Is Pizza Overrated?

[Gvac]

Some people think it's the greatest food on the face of the planet; others could take it or leave it.

What camp are you in?

[BlackSpider]

That was my dinner...

[The Jays]

Also for dinner tonight.

[WampusCrandle]

i don't want pizza all the time, in fact, it's best when you rarely have it - so you can savor it. it's a good food when high, and there are sooooo many topics and styles, and part of cultures, it just can't go away!

[razorboy]

I'm very lactose intolerant so I can't really eat it in it's traditional form. Occasionally I'll make one with sauce and grilled veggies and meat but no cheese. It's nice every once in a while but overall I can take it or leave it.

[RhinoinMN]

There are soooo many things that I can make that are better than pizza.

In a nutshell, I COOK! I don't rely on delivery type food. Put that walker to use old man on go to the grocery store.

[spankyfrank]

If you ever feel like you are starting to not like pizza, it probably means you are eating it too much, leave it for awhile and then come back, it will be like fallin in love all over again, take it from a guy who works in a pizzeria

[Brad_Rush]

It may not be an everyday meal, but I get cravings for it at least once a week.

[drjoek]

I look forward to Pizza less than in the past

[drusilla]

very unhappy with the pizza situation up here. it makes me really really miss it & whenever i go home i have to have some. unfortunately the same goes for chinese food.

i always have to make my own.

[MisterSmith]

I love pizza. There are few things I like better than good pizza. Of course I like lots of other stuff like steak, potatoes, fried chicken, etc., but there are so many types and toppings that you can eat it way more frequently than most foods (IMO).

Of course moderation is always good, but pizza is really great. :thumbup:

[K.C.]

Personally, I like a catcher who can throw out a runner stealing second every once in a while.

WAY overrated!

[SatCam]

pizza is good in moderation, i.e. one meal a day

[Freakshow]

NY Pizza is overrated...

[sailor]

we have it once or twice a week, but i could easily live without it. it's not a favorite of mine on any level, but it is quick and convenient.

[Reynolds]

There are soooo many things that I can make that are better than pizza.

In a nutshell, I COOK! I don't rely on delivery type food. Put that walker to use old man on go to the grocery store.

I make pizza from scratch at home. Mix the dough in a bread machine with sun dried tomatoes in the crust. Use pesto for sauce that I sometimes make from scratch too, topped with provolone and mozz with mushrooms only. fuck pepperoni

So I don't like the poll options

[FezPaul]

I grew up in Ohio and now live in Arizona. Therefore, I have never eaten a real pizza, and am unqualified to vote.

If only there was an "Is Gvac A Douchebag?" thread. :smoke:

[JerseyRich]

I had some spinach pizza and a salad tonight for dinner. Perfect every time.

[Gvac]

I had some spinach pizza and a salad tonight for dinner. Perfect every time.

Queer.

I meant real pizza.

[JerseyRich]

Queer.

I meant real pizza.


Dough, sauce, cheese and a topping...

Sounds real to me buddy.

[Turtle]

So much bad pizza that I can do without. But when you get a great pie, it rocks

[~Katja~]

I had some spinach pizza and a salad tonight for dinner. Perfect every time.

I disagree, some spinach pizza is perfect, some is horrible... but next to eggplant pizza it's my favorite

[Gvac]

Dough, sauce, cheese and a topping...

Sounds real to me buddy.

Vegetables on a pizza is worse than snakes on a plane.

[earthbrown]

There are soooo many things that I can make that are better than pizza.

In a nutshell, I COOK! I don't rely on delivery type food. Put that walker to use old man on go to the grocery store.


I cook too, and quite well, however, you cannot take away the greatness of pizza. A real Italian family recipe is key, non of this dominoes, papa johns, pizza hut, garbage.


I also make a good pizza too, I am from the school of thought on pizza that hotter the oven better the pizza, I cook my pizza on a stone with the oven set at 500*


K

[sailor]

there are 5 boroughs you can get a real pizza in. jersey ain't one of 'em.

[Foster]

used to love it when I was younger, had it at least once a week

now I usually only eat it when I'm with someone else who wants it

[~Katja~]

there are 5 boroughs you can get a real pizza in. jersey ain't one of 'em.

you are wrong. I take some jersey pizza over greasy NY style any day

[Contra]

Viva La Pizza!

[Gvac]

you are wrong. I take some jersey pizza over greasy NY style any day

Don't let him goad you.

sailor doesn't know shit.

Besides, he said he doesn't like pizza.

He's just a troublemaker.

And a douchebag.

Probably never even been to Jersey.

[Freakshow]

there are 5 boroughs you can get a real pizza in. jersey ain't one of 'em.

I didn't know Italy had boroughs.

[~Katja~]

I didn't know Italy had boroughs.

Pizza is not Italian...

[sailor]

you are wrong. I take some jersey pizza over greasy NY style any day

silly tourist.

and yes, sadly i have driven thru jersey. *pew*

[Freakshow]

Pizza is not Italian...

I just finished reading the dictionary, turns out the Zebra did it...

[STC-Dub]

No real pizza around here so while I like it I would not be suicidal if I could not get anymore ever.

[~Katja~]

I just finished reading the dictionary, turns out the Zebra did it...

not the pizza you speak of.
Have you had a pizza in Europe, or even Italy?

[ToiletCrusher]

Everyone is, everyone is broken
Everyone is, everything is broken

[underdog]

I like pizza, but didn't think it was that important, until I spent a week in Western NY. The pizza out there is so amazingly awful. I want good pizza so bad now.

[Freakshow]

not the pizza you speak of.
Have you had a pizza in Europe, or even Italy?

I just finished reading the dictionary, turns out the Zebra did it...

Homer: I don't get it
Lisa: Dad, the Zebra didn't do it, it's a just a word at the end of the dictionary
Homer: I don't get it
Lisa: It's a joke
Homer: Oh. I get jokes

:tongue:

[FezPaul]

I'm a douchebag.




Fixed.

[~Katja~]

Homer: I don't get it
Lisa: Dad, the Zebra didn't do it, it's a just a word at the end of the dictionary
Homer: I don't get it
Lisa: It's a joke
Homer: Oh. I get jokes

:tongue:

well you know by now that in NEVER get your jokes... doesn't make me a bad person

[Freakshow]

welll, they are never particularly good jokes...

[ToiletCrusher]

How am I supposed to think it's overrated?

http://www.lanova.com/

[sailor]

they put tuna on their pizza. savages.

[Contra]

I miss north jersey pizza so much

[IamFogHat]

I want to murder you for even bringing this up. I also want to murder Dominos so I'm in a weird spot.

[boosterp]

I make pizza from scratch at home. Mix the dough in a bread machine with sun dried tomatoes in the crust. Use pesto for sauce that I sometimes make from scratch too, topped with provolone and mozz with mushrooms only. fuck pepperoni

So I don't like the poll options

I cook too, and quite well, however, you cannot take away the greatness of pizza. A real Italian family recipe is key, non of this dominoes, papa johns, pizza hut, garbage.


I also make a good pizza too, I am from the school of thought on pizza that hotter the oven better the pizza, I cook my pizza on a stone with the oven set at 500*


K

Pizza is one of those rare foods that the options of how it is made is nearly limitless. I love to make and bake my own pizza. We have some pretty good pizza places here in houston, but the nearest to me is 20 minutes away.

I did like Chicago style pizza when I was up there, can't wait to try NY style.

[TheMojoPin]

Can we stop talking like good pizza needs to be "Italian?"

Like it's been said here, the best pizza across the country typically is about as Italian as apple pie.

[ToiletCrusher]

Can we stop talking like good pizza needs to be "Italian?"

Like it's been said here, the best pizza across the country typically is about as Italian as apple pie.

I'll bet you like to put pickle wedges and tomatoes on your hot dogs too. Creep!

[TheMojoPin]

I'll bet you like to put pickle wedges and tomatoes on your hot dogs too. Creep!

That actually sounds like something on a horrible "Italian pizza."

[ToiletCrusher]

That actually sounds like something on a horrible "Italian pizza."

Agreed.

Why do we fight when we are so close in our hearts?

[KnoxHarrington]

Pizza is one of those foods with so many variations and differences that it almost can't be considered a singular food anymore. "Pizza" is as much a single food as "Chinese" is.

So do I like pizza? Yeah, some of it's good, some of it is shit.

[Jib]

Fixed. Agreed.

[jonnyAK]

I like starwars:smile:

[A.J.]

I miss New Haven.

[boosterp]

I miss New Haven.

I had pizza in New Haven, was not very special just good.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

love NYC Pizza (CTand Chi Town is good also), cant think of a world w/o it

I can understand the rest of you rubes especially you NJers not caring about Pizza

[TjM]

Vegetables on a pizza is worse than snakes on a plane.

I gotta go with GVAC on this one. Meat and maybe once in a while some mushrooms. Loading it up with veggies is ruins it

[TjM]

I like pizza, but didn't think it was that important, until I spent a week in Western NY. The pizza out there is so amazingly awful. I want good pizza so bad now.

I went through that when I moved from near Boston to Foxboro. Took me years to find decent pizza, chinese, good bars

[TjM]

they put tuna on their pizza. savages.

No they don't you just made that up right?

[Aqualad]

I've had homemade pizza every weekend ever since I was a little kid. Pizza is the greatest thing in the world.

[FezsAssistant]

'Artichoke' is overrated. Horrible service (they might have all been high) and I almost puked from all the grease. I looooove grease, but it fucked me up.

[The Jays]

If you want the best pizza, go to Staten Island and go to either Nunzio's, Joe and Pat's, or Denino's. And I've heard good things about Lee's Tavern, but have yet to try it.

Yes, :insert garbage island joke here:, yes :insert bad ferry joke here:, and yes :insert phrase stating only time you go to Staten Island is to get to Jersey:, but Staten Island's three best features are its extensive reptile collection at the Staten Island Zoo, its home to the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in New York City, and the best pizza probably in the United States.


How am I supposed to think it's overrated?

http://www.lanova.com/

Holy shit, of course you think it's overrated, you've been actually paying to eat garbage instead of eating it for free out of the dumpster.

Here's a tip... if you're in Buffalo, don't bother with pizza. Eat some wings from Duff's, eat an El Nino or two Super Mightys from Mighty Taco, or if it's late at night, get some Jim's Steakout (there are multiple locations), but do not eat that garbage that they call pizza. If the place you buy pizza at puts barbeque sauce on the crust and gives you a side of blue cheese to dip your slice in, stop eating the pizza.

[sailor]

No they don't you just made that up right?

i'm not that fuckin' clever:
Italian tuna packed in olive oil is also a popular topping along with other marine products like anchovies, shellfish and shrimp. (http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pizza-history.asp)

[Gvac]

i'm not that fuckin' clever

Understatement of the year.

[Crispy123]

I was in Chi-town over the weekend and had me some of this


http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3354/28/23/1003665330/n1003665330_30423134_2081649.jpg


it was great!


Unfortunately I didnt get to Mollys :(

[conman823]

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Holy fucking shit that looks good!!

As for "Italian Pizza" goes, I order from an Albanian spot which is better then 3 other Italian spots around me. It all in the ingredients.

[epo]

Pizza.....overrated????????????? Fuck you!!!!!!

http://www.freefoto.com/images/33/15/33_15_15---Fire-Flame-Texture_web.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

I was in Chi-town over the weekend and had me some of this


http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3354/28/23/1003665330/n1003665330_30423134_2081649.jpg


it was great!


Unfortunately I didnt get to Mollys :(

Where did you go for the pizza?

[led37zep]

Pizza would be pretty awesome right now.

[Crispy123]

Geridanos (sp?) next to the prudential building. Chicago is a cool town. I dont think I could live there though.

[Gvac]

I order from an Albanian spot which is better then 3 other Italian spots around me.

I don't even know you anymore.

[biozombie]

I haven't had great pizza since August of last year. Great pizza is not overrated. You NJ guys shouldn't take it for granted that the only way you'll get lousy pizza is by going to a national chain place.

[barjockey]

Sacrilege!!!

[Death Metal Moe]

Pizza is probably the greatest food on the planet.

Vegitarians and meat eaters alike can sit down to a cheese pie and no one is annoyed or feels slighted. You can eat it on the go, take it home, take it to the work place, even eat it in the car. It's great cold. It stays in the refrigerator for days. It actually warms up very well if microwaved on low power or in the toaster over.

It's just the fucking best.

[TooLowBrow]

o and a mentioned a guy who shoved a slice of pizza up his ass and then ate it

....so....

[Coach]

Where I live is a wonderful conflagration of ethnic foods...Pizza Huts die here..Dominos only makes money after 9:00 pm, when all the mom and pop's close. Mrs T's and brand name Kielbasas...well those are for another thread.
Here in the Scranton/Wilkes Barre area, almost every neighborhood has their own pizza shop, if not two. Not the cardboard crust, canned sauce, bland cheese of the chains or ROMA brands.
Honest to goodness hand made dough, sauce, and cheese blends (Old Forge Pa. calls itself the pizza Capitol of the US. ) Most of the places are family hand downs that have been open for decades. My Family's favorite, which my dad's family has known since their childhood...50 years? is Nicholas' Pizza. It is a thin crust, 12 incher with a slightly spicy sauce. Another popular pizza type is "Old Forge Pizza" same homemade ingredients, basically Sicilian in nature, but a thinner crust and more cheese and sauce. Rarely can you get both of quality in the same place, as families refuse that the other's is real pizza. Also, you get real toppings..none of the namby pamby california toppings either. Best you can get is a white with garlic, broccoli, onion, peppers, and mushrooms.

[Formula409]

All we have out here is Dominoes and Pizza Hut, the crappy chain stores. Even when you do find a small pizza joint its shit. All the pizza out here is good for is throwing and screaming toddlers in wal mart

[Heather 8]

Upside down sicilian pie with vodka sauce.

If there is a tastier treat out there, I have yet to devour it.

[Hottub]

Time to Lenny this bitch up.

This is a picture of an amazing pizza. I shared it with a couple of friends. Problem is they are eating pizza with a knife and fork. :wallbash:If you look in the lower left, you will notice my silverware is untouched.
Both are mentally unstable Nancy-boys.

http://www.ronfez.net/gallery//watermark.php?file=4189

[sailor]

with a knife and fork.

that changes the flavor?

you forgot to mention where this was.

[Hottub]

that changes the flavor?

No. It's just really gay.

you forgot to mention where this was.

In New Jersey, of course. Where else would you find a pizza of this quality.

[Rab]

Just for you guys info the best sicealian slice is at rose's pizzaria in maspeth, ny

[ToiletCrusher]

In New Jersey, of course. Where else would you find a pizza of this quality.



http://www.lanova.com/


I must reference myself here.

[Hottub]

I must reference myself here.

HAHAHAHA!!!
You're a funny guy.

69 bucks for UPS to bring me a Papa John's.

[~Katja~]

. I shared it with a couple of friends. Problem is they are eating pizza with a knife and fork. :wallbash:

what's wrong with that?

[A.J.]

Problem is they are eating pizza with a knife and fork. :wallbash:If you look in the lower left, you will notice my silverware is untouched.

what's wrong with that?

I have to agree. There are times I use a knife and fork when the pizza is scalding hot and/or there's a chance that the crust won't support the weight of the cheese and toppings. I only use the fork and knife for half of the slice.

[led37zep]

Time to Lenny this bitch up.

This is a picture of an amazing pizza. I shared it with a couple of friends. Problem is they are eating pizza with a knife and fork. :wallbash:If you look in the lower left, you will notice my silverware is untouched.
Both are mentally unstable Nancy-boys.


I hope you're not longer friends with these people. Draw a line in the gay sand Tub.

[Hottub]

I hope you're not longer friends with these people. Draw a line in the gay sand Tub.

There faces are not shown in this picture. I did not want to "out" them. Let's just say it would be a major blow to this board.

And no, I will never share such a delicacy with them again.

[angrymissy]

Pizza is my #1 food, the food that if someone said "you only get 1 food the rest of your life" it would be pizza.

[ToiletCrusher]

There faces are not shown in this picture. I did not want to "out" them. Let's just say it would be a major blow to this board.

And no, I will never share such a delicacy with them again.

Well, with no wolf shirt in that picture, I know who one of them wasn't.

[conman823]

I don't even know you anymore.

Hey whats true is true my friend.

Don't even get me started on the Taco-ria's (sp?) that are popping up that the Mexicans run. They serve a standard size Mexican Pizza in a box marked "Italian Pizza". Its the melting pot sir.

[sailor]

pizza is easily the single most over-rated food ever.

[red_red_red]

All we have out here is Dominoes and Pizza Hut, the crappy chain stores. Even when you do find a small pizza joint its shit. All the pizza out here is good for is throwing and screaming toddlers in wal mart
that's when you learn to make it yourself, it's worth the time and effort.
http://members.cox.net/jjschnebel/ddishpiz.html

[red_red_red]

i caught an episode of Emeril Live the other day, he was making pizza, and on one of them, he put PEAS on it! WHO DOES THAT?

[sailor]

i caught an episode of Emeril Live the other day, he was making pizza, and on one of them, he put PEAS on it! WHO DOES THAT?

dirty italians?

[Hottub]

Portuguese actually.

[sailor]

Portuguese actually.

i was referring back to how in italy they put weird things on pizza (like tuna fish in oil), not speaking to emeril's roots. and he's only half-portuguese.

[Hottub]

What's the other half?

[sailor]

What's the other half?

his dad's french-canadian.

[red_red_red]

i was referring back to how in italy they put weird things on pizza (like tuna fish in oil), not speaking to emeril's roots. and he's only half-portuguese.
that's just disgusting...my stomach just turned

[underdog]

his dad's french-canadian.

that's just disgusting...my stomach just turned

[Coach]

Where I lived in Montana..there was a pizza place..that took some getting used to..(they had cornmeal in their crust) But by far the worst was the pizza I got in the Salt Lake City region...I asked for a Pizza with Canadian bacon...It had Beef Jerkey on it.

[sailor]

that's just disgusting...my stomach just turned

nice work. can't wait for you to hit 15k, you'll be a good addition here.

[Formula409]

i caught an episode of Emeril Live the other day, he was making pizza, and on one of them, he put PEAS on it! WHO DOES THAT?
I tried once, that didnt work too well however from reading all of these posts im thinking i am missing out on something good, so back to kitchen i suppose.

The noob quoted the wrong post, I meant to quote the one before that. Shame on me