Would you ever order a margherita pizza?

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.