What do you like on your pizza?

The important question of the day. Thought of it as I sit here eating leftover pizza from last night for lunch. What do you like? I'm a fan of anchovies. Also, there was an old pizza joint on Whidbey Island when I was a kid that would serve pizza with cashews, which was very good. One of my hobbies as of the past couple years is making pizza from scratch at home. People think its funny to watch me toss the dough in the air... But, making your own allows for all kinds of experimentation: BBQ sauce, oysters, whatever...

Lots of meat (I'm not picky, except no anchovies or oysters, lol), lots of cheese, minimal sauce and the only veggies I want are onions and jalapenos. If there's an olive anywhere near it, you can keep it.

I love a good pizza. Unfortunately, it's hard to find a truly good pizza down here. Most of them have no crisp on the crust, they're too thick, and entirely too much sauce. When I lived in New Jersey, I ate my weight in pizza.

Hawaiian. Ham and pineapple.

Or

Pepperoni and mushroom.

Mushrooms

Pineapple and Italian Sausage. I find that Canadian Bacon or Ham doesn't offer the spicy to complement the sweet of the Pineapple. Sausage does the trick very well!!!

I made myself a pizza yesterday from scratch as it happens.....it was awesome

Maple syrup bacon

Chipotle chicken

Italian sausage.

Had with a carlsberg beer

Honestly......it was amazing.

Yes to having with beer.

When I was a kid we used to go to this old Cuban restaurant in Palo Alto. They had Cuban pizza. It was awesome. I think it's still there. I don't know all the details but I know Cuban pizza uses gouda and tends to put toppings under the cheese. Dang good way to make a pizza...

I love pineapple with anchovies. I'm strange...

I know a lot of people love pineapple on pizza, but the thought of fruit on a pizza makes me a little nauseous. Something about hot fruit just doesn't sit well with me.

You're a midwest guy, I'm guessing. Haha...

Italian sausage & lots of mushrooms

Not even close, lol. I’m from the Texas Gulf Coast just outside of Houston.

spent a year in New Jersey and got spoiled on good pie.

My mom (yes, we're Italian) used to make a pizza with no sauce or cheese. It had (if memory serves me correctly) olives, anchovies, olive oil, and onions. It was very good.

For restaurant pizza I like a Margherita or veggie.

Sounds like focaccia. My father in law makes it from scratch. Very similar to pizza dough, a little more airy, it's beautiful, he makes it usually with just olive oil and fresh vegetables like you say, onions, olives etc.

As far as pizza, being in NYC, there one on every corner and dozens of highly specialized places. But, for me, the plain slice, just dough, mozz and sauce, is the true way to measure the pizza.

Here is a place that has been voted best in NYC and even best in the USA. It's way out of the way in Brooklyn. The owner still makes every pie, as far as I know, and he does not rush for anybody. He uses tomatoes from Italy, mozz from his hometown in Italy, and imported Parmesan. It's hard to explain why it's so good, it just is.

Oh, and you can see the price in one pic. $30 for a plain, eight slice pie. Think he charges $5 by the slice and the slices are pretty small, lol.

Italian sausage and mushrooms.

Pep or some cured meat and mushroom

New go to at home has been hot italian sausage, mushroom, and radicchio.

Double hamburger and extra cheese......I have a very refined palate!?

All with a base of San Marzano sauce and motz/parmesean base...

1) Seasoned Chicken, Bacon, with a drizzle of ranch dressing.

2) Beef taco. (taco seasoned beef, diced tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and japapinos)

3) Chicken avacado chip. Seasoned chicken, fresh avacado, and crumbled totilla chip and ranch on top.

--kC

My test for a new pizza joint I try is just a cheese slice. That way I can taste the sauce and decide on the crust.

These things are key. If you fuck up the sauce and/or the crust, I won't go back.

If approved, I'll go simple pepperoni and sausage. I don't like a buncha junk on my slice.

Currently all about Delicious Pizza, which I discovered when I was still living in Hollywood and fortunately has a closer spot in West Adams. Great crust with that outer crunch and solid spongy inner, great sauce and they use great pepperonis. Dunno if anything will top my beloved D'More's though.

Just about anything works for me. No fruit or definitely no anchovies. Xtra cheese and any combo of meats and veggies although I don't like to many toppings since they compete with each other to much. Once delivered an anchovy pizza. Walked in to the joint and the Manager says "we have a winner." Everyone laughs and I walk over to top of oven and there was a small triple anchovy pizza. Did not even put it in warmer as would never be able to get smell out. Drove with all the windows open the smell was just ridiculous. Told the guy about that and that pizza might be a bit cool and he just laughed and said no problem I lOVE anchovies. Gave me one of the best tips ever to lol.

You just reminded me, there's a place that makes a

Bacon cheeseburger pizza! It's awesome if you want to pig out. I don't know how they pull it off, they must cook/drain the bacon and meat really well because it's not overly greasy. And they get some American cheese in there.

You eat one slice and you're good for the whole day, lol. You should tell your place to make it.

There's another pizza place near me that does everything on a whole wheat crust and has perfected the cooking of them and they pair well with their toppings/specialy pizzas. Their bacon cheeseburger is indeed delicious. They even do a pizza version of a big mac, with thousand island dressing drizzled on top of hamburger/cheese, chopped onions/pickles and lettuce spread over it. Their best pizza, by far through, is the Blue Cow. Hamburger/chopped tomato, with real crumbled bleu cheese and bleu cheese sauce and bacon pieces on top,

--kC

I'm a simple man and a good pepperoni pizza is a thing of wonder... my local place has peppadew peppers and those are a nice compliment.

I can do pineapple, but it needs a spicy counterpoint. Pep and jalapenos are a good match for it...

I used to be OK with a BBQ chicken pizza, but of late I feel like I'm just mixing mediocre pizza with mediocre pizza... I'd rather have each good and separate.

I haven't had an "odd" pizza in a few... last one was here in Louisville and had a "Hot Brown" pizza... which is the best version of our city's terrible sandwich abomination... Mornay sauce, cheese, turkey, bacon and tomatoes... it's not a bad pie!

If you like Pepperoni pizza, next time you're up in the Detroit area, get to a Buddy's Pizza and get the Detroit Public TV (DPTV). Arguably one of the best ones I've had (and I travel a lot).

Living in RI, we have quite a few coal fired places, oh so yummy crusts.

--kC

Pepperoni

Thin slice well done plain. Is the only way!

All these different ideas about pizza are sure making me hungry for pizza. I will say though, that I like pizza to taste like "pizza"....not a hamburger, cheeseburger, BBQ, taco, chicken, pineapple, or anything else.

For a pie that's "loaded", I like a grandma style (square but thin crust) with fresh mozz, sausage and broccoli rabe

I'm a big fan of the Pepperoni and Broccoli combo. But it has to be just the tops of the broccoli, I don't like when there's excessive stalk