how i break it down is pizza is not essentially fancy food and people shdn't get over-protective and pissy about it but grown adults who put ketchup on any food bar fries and the occasional sandwich needs to get their tastebuds shaved
― the SI unit of ignorance (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 July 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
absolutely otm
― imago, Saturday, 13 July 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
that said, pizza is still a great Italian dish and the deep-pan monstrosities visited upon it by Americans are galling enough without 'em having the barefaced cheek to claim a bit of fresh rocket on pizza is the devil's work
― imago, Saturday, 13 July 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
does rocket = arugula?
― Gregory Bateson is always appropriate (sarahell), Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
Yes.
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
Wait wait wait! So people are shocked and offended by someone putting arugula on a pizza, when spinach is a pretty common pizza topping, and arugula is a similar leafy green vegetable?
― Gregory Bateson is always appropriate (sarahell), Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
look the rudimentary idea behind ketchup application is in the vinegar content, it's like balsamic for toddlers
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I think one person was shocked and offended by the rocket xp
― ^do not heed if you rate me (wins), Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
supermarket shortcut balsamic is r/w vinegar with shitloads of sugar anyway so not even too dissimilar tbh
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
I love all this ilx US/UK coldnwar shit.
― regular speed of candy on chrome (brimstead), Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
i am not offended by shrimp or rocket but am deeply hurt by shrimp shells/tails
big fan of ketchup but would not put it on my pizza
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
I would like everybody to note that in the second picture, the slice on the right is not a slice that was upended and left on its back
The slice on the right is in fact a slice laid on top of another slice that's had ketchup applied to it like jam
― 乒乓, Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
she then chewed it and spread the resulting paste btwn 2 ketchup packets and ate that
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Yes
― 乒乓, Saturday, 13 July 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
In memory of diana ;_;
― dub job deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
i love dining out, such a treat
― regular speed of candy on chrome (brimstead), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
did you f
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
Now it makes sense. I still couldn't get past why you were saying pizza when the photo clearly showed a quesadilla.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link
It was not a date xp
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
I want a pizza...fuck yes...delicious pizza pie....let's see, what do I want...cheese...nah...let's spice it up a little...quattro stagioni maybe...nah...too fancy...wait I know...throw some fucking prawns on there...yeah...then put some some arugula...now slather that motherfucker with some goddamn ketchup...fuck yes...all that ketchup...and these prawns...can you smell that? that's the prawns...now this...this is a fucking pizza
― tight in the runs (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
n.b. i was being retarded
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link
^^^^this. Truly unforgivable.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2omb_4O5DkQ
― the most promising US ilxor has thrown the TOWEL IN (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
Tail in so you know it's a fresh prawn
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
in tribute to this thread, i made three pizzas tonight. one had red sauce, mozz & variety shrooms. one had pesto, chevre & red pepper. the other had sliced potatoes, olive oil & rosemary. all were served under an inch-thick blanket of rocket & ketchup. except for that last part.
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:46 (ten years ago) link
have the waiter remove the tails at the table then, fancy place
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 July 2013 00:49 (ten years ago) link
the devil is in the de-tail
― dub job deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 July 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c249/JKFrazier/snoop.gif
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 July 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
Nice
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 July 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link
At the Cubs game tonight I saw a Boy Scout cover a slice of cheese pizza with chopped onions and ketchup. I thought about taking all his merit badges away from him.
― WmC, Sunday, 14 July 2013 04:51 (ten years ago) link
rocket is good on pizza although obv it goes on after the oven which maybe in those pics it did not, so comparing it to spinach is apples and oranges.
prawn is terrible on pizza.
ketchup is wtf, but who cares pizza is basically children's food.
i haven't had a really good slice in new york yet imo. why don't they use better cheese on the cheese pizza?
― caek, Sunday, 14 July 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
If there was a "rocket, prawn and ketchup" sandwich option at an M&S I might go for it. Britishes did invent the winning combo of cheddar + relish
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 14 July 2013 06:10 (ten years ago) link
pizza is a delicacy caek.
― Treeship, Sunday, 14 July 2013 06:15 (ten years ago) link
I just eat prawns with the tail on most I the time, unless it's particularly big you can usually just crunch it up. I stop at sucking the juices out the head like someone I know does....
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Sunday, 14 July 2013 08:43 (ten years ago) link
Have we discussed yet how in greasy British pizza places you often get pizza & chips. Soggy chips.
― kinder, Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:00 (ten years ago) link
― r|t|c, Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a late lamented ilxor once told me that he didn't like ketchup in plastic bottles because they put more vinegar in it??
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:02 (ten years ago) link
how did rocket come to mean arugula in certain places?
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
how did you lose the ability to google
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:12 (ten years ago) link
i actually didn't.
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:14 (ten years ago) link
in french it's "la roquette", is my guess
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:14 (ten years ago) link
The names are fairly similar rocket / roquette / rucola / arugula
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:15 (ten years ago) link
yall are such good googlers! my bad.
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:16 (ten years ago) link
<3
― dub job deems (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:23 (ten years ago) link
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 09:25 (ten years ago) link
I love how every time this argument comes up the question of what they do IN ITALY is always completely overlooked.
Prawns are disgusting and eating them has no place in a civilised society but they are totally a standard pizza topping in Italy, especially by the sea. Shell-on is doubly vile and just makes no sense though.
Rocket is an amazing and totally standard pizza topping but you need it with proscuitto and parmesan really, added after the pizza has gone in the oven. That combination of flavours can be utterly glorious. Rocket and grated horsemeat = also delicious.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 14 July 2013 10:18 (ten years ago) link
Ketchup is obviously wrong but I agree it's for the vinegar kick rather than anything else.
That pizza in the original post looks revolting and totally not how rocket on pizzas is supposed to look.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 14 July 2013 10:20 (ten years ago) link
wth is horsemeat
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 10:25 (ten years ago) link
if only crutacean shells dissolved
― what a wonderful url (Matt P), Sunday, 14 July 2013 10:26 (ten years ago) link
Horse is delicious and the British and Americans are so stupid for not realising.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 14 July 2013 10:27 (ten years ago) link
Well Tesco did
― 乒乓, Sunday, 14 July 2013 10:42 (ten years ago) link