Anchovies on your pizza?

[Sinead]

Lol, no I don't think we could. BBQ on pizza is icky! The only worse thing than BBQ on pizza is chicken on a pizza. Ewwwww

I used to think that, before I tried BBQ on pizza, omg it's so good . Again, don't listen to me, I love BBQ sauce more than life itself

[Colleen_definitely]

There's some bizarre fusion pizzas in Blackpool, green Thai chicken curry pizza anyone? Kebab meat pizza, and for the true Philistine battered pizza

It's just crazy enough to be tasty.  I bet kebab meat is actually pretty good.

[Devlyn]

I like your new avatar pic, Colleen!

Hugs, Devlyn

[Roll]

Quality is what matters!

Terrible anchovies (any you get a fast food pizza place) make terrible pizza. Good anchovies (white usually) with the proper seasonings, great pizza. Has to be on a crispy, thin crust though. Something about thicker crust or even brooklyn style "floppy" thin just doesn't work with anchovies for me. Overall though, definitely better for a Caeser.

Re: Mushrooms. Mushrooms are a classic topping, and one of the greatest foods of all time, how dare people denigrate their good name! But, again, it's quality. Random canned mushrooms or low end white mushrooms, meh at best, bordering on outright gross. Some nice portobella or shiitake mushrooms, soooooooo good. Have to get a proper sear on them in a good brick oven or under a broiler though, you don't want them soggy. Goes particularly well with a good pepperoni. Alternatively, sautee them first and get some of the moisture out.

Hawaiian pizza is a monstrosity. Pineapple should not be served hot, ever. Even grilled pineapple should be allowed to cool.

Crust depends on the toppings. Brooklyn is the best all purpose. Not a fan of the chicago style deep dish, it's just a wannabe pot pie, but works with some toppings/fillings like spinach and feta.

BBQ on pizza I don't care for. I've had decent BBQ chicken pizzas, but they might as well have been any random sandwich. Waste of pizza calories.

My perfect pizza is simple: Brooklyn style crust with a classic red sauce, Mozz + Prov + Cheddar blend, tons of pepperoni, and extremely finely ground beef (EXTREMELY finely ground) placed on top of the pepperonis so that as the oil from the pepperoni cooks out it fries the beef, with some roasted garlic for extra kick. Top with red pepper flakes and the fakest, cheapest, grated parm there is.

[Laurie]

  Ellie, We would make great pizza partners.

[Julia1996]

One of my mom's friends is Italian.  She had said a couple of times that she was going to make us a real pizza and one day she brought us a pizza. The crust was all thin and all it had on it was cheese and some kind of greens. And that was ALL. Nothing else! And the cheese wasnt even all over the pizza. It looked like she just put pieces of random cheese on it. Stingy with the toppings much?  I started talking about that sad half assed pizza at work and someone told me that's authentic Italian pizza. Pizza with no toppings and stingy amounts of cheese? Totally sad!

[Julia1996]

Quality is what matters!

Terrible anchovies (any you get a fast food pizza place) make terrible pizza. Good anchovies (white usually) with the proper seasonings, great pizza. Has to be on a crispy, thin crust though. Something about thicker crust or even brooklyn style "floppy" thin just doesn't work with anchovies for me. Overall though, definitely better for a Caeser.

Re: Mushrooms. Mushrooms are a classic topping, and one of the greatest foods of all time, how dare people denigrate their good name! But, again, it's quality. Random canned mushrooms or low end white mushrooms, meh at best, bordering on outright gross. Some nice portobella or shiitake mushrooms, soooooooo good. Have to get a proper sear on them in a good brick oven or under a broiler though, you don't want them soggy. Goes particularly well with a good pepperoni. Alternatively, sautee them first and get some of the moisture out.

Hawaiian pizza is a monstrosity. Pineapple should not be served hot, ever. Even grilled pineapple should be allowed to cool.

Crust depends on the toppings. Brooklyn is the best all purpose. Not a fan of the chicago style deep dish, it's just a wannabe pot pie, but works with some toppings/fillings like spinach and feta.

BBQ on pizza I don't care for. I've had decent BBQ chicken pizzas, but they might as well have been any random sandwich. Waste of pizza calories.

My perfect pizza is simple: Brooklyn style crust with a classic red sauce, Mozz + Prov + Cheddar blend, tons of pepperoni, and extremely finely ground beef (EXTREMELY finely ground) placed on top of the pepperonis so that as the oil from the pepperoni cooks out it fries the beef, with some roasted garlic for extra kick. Top with red pepper flakes and the fakest, cheapest, grated parm there is.

No sliced black olives?

[Roll]

One of my mom's friends is Italian.  She had said a couple of times that she was going to make us a real pizza and one day she brought us a pizza. The crust was all thin and all it had on it was cheese and some kind of greens. And that was ALL. Nothing else! And the cheese wasnt even all over the pizza. It looked like she just put pieces of random cheese on it. Stingy with the toppings much?  I started talking about that sad half assed pizza at work and someone told me that's authentic Italian pizza. Pizza with no toppings and stingy amounts of cheese? Totally sad!

Sounds like a Margherita pizza. Popular around here, but I don't care for them. Fresh mozz is really good, but I prefer the full coverage with it rather than the individual blobs.

"Authentic" pizza is largely a myth. There are countless varieties of pizza in Italy, and every random person claims the version they prefer is the original. Typically though, you will see the fresh mozz and really charred outer edges on the crusts (actual thickness varies, though to some people at a certain point you are just making Foccacia with toppings).

Arguably, Americanized pizza has just as robust of a history, if not more so, since pizza doesn't carry quite the weight in traditional Italian cuisine that it does here. (I would compare "American" pizza to Cajun cuisine, which is really just French recipes adjusted for new ingredients in a new world that evolved over time. And Cajun is certainly considered perfectly legitimate, so no reason not to consider "Italian American" to be anything but. Not to mention the Italians ripped off the Chinese for most of their stuff to begin with, so if we were to question Americanized versions of things the entire Italian staple lineup gets thrown out along with it by the same logic. )

No sliced black olives?

That's my sister's go to, but I am weird about olives. I don't dislike the taste, but... I can't eat them. I always associate them with the usual pimento stuffed green olives, and they creep me out. They look like sickly, blood shot eyeballs in a jar, and they have bothered me since I was a little kid. One of those things I've never been able to let go.

[Julia1996]

A jar full of eyeballs! That's hilarious. Lol.  I totally LOVE green olives. I love the stuffed olives. Stuffed with about anything. Pimento, garlic cloves, almonds, etc, and I love the black ones too.

[Angela Drakken]

I have YET to find a place other than a sit down type of restaurant that does anchovies on pizza to my liking.
Delivery they always seem super dry and flavourless.

Def a big fan though.

I get teased alot for eating sardines for lunch almost every day also.. >.<

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[Julia1996]

I have YET to find a place other than a sit down type of restaurant that does anchovies on pizza to my liking.
Delivery they always seem super dry and flavourless.

Def a big fan though.

I get teased alot for eating sardines for lunch almost every day also.. >.<

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I like the sardines in the mustard sauce. Lol, my brother gets skeezed out just looking at sardines.

[Dena]

My understand is the original Pizza was a bread crust with leftovers on it. After that it evolved into something not intended to get rid of leftovers. Remember is tomatoes are not a part of original italian cooking. Tomatoes are a new world plant and for a long time they were considered to be poisons. Pizza would have started out as a simple dish, possibly a crust with cheese and a few herbs sprinkled on the top for flavor. It took Americans to really go overboard on the toppings.

[Julia1996]

My understand is the original Pizza was a bread crust with leftovers on it. After that it evolved into something not intended to get rid of leftovers. Remember is tomatoes are not a part of original italian cooking. Tomatoes are a new world plant and for a long time they were considered to be poisons. Pizza would have started out as a simple dish, possibly a crust with cheese and a few herbs sprinkled on the top for flavor. It took Americans to really go overboard on the toppings.

People thought tomatoes were poison? ? That's so weird. Lol

[Dena]

People thought tomatoes were poison? ? That's so weird. Lol

It had to do with the red color. Several plants that are poison also have red fruit and for a while europeans feared the plant as it's a member of the nightshade family. This didn't stop others from eating it but it couldn't be used in the old world until the new world was discovered.

[Kylo]

Succulent morsels of delightfully feisty flavour.
or
Nausea inducing, works of evil.

what say ye?

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Bit too salty for me. I'd rather have anchovies than pineapple on a pizza, though.

[V M]

Potatoes were considered poisonous for quite awhile as well

Anyway, I love pineapple and could add it to just about anything

I also love just about any other type of tropical fruit

Oh great, now I'm craving a Kahuna burger

[Julia1996]

Potatoes were considered poisonous for quite awhile as well

Anyway, I love pineapple and could add it to just about anything

I also love just about any other type of tropical fruit

Oh great, now I'm craving a Kahuna burger

What's on a Kahuna burger? It's Hawaiian I assume.

[V M]

What's on a Kahuna burger? It's Hawaiian I assume.

It's a cheeseburger with pineapple on it    There are several renditions of it, almost as much of a "Free for All" as pizza

[Angela Drakken]

I like the sardines in the mustard sauce. Lol, my brother gets skeezed out just looking at sardines.

Tomato sauce, hot sauce, jalapeno and olive oil, lemon,
Black pepper sauce, oh my list goes on..

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[big kim]

Sardine fan here, never seen mustard ones. I usually have tomato sauce sardines on toast