Pizza, Say it ain't so

[TimT]

Deep dish, seriously?

chicago-named-best-pizza-city-in-the-us-tripadvisor

[GWN7]

I have to agree. I'm a thin crust fan. If I wanted to eat a loaf of bread I would buy one.

[HardDrive]

Chi-town pizza rocks. There was a Lou Malnati's downstairs from my office when I lived there. Occasionally, someone would start chanting, "Disk of Death! Disk of Death!" This was the call for all those that wanted to go in on a LM pizza. SO damn good.

Lou Malnati's, the Best Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza Restaurant

[rusnak]

Well, now hold on.

Try living in a city with no decent deep dish pizzas anywhere. Then tell me that it ain't special.

[VINMAN]

Deep dish pizza ain't pizza!!

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[rusnak]

And a bagel with anything other than onion in it ain't a bagel.

But, that doesn't mean it's not good.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Deep dish pizza ain't pizza!!

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...it's an Italian quiche.

[Christien]

Originally Posted by rusnak

Well, now hold on.

Try living in a city with no decent deep dish pizzas anywhere. Then tell me that it ain't special.

I agree with you there. Hard to find a good one around here unless it's homemade.

Originally Posted by rusnak

And a bagel with anything other than onion in it ain't a bagel.

But I don't agree with you there. There's no better bagel than a fresh-out-of-the-oven St. Viateur (Montreal) sesame seed bagel with cream cheese. Everything else is just a dense bun.

[TimT]

...it's an Italian quiche.

Sort of... I think of it more as a casserole ...its not pizza!!!

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by Christien

I agree with you there. Hard to find a good one around here unless it's homemade.



But I don't agree with you there. There's no better bagel than a fresh-out-of-the-oven St. Viateur (Montreal) sesame seed bagel with cream cheese. Everything else is just a dense bun.

OK, sesame seeds or the like are part of a bagel. I'm talking about nuts, bananas, and weird crap like raisins and stuff.

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by GWN7

I have to agree. I'm a thin crust fan. If I wanted to eat a loaf of bread I would buy one.

I agree with GW. Less is better. The best pizza I ever had was in Montreal. If I remember correctly it was a margerita type pizza. Just crust, cheese and tomato sauce.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

...it's an Italian quiche.

No that's pizzagaina. If you can't fold it down the middle it ain't a'pizz!

[rusnak]

Pizza is also referred to as "pizza pie", or sometimes as just "pie".

This wafer thin crust nonsense is just perverted Roman style pizza that somehow snuck into the American definition of pizza.

It's not pizza, its a cracker.

This is pizza. http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/real-pizza-pie#.uqR4g9qKJ

[WPOZZZ]

That's amore!

[john70t]

Originally Posted by rusnak

This is pizza. http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/real-pizza-pie#.uqR4g9qKJ

The layer of fatty cheese on top is like an insulating blanket sealing the water inside and boiling/steaming the ingredients instead of baking.
Mush.

The original pizza may have been flatbread with cheese and spices only:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza
"Modern pizza evolved from similar flatbread dishes in Naples, Italy in the 18th or early 19th century.[14] Prior to that time, flatbread was often topped with ingredients such as garlic, salt, lard, cheese, and basil. It is uncertain when tomatoes were first added and there are many conflicting claims.[14]"

[rusnak]

^ As I say, some perverted Roman. But he probably called it a cracker.

[scottmandue]

I prefer thin crust (and we could go on for days debating what is "thin" crust.)

But I'm sorry, if you haven't had deep dish in Chicago you haven't lived.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by TimT

Deep dish, seriously?

Oh wait... this is not about deep dish... you are from Nuevo York... I get it!

[TimT]

if you haven't had deep dish in Chicago you haven't lived.

I have had that quiche/casserole that masquerades as Pizza, and have even been to the vaunted Lou Malnatis!!!

Granted its good and tasty.... but it is not Pizza...

[Brian 162]

Originally Posted by Christien

I agree with you there. Hard to find a good one around here unless it's homemade


But I don't agree with you there. There's no better bagel than a fresh-out-of-the-oven St. Viateur (Montreal) sesame seed bagel with cream cheese. Everything else is just a dense bun.

Christien
Have you been to Chicago Pizza Shack in Hamilton?

There's Mickey's Pizza in Miss. They have deep dish and thin crust.

As far as bagels go nothing beats Gryfes bagels in Toronto. Fresh out of the oven poppy seed with salt.