Another baseless conspiracy theory. Name your sauce or violate our crust.
― nashwan, Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
"base" ?
nobody talks about a pizza base. you talk about pizza dough.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
i would eat good base/crust on its own anytime.i often eat mozzarella on its own.i would not eat any pizza sauce that i've had on it's own-- and no joke, i literally drink 6 oz juice glasses of hot salsa with some roasted hatch chiles added two or three times a week, so its not like i don't like sauces.
what is a good widely available pre-made pizza sauce? maybe that's my problem.
― inveterate practitioner of antisocial distancing (Hunt3r), Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link
"pizza base" is a hilarious hill to die on, please continue
― (so serious) (DJP), Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
pizza base, report in, this is pizza captain
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
all your pizza base are belong to crust
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
Lil P the Based Crust
― peace, man, Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
on pizza menus of my acquaintance, where multiple sauces are on offer, "base" commonly refers to the sauce (i.e. "olive oil base", "red sauce base", "barbecue sauce base")
― silby, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
^yeah, same.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
needs a subpoll
― silby, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
bbq sauce base, easy
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
Do Americans call a whole slice of bread a "crust"?
― emil.y, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
― silby
This should not happen because tomato is the only true pizza base.
― emil.y, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
Argh, look what you've made me do! Sauce is not base! Dough is base! Kill me now.
all about that base
― ||||||||, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
(Please note: I do not actually feel strongly about what is the "correct" word, it's fine that there are differences, just handy to know what the differences are so we don't talk at cross-purposes.)
― emil.y, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
If I may offer a differing viewpoint from these isles, crust meaning base is a thing here too instance “thin crust”https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/frozen-food/frozen-pizza-and-garlic-bread/frozen-pizza/frozen-thin-crust-pizza
― What fash heil is this? (wins), Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
pizza sub-poll: DOES CRUST REFER TO BOTTOM OF PIZZA TOO OR JUST EDGE?
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
If I may offer a differing viewpoint from these isles, crust meaning base is a thing here too instance “thin crust”
None of those pizzas actually say thin crust on them, as far as I can see? And anyway I'd read that as "crust" standing in for the whole of the base, not being identical to the whole of the base. It seems like the Americans have taken the metonym and now that's the word for it, whereas I'd still maintain we haven't over here.
― emil.y, Thursday, 28 May 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
is the bottom of a pie the pie crust or the pie base? your answer for pizza should be the same
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 May 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Oh no, now you're actually getting close to something I do have irrationally strong feelings about (pizza is not a pie).
― emil.y, Thursday, 28 May 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
well, the leaves on the trees are green[ok we're agreed on that]and the roads are not very clean[ok we're agreed on that]and the food we eat is not very healthy[ok we're agreed on that]and the music we make is not particularly good[ok we're agreed on that]and the planets sort of revolve around the sun[ok we're agreed on that]and the moon is a big ball with nothing on it, and I don't think anyone's ever been there[ok, so we're kind of agreed to that, so what are we arguing about?Well, I don't know..Ok. so let's get together and smoke that pizza pie]
Some people with a pizza pie made me very highThe people with the questions smileAnd the people with the answers lieThey lie
So no pizza for them
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 May 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Thursday, May 28, 2020 2:41 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
pizza base to pizza captain, we're under heavy rocket fire, over
― peace, man, Thursday, 28 May 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
The central question in this argument seems to be thus: will I ever find myself in a situation where I will need to make a clear and distinct demarcation between the crust running around the edge of a pizza and the crust which underlies the non-crust contents of the pizza?
Having worked in pizza cookery for a good stretch of time, I can confirm that the answer to that question is thus: no, no I will not ever find myself in that situation.
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 28 May 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
Crust on the BOTTOM, what do you MEEEEEEEEAN
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 28 May 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
Bottom of the crust? Do you mean like the bottom of that little rim around the pizza?
― Night of the Living Crustheads (PBKR), Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
a kid's book I remember reading many years ago had a character that called these "pizza bones" which has stuck with me as being v accurate and useful
Was it The President's Daughter by any chance?
― The fillyjonk who believed in pandemics (Lily Dale), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
call me a curmudgeonly old stick in the mud but I just think crust should be crusty
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
and you're not sidelining the issue by starting a new thread. this is topline
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
guys we need three new sub-threads stat
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
This one ought to be disqualified anyway because it doesn't include an 'I hate pizza because it tastes like unshaven ass' option. I have no idea who would ever pick such a thing, but still.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:07 (four years ago) link
Crust! Good cheese and sauce can be bought, but crust is difficult to get right at home.
I'm seriously contemplating a 1/4" pizza steel so I can sorta emulate NY thin crust at home. It's been on the back burner for months though, as I still haven't found yeast on my grocery outings...
― mafia sleepover (Sanpaku), Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:18 (four years ago) link
FUCK EVERYONE HAS TO GO VOTE NOW
pizza sub-poll: what is the best pizza base?
― silby, Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
there's no time!!
― silby, Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
I fucked up
no way, you nailed it
this is the way it must be done
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
I loved seeing a poll started and terminated in 15 minutes! fuck the results
is this a uk vs us thing? how is it not obvious that the crust is the crust, it is not the 'base', it refers to every part of the dough ('thin crust', 'self-rising crust' etc)
― Dan S, Friday, 29 May 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
the 'base' does not have a definite meaning to me unless it's the term for the foundation for the other toppings, in which case it's obviously tomato sauce
― Dan S, Friday, 29 May 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link
Wikipedia sez:
The bottom of the pizza, called the "crust"
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 May 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
I love cheese and eat it almost every day, but I think the crust is the most important component of a pizza
― Dan S, Friday, 29 May 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
“base” is just kinda gross for the implication pizza is supposed to be piled up w/ shit that needs supporting
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:01 (four years ago) link
you know what’s a drag, when well-intended meat eaters order a vegetarian pizza and it’s all piled up w random vegetablesIt’s a pizza! It doesn’t need like broccoli and shit on it
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:04 (four years ago) link
Crust is all the part of the pizza made out of bread. Old Lunch’s “central question” absolutely central.
There are things that are recognizably pizza that are cheeseless. There are things that are recognizably pizza that are sauceless. Ergo, crust is the most important component. YET! Pizza is about the component parts working together to make a pizza. Much like the Velvet Underground. Lou Reed being the crust, but Lou solo is not the VU.
Been drinking again.
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:09 (four years ago) link
Is so-called ‘stuffed crust’ the culprit?
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 May 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
nope
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:16 (four years ago) link
The most important component of any real pizza is the ring of TGI Friday's apps (mozzarella poppers, corndog bites, mini pizzas, etc.) baked into the crust. The pizza itself is just an app-to-mouth conveyance, in the end.
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
stuffed crust is a butthole
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
CGI pizza is the best
^ gets it
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 29 May 2020 03:24 (four years ago) link
no
― Dan S, Friday, 29 May 2020 03:37 (four years ago) link