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What is your favourite kind of pizza? I like the Parisian one. Bechamel sauce, spinach, diced (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2012 OP
Ha Ha Pizza in Yellow Springs Ohio Charlemagne Jan 2012 #1
Stuffed Giordano's Chicago style deep dish. Spinach, mushroom, onion. nt riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #2
Hawaiian. n/t dimbear Jan 2012 #3
The one true pizza. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #4
Yes. For authentic pizza that is definitely the one to get. applegrove Jan 2012 #5
Yes! Margherita. Arugula Latte Jan 2012 #8
Pesto sakabatou Jan 2012 #6
That's my second favorite. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #14
2 day leftovers after smoking a blunt Major Nikon Jan 2012 #7
Tombstone nt Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #9
I think the tombstone got tombstoned! madinmaryland Jan 2012 #28
R.I.S. Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #32
Pepperoni and extra cheese OriginalGeek Jan 2012 #10
I have been told that Dominos has vastly improved. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #15
Man I feel for ya OriginalGeek Jan 2012 #17
What makes it even worse... GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #18
Dominos pepperoni with extra pepperoni is awesome. Chipper Chat Jan 2012 #25
double pepperoni and anchovy hobbit709 Jan 2012 #11
Barbecue chicken Denninmi Jan 2012 #12
jalapenos, chopped tomatoes, onion lillypaddle Jan 2012 #13
Tuna, sausage, marijuana, vodka sauce, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and raw egg. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #16
Bacon, artichoke hearts and garlic - nt Ohio Joe Jan 2012 #19
"White" pizza Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #20
plain ol' cheese pizza IcyPeas Jan 2012 #21
Me too but with extra cheese. n/t RebelOne Jan 2012 #30
Made at my house. GoneOffShore Jan 2012 #22
Mediterannaen -- like a greek / spinach salad on a pizza eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #23
Mushrooms, black olives with emilyg Jan 2012 #24
Escape from New York cliffordu Jan 2012 #26
Salsa Verde from Star Pizza kentauros Jan 2012 #27
Depends on mood and accessibility hifiguy Jan 2012 #29
Kind of traditional I think siligut Jan 2012 #31
 

Charlemagne

(576 posts)
1. Ha Ha Pizza in Yellow Springs Ohio
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 09:51 PM
Jan 2012

Has a pizza with wheat crust, feta cheese, and those big thin tomato slices. Oh I die for it, die I tell you.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
8. Yes! Margherita.
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 01:22 AM
Jan 2012

Thin crust, olive oil, salt, tomato sauce, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella ... Nothing better.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
10. Pepperoni and extra cheese
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 02:58 AM
Jan 2012

It does not matter if it's thick crust or thin or sicilian style or Chicago or New York.

If someone else is buying I will eat anything on a pizza but I nearly always order PXC for me.

All I ask is that it does not come from Dominos, Pizza Hut or Papa John.

This past thanksgiving I had the good fortune of being able to visit Chicago for a few hours and had a deep dish from Gino's East. Dayyyyyyyyyyum! That was an awesome pizza.

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
15. I have been told that Dominos has vastly improved.
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 09:01 AM
Jan 2012

I haven't eaten it in years, but I guess they totally re-vamped their pizza fairly recently. Folks who have had it told me the thin crust is actually fairly good. Around here, the chains are pretty much it for pizza. There is an independent restaurant, but truth be told, they're not a whole lot different than the chains. The only really good pizza in town comes from the two Greek restaurants. I usually just make my own.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
17. Man I feel for ya
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 12:41 PM
Jan 2012

Access to a good pizza delivery joint should be an unalienable right.

I have had the "new and improved" Dominos and I wasn't impressed (but I will admit to an incredible bias against them to begin with so it may just be that nothing they could do would make me happy)

It really sucks that the independent in your area doesn't do it right. I got INCREDIBLY lucky when a place opened up down the street from my house. We live in an area that is serviced by Pizza Hut and a couple other local independents but I was never excited by the local indies and refused to call PH...and then this place called Bronx pizza took over an abandoned storefront and started papering the neighborhood with flyers and coupons and I KNEW I had found a friend when I called for delivery and the guy on the phone says "Tanks fa callin', whatchooz want on ya pie?"

We also have fun making our own (and did so a lot more before Bronx moved in lol)...our local grocery store makes raw pizza dough in their bakery and it's really good but I am still looking for a good sauce recipe...I've tried several of the jarred ones but they are usually too bland or too sweet and I'm not much of a cook to make sauce from scratch but I'm willing to try.

(In my youth I delivered pizza for several chains including Dominos and some locals and sometimes when deliveries were slow I worked on the line so I can assemble a pizza like a champ but I just don't get the hang of creating sauce that works).

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
18. What makes it even worse...
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 12:58 PM
Jan 2012

I grew up in Chicago, where even the worst independent joint was better than anything here--including the two Greek restaurants, which put out very good pizza. At least the Greek pizzas aren't bland like all the others, including the independents, which are the worst, unfortunately. That's why I don't care for them. They do a good job with the crust, but it's like they just dumped a can of tomato sauce on it. Blech. If you HAVE to put half a shaker of chilli peppers on it to make it taste like something, it's not good pizza in my book.

Chipper Chat

(9,678 posts)
25. Dominos pepperoni with extra pepperoni is awesome.
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 12:34 AM
Jan 2012

I had one tonight. Domoinos is much better than the bland pizzas they popped out in the 90s.
Also positive: Their breadsticks. Tasty and a bargain at $3.99
Negative: I hate the $1.99 delivery fee.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
16. Tuna, sausage, marijuana, vodka sauce, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and raw egg.
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 10:18 AM
Jan 2012

No, wait - that's the one I DON'T want.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
20. "White" pizza
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 05:28 PM
Jan 2012

No, it aint about demographics, I mean the kind without tomato sauce. It's mozzerella, ricotta, with squid, shrimp, with a white wine sauce.

GoneOffShore

(17,339 posts)
22. Made at my house.
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 06:26 PM
Jan 2012

Joy of Cooking pizza dough - retard the rise in the fridge.

Topping - whatever I come up with.

Cook in a 500 degree gas convection oven on a 3/4 inch pizza stone.

eppur_se_muova

(36,262 posts)
23. Mediterannaen -- like a greek / spinach salad on a pizza
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 06:53 PM
Jan 2012

spinach, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, black olives, maybe a little Feta

2nd best, a B/W -- white cheeze pizza with black olives

Used to get those when I lived across the street and down the block a little from one of the very first Pizza Outlets.

I loved Hungry Howie's veggie special with garlic butter and poppyseed crust, but they quit using poppyseed -- heartbreaking.

We have a Mellow Mushroom here in town, but their menu's not what I remember from other MM's I liked. Vegetarian options are somewhat out of fashion, apparently.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
26. Escape from New York
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 03:31 PM
Jan 2012

in beautiful NW Portland Oregon.

Any type they have on hand at the moment. Truly exceptional.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
29. Depends on mood and accessibility
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 05:39 PM
Jan 2012

The wild mushroom/walnut pesto pizza at CPK is fantastic.

There's a local chain called Punch here in the Twin Cities that uses an 850 degree brick oven that makes a damn fine pie - I like salami w/mushrooms.

But the King of all Pizzas is the Lombardi's special, now only available in NYC. I ate it regularly when working in Philly in 2000-01 when there was still a Lombardi's there. The Alpha and Omega of pizza.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
31. Kind of traditional I think
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 06:58 PM
Jan 2012

Simple dough, bread flour, yeast, water, olive oil, salt and a bit of honey. Let it rise, then flatten it out onto the pizza pan and bake at 425 for 8 minutes or so. Then top with, pizza sauce, Trader Joe's is good, mozzarella, mushrooms, jalapenos, onions, roasted garlic and black olives, bake at 425 until bubbly delicious. Serve with a nice bottle of red.

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