Well, out by you, it's probably a good idea to put the scare quotes around the word, actually.
Something I find disturbing about east coasters
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Well, out by you, it's probably a good idea to put the scare quotes around the word, actually.
Another highly disturbing pizza faux pas--CHEDDAR.
Cheddar cheese on pizza IMMEDIATELY disqualifies it from being good.
I know of one famous Seaside Heights pizza that bills itself as a tomato pie who uses cheddar. Blech!
Cheddar cheese on pizza IMMEDIATELY disqualifies it from being good.
I know of one famous Seaside Heights pizza that bills itself as a tomato pie who uses cheddar. Blech!
See I feel the same way about broccoli and pineapple. Sorry, but that ain't pizza in my book!
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 ...
But watch out for the cow pies around....
I feel that way about broccoli and pineapple too!! And duck, and barbecue chicken, and cheesesteak pizza with whiz (gross)
If it doesn't stand up well with JUST tomato sauce and mozzarella, it ain't good pizza!
You find THIS disturbing? In Jersey a pizza is called a pie, in the mid-west soda is called pop, in some places a sub is called a grinder.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 ...
4 pages and nobody has yet posted the Pizza Belt article/map? Youse guyz are slippin'. Anyway, while I'm sure the OP is just having some fun tweaking us (who doesn't miss guido-hillbilly week?) before the first game, if he doesn't know it already, he has no right to even post about pizza pies, being from way outside the pizza belt.
I've been to Seattle a few times and many places outside the pizza belt and that article nailed it. Sure, there are pizza gems all over the US, but they're few and far between, such that the fundamental theorem of the Pizza Belt holds true, i.e., it's the only area in the US, "where the chance of obtaining an adequate-to-good slice of pizza from a randomly chosen pizzeria is greater than 50 percent."
Most pizza outside this area sucks. Most random strip mall pizza shops within the Pizza Belt are at least good with many being awesome. My only quibble with the map is minor - it should include all of Jersey and NE Delaware.
Also, as others noted, showing a pic of a pizza in a box as indicative of good pizza is simply wrong - it should be a crime to order from Domino's or Pizza Hut if you live in the Pizza Belt. And cheddar cheese, pineapple, broccoli, and a few other things simply don't belong on a pie. There, I feel better.
http://gawker.com/the-pizza-belt-the-most-important-pizza-theory-youll-r-743629037
I've been to Seattle a few times and many places outside the pizza belt and that article nailed it. Sure, there are pizza gems all over the US, but they're few and far between, such that the fundamental theorem of the Pizza Belt holds true, i.e., it's the only area in the US, "where the chance of obtaining an adequate-to-good slice of pizza from a randomly chosen pizzeria is greater than 50 percent."
Most pizza outside this area sucks. Most random strip mall pizza shops within the Pizza Belt are at least good with many being awesome. My only quibble with the map is minor - it should include all of Jersey and NE Delaware.
Also, as others noted, showing a pic of a pizza in a box as indicative of good pizza is simply wrong - it should be a crime to order from Domino's or Pizza Hut if you live in the Pizza Belt. And cheddar cheese, pineapple, broccoli, and a few other things simply don't belong on a pie. There, I feel better.
http://gawker.com/the-pizza-belt-the-most-important-pizza-theory-youll-r-743629037
Technically you don't have Pizza where you are. We would call it something else but we'd get booted from this board.
no one calls it "plain" out here, they call it "cheese"....like you're gonna order a pizza with no cheese. I ask for plain and every time they say, "plain? what?"
This argument always makes me think of this phony phone call from Howard Stern Show. Makes me laugh every time (there is some NSFW language)
They still are in central jersey and the shore.
yep, DeLorenzos ....Tomato Pie
and of course, Papa's Tomato Pie. The oldest tomato pie in America. (I live walking distance to both of them!)
You do not have any "good" pizza joints out west. You just do not know what good pizza is. We can tolerate the banter from you regarding football; but when you start attacking something as sacred as the pizza pie you are liable to find yourself stuffed in the trunk of your car with a slice of pizza pie shoved in your mouth. Welcome to New Jersey.
The only good/halfway decent pizza out here is always sold by the slice, in addition to whole PIES. I always order a plain slice when I am trying a place for the 1st time. My Portland buddy asked me why, and I explained that unless the base PIE is good , no amount of toppings will help. By the way, my favorite is sausage and onion. Also always have it with a Coke.
Alaska you are off base here. Pizza is what ever people from the tri state region decide to call in this country.
They absolutely dominate the space.
They absolutely dominate the space.
Reminds of another great story. After ordering a plain pie, I had to explain the meaning, no toppings, just cheese. That's what I got, just cheese with no tomato sauce. Idiots.
***Breaking News, Pat***
You know I am an epic complainer of pizza here, but I have FINALLY found a legit spot. Met a guy a few months ago and we started talking about pizza. Of course I told him I don't eat it out here and he said he owns some joints and I should try his. Reluctantly I asked what it was called and he said Joe's. I told him that was a good start since Joe's happens to be my favorite in NYC. Low and behold he said he owns that one too. Immediately decided it was worth a visit and he was right. Completely legit. Best pizza in LA, easily. I highly recommend. There are 3 locations, one in WeHo, one in Hollywood, and one somewhere in the Valley.
Go get it.
Been there many times. AND they make a legit Sicilian PIE which is not always easy to find! I've only been to the one on the Sunset Strip
you try Grimaldi's yet? I've been to the one in Brooklyn and the one here is pretty damn close
Another thing pizza places don't recognize is "plain pizza." I'm constantly reminded by the blank stare I get every time I say "large plain" at my local shop - "What do you mean plain." Have to follow up with, "Oh, sorry, large cheese."
"Cheese" just seems redundant, but whatever gets me my damn pizza :sunglasses:
What is it about In N Out burger? I see people rave about this place all the time, but it makes some of the most straightforward, "meh" burgers I've ever eaten. And it has like three options on the menu. Not bad, but why does it get so much praise?
I have one within 10 minutes, and I can think of 10 other burger places I'd go before going there.
*you'reYour 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.
And technically calling pizza a pie fits your definition since Tomatoes are a fruit.
The one in Manhattan Beach? I haven't hit that yet. With this revelation I have been informed of, I can't see myself going anywhere else at this point.
You need to order from OFF the menu. That's what most "rave" about. I learned it maybe the 5th time I went when I was living out there.
And another thing.... "Pizza Joint"? Cos'è quello? It's a "Pizza Parlor." At least they were called that back in my formative years, which were quite a few decades ago in central NJ.
He probably lives in a log cabin on the North Slope of Alaska without access to pasta so "gravy" would be lost on him.
haha
El Segundo actually on Rosecrans not far from the 405 (near the Arclight if you ever go there). It's coal oven --only coal oven in Cali!
I'm totally with you, man. I don't get it. People here in LA swear by In n Out. I have one pretty close to my house and every time I drive by, and I mean anytime of day or night--there is a line of cars at the drive thru. Whatevs!
It's a fast food burger. If you like that, fine. Maybe its a better than average fast food burger but that still makes it pretty unappealing but I'm just not a fast food guy.
And their fries suck too :)
Ha! When I was a kid I remember my dad always saying "you guys wanna go to the pizza parlor or for tomato pie"? It was one or the other!
Please don't tell him about Disco Fries or get him started on the Taylor Ham/Pork Roll issue either
It was always called Pizza Parlor when I was growing up.
I still call it that.
I still call it that.
Yea, I used to pass by it every day when I lived in MB. Never thought of going in. I may have to make a special trip next time I am surfing there.
The OP needs to understand that we take pizza very seriously in NJ so please don't go poking the bear.
I suspect the OP puts ketchup on what he calls macaroni and thinks he is eating Italian food.
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