Something I find disturbing about east coasters

[Leonard23]

I've noticed throughout the years, including on this board .. that some of you people call a pizza a pie. A pie is cherry pie, apple pie, cream pie, pecan pie, etc... but it's not a pizza. People have coffee and pie. A pizza is a pizza .. not a pie. Only communist call a pizza a pie tmk. So for those of you who travel to Seattle for the RU vs UW game and you want to order a pizza .. don't be asking for a pie or chances are you will be arrested and locked up for being a communist subversive.


This is a pie ...

And this is a pizza ...

 

[iReC89]

I've noticed throughout the years, including on this board .. that some of you people call a pizza a pie. A pie is cherry pie, apple pie, cream pie, pecan pie, etc... but it's not a pizza. People have coffee and pie. A pizza is a pizza .. not a pie. Only communist call a pizza a pie tmk. So for those of you who travel to Seattle for the RU vs UW game and you want to order a pizza .. don't be asking for a pie or chances are you will be arrested and locked up for being a communist subversive.


This is a pie ...

I would normally recommend putting a jersey pizza in your pie hole but I'm concerned you might get tragically confused.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

OP - you're wrong. Period. Not only is it called "pizza pie" out here - and when ordered whole simply known as a "pie" (which others have already mentioned) - there's actually an entire TYPE of pizza, loved by all those who grew up in Central Jersey, at The Jersey Shore, in SE Pennsyltucky, or even parts of NYC and Connecticut and Rhode Island, IIRC, call "TOMATO PIE." It's a wonderful rendition of the "pizza pie" and you should try it when you come out there next. Here is just one example of our beloved tomato pie that is famous throughout the northeast:

http://www.delorenzostomatopies.com/

 

[cubuffsdoug]

No idea what a soda cracker is, but yes we do say 'pop' and not 'soda'.

That's American speak for ya. :)

While we're at it, let's talk sneakers or tennis shoes?:joy:

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Down here at the Jersey Shore (at least in Monmouth County), we don't call them pies.

I can't speak for everyone fom Monmouth County but many I know - and that's a lot of people - call them "pies. Also, there is a Jersey Shore STAPLE that literally has "pie" in its name:
, so don't throw the rest of The Shore in there lol!

 

[srru86]

Can you give us your review of Pizza Pi Vegan on University Ave in Seattle? How are the gluten-free pizzas? Is the Pink Lady the best of the "Specialty Pies" on the menu?

http://www.pizzapivegan.com/

 

[Scarlet16E]

This thread is proof that the constant rain of Seattle will do strange things to your brain!

 

[RU Husky]

Can't argue with the sentiments expressed here that the best pies (pizza) found anywhere are in NJ. I've traveled the US extensively and much of Europe and nobody does it better.

But, I must say, that on a recent trip to Brussels , in some out of the way, local neighborhood, my wife and I had one of the best pizza experiences anywhere. The pie was Sicilian style, but instead of cutting the pie in slices or squares, they scissor cut it to the size you request and you pay by weight. They also had some very interesting topping combinations (no pineapple!!!). Before serving, they put your "slice' back in the oven so that it is served piping hot. Maybe it was the fact that we were eating a lot of Euro drek or hadn't had pizza in a while, but man that was some good stuff.
Portland was a pizza wasteland but is getting a little better [it remains a bagel wasteland]. The best place in town makes a New Haven (thin, charred crust) style pizza and they sell out nightly.The wait to get in is ridiculous. The owner is a pizza Nazi, they only serve one size pie and limit the number of toppings you can put on the pie.The last 5 years has seen a pizza explosion, but the overall quality is still lacking in this otherwise great food city.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Pies, pies, and more pies!

Post of this thread!

Separately, people calling pizza pies is really what you find "disturbing" with people from the East Coast?

Yeah I'm thinking there's a lot more to find "disturbing" about us lol!

 

[RUBlueLot]

Fantastic thread

 

[MadRU]

3:24am here and ya I need to crash soon. Insomnia is a b1tch. :(

Maybe you have insomnia because you worry too much about stuff like pizza pies. Just an observation and joke.

 

[Shelby65]

Am a Jersey guy but is there really a such thing as bad pizza ? I've traveled my fair share and never once had pizza that disappointed. Greek pizza or Sicilian, thin crust (Pete and Elda's !) or Star Tavern or even Costco pizza for chrissakes.

I am sure they do good pizza in Alaska too....

Same with burgers (White Castle and even White Rose are just fine)...no one location or niche is any better than another.

It's all good.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Am a Jersey guy but is there really a such thing as bad pizza ? I've traveled my fair share and never once had pizza that disappointed. Greek pizza or Sicilian, thin crust (Pete and Elda's !) or Star Tavern or even Costco pizza for chrissakes.

I am sure they do good pizza in Alaska too....

Same with burgers (White Castle and even White Rose are just fine)...no one location or niche is any better than another.

It's all good.

Yes, there is, you can find some in Hudson County. There are some AWFUL pizza places along the Weehawken/Union City Park Avenue "border" where I've lived the past 2.5 years. I'm not even a fan - at all - of "giant" pizza/slices like Benny Tudino's or 7-Star in Hoboken, either. Now mind you there is some damn good pizza up here, as well, don't get me wrong just responding to this post!

 

[Scoutnmayo]

I remember that they were called "tomato pies" in NJ in the early 1950's.

More of a PA thing and Wegman's sells tomato pies and they aren't bad.

 

[MadRU]

Am a Jersey guy but is there really a such thing as bad pizza ? I've traveled my fair share and never once had pizza that disappointed. Greek pizza or Sicilian, thin crust (Pete and Elda's !) or Star Tavern or even Costco pizza for chrissakes.

I am sure they do good pizza in Alaska too....

Same with burgers (White Castle and even White Rose are just fine)...no one location or niche is any better than another.

It's all good.

Had pizza in Vegas that was dreadful.

 

[kupuna133]

Am a Jersey guy but is there really a such thing as bad pizza ? I've traveled my fair share and never once had pizza that disappointed. Greek pizza or Sicilian, thin crust (Pete and Elda's !) or Star Tavern or even Costco pizza for chrissakes.

I am sure they do good pizza in Alaska too....

Same with burgers (White Castle and even White Rose are just fine)...no one location or niche is any better than another.

It's all good.

Yes there is bad pizza everywhere. Just differing viewpoints of what is acceptable. Dominoes has no reason to exist in NJ but when travelling or on business in middle America Dominoes is acceptable over the other choices.

 

[PatrickRU92]

There are plenty of horrendous excuses for pizza out there. In NJ look no further than the ubiquitous Pizza Hut and Papa Johns for starters. With all the great pizza joints out there HOW THE HELL do these places thrive in NJ??? I don't get it. And throw in the equally horrendous Olive Garden.

I remember before Pizza Hut was bought by Pepsi and wasn't on every street corner, it was actually pretty good but those days are over.

 

[hoquat63]

My friend Pete worked in a bakery - he fell into the oven, now Pete's a pie.

 

[BigRnj]

Sorry Dawg, we don't always get things right, but we did with the "shore VS beach" terminology. It is really pretty simple. When I'm sitting in a pizza joint 2 blocks from the ocean enjoying a pie and a beer, I am down the shore (a region). From where I am sitting I can watch girls in bikinis walking to and from the beach (a place at all shore towns). Now enjoy your halibut pie.

 

[Scoutnmayo]

One other thing. Real Americans go to the beach, not the shore.

All beaches are on the shoreline or shore.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

There are plenty of horrendous excuses for pizza out there. In NJ look no further than the ubiquitous Pizza Hut and Papa Johns for starters. With all the great pizza joints out there HOW THE HELL do these places thrive in NJ??? I don't get it. And throw in the equally horrendous Olive Garden..

I assume it's the same reason people like The Dallas Cowboys.

 

[StyleKnight]

There is no such thing as a 'pizza pie'. It's a 'pizza'. Pies are apple, cherry, pecan, cream, etc... not a pizza.

So what do you use in place of pie and slice? Is one the round pizza and one is the triangle pizza. It's anarchy over there.

 

[Scoutnmayo]

I know this is all in jest. But no left coasters get to talk about our pizza. Stick to seafood.

It all started in the east.

 

[rurichdog]

Alaska_Dawg actually looks a lot more like "the stiff" than Chunk. But the Ukrainian broads love him (until they don't). :fire:

 

[mikershoein]

Your in America now so it's time you learn to speak American.


This broad is baking a 'pie'. That's what real Americans do .. they bake pies.

This a pizza. If you want to see what a pie looks like, look at the top pic in this post.

So, since we're in America , does that mean we use "your" instead of "you're"?

 

[sherrane]

Obviously Chicago makes the best pizza, but the west coast has some excellent pizza joints.

Anyone who suggests Chicago pizza is the best doesn't have an opinion worth listening to.

 

[rurichdog]

This thread is proof that the constant rain of Seattle will do strange things to your brain!

Alaska_Dawg was more likely affected by all those years of drilling out on the North Slope & elsewhere north of the Arctic Circle.

 

[Leonard23]

Pies, pies, and more pies!

Yeah I'm thinking there's a lot more to find "disturbing" about us lol!

As long as we're talking anti-American, slicing a round pizza pie in any shape other than a triangle is anti-American. Stop slicing it into little pieces or strips. That bottom pic is disturbing.

 

[mcbabz]

btw we have some great pizza joints on the west coast and they don't make 'pies' .. they make 'pizza'.

you kind of don't...

 

[RUkrazy89]

This is a quality thread. From Monmouth County live out in Chicago now. Was in Brooklyn about a month ago with the girlfriends family, the waiter suggested we order 2-3 pies (maybe 11 of us at dinner) I think everyone except my girlfriends' mind was melting. Out here it's either Deep Dish or thin crust, no "New York style" really to speak of, and you generally can't pop in a pizza place and get a slice, sadly that doesn't exist.

 

[sherrane]

There are plenty of horrendous excuses for pizza out there. In NJ look no further than the ubiquitous Pizza Hut and Papa Johns for starters. With all the great pizza joints out there HOW THE HELL do these places thrive in NJ??? I don't get it. And throw in the equally horrendous Olive Garden.

I remember before Pizza Hut was bought by Pepsi and wasn't on every street corner, it was actually pretty good but those days are over.

I disagree that is was pretty good, but it was edible. I worked in a pizzeria in high school when Dominos and Pizza Hut came into the state. I tried them and figured they wouldn't last very long. You could go into any random pizzeria and have at least a 90% chance or getting a better pizza than either.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

As long as we're talking anti-American, slicing a round pizza pie in any shape other than a triangle is anti-American. Stop slicing it into little pieces or strips. That bottom pic is disturbing.

You're right, it is, just grabbed the 1st 2 tomato pie pics I could, sorry!

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

Pizza Pie. Why is this moron still allowed to post here? He's made some pretty stereotypical jokes.

You obviously weren't around for the old Guidos vs. Hillbillies weeks. ;)

 

[DJ Spanky]

I think a number of people reading this thread need to recalibrate their:

Dawg, are you in Alaska right now? What are you doing posting on the Internet at this time of night? Get some sleep. You'll feel better in the morning.

Ya know, I'm beginning to question whether he actually is in Alaska - has the internet reached there yet?

Alaska_Dawg was more likely affected by all those years of drilling out on the North Slope & elsewhere north of the Arctic Circle.

I understand he's been seen following the caribou herds looking for some companionship. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[beaced]

Nice friendly interchange.Will Alaska D. be so warm and giving after WE BEAT HIS PUPPIES?(REALITY CHECK)

 

[ashokan]

In Italy they say "pie" for pizza

The main problem is that historically there are two groups of "pies".
There are "savory pies" and there are "tart pies".
Fruit pies, dessert pies etc are tart pies.
Pizza is a savory pie - like a pot pie, shepherd's pie etc.

Example of Italian pizza pie:

"This week, Italian women everywhere will be knee deep in eggs, butter, sugar and ricotta cheese, making Easter pies. Every year my grandmother made countless delicious Easter pies. And every year, starting several weeks before Easter, anyone who even remotely knew her would start visiting or calling her. Their motive: to butter her up enough to get a piece of her pizza chena.

Pizza chena, a Neapolitan dialect term meaning "full pie," is a colossal two-crusted savory pie stuffed with various Italian meats, cheeses and eggs. All of that savory "fullness" is encased in either a flaky pastry crust or, as my family made, a satisfyingly chewy pizza dough crust."

Both sweet and savory pies are a hallmark of an Italian Easter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifes...--foodstylts--v-c20160321-20160321-story.html

 

[theRU]

any good place on the west coast that serves pizza calls it a pie.

 

[Knight Shift]

Monmouth County not calling them pies? Seriously? You're telling me if you walked in to any of the hundreds of Pizza places from Hazlet to Brielle that they wouldn't understand. I order pizzas all the time. When ordering a piece of pizza it's a "slice" when ordering a "whole" pizza it's a "pie"

I can't speak for everyone fom Monmouth County but many I know - and that's a lot of people - call them "pies. Also, there is a Jersey Shore STAPLE that literally has "pie" in its name:
, so don't throw the rest of The Shore in there lol!

Well, there is a first for everything, and maybe (just maybe), I was a little off base. :flushed:
Looked at websites two older Pizza institutions in Monmouth County, Val's Tavern and Vic's in Bradley Beach, and they refer to them as "pies." But the first time I noticed "pies" was down in Beach Haven in the early 1980's at Buckalews, which referred to pizza as "Tomato Pies." That said, most of the folks I grew up with in South Monmouth would not order a "pie" when ordering pizza. We would order a slice or a "whole pizza."

 

[RUChoppin]

Am a Jersey guy but is there really a such thing as bad pizza ?

Buy a slice from the concessions counter at the Camden Adventure Aquarium. You'll know what bad pizza is.

 

[srru86]

They also had some very interesting topping combinations (no pineapple!!!).

An infamnia.