PIZZA Question. Are you one of those weirdos?

[PJim]

One of my friends does this TA, it's really fucking irritating. He's a weird eater anyway, I remember it took him 45 minutes to eat a quarter pounder before, taking little nibbles and then coughing every so often. He ain't right.

[DK II]

So the ability to ingest pizza is the true measure of success in life.

Man, must have missed that memo.

Who mentioned success?

You can be successful without eating pizza, you just miss out on one of the best things you can eat. I just hope you eat hamburgers.

[The True Adonis]

Something kind of soft if that makes sense - kind of soft and chewy

I have a few, but I am looking for something that I know to be iron-clad.  I am checking my Rose Levy Beranbaum  books.  I am thinking more of a Bar with soft texture versus a cookie.  Anything by Rose always turns out 100 percent of the time.

[luvvsuNOT]

Your no Romano

[Princess L]

Because a thicker crust will fill you up too fast, taking up room where more cheese can go.

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True Adonis - since you are there right now - me not being in the US - can you suggest a good recipe for home cooked white chocloate and raspberry cookies. i have a recipe for (is it NeimanMarcus ) white chocloate and raspberry muffins but would like to attempt a cookie now. Looking for something fairly general but proven - I don't have access to a lot of the US domiciled  ingredients so will probably have to do some educated substitution.
Cheers if you can assist.

I have a recipe for white chocolate, cranberry, macadamia nut cookie that is outstanding if you're interested.

[Meso_z]

Jeff Rodriguez only had "a bite" of a slice once...

[DK II]

Jeff Rodriguez only had "a bite" of a slice once...

He is very strict with his meal timings, the only time he is allowed to eat pizza is 16 hours 43 minutes 12 seconds after his workouts and he has yet to find a pizza cook to deliever the pizza in the right moment.

[Roger Bacon]

Slightly off topic but probably the main reason I cannot stomach going to restaurants is precisely because people leave half finished meals on their plates. I was raised to eat everything you were given (largely because that I was raised to appreciate a decent home cooked meal and what there was was all there was). I just can't handle watching people buy a meal and then eat bits of it. If you order something off the menu - tailor it to suit your appetite or likes/dislikes. I can't stand wastage of food. hey - if the food is crap then sure, don't eat it, but then again - if you are at a restaurant and the food is crap send it back, get a refund or something - don't just leave your scraps all over the show.

GOOD POST!!  This pisses me off beyond belief! 

You've certainly made my list of getbiggers that deserve respect!

[Roger Bacon]

We must have had the same family.  I was raised to always finish your meal, never to take more than you can eat and to always remain seated at the table until everyone was finished eating and the table was cleared.  My father was very serious about these rules.  Where in the South are you from? (this was rhetorical as I know you are Australian  )

This!!!

I hate people!!

[Krankenstein]

Agreed....I like the crust, it's a crisp and refreshing finish to the slice. A bigger problem with pizza is chefs that don't have the balls to make it taste like something, and they just pump out generic bullshit that tastes like some just spread tomato paste on some dough.

Make a statement..."this is what MY pizza tastes like"

Whats your pizza place in Phoenix?  I loved Patsy Grimaldi's (Sp?)....the one in old town always tasted better than the one down in Gilbert/Chandler

[WiseGuy]

   

Can someone help answer this for me.  Why do some people eat Pizza and when they get to the crust, they don`t eat it and pile it up on the plate.  What is the reasoning behind this?

    indeed it is an egregious violation of of pizza eating etiquette... I eat Hungry Howie's Pizza that has a flavored crust, it is the best part.

[Stavios]

He is very strict with his meal timings, the only time he is allowed to eat pizza is 16 hours 43 minutes 12 seconds after his workouts and he has yet to find a pizza cook to deliever the pizza in the right moment.

[K-1]

    indeed it is an egregious violation of of pizza eating etiquette... I eat Hungry Howie's Pizza that has a flavored crust, it is the best part.

[Palpatine Q]

Whats your pizza place in Phoenix?  I loved Patsy Grimaldi's (Sp?)....the one in old town always tasted better than the one down in Gilbert/Chandler

Joe's in old town, NYPD pizza if I'm ordering from a chain, and the best i have found anywhere is Florentino's on Alma school and chandler blvd.

That being said....not impressed with the Italian cuisine in general...pizza included. That's one thing i miss about New York...one of the few

[ManBearPig...]

only once did i not finish a meal.

i remember i was at some social gathering, and i ate a huge meal before we went for some reason, and there was a huge dinner there.  i literally started turtling out of my ass, so i had to stop.

other than that, i never remember not clearing a plate.  it's embarassing, when we go to eat somewhere, the bussers love me, because they can neatly stack all my plates to carry away, no leftovers.

[CalvinH]

Chain pizza sucks!


....I'm lucky that I live in the tri-state area...so many fantastic mom and pop pizza joints.
....one of my fav's is chicken parm pizza

[Tapeworm]

I grew up in Jersey so I'm ruined for pizza.  Good pizza is still good, but it's just not the same.  Yes, I eat the crust if it's worth eating.  If it's not, the whole thing is pretty ordinary anyway.

I doubt most places would use 00, TA.  Even lots of the mom & pop italiano joints probably order mass produced frozen dough to save on labour and equipment, or use a just-add-water premix if they've got a Hobart out the back.

[JP_RC]

Pizza is one of my favorite foods to eat and I definitively eat the whole slice, no leftovers.

If there is one thing I'm guilty of though, is I remove the olives whenever my pizza comes with them, freaking hate the taste of those things.

[Mick33]

It's very common here in the North East. It was always courious to me, as I find the crust the best part. Most say they don't like it because it's too doughy. I've also found it's common with foreigners.

a "doughy" crust is not a good pizza crust, it is bread. Switch pizza joints immediately.

[Mick33]

I'll tell you something repulsive.

My ex girlfriend's uncle would eat a LARGE pizza all by himself.
He would take half a pound of butter and spread it on the whole pizza, and then he would fold up the pizza in two and eat it like a sandwich

most disgusting fucking thing I have ever seen  

Intriguing. Actually sounds like a great hangover food.

[YngiweRhoads]

Cold pizza for breakfast.

Food of the Gods ( Clapton, Page, Beck etc etc etc )

People wasting food?  <smiley>Hand to forehead - head tilted toward floor</smiley>

[Mick33]

good choice, and don't tell me you don't eat the crust.

next time, try Lou Malnati's, and have him take you to Pizzeria Uno, where they have single serving pizzas that will have you roaring in extacy , impregnating the helpless women around you via air transfer of sperm.

Uno's(original location) - Best DD in town
Lou Malnati's - Second best DD in town
Lou Malnati's - Best thin crust in town
Bertolli's - Close second on thin crust
Salerno's - Third best thin crust ( needs to have extra sauce and extra, extra, extra well done)
Giordano's - If everything else is closed

[Mick33]

Shit I forgot Armand's, tied with Bertolli's.

[Aerian]

I love Domino's pizza these days.  No one has better pizza then theirs to me at the moment.

I get 2 x large thin crust with pineapple, bacon, chicken and ham and other  with pineapple, bacon, beef and ham.   My Domino's by the house loads them with so much toppings i am always floored and impressed.

Noone comes close these days and i have tried tons.

[Meso_z]

Alot of you sound like you eat pizza quite often.