Would you ever order a margherita pizza?

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