thought they were octopuses, so we went in. Turned out, it wasn't. Nobody wanted them, and my dad had to force feed himself so it won't be a waste.

What do you suggest would be a good Mexican food for me to try next? Somehow... I've always had this anti-Mexican sentiments, and I really want to learn to look at it like another country... but I always associate it with bad things. It's the reason why I'm taking all the languages offered at school except Spanish.


...maybe ^^ But the name was cute.


A part of me just died inside. Even moreso than good, cheap pizza, the one thing I miss in Japan is Mexican food. Hell I'd be happy to have a Taco Bell, but more than that I'd love a real mexican place nearby. Even when you do find Mexican here, its not hardly spicy at all. And here I am, growing up eating wonderously spicy home made mexican dishes. *cries* but you may want to give a good Green Chile a try. It may be spicy, but you don't have to put cheese in it or get any beans. Hmmmmmm roast anaheims.

[Lea]

...how??!!
Back in a ghetto school days, we had burrito for lunch one day. I hated the squishy, BROWN, beans-that-don't-look-like-it beans
I also had another type with shredded meat pieces. Those got stuck between my teeth and I'm never touching them again.
I've had tortilla chips. It was bland by itself. I've had it with nacho. Until I found out it was molten cheese. I hate cheese.
The funniest yet was at Taco Bell. My dad thought they were octopuses, so we went in. Turned out, it wasn't. Nobody wanted them, and my dad had to force feed himself so it won't be a waste.

What do you suggest would be a good Mexican food for me to try next? Somehow... I've always had this anti-Mexican sentiments, and I really want to learn to look at it like another country... but I always associate it with bad things. It's the reason why I'm taking all the languages offered at school except Spanish.


...maybe ^^ But the name was cute.
Aww! Don't give up on Mexican until you try some home cooked stuff. Taco Bell so doesn't count as Mexican! :P I personally hate eating Mexican food at restaurants most of the time myself. I just... well... Meh. It's often too greasy and such. But when my mom makes it, it's great! It's not so bland. :/

As for the beans... haha! I can't imagine not liking them but I see what you mean. They do look rather strange I suppose.

[mamba]

A calzone cant go wrong, but spicy chicken and kebab meat pizza are just so good aswel. But the ultimate has to be, haggis pizza! its good beyoind words. and as for base, im a fan of thin, but stuffed crust has alot going for it!

[4letterwords]

Thin n crispy with very little sauce and extra extra black olives :D

[General_Admission]

oh...back to this topic,
I like pinapple pizza too!
And the strange thing is, we just had this conversation at lunch the other day at school... I like pinapple and ham and mushroom.

That's the exact pizza I like to get as I am usually limited on the # of toppings.

Also, Taco Bell is not Mexican.

[OliveButtercup]

honestly i could see sweet corn on pizza

puke

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[Zensouken]

Hmm, suns in Japan are red though... and kids will color them so.

Does this mean that Superman can't use his Gaijin Smash in Japan because of red solar rays?

[Frankey-eh]

Hira-Kata to Sawa:
Hmm, suns in Japan are red though... and kids will color them so.

...you know, at first I didn't believe this. And then I went to look for some of my preschool drawings, and sure enough... I had outlined them in red. weird.

so I decided to google it. this page is quite entertaining:
http://odn.okwave.jp/kotaeru.php3?q=1406828
I especially like these lines:
低学年でなくてごめんなさい
小学生の息子はオレンジだそうです。
the person who asked the question had asked it to lower elementary school students (grd1-3), and this parent answered, "I'm sorry I'm not a first grader" That alone is funny, then she adds "it seems my kid thinks it's orange".

玉子焼きに砂糖を入れるか塩を入れるかぐらいの違いだと自分では受け止めたいのですが
in response to the above, the person says "I hope to dismiss this as something trivial like putting sugar or salt on eggs" and I was thinking "...is sugar/salt such a trivial thing? I'd think it's pretty important..."

子供のとき太陽を描いた経験がないのでわかりませぬ
another responder says s/he has never drawn a sun when they were young. This is so funny because EVERY kid draws a sun. regardless of whether it's raining (drawing it behind the cloud) or under the sea... it's like the first thing we put down on the paper when we can't think of anything to draw.

太陽は火、火は赤、という感じなんでしょうかねぇ。
Same responder. This is probably the most meaningful sentence (to me, to explain why). Sun is fire, and fire is red. That's why the sun is red. Sun is fire... I guess that doesn't translate in English. It's like... the sun is hot, like fire. So I'm happy to hear it wasn't solely indoctrination from WWII or something. the red sun came before the hinomaru


その本には、黄色だと何か問題があると
いうように書かれていました。うちの子らはみんな、太陽＝黄色だったので、しばらく落ち込みま した＾＾；
this responder is from Canada. She says, she once read a book that said if most kids think the sun is red, according to studies, and if your kid thinks the sun is yellow, there's something wrong with your kid. And so, this parent's children all thought the sun was yellow, so she was depressed that her children were all mentally retarded.

「お月様かな？」
「太陽は赤でしょ」
this is from yet another post, but it makes a lot of sense. You don't color the sun yellow because that's the color of the moon. By differentiating, you can tell day and night apart. (without having to color your whole paper black, I guess)

sorry I made a rather long, off-topic post. the whole red/yellow thing was bother me. Now I can just laugh :D

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Now, back to semi-on-topic...
if taco bell isn't mexican..then what is it?

[General_Admission]

^Rika, it is similar to trying to pass off American Chinese food as Japanese. It just isn't very good food. All it is is 7 ingredients blended different ways to make different food. It's what poor college kids eat after a night of drinking because it's cheap.

& about the orange sun vs yellow sun, maybe the sun appears orange to them because of their dark eyes. Dark eyes are better at seeing in the bright sunshine, so thus the sun doesn't appear so bright and the orange color is seen.

White people tend to have lighter colored eyes and can thus see better in the dark, but can't see as well in the sunshine and thus the sun just appears to be a bright glowing orb of yellow.

[Zensouken]

The sun is as black as space, the government has been lying to you all...

*ducks*

[Frankey-eh]

& about the orange sun vs yellow sun, maybe the sun appears orange to them because of their dark eyes. Dark eyes are better at seeing in the bright sunshine, so thus the sun doesn't appear so bright and the orange color is seen.

White people tend to have lighter colored eyes and can thus see better in the dark, but can't see as well in the sunshine and thus the sun just appears to be a bright glowing orb of yellow.
no, I assure you.. it does NOT look red to our naked eyes :D I can see the yellow sun perfectly. We all can. Yellow... or actually, whitish. Although it's not good to do so... reminds me of the time when we stacked four shitajiki's together to create a sunglass to see the sun.

[Chelsums]

Deep dish cheese pizza for me :D Maybe some pepperoni, bacon, or sausage (etc) and I wouldn't mind eating hawaiian pizza, but cheese is my favorite. And pizza is my favorite food XDD

You know what bothers me? When people eat pizza but don't eat the crust. 1) it's a waste and 2) why eat something if you're not going to eat all of it (unless of course you're not hungry but people like this usually go and eat another piece) and 3) the crust is the best part! WTF!? I don't get it. How can someone claim to like pizza if they don't eat the crust? People are silly.

Japanese pizza was one of the weirdest things I ever had. They said we were getting pizza for dinner and then we when we sat down to eat we were like, "WTF is this?" I ate some of it... but I don't want to know what was on it.

[Rogue_7]

You know what bothers me? When people eat pizza but don't eat the crust. 1) it's a waste and 2) why eat something if you're not going to eat all of it (unless of course you're not hungry but people like this usually go and eat another piece) and 3) the crust is the best part! WTF!? I don't get it. How can someone claim to like pizza if they don't eat the crust? People are silly.



I would have to dispute that. the crust is just bread. There is no cheesy greasy goodness on the crust. I would rather skip the crust and eat more cheesy greasy goodness then eat the crust and have less room for those wonderous things called pepperoni.

[ellie]

Yummy pizza!

I worked at Papa Johns for two years in high school, and I still even now love it. I love banana pepper on my pizza. And, there is this pizza place in my town that makes really awesome pizzas, and my favorite is called "The Bermuda Triangle", which has feta cheese, pineapple, and jalepenos. . .weird combination, but it somehow works together and tastes amazingly good!

[Cybren]

no, the crust is the best part.
Tis true. It's not what it's made of. It's how it's made

[Trump]

For traditional, CPK's mushroom pepperoni and sausage is really hard to beat.

Or they have things like BBQ chicken pizza which is surprisingly good.

[renegade]

i like mine plane with olives and tabasco. :)