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

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

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.

Crust on the BOTTOM, what do you MEEEEEEEEAN

Bottom of the crust? Do you mean like the bottom of that little rim around the pizza?

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?

call me a curmudgeonly old stick in the mud but I just think crust should be crusty

and you're not sidelining the issue by starting a new thread. this is topline

guys we need three new sub-threads stat

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.

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...

FUCK EVERYONE HAS TO GO VOTE NOW

pizza sub-poll: what is the best pizza base?

there's no time!!

I fucked up

no way, you nailed it

this is the way it must be done

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)

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

Wikipedia sez:

The bottom of the pizza, called the "crust"

I love cheese and eat it almost every day, but I think the crust is the most important component of a pizza

“base” is just kinda gross for the implication pizza is supposed to be piled up w/ shit that needs supporting

you know what’s a drag, when well-intended meat eaters order a vegetarian pizza and it’s all piled up w random vegetables

It’s a pizza! It doesn’t need like broccoli and shit on it

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.

Is so-called ‘stuffed crust’ the culprit?

nope

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.

stuffed crust is a butthole

CGI pizza is the best

^ gets it

no

crust, without question, speaking as someone who has spent literally thousands of hours making pizza for money

someone who has spent literally thousands of hours making pizza for money

I did this too and I won't deny crust is important but sauce is the main thing. some places make really sweet sauce and it sucks ass.

does cheddar go good on pizza

do like dipping the crusts in chilli oil

crust is the hardest thing to get right