POLL: Which component of a slice of pizza is the most important?

cheese and crust and sauce = pizza

cheese and crust without sauce = cheesy bread
sauce and cheese without crust = cheesy dipping sauce
crust and sauce without cheese = vegan pizza, square one

cheese without sauce and crust = cheese
sauce without cheese and crust = sauce
crust without cheese and sauce = crust

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so basically cheese, because as long as you have the cheese you know you're going to be fine

your pizzas got no middle

just a ring of crust with sauce and cheese piled in the middle, no base

I think my favorite part of pizza is the cum

eat it while it's hot, otherwise it gets crusty imo

i'll just show myself the door

^i agree with that, but i also think there should be a separate name for the part at the end (which my family also calls "crust")

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 11:48 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

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

are we just going to call the entire base the 'crust' then

I'm just staring at this in awe, bravo

I don't like your peaches
They are full of stones
But I like pizzas
Because they have no bones

https://www.easier.com/uploads/cache/thumbs/0/3/2/074/400x400/15271/findus-french-bread-pizza.jpg

It's the blend, the balance, or the irresistible alchemy of the parts coalescing, what sorcery is this etc, Sund4r otm

cheese and crust and sauce = pizza

cheese and crust without sauce = cheesy bread
sauce and cheese without crust = cheesy dipping sauce
crust and sauce without cheese = vegan pizza, square one

cheese without sauce and crust = cheese
sauce without cheese and crust = sauce
crust without cheese and sauce = crust

--

so basically cheese, because as long as you have the cheese you know you're going to be fine

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 12:55 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ever dip cheese and crust without sauce into sauce and cheese without crust while you wait for the cheese and crust and sauce to come out?

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/190322-pizza-rustica-vertical-1553721278.png?crop=1.00xw:0.668xh;0,0.142xh&resize=980:*

whats the difference between pizza rustica and quiche eh?

Ever dip cheese and crust without sauce into sauce and cheese without crust while you wait for the cheese and crust and sauce to come out?

oh man, that sounds amazing! i could imagine enjoying that at a table without hard corners on a day without a cloud

crust or gtfo

crust or gtfo

^good 2 Chainz chorus

obviously the most important element of pizza is the ketchup you add to each slice before eating

not really interested in pizza without cheese so

cheese

not really interested in pizza without crust so...

the worst pizza i've had is the stuff with bad crust. usually "mall pizza" with thin, soggy crust that the sauce has seeped into. (was this the mall pizza experience everywhere?)

sauce

you're still calling the base the crust, morans

Is there a distinction between the two things in UK English?

This is how I've always understood it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza#Crust

crust = bit round the outside, like a slice of bread (always crusty)
base = bit in the middle (not necessarily crusty eg neapolitan style)

that’s how the newsy wewsie big bottomed blood sausage bagsy not in net crew break it down to an extent

Another baseless conspiracy theory. Name your sauce or violate our crust.

"base" ?

nobody talks about a pizza base. you talk about pizza dough.

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.

"pizza base" is a hilarious hill to die on, please continue

pizza base, report in, this is pizza captain

all your pizza base are belong to crust

Lil P the Based Crust

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")

^yeah, same.

needs a subpoll

bbq sauce base, easy

Do Americans call a whole slice of bread a "crust"?

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

This should not happen because tomato is the only true pizza base.

Argh, look what you've made me do! Sauce is not base! Dough is base! Kill me now.

all about that base

(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.)

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

pizza sub-poll: DOES CRUST REFER TO BOTTOM OF PIZZA TOO OR JUST EDGE?

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.

is the bottom of a pie the pie crust or the pie base? your answer for pizza should be the same

Oh no, now you're actually getting close to something I do have irrationally strong feelings about (pizza is not a pie).

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 high
The people with the questions smile
And the people with the answers lie
They lie

So no pizza for them

pizza base, report in, this is pizza captain

― 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