The Most Important Question Of The Day

[ericcoleman]

[Poll #1176336]

Another one brought to you by the insidious workings of the evil mind of jcw_da_dmg

Comments

[blur01.livejournal.com]

Another one I am willing to vote in.

[ericcoleman]

I do wish to state that I LOVE a good thin crust pizza, but nothing beats a good Chicago style deep dish ... nothing ...

[mrgoodwraith.livejournal.com]

Amen, brother!

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Provided that Thin Crust doesn't represent that cracker thin crispy crust. Thin crust should be soft and foldable.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I can live with either (I didn't grow up on the east coast) as long as it doesn't fall apart. Although my BIG peeve is "How the hell can people cut pizza into SQUARES?"

[ericcoleman]

I prefer the softer crust generally, but sometimes the crispy crust is a good thing ...

I suppose that what my comments say is that I love pizza ... however it may be

[ericcoleman]

PIZZA SQUARES ARE EVIL !!!

STAMP OUT PIZZA SQUARES !!!

We need a federal amendment against pizza squares

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

That's the thing, there's all kinds of thin crust. i prefer St. Louis style (which is the cracker thin crispy crust), but a good New York style is a very close second.

i don't understand people who waste a good pizza with dough. It's a vessel for toppings. If you want bread, eat a loaf of bread and skip the middleman.

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's called a pizza pie. You wouldn't cut an Apple Pie into squares would you?

[controuble.livejournal.com]

Yup - the more toppings, the better!
(I even eat anchovies)

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

Sort of depends on whose it is. If it's frozen, California Kitchens, then thin "fer sure". If it's restaurant, deep dish no question.

[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

We were a deep dish family. But then came the heart attack and the only kind of pizza she can eat is a thin crust pie made by Papa Murphys.

Which is actually pretty good - but man I miss eating deep dish. And if a piece goes missing from the kid's thick slab o' pizza when dinner is over?

I blame it on the dog.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I will eat anything on a pizza that never lived underwater or made anybody cry.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Dogs are handy for blaming a host of things on.

[devospice.livejournal.com]

I like thin crust, but I agree that cracker crispy stuff is just wrong. I do prefer deep dish to thin crust, though.

My all time favorite pizza comes from a small local chain in southwest Connecticut called Captain's. It's Greek pizza, medium thickness, and incredibly greasy. It friggin' rules.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

I voted for Deep Dish, but only because Stuffed wasn't an option.

And if it is thin crust, Vive le square cut pizza!

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Yes... basically anything in the NY style of pizza wins hands down as far as I'm concerned.

Eric... perhaps this needs to be tackled along the same lines of Kirk/Picard/Sisko...

Chicago vs NY vs St. Louis

[ericcoleman]

I thought I knew you ... how could I have been so wrong ???

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

I'm a Chicagoan born and bred. It is what I growed up wit'.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

suppose that what my comments say is that I love pizza ... however it may be

Unless, apparently, it is cut in the proper manner.

[triphicus.livejournal.com]

I used to loooooove deep dish, but this one time they were out of it, so I ordered think crust and became hooked. I like it cause it doesn't make me feel as gross afterwards, hence less guilt. Plus, it is super yummy! Don't get me wrong, I mean, deep dish still has its place in my heart.... but the final props go out to thin crust these days.

Great question, btw ;)

[ericcoleman]

You need to rebel against your unfortunate upbringing ...

[ericcoleman]

See that guy over there? Yeah ... jcw_da_dmg, it's his fault.

[ericcoleman]

pheltzer said it best ... it's a PIE ...

Just cause something has been done in a certain way, doesn't make it right. It's time for you to do what's right ...

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

What is WRONG with you people? THERE'S NO HANDLE - you're grabbing the MESS! Unless you're using (*GASP*) a FORK!

[ericcoleman]

When it comes to pizza, don't you use the "F" word in my journal ...

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Sorry. These people just . . . I don't know . . I get flustered . . .

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Ya gotta use a fork if it is a stuffed pizza (the bestest kind). But you only use a fork on the stuffed kind. If you use a fork on the thin or the deep dish, it is sacrilege.

[ericcoleman]

I could see using a ... ::shudder:: fork on the first little bit when it's JUST out of the oven ... and you don't want want wait too long to eat ... but after that ... it's just wrong

[ericcoleman]

It's ok dude ... I understand ...

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

DEEEEEEEEEEEP DIIIIIIIIIISSHHHHHHHHHHHH. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

I love the one from Papa Murphy's where it a 5 meat deep dish and they put another pizza on top. I think it's called stuffed .

My commie wife likes the thin crust. Ketchup on a cracker, I call it!

get your terms right dood !!!

[ericcoleman]

She's not a commie, I'M a commie, she's a fascist ...

eventually she's just going to punch me ... and I will SO deserve it

Oh yeah, and Papa Murphy's pizza ROCKS !!!

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Deep dish, with spinach, mushrooms and sausage. Pine nuts are a good bonus. Black olives and garlic if I could afford that many toppings, but I can't. And Milwaukee pizza places don't have the pine nuts, no way nohow. Sigh.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

On types of pizza: the great advantage of thick crust is that, unlike either thin or stuffed, it's actually an almost healthy meal, because enough total food to make an actual meal consists of a bunch of bread and a relatively small amount of cheese. Very few of us should eat a whole pound of cheese at a sitting (no matter how yummy it is).

On how to cut thin crust pizza: thin pizza cut into squares is good for hors d'oeuvres. For an actual meal, cutting it in pie wedges makes more sense, because that way you're eating 6 pieces (thin crust -- no read to bulk it out -- takes a lot of surface area to make a meal) instead of 40 or something. Unfortunately, I don't think I've encountered a pizza place that asks when you order it if you're having dinner or catering a party.

On forks: I prefer to eat deep dish or true thick crust pizza with a real live metal knife and fork. Plastic flatware is useless, as is a fork without a knife. I've eaten lots of pizza without flatware -- but I'm less likely to make a huge mess if I have it, and I've achieved enough maturity that I don't actually enjoy making a mess of my food any more.

By the way, it's worth pointing out that the difference between real pizza and the stuff delivered by national chains is almost as stark as the difference between real ravioli and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. I suspect that the vast majority of Americans have never actually had really good pizza. A decent deep dish pizza has to bake for more than half an hour -- it ain't fast food. When the market is conditioned to believe that pizza is something that can be delivered in half an hour, something that takes an hour to fix is a tough sell.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

I never met a mushroom I liked, but putting them on pizza seems to just perfectly highlight their slimy foulness.

[erik]

No.

Pizza (and by "pizza" I mean "Stuffed pizza," because everything else is !(pizza) pretending to be pizza) is not eaten with utensils. Ever.

You waited this long for it to be cooked, you can wait another 2 minutes after it has been cut to cool on your plate.

No utensils.

[ericcoleman]

Yeah ... you're right, I just had a moment of weakness there ...

[tony-goldmark.livejournal.com]

Given the choice, I prefer a good New York-style thin crust.

But deep dish is good too. It's not worth going to war over.

[tony-goldmark.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you want to open the TOPPINGS can of worms, do ya?

Fine. I like ground beef, onions, garlic, and anchovies. THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID ANCHOVIES, WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?

Sausage and mushrooms are good too. Spinach, meh. And the first motherfucker who DARES put a single motherfucking olive on my pizza gets their head smashed in.

[tony-goldmark.livejournal.com]

I think Paul & Storm sang it best:

"Once you're finished with your Domino's Pizza /
Eat the box, 'cause it tastes the same!

[drawshad.livejournal.com]

mmm... pizza....

and I didn't grow up around here so count me in for the good NY style.

Squares. Bah!

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

It just seems wrong to me that when I order Pizza from a local place... not one of the big national chains I have to specifically request that I want it pie cut. If I forget, the pizza comes automatically cut in squares. And as mentioned elsewhere.... probably even by me... squares are just wrong.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

OK, so, separate pie for Tony , then?