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What's your favorite color of your favorite type of food on your favorite day of your favorite month of the year?
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Why does everybody like pizza so much?
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What's your favorite color of your favorite type of food on your favorite day of your favorite month of the year?
Nymphae
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I think nostalgia, also the fact that there are usually options provided so no one is left out or unhappy, and that it's just easy finger foods. It's hard to not enjoy pizza unless you have some dietary reason you can't have it. But honestly people at my work get just as excited when someone brings in Timbits (donut holes in America I believe), free food gets people excited and into the lunchroom talking no matter what it is.
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lil puff
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Without a doubt, a steak for me.
Oddly enough, even in NYC I tend to like the big chain pizza better. Pizza Hut, Little Ceasers, etc. I'd actually prefer a grilled cheese with tomato soup over a slice. So it's probably more that I don't use much logic in the foods I like.
But I do think some folks in NYC overrate one pizza place over the other for silly reasons, such as seeing a long line, old pictures on the wall, or seeing a place on TV. They're like Ohhhh this place is so awesome, but that one is shit! Those kinda guys (imo) just buy into the hype of things and just like the things other people like.
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I know chain pizza gets ragged on but the Dominoes thin crust is really good. It's flaky and has a nice crunch without just being a cracker. Cheap as hell too
yeahokaywhatever
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It's versatile. It can appeal to the working class and the elite. It can be veggie/vegan or for omnivores. It is eternal, a classic and forever young. Pizza is the gift that keeps on giving.
epicnemesis
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Pizza is great, but not the best.
Pro tip: pulled pork is the best topping. I had leftover pulled pork once and threw it on a plain cheese pizza. So good.
Pro tip: pulled pork is the best topping. I had leftover pulled pork once and threw it on a plain cheese pizza. So good.
manfestival
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Pizza is high in the glycemic index. This should be part of the reason why it is so desired. There are also plenty of non scientific reasons as to why people like it so much as well.
JareBear: Remastered
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I feel like pulled pork makes almost anything better. Delicious meat
lil puff
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I tried something like this a BBQ pizza, and I did like the idea of the pulled pork.
But the BBQ sauce for me, is too sweet for pizza, too intense and I did not want more than 2 slices.
JareBear: Remastered
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There's' also the "Pizza Effect" I read about when researching diabetes that is something like the fats on a typical pizza, especially a meaty one, create a delayed blood sugar spike 2-3 hours after eating from the delayed carb absorption, or something like that
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It's also really good cold (IMO). I take a pizza home and know that it is good for 2-3 meals, just pull a slice out of the fridge next morning.
Susurrus
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epicnemesis
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I don’t put sauce on my pulled pork. BBQ sauce just makes everything taste like BBQ sauce. The magic is in the rub.
iconmaster
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Pizza can be anything. It's the all-food.
JareBear: Remastered
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pizza i recently made
I want all of it.
JCK75
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Good mom and pop pizza had that amazing crispy crust that is moist and chewy on the insane, flavorful sauce and cheese that just strings across the room loaded with tasty meats and veggies..
nothing better..
Less great Pizza such a Dominoes we roll with because it's a convenience food, one of the few you can feed a lot of people cheaply and they will bring it to you... and even that is really enjoyable in it's own way.
nothing better..
Less great Pizza such a Dominoes we roll with because it's a convenience food, one of the few you can feed a lot of people cheaply and they will bring it to you... and even that is really enjoyable in it's own way.
brap
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lmao nah. just so many people i know act like it's the greatest thing ever.
Nice salad bruhpizza i recently made
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lock2k
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Italian blood here. I am crazy about pizza. How can you not love it?
Cunth
Fingerlickin' Good!
There’s some mold or something on itpizza i recently made
cryptoadam
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As far as chains go Dominoes is the best IMO.
And usually they run some sort of special, I think every monday its 50% off any pizza.
StreetsofBeige
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Probably a food that has the best combo of everything:
- Can buy it, make it from scratch or heat up grocery store pizzas
- If you make it yourself, it's pretty hard to fuck up (really the only key screw up is leaving it in the oven too long burning it)
- Everyone can have it the way they want
- Cheap
- Filling
- Delivery
- A million locations open late
- A partyfest. This is the ultimate share and have fun food. Most things you make or buy is single servings. You aren't going to break a burger in half or cut someone half your steak
- You can use your hands and eat it on the go
- Great for leftovers, and if you have the space in your fridge you just jam the cardboard box in
Bonus: Grab a defrosted pizza from your fridge and put it on your BBQ! Not too hot. And if you're concerned about that, put it on the small top rack (if your BBQ has it). Those rising crust pizzas come out like a champ on a BBQ!
- Can buy it, make it from scratch or heat up grocery store pizzas
- If you make it yourself, it's pretty hard to fuck up (really the only key screw up is leaving it in the oven too long burning it)
- Everyone can have it the way they want
- Cheap
- Filling
- Delivery
- A million locations open late
- A partyfest. This is the ultimate share and have fun food. Most things you make or buy is single servings. You aren't going to break a burger in half or cut someone half your steak
- You can use your hands and eat it on the go
- Great for leftovers, and if you have the space in your fridge you just jam the cardboard box in
Bonus: Grab a defrosted pizza from your fridge and put it on your BBQ! Not too hot. And if you're concerned about that, put it on the small top rack (if your BBQ has it). Those rising crust pizzas come out like a champ on a BBQ!
davepoobond
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I agree one hundred percent.
HoodWinked
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i came back on pizza, i liked it as a kid, but started to like it less as i got older but more recently i've started to enjoy it alot more because how easily accessible brick oven pizzas are now. i don't put pineapple on artisan style pizzas but on chain pizzas it makes them much more of a sweet, salty, savory mess that junk food should be.
Ellery
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Pizza is the best. No matter if it is frozen, chain or good restaurant pizza.
The last 2 years I learned to make good pizza from the ground up. I bought a nice oven just for Pizza. I tried about 10 different flours, varying degrees of top/bottom heat combinations, amount of yeast and duration of fermentation, lots of different cheeses and more sauces than I can count (or lets say spices/herbs in those sauces).
Took me roughly 18 months and 200+ pizzas to achieve a result that is consistent and repeatable (but still has a lot of room for improvement).
Here are some things I found out to be the most important :
- Bottom heat is KING. The reason most pizzas made at home in a conventional oven are not as good is because of a lack of bottom heat. Direct contact is best.
- The longer the proofing/fermentation the better the dough tastes
- One of the most important things is the protein in the flour. 12-14% is optimal for good stretching.
- You can make really good pizza at 250°C (482°F), but the best pizza is always from ultra hot wood fire stone ovens ( 450°C / 840°F )
- Pizza is much more complicated to make than people think. Try out 10 different recipes from the internet and you will fail 9 times and get lucky once. Probably fail 10 times.
- It is mostly because following recipes is not that easy because you have to make a specific dough for your specific circumstances and flour. Each flour has different water absorbtion.
- Sugar and oil in the dough is good at low heat ovens for the browning. High heat oven can do just fine with just having flour, water, salt, yeast.
I am a lover of pizza. No matter if it is deep dish, detroit, new york, roma or the most traditional of them all the neapolitan.
Here is a picture of a pizza I would love to try out, but it is like 4000 miles away :
The last 2 years I learned to make good pizza from the ground up. I bought a nice oven just for Pizza. I tried about 10 different flours, varying degrees of top/bottom heat combinations, amount of yeast and duration of fermentation, lots of different cheeses and more sauces than I can count (or lets say spices/herbs in those sauces).
Took me roughly 18 months and 200+ pizzas to achieve a result that is consistent and repeatable (but still has a lot of room for improvement).
Here are some things I found out to be the most important :
- Bottom heat is KING. The reason most pizzas made at home in a conventional oven are not as good is because of a lack of bottom heat. Direct contact is best.
- The longer the proofing/fermentation the better the dough tastes
- One of the most important things is the protein in the flour. 12-14% is optimal for good stretching.
- You can make really good pizza at 250°C (482°F), but the best pizza is always from ultra hot wood fire stone ovens ( 450°C / 840°F )
- Pizza is much more complicated to make than people think. Try out 10 different recipes from the internet and you will fail 9 times and get lucky once. Probably fail 10 times.
- It is mostly because following recipes is not that easy because you have to make a specific dough for your specific circumstances and flour. Each flour has different water absorbtion.
- Sugar and oil in the dough is good at low heat ovens for the browning. High heat oven can do just fine with just having flour, water, salt, yeast.
I am a lover of pizza. No matter if it is deep dish, detroit, new york, roma or the most traditional of them all the neapolitan.
Here is a picture of a pizza I would love to try out, but it is like 4000 miles away :
thief183
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pizza i recently made
mmm...too much green in that pizza.
brap
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CyberPanda
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You sir have good taste.
Pizza is universally loved because it has three things:
1. Processed carbs.
2. Meat
3. Cheese
The combination of these makes one have a foodgasm.
haxan7
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That looks really good, don't let the fatty brigade get you down.pizza i recently made
CyberPanda
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Order one damn it!
brap
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I had leftover pizza today. Yummy!
fatty
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Yes I love Pizza Hawaii with Pine apples. Come at me
Also chicken Curry Pizza which aslo has pineapples
I know this place is pretty lenient with posting but you really should put something this offensive behind a spoiler tag and label NSFW.
But I think it is a losing battle with some people and their pineapple pizza, my wife even likes the stuff. Oh well, nobody’s perfect.
EverydayBeast
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Top 10 food item that deserves a bite every now and than.
20cent
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Nice, that's also the only thing that looks like a proper pizza in this thread.pizza i recently made
CyberPanda
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I just ate a small pepperoni pizza.
brap
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CyberPanda
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KorbinDallas
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Just wanted to let everyone know my affinity for pizza as well. It's delicious. I had Cici's buffet for the first time a few weeks back and have been going once a week now. Good for the price.
Just wanted to let everyone know my affinity for pizza as well. It's delicious. I had Cici's buffet for the first time a few weeks back and have been going once a week now. Good for the price.
lil puff
Member
I have been seeing the commercials and they make me hungry everytime.
Too bad we don't have Cicis.
Thanks for the lunch suggestion! Pizza soon!
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