I couldn't agree more. I recently found a pizza shop near me that uses a recipe originally created in the 1960s in Brooklyn, New York. The owner is originally from New York and it's his family's recipe. His family has been in the pizza business there for decades. The crust is hand-tossed and thin. The pizza itself is 19-inches and the slices require folding to eat them. It's now my go to place for a pizza.
What fun is eating pizza if the hot cheese isn't exposed to blister the roof of your mouth?
Let it cool for 10 minutes and it's perfect.
I grew up in the northeast eating thin crust NY style pizza from local mom and pop pizzerias. I had always heard about how good Chicago style was but I really didn't know anything about it or what made it different. In my late 30's I found myself in Chicago with some time to kill so I asked around for the best place to get Chicago style pizza. When the pizza was brought out to me I thought they screwed up and gave me some sort of casserole type dish. My first and last time ordering Chicago style pizza.
Heathens. Every last one of you. Chicago deep dish is the best.
Nope...wrong...sadly mistaken.
Just backing you up here. I had Chicago deep dish at one of the famous places there and it was incredible. 1.5 pieces is kind of the max though. Had NY style at one of their famous places and was like, "it's pretty good". I never understood the floppy, thin style that I have to fold. I wish I could remember the names of both places, but it's been a number of years. In both cities, I was with a native who swore it was the best in the world. I recently tried "Detroit style" and I have to say it was pretty awesome. Deep dish, square pizza. The edges are kind of crispy making the crust really nice. The main point here is I think I like all pizza.
Interesting. I do like a thin and crispy pizza sometimes, but my understanding was the floppy thing was NY style. Despite my love of all things pizza, I'm a bit pizza ignorant. Like most things in this world, I suppose.
True dat. Never met a pizza I disagreed with, even the ones listed as restaurants to avoid. You can’t screw up cheese sauce and meat.
It should be a little floppy, as in, when eating a slice of a large pie, you fold it in half and the end dips down. You bring your mouth sideways to the slice on the first bite, rather than bring the slice to your mouth.
Yeah, pizza to me is kind of like breakfast food. You have to really try to make it totally suck. Wow, we really derailed the restaurants we won't eat at thread. Sorry guys.
Don't forget, the bigger the slice, the floppier it's gonna be. Maybe your amateur butt should stick to a small or medium pie!
That's how I would describe what I had. It wasn't like a weak handshake. Sausage and pepperoni are tops for me. Can't say I've tried jalapeño, but I do like them. I've tried meatball a couple of times, and it was interesting. No interest in veggies and certainly not pineapple. That should be banned.
Oh, yes you can.
Come to think of it, I believe it was a large with some extra flop. I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in NY. My Daughter-In-Law just moved there so I'll be there in the next couple of months for a visit.Don't forget, the bigger the slice, the floppier it's gonna be. Maybe your amateur butt should stick to a small or medium pie!
I've actually had Hawaiian (ham and pineapple) a few times. I kinda like it, but pepperoni is the best topping there is. When you mix it with sausage and jalapeño, it....Man, my mouth is watering just thinking about it...and I just finished having Buffalo wings for dinner!
Is that ham or "Canadian Bacon"? I always got a good chuckle out of that. I mean...that's ham. I think it's good too. I just pull of the pineapple from my wife's leftovers. Definitely not a pizza snob here, other than Papa Johns and Little Ceasars sucks. I'll still eat it in a pinch though.
