The Pizza Thread

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,854
    I like a topping or two.  Sometimes a classic is a classic for a reason 
    I actually used to like lots of toppings but now really only go for that on a very thin or crispy crust pie since it otherwise seems to make the crust soggy as fuck.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Will be indulging in New Wayne Pizza pizza and Stromboli's tomorrow night at the brother's estate. All time favorite pizza place from where I grew up. Can't wait 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,493
    F Me In The Brain said:
    I like a topping or two.  Sometimes a classic is a classic for a reason 
    I actually used to like lots of toppings but now really only go for that on a very thin or crispy crust pie since it otherwise seems to make the crust soggy as fuck.
    I’m usually a one or two topping person (typically one meat and/or one veggie but not always). But yeah sometimes you just can’t beat a plain pie. It’s universal.
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    Plain cheese is for kids. Toppings are a must, even if it’s just one. I don’t get too crazy, but whether it’s sausage, pepperoni, etc., gotta have something. My observation is that east coasters are much more into plain cheese. The toppings aren’t to mask a bad pie (like the A1 comparison), but rather to make any pie better. Plain cheese only does so much. 
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    bbiggs said:
    Plain cheese is for kids. Toppings are a must, even if it’s just one. I don’t get too crazy, but whether it’s sausage, pepperoni, etc., gotta have something. My observation is that east coasters are much more into plain cheese. The toppings aren’t to mask a bad pie (like the A1 comparison), but rather to make any pie better. Plain cheese only does so much. 
    Agreed. Elevate the pizza with some great tasting toppings- but not so many they get lost in the jumble.

    Maybe it’s a personality thing? The east coasters are kinda boring. Super nice and simple, but the kind of people that only listen to the first 2 or 3 songs off an album they purchase- only to press start again and replay the same 2 or 3 songs again. And a plain pizza might just fit their vanilla lifestyle?

    I dunno. I’m just trying to hypothesize in the pizza thread.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Plain pizza is plain.
    It lacks flavor balance, unless the sauce is overly bold, which is a problem itself.
    Get something with some salt and umami in there, for goodness' sake.
    Especially if it's mozzarella cheese only! 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,493
    I’m an east coaster and I like toppings. Most people I know do. I also don’t have the “New York rules of pizza” indoctrinated in me. For that I am extremely thankful. 
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    What are these rules you speak of?
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Plain pizza is plain.
    It lacks flavor and texture balance, unless the sauce is overly bold, which is a problem itself.
    Get something with some salt and umami in there, for goodness' sake.
    Especially if it's mozzarella cheese only! 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,854
    Basil is a topping.  ;)
    I was never a pizza snob and used to make fun of my NJ born and raised wife being one

    Moved to NJ and 7 years later am a full on pizza snob.  Happy to wear it now that I know what consistent excellence tastes like.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Oh shit... I get the sense Scruffy is somewhere pretending to be in the moment with some boring east coast company talking about the local weather patterns for the past decade, but secretly reading the pizza thread on his cellular phone... face getting red... and steam is starting to whistle out his ears.

    He’s going to feign a bathroom break and rip us ‘topping people’ a new one.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Basil is a topping.  ;)
    I was never a pizza snob and used to make fun of my NJ born and raised wife being one

    Moved to NJ and 7 years later am a full on pizza snob.  Happy to wear it now that I know what consistent excellence tastes like.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    rgambs said:
    Plain pizza is plain.
    It lacks flavor and texture balance, unless the sauce is overly bold, which is a problem itself.
    Get something with some salt and umami in there, for goodness' sake.
    Especially if it's mozzarella cheese only! 
    Sounds like you have not had good plain pizza. 
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Basil is a topping.  ;)
    I was never a pizza snob and used to make fun of my NJ born and raised wife being one

    Moved to NJ and 7 years later am a full on pizza snob.  Happy to wear it now that I know what consistent excellence tastes like.
    Well... if there’s an upside to really boring pizza... it’s not as stressful on the environment- having to grow tasty vegetables and raise meat.

    You guys keep doing your thing!
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,493
    I love basil.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,493
    mcgruff10 said:
    What are these rules you speak of?
    They are plenty evident in this thread :lol:
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    There’s only one thing that comes to mind that is better plain.  Cheesecake. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,854
    bbiggs said:
    There’s only one thing that comes to mind that is better plain.  Cheesecake. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,854
    rgambs said:
    Plain pizza is plain.
    It lacks flavor and texture balance, unless the sauce is overly bold, which is a problem itself.
    Get something with some salt and umami in there, for goodness' sake.
    Especially if it's mozzarella cheese only! 
    Salt and spices are always part of a good pie

    One of my favorite places and slices (Manco & Manco Sicilian) uses a blend of Mozz & Cheddar.

    Mushrooms are also a good topping and get you your desired taste ...
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Oh shit... I get the sense Scruffy is somewhere pretending to be in the moment with some boring east coast company talking about the local weather patterns for the past decade, but secretly reading the pizza thread on his cellular phone... face getting red... and steam is starting to whistle out his ears.

    He’s going to feign a bathroom break and rip us ‘topping people’ a new one.
    Lol. No company today, one of my kids has strep and my wife and I have sinus infections. Good times. 
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