Would you ever order a margherita pizza?

have done, would do again

yes margherita is good

Interesting... we are hiring a wood fired pizza oven for an event & can pick four different topping options. Most interested parties queried so far think we should include margherita but I am unsure of their motives, thought maybe they were just thinking of hypothetical awkward people (e.g. children) who might be unable to cope with anything more adventurous. Not looking good for my hypothesis.

it's a solid vegetarian option too

it is the yardstick by which I judge a pizza place and is my most ordered pizza

my man

Well clearly what do I know about pizzas, I am a brit after all & have been known to enjoy ones with chinese duck on them.

I am firmly in the Joan Crawford/bizarro camp.

yeah obviously, this is a silly poll

pizza thread = automatic 200-post clusterfuck tho obv

Only if I add a lot of salt to it.

In the pizzeria
Margherita keeps the spirits high...

I wouldn't go for it as a first choice. It's ok, but tomatoes are a second-tier pizza topping for me. Not the holiness that is sausage and onions, but not as low as "you put BROCCOLI on it?"

Not the holiness that is sausage and onions, but not as low as "you put BROCCOLI on it?"

― how's life, Monday, November 6, 2017 1:35 PM (seventeen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

when you go salsiccia e friarelli, m8, you don't go back

broccoli on pizza is one of life's most sublime pleasures

but tomatoes are a second-tier pizza topping for me

They don't even count as a topping, tomatoes are a basic component.

It just seems so plain. Like pasta with just cheese. I know, cacio e pepe, I probably wouldn't order that either. Might make it at home though. I do love cheese on toast... hey I'm trying here.

I am trying to only eat meat one meal a day now, so yeah, margherita pizza is becoming a more and more popular option at my house.

Move that it be hereon known as "plain" or "vanilla" or "unfinished" pizza tbh

vanilla pizza, now there's a notion

A pizza plain is your only pan

this is my go-to pizza

btw this poll should have been margherita with basil y/n, to which obv y

It's the best one to pour a tin of Heinz beans over tbf

wd never order margherita from a takeaway gtfo

deems is triangulating the perfect ilx pizza troll comment, reckon he'll nail it by teatime

the final epiphany once you start down the road with this question is that you actually don't really like pizza

btw this poll should have been margherita with basil y/n, to which obv y

i thought that basil was a basic ingredient of a margherita. without it, it's not really a margherita?

shall we put that to our american friends

I pretty much always order a margherita at a fancy/snobby/aspirational pizza place - the kind that brags about their 00 flour and san marzano tomatoes and buffalo mozzeralla - to establish a baseline level of quality. I'd never order one from a delivery place.

it is the yardstick by which I judge a pizza place and is my most ordered pizza

Seriously. It's the gold (white red green) standard. And yeah, it needs basil (green).

Well I think this is pretty much settled so for your further entertainment here's the whole list of topping options:

Margherita
Vegetarian
chilli Beef
Ham & Mushroom
Lamb & Mint
Bacon & Brie
Grilled peppers & Haloumi
Pepperoni
Pesto & Pepper
BBQ Pulled Pork
BBQ Chicken
Blue cheese, rocket and Balsamic Glaze
Goats cheese and Red onion
Ham hock and Edam
Port salut and Peppardew peppers

Um, wow. Or yuck. Not sure I would trust anyone doing half of those with something as simple as Margherita.

That is a hellscape of a menu

Port salut and Peppardew peppers

is this a thing? not sure about this combination on or off pizza but would be willing to give it a go

this looks more like a selection of crisp flavours, and a p good one at that

it is the yardstick by which I judge a pizza place and is my most ordered pizza

Thirding this. If you can't make a delicious margherita, you shouldn't be in the biz.

It is the basic test of your cheese, your sauce and your crust. All three need to be on point.

honestly in terms of hellish pizza menus that doesn't really rank

yes. yes. yes.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/b6/30/03/antica-pizzeria-da-michele.jpg

thats all you need.

want to eat pizza from that place right now.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0a/15/ad/cc/l-antica-pizzeria-da.jpg

^I'd add the napoletana

that is an example of good & acceptable pizza minimalism

JCLC nailed it with his post.

in america this is called "cheese pizza" and i don't think i've ever ordered an entire cheese pizza ever in my life

if we're talking SLICES though, it is by far my most ordered slice and i love it, though usually i am adding chili flakes, oregano, parmesan.. so maybe i do not actually love it as much as i am saying i do

No, a cheese pizza wouldn't have tomatoes as a topping.

margherita pizza is not cheese pizza!

yes it is!

never in a million years

i know it's supposed to have actual tomato bits on top but you never actually get them. at least not at the places i go. i.e.

http://goodtoknow.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/111/00000859f/541e_orh412w625/ClassicMargherita.jpg

i.e. that is a cheese pizza with some kind of shrubbery added, presumably for christmas

feel like if you're going thru the trouble of making a pizza, why not throw actual toppings on to increase the nutritional value. veggie pizza for me has, like, veggies on it.

pizza should not have too many toppings on it

that is all

I am trying to only eat meat one meal a day now

i feel like this intriguing post from unperson has not been given the attention it deserves

1 margherita pizza is not "cheese pizza"
2 basil is an essential part of margherita pizza
3 margherita is one of the best pizzas, perhaps the most classic pizza, its simplicity is enhanced by ordering in addition another pizza that is perhaps more complex and intense in its ingredients, but the margherita pizza should always be consumed first
4 the best pizza is not available at a place that doesn't have a good margherita pizza

so it's a cheese pizza with leaves on it

yes

Granny Dainger OTM. Pizza is a canvas on which to paint

eats, pizza, leaves

why not throw actual toppings on to increase the nutritional value

yes, because pizza is only a vessel for "nutritional value"

*farts*

cheeze pizza is shredded cows-milk mozz, not buffalo mozz in delicious blobs!!!!

yes, because pizza is only a vessel for "nutritional value"

you're dumb. what a dumb response.

i feel like this intriguing post from unperson has not been given the attention it deserves

Eating more plants is helping with my diabetes.

I think of "cheese" pizza as being more or less covered with cheese, barring the edge. Margherita has globs of fresh mozzarella that leave a lot of the fresh/chunk tomato sauce exposed.

aha, thx for the clarification! xp

here's what I would pick off that menu, for a party

Margherita -- see thread

Pepperoni -- meat requirement

Blue cheese, rocket and Balsamic Glaze -- balsamic's too sweet usually but people love this

Port salut and Peppardew peppers -- this sounds amazing to me so idgaf if I'm the only one who eats it

you should always dump every foodstuff in the household onto a pizza to maximize nutritional value

I do just about the same thing unperson does, but I do it by only eating one meal a day for 5/7ths of the week

pizza is a vessel for the soul

Grilled peppers & Haloumi

honestly i love halloumi but if you put it on my pizza i will cut your fucking hands off

considering that you can judge the quality of a pizzeria on their pizza margherita, ordering them is essential.

it is the yardstick by which I judge a pizza place and is my most ordered pizza

Thiiiis. Not sure if I'm fourthing, fifthing or whatever but so much this.

nice try, pizza place, trying to fool me into liking your pizza by putting delicious toppings on it

fresh basil and fresh mozzarella are toppings

This thread really couldn't be any more ILX.

Margherita is great but it's different from cheese pizza.

This thread really couldn't be any more ILX.

if only we could find a way to tilt it towards whether you should tip the people who make and/or deliver yr pizza too

I rarely go for a margherita myself because it's just not enough food for a growing boy like me, and it gets cold quickly (I am not a cold pizza guy), but it can be completely fantastic when I'm not that hungry and when basic is exactly what I'm after

as for using a margherita as a yardstick by which to judge a pizzeria's fundamentals, I guess so, but this seems more theoretical than practical, if I want to check out a new band I go with the album that has the song I like, not the album with the most stripped-down arrangement & production

Maturity is discovering that the fundamental pizza is margherita and not pepperoni.

I would happily eat a margherita but would never order one. Likewise, would never order pasta with just marinara. It's a good start to a good dish but pretty boring as a finished product.

xp 100% agree w/Tom

"I've eaten 100 pizzas from this place but I couldn't tell you if the place is any good since none of those was a margherita"

Some context (some other context is that Tracer is insane)

http://slice.seriouseats.com/2014/04/2014-04-21-mpm.html

Having heard ledge's explanation I'd consider voting 'yes' twice: it's definitely the pizza that's the safest to make because absolutely everyone will be willing to polish it off after a few pints.

if you're going thru the trouble of making a pizza, why not throw actual toppings on to increase the nutritional value

If you're going to the trouble of making a pizza, why ruin it with nutritional toppings that would be better off eaten as a side dish? Put those vegetables in a salad or something.

Margherita the same as a cheese pizza? Supposed to have tomato chunks on it? This discussion should be closed to people not based in New York or Italy.

Give the options ledge posted, I would definitely order a margherita. Maybe pepperoni if I was having an unusual craving.

rocket, pineapple and oreos or gtfo

If you're going to the trouble of making a pizza, why ruin it with nutritional toppings that would be better off eaten as a side dish? Put those vegetables in a salad or something.

I agree. Toppings should add to the deliciousness of the pizza, not "ruin it". I have a feeling we'd disagree as to what constitutes a pizza being ruined, tho.

early rejecter i lived in NYC for 10 years and i never ordered two slices of "margherita" and never knew anyone who did... was that an option???

https://ayyroflmao.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/none-pizza-with-left-beef.gif

shove as much stuff as you can imagine onto that suckah, that's what i say

pizza = pita = pasta = pasty = pastry = paste

you should always dump every foodstuff in the household onto a pizza to maximize nutritional value

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, November 6, 2017 8:25 AM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

NO NO NO

it's a pizza, not nachos

it's not a tostada either

None pizza left beef is still one of the funniest things.

how is this even a question

chew up a pizza, resulting paste, two other pizzas, etc

you should always dump every foodstuff in the household onto a pizza to maximize nutritional value

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, November 6, 2017 8:25 AM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

NO NO NO

it's a pizza, not nachos

― brimstead, Monday, November 6, 2017 5:12 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's not a tostada either

― brimstead, Monday, November 6, 2017 5:12 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what even are these things?

i never ordered two slices of "margherita" and never knew anyone who did... was that an option???

I don't know if I've ever seen a legitimate margherita available by the slice. It's generally the very difference cheese pizza that's available by the slice. I suspect a margherita slice wouldn't take as well to reheating; margherita pies also don't hold together as well as a cheese pie which I imagine would make it more difficult to sell by the slice.

"different" not "difference"

I judge a Mexican place by its cheese-only nachos. Sick of people ruining nachos by putting other tasty ingredients on them!!

Nachos discussion should be closed to people not based in New York or Italy

JCLC nailed it with his post.

― Karl Malone, Monday, 6 November 2017 15:48 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A most excellent poster but his record on the epic food polls of yore a sad testament to his propensity for enthusiastic insanity in this realm unforch

I judge a Mexican place by its cheese-only nachos. Sick of people ruining nachos by putting other tasty ingredients on them!!

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, November 6, 2017 9:17 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i just told you it's ok to do this, what kind of mind game are you playing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4zSyOwacD8

chilli Beef

^^^love the britishish spelling of chilllli always
but really I'm just trying to start a chillli Beef

Nachos discussion should be closed to people not based in New York or Italy

I can't speak for Italy, but nachos have not been on the menu of any Mexican restaurant I've been to in New York.

It’s actually spelled chillillilli.

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"chili comes straight from the nahuatl word chīlli"

Bah.

why order a margherita when you can order a scallop cheesy opera?

https://i.imgur.com/Y3Z8QJh.jpg

yesssss

pizza thread stage two: commence

nachos should just have cheddar and jalapenos. anything else is fucking around. specifically cheddar too

Um would I ever not?

Pass the ‘rita ‘za, brah

"cheddar comes straight from the nahuatl word cheddddar "

I thought Pizza Hut became Pasta House.

i hadn't heard of "cheese pizza" or "plain/regular slice" until i moved to nyc

that's the end of my contribution to this thread

spiralli otm although onions are permitted imo (in ring form only)

anyway on a serious note strikes me that ordering a margherita is akin to ordering a cucumber roll at a top sushi place - trying to get a feel for how they do the rice, assembly, etc. before moving on to the more serious stuff.

as always with food threads, particularly pizza ones, posts by people outside the US should probably be a different color, be marked somehow, or ideally be subject to moderation before being posted and likely deleted

yeah fuck those italians

pizza is best left to the British

― Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Monday, October 30, 2017 11:05 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

everyone knows the only place to eat italian food is america

The USAyyyyyyy

"how's the italian food in this country"

btw this poll is a fake and when it closes the true question will be revealed, "ilx can still be guaranteed to lose its shit over a pizza thread y/n".

I judge a Mexican place by its cheese-only nachos. Sick of people ruining nachos by putting other tasty ingredients on them!!

Similarly, I like a good al pastor or chicken taco with maybe cilantro and salsa, but none of the extra other toppings that can turn Mexican into synonymous with sour cream and goo.

There's not often tomato sauce, cheese, basil, garlic & crust that are so much better on their own that you'd choose it over another option on the menu that expands on those ingredients with added detail.
If you can get it by the slice, it's a different story.

I also don't order basic pasta + sauce dishes at restaurants either. Very rarely do they justify $14.99, yet somehow they get away with charging that price at millions of boring Italian restaurants. However, there's a few places in the city that are very much worth it.

s/o padella's cacio e pepe

The city = NYC btw

guys it's ok to admit that you just don't like pizza

If you're in Naples, by all means order the margarita, preferably with bufala mozzarella. It will be the best pizza you've ever eaten. If you're at a place that throws tomato slices on a cheese pizza and calls that a margarita, avoid at all costs.

al pastor? salsa??? I always order just a tortilla filled with cilantro and onions to get a feel for a tacqueria.

Voted Y as in Y the hell would you even ask this but I think I might get kicked off the team if I admit that, although margherita is obv delicious, I have a feeling you can also judge the quality of a pizzeria by... the other pizzas that they make

no

pizza thread = automatic 200-post clusterfuck tho obv

margherita is a good ass pizza

mmm ass pizza

It's rare that I order anything other than margherita, it's definitely the yardstick, often the cheapest, often the best.

Also I sent Colette this thread and when she saw this list:

Margherita
Vegetarian
chilli Beef
Ham & Mushroom
Lamb & Mint
Bacon & Brie
Grilled peppers & Haloumi
Pepperoni
Pesto & Pepper
BBQ Pulled Pork
BBQ Chicken
Blue cheese, rocket and Balsamic Glaze
Goats cheese and Red onion
Ham hock and Edam
Port salut and Peppardew peppers

she genuinely assumed it was someone's joke list of worst possible options to put on pizzas rather than a serious list. Actually maybe it is just a joke? The ham hock and edam surely can't be real?

I would order a margherita pizza and then add pepperoni and sausage to it because, generally speaking, I want every pizza I eat to have pepperoni and sausage on it.

wait hold up, ham hock and edam????? dammit do I have to read this thread now

i'm usually not into indie toppings but i like the pumpkin and prosciutto pizza at this joint up the street

although this is probably giving me the biggest giggles: Blue cheese, rocket and Balsamic Glaze

honestly that one is a bit weird but tbh I would eat almost all/any of these

I don't actually know what rocket is

IRL lesson learned, don't ever order a spicy pizza called "The Ring Burner"

lamb on pizza seems like a bit of a chore

fresh arugula on a pizza is delicious but blue cheese? no

I don't actually know what rocket is

― Simon H., Monday, November 6, 2017 2:15 PM (fifty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

arugula

ah

I mean I like arugula! have yall really never seen a wackier pizza menu than this?

"ham hock and Edam" seems weirdly specific

Also, "bacon and brie" as a pizza better not be on a tomato-based sauce

"ham and mushroom" sounds like someone wanted to make a savory Hawaiian pizza

i love bbq but it does not belong on a pizza imo

right, is nothing more offensive than bbq + cheese and bread?!

oh wait no that's delicious

my only experience w/blue cheese + pizza was when i was on the east coast and you'd get these really doughy and soft giant pizzas and they'd come with a bowl of blue cheese on the side (usually you'd get some hot wings too) and you'd dip everything in that gunk.

BBQ on pizza is gross af. You don't mix sauces.

Um, a BBQ pizza substitutes BBQ sauce for the base, otherwise someone is fucking up.

DJP gets it

I am usually a pizza traditionalist but some of the best pizzas I've ever had were a thin crust BBQ chicken pizza with light BBQ sauce as the base and, my gold standard non-traditional pizza I've never seen recreated, a taco pizza with a base refried beans topped with seasoned taco beef, black olives, cheddar and mozzarella cheese with fresh lettuce, sour cream and salsa added to the top post-oven.

On the flip side, I've tried several different attempts at tandoori chicken pizza and no

enjoying the idea that toppings could obscure someone serving you a pizza based on a large ritz cracker with ketchup on top

if you want to make a cheap decent pizza at home i actually recommend using the lavash flatbreads from Trader Joe's as a crust, they crisp up in an oven really nicely at about 400 degrees. a little sauce, a little cheese, some basil, some cooked sausage. Bellissimo!

i remind everybody that the best accompaniment to pizza is a side of ketchup so i was at dinner with a britisher. she ordered a prawn and rocket pizza. when it came, she put ketchup on it. I have pics

Heh I find that gross but then again I can't be on my high horse too much cause whatever topping I have on my pizza I will proceed to ruin it w hot sauce

fresh arugula on a pizza is delicious but blue cheese? no

but this rules!
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/caramelized-onion-and-gorgonzola-grilled-pizza-242597

considering that margherita is the standard by which pizzerias and pizza itself can and should be judged, I would not hesitate to order one at any time.

Huh? Blue cheese can be incredible on pizza. There's no rules

put anything you want on pizza just go easy on the pile ups

the best pizza i've eaten come from places that are probably russian mafia fronts

Granny Dainger OTM. Pizza is a canvas on which to paint

― Fox Mulder, FYI (dog latin), Monday, November 6, 2017 8:15 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok but can we agree that it should be a canvas and not a sculpture/diorama

Huh? Blue cheese can be incredible on pizza. There's no rules

cool, enjoy your rhubarb pizza

blue cheese and apple slices

and walnuts

pizza is a mixed media piece

no, sorry, pecans

xp

i knew someone who'd order Margherita pizzas and then pour over an entire bottle of garlic sauce..

inspired by this thread, tt and I are sitting in a pizza restaurant right now

we have based our order on a reading of this thread

she has ordered the margherita and I have ordered a pizza with salmon, mascarpone and rocket as three of its principal ingredients

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put anything you want on pizza just go easy on the pile ups
― brimstead, Monday, 6 November 2017 20:14 (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

mmmm speculoos pizza

no YOU'RE a tired format pic.twitter.com/fV7zerhXd5

— Tsui Hark st8 of mind (@TytoPollens) August 18, 2017

Not only Italy knows how to do it right.

http://www.400gradi.com.au/2014/11/melbournes-best-pizza/

bbq pizza is good! Used to eat the frozen CPK bbq chicken ones til I dared to look at the sugar total. yikes.

I am usually a pizza traditionalist but some of the best pizzas I've ever had were a thin crust BBQ chicken pizza with light BBQ sauce as the base and, my gold standard non-traditional pizza I've never seen recreated, a taco pizza with a base refried beans topped with seasoned taco beef, black olives, cheddar and mozzarella cheese with fresh lettuce, sour cream and salsa added to the top post-oven.

― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Monday, November 6, 2017 1:26 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that taco pizza is standard around here, although my fave place does it without lettuce

heinz "taco sauce" is the necessary condiment to put on it

since the original post here was about a menu with varied options, I present the pizza menu of a local restaurant that has a wood-fired oven for your perusal

#1 Pizza
braised pork, onions, salsa verde, white beans, masa chips

#2 Pizza
tomato, mozzarella, basil, balsamic / Red Sauce

#3 Pizza
meatballs, persillade, san marzanos / White Sauce

#4 Pizza
prosciutto, guanciale, lardo / White Sauce

#5 Pizza
lamb gyro, feta, pickled onion, raita / White Sauce

#6 Pizza
figs, prosciutto, greens / White Sauce

#7 Pizza
merguez sausage, red pepper, crispy shallot / Red Sauce

#8 Pizza
chicken, red grapes, peppadews, goat cheese, greens / White Sauce

#9 Pizza
finocchiona, peppadews, olives / Red Sauce

#10 Pizza
ricotta, gruyere, mozzarella, provolone / Red Sauce

#11 Pizza
italian sausage, braised fennel, mushroom / Red Sauce

#12 Pizza
mushroom, soft egg, truffle oil / White Sauce

#13 Pizza
artichokes, feta, raita, charred onion, za'atar / Olive Oil

#14 Pizza
chorizo, pineapple, jalapeño jam / Red Sauce

#15 Pizza
spinach, goat cheese, honey, red onion / Olive Oil

again I would eat almost all of these pizzas

would try all of those. had to look up what finocchiona is.

but "olive oil" is not a sauce and that shit is a flatbread being passed off as pizza.

chicken, red grapes, peppadews, goat cheese, greens

ew. ew.

I thought finocchiona said finocchio which is fennel. Seems its actually a salamiof somesort.

i don't know what most of that stuff is

soft egg... intriguing

"prosciutto, guanciale, lardo / White Sauce" ok this seems a bit much

if you've got guanciale lying around, why not make a pizza all'Amatriciana instead?

Sure look anything is a pizza now father

would eat most of mh's pizzae tbh

that taco pizza is standard around here, although my fave place does it without lettuce

would it surprise you to know that the taco pizza I'm describing came from the Pizza Ranch I worked in during senior year of high school

DID ANYONE ORDER ME A PLAIN CHEESE

i can't fuck w/ a taco pizza

if you flatten a taco, it's a pizza

and it follows that if you fold your pizza slice, you're now eating a taco

what question is this? who says no ? they should be banned asap

finally we get carne asada on pizza

Is margherita my first choice? Not usually - I will always go for pizza with sausage, especially Sardinian sausage. Is margherita a good choice nevertheless? Yes, yes it is.

DJP, apparently Pizza Ranch expanded north a hell of a lot earlier than south. We only got that place a few years ago

tbf there was only the one in my home town and it only lasted about 5 years

My favorite (or at least the closest) Neapolitan pizza menu:

Red Pizza/Pizza Rossa
Marinara Pizza san marzano tomatoes, oregano, fresh garlic, sea salt and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 10.00
Margherita Pizza san marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 13.00
Bufalina Pizza san marzano tomatoes, imported mozzarella di bufala, ciliengine di bufala and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Capricciosa Pizza san marzano tomatoes, artichokes, kalamata olives, organic mushrooms, prosciutto cotto, pecorino romano, fior di latte mozzarella and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Rosso Diavolo Pizza san marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, hot soppressata, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Carbonara Pizza san marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, pancetta, pecorino romano, organic egg, cracked black pepper and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Locale Pizza san marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella and forno rosso's special local sausage, pecorino romano, organic mushrooms and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 14.00
Tre Carne Pizza san marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, forno rosso's special local sausage, imported speck, hot sopressata, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 16.00
Reginella Pizza pomodori di piennolo, san marzano tomatoes, organic mushrooms, imported mozzarella di bufala, basil and san daniele prosciutto. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 17.00
Rosso Cavallo Pizza san marzano tomatoes, imported caciocavallo della grotta, hot sopressata, kalamata olives, fior di latte mozzarella, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Pizza Vesuvio pomodori di piennolo, san marzano tomatoes, imported mozzarella di bufala, anchovies, kalamata olives, imported oregano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 16.00
White Pizza/Pizza Bianca
Prosciutto E Arugola Pizza fior di latte mozzarella, san daniele prosciutto, arugula, pecorino romano and parmigiano reggiano. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 16.00
Barese Pizza rapini, forno rosso's special local sausage, burrata imported from italy and pecorino romano. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 16.00
Friuli Pizza prosciutto cotto, italian panna, fior di latte mozzarella, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Sole Di Napoli Pizza imported mozzarella di bufala, yellow pomodori di piennolo and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Quattro Formaggi Pizza fior di latte mozzarella, smoked mozzarella, gorgonzola and pecorino romano. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Veneto Pizza asiago cheese, forno rosso's special local sausage, caramelized onions, speck and pecorino romano. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Affumicata Pizza imported smoked mozzarella, hot sopressata, pecorino romano and bell peppers. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 15.00
Mais Pizza wood-fired corn on the cob, italian panna and prosciutto cotto, finished with organic butter, fior di latte mozzarella and pecorino romano. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 16.00
Bianco Cavallo Pizza imported caciocavallo, spicy sopressata, kalamata olives and fresh mozzarella. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 17.95
Filetti Pizza grape tomatoes, imported mozzarella di bufala and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 14.95
Pistachio Pizza pistacchio pesto, forno rosso's special local sausage, fior di latte mozzarella, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 17.00
Pizza Tartufo black truffle pate, porcini mushrooms con panna, forno rosso's special local sausage, basil, fior di latte mozzarella and pecorino romano. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 18.00
Ortolana Pizza sauteed spinach, organic mushrooms, roasted bell peppers, artichokes, fior di latte mozzarella, basil and pecorino romano, finished with house-made spicy oil and extra virgin olive oil.

would eat those pizzas too

of the menu I posted, I think the one with jalapeno jam might be my fave

Chicago's best:

Marinara DOP | 12.00
blended San Marzano tomatoes, Piennolo tomatoes, oregano, garlic
Margherita | 14.00
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, basil, pecorino gran cru
Bufalina | 15.50
blended San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella di bufala, basil
Puttanesca | 15.00
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, anchovies, black olives, capers, grape tomatoes, parmigiano reggiano
Funghi | 14.50
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, basil, mushrooms, pecorino gran cru
Salsiccia | 14.50
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, sausage, basil, pecorino gran cru
Funghi e Salsiccia | 15.00
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, basil, mushrooms, sausage, pecorino gran cru
Capricciosa | 18.00
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, black olives, Sardinian artichokes
Diavola | 16.00
blended San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte, calabrese soppressata, basil
Filetti | 16.00
fior di latte, San Marzano tomatoes, basil, garlic, sea salt, olive oil
Bianca Regina | 15.50
mozzarella di bufala, ricotta di bufala, caciotta di pecora
Sei Formaggi | 16.00
ragusano, taleggio, ricottina, malga, gorgonzola dolce, fior di latte
Enzo | 16.00
smoked mozzarella di bufala, corbarino tomatoes, ricotta di bufala, arugula, parmigiano reggiano
Porcini e Carciofi | 18.00
fior di latte, porcini mushrooms, Sardinian artichokes, parmigiano reggiano
Prosciutto e Rucola | 16.00
provola, prosciutto di parma, arugula, parmigiano reggiano
Pistacchio | 18.00
fior di latte, sausage, crema di pistacchio, basil
Salsiccia e Friarielli | 16.00
provola, sausage, friarielli
Calzone Ripieno | 16.00
fior di latte, salami, hand dipped ricotta, basil, crushed black pepper
*All pizzas are made with extra virgin olive oil. We offer seasonal specials for pizza and antipasti. We offer gluten free pizza. Please call for more information.

Man, now I want pizza.

^^ Spacca Napoli

http://www.spaccanapolipizzeria.com

Memory of ordering a pepperoni pizza at an Italian pizza place in Germany, receiving a margherita pizza covered in sweat-inducing peppers.

Tre Carne Pizza san marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, forno rosso's special local sausage, imported speck, hot sopressata, pecorino romano and basil. finished with extra virgin olive oil. 16.00

Misread this as "The Came Pizza"

omg my family also made the pepperoncini mistake in Germany

I remember my dad saying "... Maybe they are little pepperonis?" before we ordered

Couldn't get in this thread all day because my ridiculous workplace had it flagged as containing adult material (wut). But yes, of course. I am a carnivore and love meat pizzas, but a good margherita is divine. I was (and continue to be) super bummed when Home Run Inn stopped selling their margherita pizza in grocery stores because it is both the best frozen pizza I ever had by far but also probably in my all-time pizza top ten list.

Man, thread got heated, huh. Guess I'll go ahead and address the elephant in the room and assert with confidence that, yes, two pizzas slapped together face-to-face do indeed constitute a sandwich. Your welcome.

calzone: sandwich or taco, I say yes

i have eaten pizza with doner kebab as a topping at a (quite rough) combination pizza and kebab place in grignan in the rhone valley

mainly i admit so i could tell the world i had eaten it

oh man, stores not selling fav flavor any longer...I feel your pain. Didn't know Home Run Inn sold just a magherita. I get their margherita with sausage, which has the best tasting sauce on a frozen pizza but my lord is their a lot of sausage on them.

i had pizza with lamb gyros on it in minnesota. i was not so worried about the lamb topping - i was more disturbed that it was cut into square pieces.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I think both maximalism + minimalism is good with pizzas. I have a kid with autism who will only scrape the toppings of a pizza so I make them packed with mozzarella/cheddar/spicy mexican style cheese/jalapenos/bell peppers/onions/cherry tomatoes/sweetcorn/minced beef/mushroom/garlic combos, mainly because it's the only bit he eats. But I like a nice simple posh margarita with basil leaves and a drizzle of olive oil etc but so fucking rarely get to eat that one.

this:
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3GOV3qlb8ZQ/VFg--edctoI/AAAAAAAAcAU/SBM2D-_Bw9Y/s1600/7%2B(6).JPG
Pizza Rossa, from Forno Campo de' Fiori in Rome, is the best pizza ever. If you fold it in half, as many do, it is extra delicious, but is decidedly NOT a sandwich.

what in the fuck is this thread even

^^ new borad descrip etc

It's ilx. It's pizza. It's life, man.

just made the italian chef fingers at Sparkle Motion's post

wait is the question actually "would you ever order margherita as one variety among several when ordering for a large gathering?"

is there cheese on that italian pizza y/n

over here in portland the trendy hipster pizza is new haven style with clams, which is something i never heard of growing up in new jersey. i had one. it was fucking great.

in general though i barely ever order pizzas, because in portland you can get a banh mi that actually tastes good, and also hawaiian food.

If I'm really honest with myself I probably wouldn't order a margherita pizza because I would order something with meat, but I don't really have anything against them, so yes?

Also, pizza in Austin, TX is terrible.

order a side of meat

new bad idea: bouillabaisse pizza

to answer brimstead’s question - no, just the world’s most wonderful red sauce.

hmmmm... i believe you

surely the crust is stuffed with cheese

and/or little hot dogs

The notion that a margherita pizza is the same as a cheese pizza is maybe the most offensive pizza position I've ever encountered. The gall. The unmitigated gall.

if I went to Italy and someone handed me that pizza and told me it was the best in the world I would slap it out of their hand

In Italy, pizza slap you.

Just go and try it for yourself

Why is everyone on ilx such a dick about pizzas and tipping.

just don't get delivery - takeout only.

tip with toppings

order an extra topping and scrape it raclette-style into the delivery person's open palms

Your welcome. (shuts door in face, reopens briefly to flash a smug grin, reshuts door)

I didnt mean tipping re pizzas lol I meant both subjects independent of each other. We have honestly done this topic to death.

Never eaten one. I've only read a listing of the ingredients in such a pizza, so I have nothing else to go by.

If you require a lot of acidity on a pizza, this would no doubt seem like "a big round slab of blandness" no matter how well made it was. A margherita pizza would appear to require exceptionally high quality ingredients, handled deftly and knowingly, to be a true classic. I have no doubt somewhere or other it is done this way. Not sure I'd trust most pizzerias to deliver a really classic one.

If the time ever comes when I no longer feel compelled to relitigate the vagaries of pizzadom, I will know that I have passed on to a sadder and less interesting afterlife.

voted yes but only if there's no massive hunks of tomato, fuck that

The whole point of a pizza this simple is very good handmade dough, well-fired quickly, with good deep tomato passata and good mozza.

All else is folly.

Basil is not nor has it ever been folly.

but it is optional on a margherita

No you have to have basil on a margherita to represent the green on the Italian flag, that's the whole point of the margherita (Josh's first post alluded to this).

"Mama Mia's" in Reading used to do a Pizza Spaghetti, literally a (starter portion) spagbol on a pizza. It was great.

Don't look for it, etc..

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j5VP44Hr2mQ/TbsLTbEMy6I/AAAAAAAAAJY/IqLcDgh4Xh8/s1600/pizza2.png

Technically, sauce and crust are optional on a pizza. A pizza can be entirely conceptual. Yes, waiter? I'd like to order...the idea of a pizza. Just the essence, the notion of pizza-osity, if you will. Oh, and waiter? Hold the basil?

you're allowed one pizza decision for each pizza you have eaten in your life

I endorse your pizza proposition.

what are those blue things?!?!

look like dyed cucumber slices

they are the tongues of the lions of the royal arms of england

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Royal_Arms_of_England.svg/1200px-Royal_Arms_of_England.svg.png

I figured it was calamari:
https://img.cinemablend.com/filter:scale/cb/d/c/4/1/7/0/dc4170fd82ed4d872ac26a150fa1f1fcf14cfa9f18ea3aea927585eb77dd4a03.jpg?mw=600

which of these should I order for overpriced on-the-company's-dime work lunch

https://imgur.com/a/CpLpZ

(I know the actual correct answer is "whichever is most expensive")

depends how much you like meats, I think

Whenever I visit a new pie shop I order an empty pie, just crust with a hole, it's the yardstick by which I judge pie shops.
Whenever I visit a new sandwich shop I order two slices of bread with just a bit of butter in between, it's the yardstick by which I judge sandwich shops.
Whenever I visit a cocktail bar I order a glass of water etc

Anyway no I'd never order a margherita pizza because I'd hate people to see me ordering it and think I was the kind of fussy eater who, when faced with a wide range of cheese+tomato+X options, says "ew I don't fancy any of them just give me the cheese+tomato".

deep dish pizza is better than thin crust pizza

xp Ladies and Gentlemen, a English.

tbf for a long time I did parent a child who would only eat margherita, it was infuriating. He's grown out of it now.

but it's not like a pie with no fillings
margherita is three things on pizza dough

having no toppings at all would be like a pie with no fillings
left beef without the left beef

love that The Locking Of The Up-The-Arse Corner Thread is still a live beef in late 2017

quoth plax: "all rules are for ppl with no inherent sense of styletaste"

minimalism wrt to flavours is often amazing but purist dogma is undelicious

How is margherita when dipped in a side of ranch dressing? Because that's the deciding factor for me.

fp

Ordering a margherita is classy in America, it shows restraint.

tbf the american variation, more often than not, has tomato slices or chunks of tomato on top, which can be a really bad idea during the off season when "fresh" tomatoes are hot garbage

or as it's known in the UK, "winter, spring, summer and autumn"

deep dish is a monstrosity and america should apologise and renounce any claims to pizza authority

thank you

the occasional microwave mini deep-dish being an allowable £2 slob-out purchase from the local corner shop obv

throw a fuckin fried egg on that suckah too I reckon

I'm sure I've said in other pizza fight threads, but I like both American style and Italian style pizzas - they just satiate very different desires. Also I'm not sure why people keep saying "this is what Brits think about pizza" when all the identifiably British people on this thread have expressed a pretty wide variety of opinions.

xpost NO EGG ON PIZZA EVER JFC

Before even opening this thread, seeing the number of new answers nearly brought a tear to my eye.

http://vitoandnicks.com/photos_slider/pizza_05.jpg

what i'm talking about. it's not pizza without a runny yolk ready to burst all over it. and chilis. like juicy-arse jalapenos, none of this shrivelled stuff. whack it all on

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jBo1dxeo0cQ/V_z3balFB0I/AAAAAAAACGo/UJvzWfpPdA4fS_MJ5-98LWj2H8INK0qLQCEw/s1600/Pizza%2BTrails%252C%2BCalifornia%2BPizza%2BKitchen%252C%2BBangalore%2B%25285%2529.jpg

the "uk fish and chips" pizza offered by california pizza kitchen in bangalore (now permanently closed)

You're killing Dog Latin Mark!

Lemon's a nice touch tho

however no red meat if at all possible, unless it's a very obviously meat-oriented pizza, which i probably won't have. i'm seafood friendly though

uk.. california... bangalore... it's beautiful

I ordered a Margherita a couple times when I first went to Italy, however I never ordered it at home until I married a vegetarian. It's now a go to if the place knows what it's doing.

i stop at chips on a pizza as part of a strict double-carbing rule

good fresh basil essential in the american version, especially if they just throw whole leaves on there

the occasional microwave mini deep-dish being an allowable £2 slob-out purchase from the local corner shop obv

― imago, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 10:15 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You've never had slice of deep dish in Chicago, t/f

I understand the questionable appeal but I've had Chicago-style pizza in Chicago at several of the recommended places and it's just not my thing

I mean I rarely have it, for many reasons, but getting Peqoud's (w/the burnt cheese crust all around the cast-iron pan) once a year is worth it.

http://pequodspizza.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pequods-carmelized-deep-dish-pizza.jpg

imo ideal pizza crust should be just thick enough to have a slightly crisp, browned underside and stable enough to convey all of the ingredients above to my mouth without use of utensils. slightly thicker crust is allowable but not preferred

that Pequods slice looks good, and also about half the thickness of the pizza I had in Chicago

That looks like it tastes like a salty pepperoni and nothing else.

xxp

One slice is a meal, two slices and you better not have anything else planned for the night, more than that and you're taking your life into your hands.

The ideal pizza crust must be one inch deep minimum, have a solid edge of carbonized cheese, and be both fluffy and crunchy. Sauce goes on top of the cheese.

you had me until the last bit

Detroit style is the best and most advanced form of pizza that has evolved on Earth.

My favorite local place does it that way (sauce on cheese):
http://https%3A//bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/host.madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/business/f/bc/fbc92912-f13c-5712-8db7-eef24a7daa36/51d69fa2cc850.image.jpg

xp

http://https%3A//isthmus.com/downloads/34330/download/280Salvatores.jpg%3Fcb%3D43a65c535442538afa450c66aca97aa0

Sorry, one more try

http://https%3A//i.pinimg.com/736x/92/3b/34/923b342ced67078d588609d4cc42e54f--ny-style-tomato-pie.jpg

My wife's favorite pizza ever is in central/south NJ called Federici's. They make extremely thin pizzas... the crust almost resembles a water cracker. One person can kill most of a whole large pie in one sitting.

for Jordan
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/92/3b/34/923b342ced67078d588609d4cc42e54f--ny-style-tomato-pie.jpg

hypno-pizza, would eat

is there really no sauce or anything between the cheese and crust, though?

ogmor otm obv

Pizza with an egg on it is called "pizza fiorentina" where I've encountered* it in the uk btw

*eaten & enjoyed

i had a nice one recently with a hole cut in the middle of the pizza and the egg fried within

Detroit-style pizza is built, from the bottom up, like so: crust -> toppings -> cheese -> sauce

That sauce-on-cheese pizza looks surprisingly good. Still feels wrong, though.

I like eggs a lot but I'm super fussy about what they're allowed to go with/touch on a plate. You could say I'm an... egg-regationist.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7VSB_7XgAUrq4F.jpg

The egg should be put in raw and baked with the rest of the pizza (or added halfway through), sticking a fried egg on a pizza is bullshit.

I'm a big fan of pizza bianca, which is really just a delicious big flat bread with olive oil, salt and rosemary. Was turned on to it by Sullivan Street Bakery, whose Jim Lahey offered this legendary recipe:

Jim Lahey’s Pizza Bianca
Sullivan Street Bakery

Makes two long pizzas

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon instant dry yeast
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 sprig fresh rosemary

1. Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, sugar, and yeast in the bowl of an electric mixer, and slowly add 1 cup cold water. Mix on low speed until ingredients begin to combine, increase speed to medium-high, and continue to mix for about 10 minutes until the dough is smooth, elastic, and cleanly pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl.

2. Place dough in an oiled bowl, and allow to rest for 2 to 4 hours until it has doubled in size. Split the dough into halves, and form each into a log. Place each log on a generously floured surface, and allow it to rest until the formed dough doubles in size again, at least 1 hour.

3. Put dough on a lightly floured baker’s peel. Dimple dough by pressing it down with your fingertips. Work the dough outward toward the edges of the peel until you reach your desired size and thickness, about 1/4 inch. Drizzle with remaining olive oil, rosemary and sprinkle with remaining salt.

4. Place a baking stone, sometimes known as a pizza stone, in the oven. Set oven to broil, about 520 degrees. Slide pizza onto baking stone with the baker’s peel. Bake until the bubbles range from golden to deep brown in color, 10 to 12 minutes.

I had Detroit style...in Telluride. One of best pizzas I've ever had! Brown Dog pizza. Place has won national awards. Have no way to know if it's "true" Detroit style tho.
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/35/fb/6f/brown-dog-pizza.jpg

Detroit making a mockery of 'toppings' quite frankly.

I am ambivalent about egg on normal pizza but what about

.. breakfast pizza?

here is a breakfast pizza in its native habitat, the convenience store/gas station
https://www.caseys.com/menu/pizza/breakfast-pizza

p sure pizza fiorentina is so named bcz the topping is basically eggs florentine (viz poached egg with spinach)

nononononnononononojnonnononlinhilhnlbhjhbhgffcdxsdzzsno

I think potatoes on pizza are pretty good, so I imagine breakfast pizza would make perfect sense.

breakfast pizza as i know and understand it:
https://tbox.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cerealpizza3-e1446580557504.jpg

all pizza is breakfast pizza

no potatoes on any I've had

A thin layer of delicious cheese sauce covered with scrambled eggs, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, and your choice of smoked bacon crumbles, breakfast sausage, diced ham, or green pepper and onion.

wins otm though, nothing like a leftover slice

"breakfast pizza" -> omelette ingredients (egg, cheese, bacon/ham/sausage, onion, green pepper) on pizza crust

Yeah, I have never been to Detroit, but the best pizzas I've ever had have all been Detroit style... VIA 313 and Jet Pizza here in Austin, Barry's Pizza down in Houston, BJ's Brewhouse has an interesting variant of it (round pan, an even thicker but airier crust) but since franchising their pizza is getting less and less delicious. And of course, the Little Caesar's Pan! Pan! pizza (now called Deep! Deep! I believe) which will destroy your guts if you do not have an iron constitution but is total sensory overload when done right.

Mashed potato pizza is pretty good.

all pizza is breakfast pizza

― The Suite Life of Jack and Wendy (wins), Tuesday, November 7, 2017 5:13 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed, have had mashed potato pizza, approaches twice-baked potato in consistency/taste

Breakfast pizza = dicing up the leftover pizza and sauteing in a pan with eggs etc.

interesting

bubble and squizza

I moved back to Michigan this year and am eating cold leftover Detroit-style pizza as I read this thread. I really missed it and didn't appreciate as I should have when I used to live here.

The pacific northwest has fucking terrible pizza, like they heard a description of it from far away and tried to copy it and you might consider it to be good if you've never been anywhere else. In Michigan everyone does it slightly different and even the shittiest regional chains have better pizza than the default in Washington.

The one pizza I loved in Washington was this: https://fazzaris.com/shotsy/. It's got mustard sauce, mozzerella and swiss, polish sausage, onions, and sauerkraut which barely even feels like pizza but it's delicious.

What is pazzi really?

I hate deep dish, but Pequod's really is the best

I ate at a Paulie Gee's on Sunday, however, and they have a blue cheese and mushroom pizza titled "Cream of Some Fungi" which is possibly the worst attempt at a funny name for any food ever. so basically wtf, chicago.

Paulie Gee's has a Chicago location?? I go to the one in Greenpoint BK

yep, we were at logan square

"Cream of Some Fungi" has been in the childish joke lexicon forever so more wink-wink than failed attempt. but also failed attempt.

who's gotten they mouth on a mashed potato pizza before?

l: steak & french fry
r: mac & cheese

http://ot-foodspotting-production.s3.amazonaws.com/reviews/245170/thumb_600.jpg?1292124162

There's some pretty good pizza places in Seattle these days but it was grim for a while - the local chain that would win Best Pizza in Seattle every year is just depressing.

Once had a soft-shell crab pizza at now-infamous Comet Pizza & Ping Pong

http://https%3A//c1.staticflickr.com/3/2439/3607450180_47e00c9c29_b.jpg

tbf for a long time I did parent a child who would only eat margherita, it was infuriating. He's grown out of it now.

― JimD, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Way to go, crushing a child's gentle spirit like this.

A white pie with shrimp, capers, and lemon is pretty delicious. I'm so hungry right now.

The pacific northwest has fucking terrible pizza, like they heard a description of it from far away and tried to copy it and you might consider it to be good if you've never been anywhere else.

there's a Chicago-style place in Seattle that operates in the back of a distillery now, but used to be by pre-order only & you had to pick it up in an empty parking lot when nobody was watching

Bacon and egg on pizza is pretty common here, its usually called an Aussie.

http://cdn2.aussietaste.recipes/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/The-Aussie-Egg-And-Bacon-Pizza-opt.jpg

One of my favorite pizzas ever was an Alsatian-style tarte flambée at a hotel restaurantl I worked with. Uplands cheese, Neuske bacon, wood-fired.

http://slice.seriouseats.com/images/2013/01/20130109-236249-chicago-pizza-balsan-pizza-slice.jpg

re: Pacific NW:
https://www.sizzlepie.com/ <--- Went here last time I was in Oregon, and ate the hell out of "The Ol' Dirty" (Salami, Ricotta, Olive Oil and Pepperoncinis)

seattle has a patxi's, which is a weird west coast + colorado deep dish chain

Brooklyn's Roberta's is doing a pop up here this weekend. One of the four pizzas on offer is margherita.

Like the drink?!

like the thread title.

I'm joking.

I'm not

brb, squeezing a lime on my salt-rimmed pizza

what's funny is before I caught it autocorrect had indeed spelled it like the drink. that would be such a sloppy gross mess it would only get eaten if you were already drunk.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

going to an election party in a brewery next to Sizzle Pie tonight

hmmm

23 ppl will be persecuted now, but will be rehabilitated 400 years from now, when the world is finally good and peaceful. You die, 23 ppl, sad, but congrats, you'll be heralded!

I am in fact ordering a margherita pizza this very night. Thanks for whetting my appetite, thread!

I too plan to have 50% as much fun as I could be having!

If you have all of the fun at once, there's no more fun to be had.

Namaste.

The point is that extra toppings do not equal extra fun. A pure margherita is the basis of fun. It's more like, I don't know, I want to play a game of chess, whereas you want to play a game of chess where the board lights up and the pieces sing every time they're taken. Yeah, that's great sometimes, but it's not something you're going to want to play all of the time.

They forgot the flipping basil. Come on, guys, this isn't rocket pizza.

but it is optional on a margherita

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, November 6, 2017 10:18 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

on the one hand, i defer to ed. on the other hand, there is no "optional", there is only right or wrong

xp rocket pizza would have a different green thing on it entirely iirc

pic.twitter.com/kefBqvUVKw

— italians mad at food (@ItalianComments) November 8, 2017

ahahaha

great twitter account

I'm just assuming that this is that account's only tweet

Austin used to have a really good Chicago-style pizza place but it went to hell years ago. I miss it so much.

we really enjoyed breaking up the streak of constant bbq with some Home Slice in Austin. place was kind of a zoo, though.

for all of the controversy, pizza is usually good

"Anyone can be a gourmet. For instance, there are millions of gourmets of pizzas."

-- Bob Marley --

Yeah Home Slice is always a madhouse. Last time I went we had to wait like an hour and a half for a table. I'd just cross the street and get some pizza at Enoteca Vespaio.

Pizza ≠ Pie. Stop calling it that you murderers

#iamthe23

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza slice?

I always figured Dean Martin was going for surreal or proto-psychedelia or something. Pizza is not pie any more than a hot dog is a sandwich. Ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2GMyQdw78

http://casabiancapizza.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/outside1-300x223.jpg

i'll have a margherita but instead of tomato i'll have sauce and instead of fresh mozz i'll have the old stuff. also no wilty basil please

instead of marinara i'd have a creamy tequila sauce and instead of mozz i'll have lime slices, with a salted crust. LOL

xps pizza pie sounds good off the tongue so i'm all for it (even though it's not a pie obviously)

unless it can be served with either brown gravy or custard, it's not pie

funny you should say that

luv2serve a steak and ale pie with custard

wait wait. so it isn't "When the moon hits your eye like a big piece of pie"????

Italian Easter Pie (Pizza Gain, a.k.a. Pizza Rustica)

Also, pizza,

from Italian pizza, originally "cake, tart, pie," of uncertain origin

Largely, though, most Americans at that time had never heard of pizza. "If someone suggests a 'pizza pie' after the theater, don't think it is going to be a wedge of apple," wrote New York Herald Tribune food columnist Clementine Paddleford in 1939. "It is going to be the surprise of your life,... a nice stunt to surprise the visiting relatives, who will be heading East soon for the World's Fair. They come to be surprised, and pizza, pronounced 'peet-za,' will do the job brown."

Lots of great stuff here, I'm learning a lot!

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/263732/where-does-pizza-pie-originate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0eGUQWENMc

josh i have gone through the etymology of this already! any rolled out dough is basically the same word: pizza, pasta, pita, pastry etc

don't know if "pie" quite makes the cut here tho

Well, I did learn that it is largely an American thing, and that it (pizza or pizza pie) doesn't really enter the English vernacular until the 20th century, possibly a mishearing of "pizzapaia." As someone pointed out in that link, "The paia is the sound an Italian (maybe even Neapolitan or Sicilian) would reproduce seeing the letters in pie, those who were literate."

Anyway, pizza is not a pie. But I like all the etymological connections anyway.

in another, more accurate sense, there is nothing that is not a pie

Calzone = pizza pie pie

Well, I did learn that it is largely an American thing, and that it (pizza or pizza pie) doesn't really enter the English vernacular until the 20th century, possibly a mishearing of "pizzapaia." As someone pointed out in that link, "The paia is the sound an Italian (maybe even Neapolitan or Sicilian) would reproduce seeing the letters in pie, those who were literate."

Isn't that a circular reference? 'Pie gets used because of pizzapaia which comes about from Sicilians trying to say pie after they saw it written down about pizza'.

How about this for a cobbled together etymology? Almost all Italian American immigration is from the 'Two Sicilies' - effectively Naples and Sicily. When the round, Neapolitan, shape started to take hold and define what pizza was, the rectangular, Sicilian shape tried to claim it was just as good - literally 'pizza paia', or pizza equal. This became 'pie' in English to differentiate between the shapes and over the intervening years got (mistakenly) applied to both kinds. Sounds as plausible as anything else.

I don't know if it's circular so much as redundant, which sounds like just the sort of thing Americans at the turn of the century would do with this exotic Italian import.

pizza is pasta, is the point i was trying to make

controversial, but I like where you're going with this

No need to bring the spaghetti pie into this
https://www.aspicyperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/baked-spaghetti-pie-recipe-23.jpg

I am now wondering what a pepperoni pie would be like

you mean a peperoni in the shape of a pie, to scale?

Ordered a personal size margherita pizza and a personal size garden pizza (spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, black olives), and split each with my wife, for lunch today.

AND?????

HE SPILLED HIS GUTS ALL OVER THE STAAAAGE

my mom just requested a taco pizza from the Godfather’s pizza chain, but her dad just died so I am not questioning anything

listen to your mother

yes, and condolences to you both

it was a good pizza experience

have you ever masturbated in front of a margherita pizza

a marg pizza is a symbol of restraint unless it’s especially savory or decadent. perhaps in Italy a prime example or, if you live a life of decadence.. these things could happen

I ordered a pulled pork bbq pizza tonight and mentally flipped double birds at this thread as i did it

never knew there were people who thought margerita pizza wasnt a thing