Would you ever order a margherita pizza?

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.

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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:
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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..

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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

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I figured it was calamari:
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which of these should I order for overpriced on-the-company's-dime work lunch

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(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.