Your favourite pizza toppings

[Aemma]

What are some of your favourite pizza toppings? I'm usually pretty boring: I like pepperoni, mushrooms, bacon and olives. But I can go for almost anything else really. :) :pizza:

(Yeah, guess what I'm having for supper tonight :P)

[Sol Invictus]

I'm a philly cheese steak pizza guy but I'm trying to stay away from junk food now.

[Don]

Everything, including anchovies, of course.

[Amapola]

-4 different types of cheese
-BBQ :embarrassed
-Bolognesa (mince and tomato).

[poiuytrewq0987]

Typically I like my pizza with pepperoni, sausages, green pepper, and mushrooms.

[Lithium]

Vegetarian pizza > all ;D

[Eldritch]

I can't think of anything that's usually used as topping for pizza that I don't like, except maybe pineapple, but I can tolerate even that.

Some combinations I particularly like are:

- Anchovies, egg, capers (salami optional). I think this is what's sometimes called a napolitana.

- Chicken, bacon, barbeque sauce, red onion.

- Pepperoni, mushroom, blue cheese. Sometimes I add tuna fish to this, call me a Philistine if you will.

- And, of course, Quattro Formaggi.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Pepperoni and green olives are my favorite

Sausage, black olives, and mushrooms are cool too

Extra cheese and stuffed crust are always great as well

Vegetables do not belong on pizza

[Anthropos]

Mussels and shrimps.

Crayfish tails and white asparagus. (With dashes of cold, yoghurt-based curry-sauce added after baking if you wish.)

Smoked ham and mushrooms.

Sardines and capers.

Pesto and fresh tomatoes.

Gorgonzola.

4 kinds of cheese.



Things that don't go well on a pizza, in my opinion: Tuna, chicken ... no good. :no:

[Tabiti]

Haven't eaten pizza since I was 14:) However, I loved mushrooms and lots of cheeses on the top.

[Stegura]

Haven't eaten pizza since I was 14:)

That's blasphemy girl!! No pizza in over five years!! So what do you eat at 3 am when you're shit-faced drunk and trying do to sober up from all the alcohol you've drunk????????? What do you eat to accompany when you're watching your favorite sporting event?????

[Tabiti]

Five years? My calculations say nine years. I'm not that young anymore;)

So what do you eat at 3 am when you're shit-faced drunk and trying do to sober up from all the alcohol you've drunk?????????
Nothing or milk and fruits or only fruits until evening. It helps my body to recover faster and to clean the poisons;)
It may be hard in the beginning, however after some time your body just got used with your regime and you don't even think of foods like pizzas, hamburgers, etc.

[Troll's Puzzle]

Ham & Pineapple

anyone who claims Pineapple doesn't belong on Pizza deserves Cancer. Of the head!

[Pallantides]

nachos
spicy chicken
taco sauce
jalapeño

[Grumpy Cat]

Greek pizza: sundied tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, and black olives.

[Germanicus]

My choice of pizza has not changed in 20 years, call me a dinosaur but i only eat Pepperoni, i have eaten 12" deep pan to myself, but nowadays i share...:)

[Don]

nachos
spicy chicken
taco sauce
jalapeño

:eek: You have that character in your keyboard? Curious.

[Óttar]

Pepperoni, ham, sometimes sausage or bacon, black olives, diced tomatoes.

[Guapo]

Pepperoni and cheese, that's it.

[Arne]

Tuna and Ananas with Emmental Cheese..
Ham with Ananas and Cheese
Pizza with Mozarella Cheese.. (now you can call me Race traitor.
I´m the guy which prefers to taste out what´s inside of the pizza therefore they should be simple for me.
Reduced to the basics also because of the named Reasons it could make People fat with all of these overwhelming coatings.
Too many Ingredients would make only another Mix whom can´t be recognizable.

[Svanhild]

http://static-p3.fotolia.com/jpg/00/07/78/18/400_F_7781887_2VhJfMU1o8Vk23ZeqyrSYzuBgcqIsKjk.jpg
Pizza Salami with cheese, Salami, tomato sauce and some mushrooms.

[Piparskeggr]

Either Italian sausage, mushrooms, black olives, mozzarella and tomato sauce...or...spinach, chicken, mushrooms and Alfredo sauce.

[Absinthe]

Whole wheat pizza with cheese, tomato slices, mushrooms, peppers, onions, olives and feta cheese for toppings ;)

(save the cucumber, it's basically a greek salad on a pizza :p)

I also liked a pizza I tried in Sweden, that had cheese, prawns, pineapple and banana :p

[Bard]

Cheese, Tomato, Peperoni, Sausage and onion.

I like even pizza with wurstel and chips (sometimes with ketchup too) even if can sound blasphemy.
edit: I tried pizza with pineapple too, it sucked.

[Tabiti]

Whole wheat pizza with cheese, tomato slices, mushrooms, peppers, onions, olives and feta cheese for toppings ;)

(save the cucumber, it's basically a greek salad on a pizza :p)

I also liked a pizza I tried in Sweden, that had cheese, prawns, pineapple and banana :p
I hear for banana on pizza for first time. Pineapple pizza is called Hawaii here and it's offered in any pizzeria, but bananas?

[Absinthe]

I hear for banana on pizza for first time. Pineapple pizza is called Hawaii here and it's offered in any pizzeria, but bananas?
Yes, banana :D

I would have never guessed it tasted so good. With cheese and prawns and everything :p

[Eldritch]

In Brazil, they have "family size" pizzas that the size and the thickness of a tractor's front tire. The list of available toppings beggars belief: besides all the "standard" toppings, they have all types of tropical fruit and animal flesh. In Brazil they also sometimes put peas and carrot on pizza.

[Bard]

In Brazil, they have "family size" pizzas that the size and the thickness of a tractor's front tire. The list of available toppings beggars belief: besides all the "standard" toppings, they have all types of tropical fruit and animal flesh. In Brazil they also sometimes put peas and carrot on pizza.

This is quite far from my idea of pizza, and I'm not a huge fan of big and thick pizza, also strange animal flash and tropical fruits would make me puke but hell yeah, if they like it, is ok.

[John in Denver]

I prefer my pizza without toppings and a medium crust. I can tolerate any topping when there's no choice but i find it akin to adultery.

*sorry*

[Piparskeggr]

Another set of toppings I like is a simple one of sundried Roma tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil with a light drizzle of olive oil.

[Cato]

Just cheese thanks.

[OneWolf]

I like mine with Pepperoni,Black Olives,Bacon and then I like to take a piece
and drizzle Ranch Dressing all over the top.Then I wash it down with a nice
cold Budweiser!;)

[Piparskeggr]

...Then I wash it down with a nice
cold Budweiser!;)

Definitely an atheist :eek:

[Svipdag]

Red Florentine pizza. Meatballs, mushrooms, black olives, and spinach. There is also a white Florentine pizza in which a garlic and olive oil sauce is substituted for the tomato sauce. Not bad, but I don't like it quite as well as the red Florentine pizza. NOTE : The spinach is NOT a garnish. It is an ingredient of the topping and should be at least as abundant as any of the other ingredients.

[anonymaus]

every kind of pork on the menu

it's delicious AND it's a hate crime against muslims.

[Cato]

Sausage every so often is good, but I still like cheese.

[Radojica]

Pepperoni and cheese, that's it.

You people down there can live only on cheese, i believe. Sjenicki sir rulzzz :thumb001:

http://www.rts.rs/upload/storyBoxImageData/2008/10/23/95716/sjenicki-sir.jpg

The saltiest cheese I've ever eaten :thumb001:

[Octothorpe]

I'll try about any topping once (as long as it passes the gag test, of course), but I have an inflexible rule about pizza: No fruit, no fish.

Favorite? Thin crust, plentiful sauce, several cheeses, bacon, onions, mushrooms, green peppers. Mmmmmmmh! :D

[Autobahn]

Pepperoni, Sausage, Mozzarella, Onions, Bacon, Ham, & Green Peppers!

[Cato]

Cheese, did I say cheese? :P

[Smaland]

Veggie combo, with ground beef and anchovies. :)

[Rachel]

Cheese, and i like my pizza with lots of sauce :) and a thin crush yup i am from the metro area of America ( the best pizz ia in NY and NJ :) Yummy

[Lars]

Definitely an atheist :eek:

Budweisers have nothing to do with atheism and everything with homosexuality.

My favorite pizza topping is onions.

[Antonine]

I like Turkey SPAM on my pizza.

[safinator]

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg366/scaled.php?server=366&filename=pizzacapricciosage2.jpg&res=landing

[ricko0812]

black olives and green peppers

[Piparskeggr]

Hot and sweet Italian sausage, black olives, mushrooms, onions and extra Mozzarella, these over a tomato sauce that is a nice balance between peppery and sweet, which has been covered by the first layer of Mozzarella; all on a thin, hand tossed crust.

[Kazimiera]

I like a pizza with tomato, fresh onion, bacon, mushroom with LOTS of blue cheese and fresh rocket on top. :D

[Svipdag]

Spinach, black olives, mushrooms, sausage, and meatballs. This is known at the Olympic Pizza Restraurant as a Florentine pizza, available either red or white. I prefer the red [marinara] sauce. The white sauce contains too much garlic which hides the flavors of the other ingredients.


"DE GVSTIBVS NON EST DISPVTANDVM" - GAIVS VALERIVS CATVLLVS

[Aces High]

Roadkill...winkles and watercress.

[ficuscarica]

Diavoli with salami & chillies, second place goes to sardelles & garlic.

[sturmwalkure]

Cheese, tomatoes and garlic does it for me. Sometimes mushrooms and / or spinach.

[Arne]

Pizza Pollo,Pizza Hawai,Pizza with tuna,

[poiuytrewq0987]

Ham, salami and mushrooms but I also love other vegetables on it like pepper.

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/94020/94020,1267290339,32/stock-photo-ham-mushroom-and-vegetable-pizza-and-salami-pizza-at-the-back-47577679.jpg

[Contra Mundum]

Pepperoni, olives, onions, garlic, spicy Italian sausage, mushrooms and lots of different kinds of cheese are a must.

[Foxy]

Tomato sauce, mozzarella, capers and anchovies (Roman pizza)

http://www.viveredonna.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pizza-acciughe-capperi.jpg

tomato sauce, mozzarella and hot salami (Devil pizza)

http://images.travelpod.com/users/cafe_travel/1.1285166595.pizza-diavola.jpg

tomato sauce, mozzarella, black olives, cooked ham, pickled small artichokes and mashrooms (Caprice pizza)

http://www.francescav.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pizza_capricciosa-pastamadre.jpg

And it must be flat and soft inside, higher and cruncy on the edge.



-BBQ :embarrassed
-Bolognesa (mince and tomato).

Don't exist in Italy.



- Chicken, bacon, barbeque sauce, red onion.
- And, of course, Quattro Formaggi.

Don't exist.




Pesto and fresh tomatoes.


Does not exist here.


Ham & Pineapple

anyone who claims Pineapple doesn't belong on Pizza deserves Cancer. Of the head!

WTF?!


nachos
spicy chicken
taco sauce
jalapeño

These should join the guinness of "most faked foods in the world".


Greek pizza: sundied tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, and black olives.

This can join the Guinness too.

[Foxy]

I like a pizza with tomato, fresh onion, bacon, mushroom with LOTS of blue cheese and fresh rocket on top. :D

I don't want to contest, but how can a person put together blue cheese, mushrooms and bacon together and don't die?

[Vasconcelos]

tomato sauce, mozzarella and hot salami (Devil pizza)

http://images.travelpod.com/users/cafe_travel/1.1285166595.pizza-diavola.jpg

I love this one aswell.

[Foxy]

I love this one aswell.

I add also extra chilly oil. :eyes

[rashka]

I only eat pizza with mushrooms.

[Incal]

Any. I freakin' love pizza.

[King Claus]

Normally i eat this one : http://i46.tinypic.com/a3ha1u.png
But when i'm in a restaurant i eat one with lots of meat :)

[jerney]

Cheese and pepperoni/salami

Cheese and mushrooms

Ham and pineapple

Chicken with garlic

[Virtuous]

pizza is my life.

[Azalea]

Mushrooms + sucuk (Turkish spicy sausage)
Vegetarian (mushrooms, pepper, onion)
Or a simple Margharita (with mixed Dutch cheese & mozeralla)

[Mark]

Meatball, Sausage, Mushroom, Pepperoni and sometimes Pesto toppings.

[Food]

My dick cheese and armpit hair.

[Jackson]

More pizza.

[TheMagnificent]

- Just a mixed one, with mushrooms, peppers, Turkish sausage called sucuk and cheese;
- or Quattro Formaggi, with gorgonzola, mozzarella, Parmesan and Dutch cheese;
- or Pollo, with chicken breast, mushrooms, onion and cheese;
- or Napolitana, with anchovy, olives, capers and cheese;
- or Tonno, with tuna, onion, capers and cheese.

[Dombra]

Anything without mushroom :D

[Toretto]

Meatball, Sausage, Mushroom, Pepperoni and sometimes Pesto toppings.

Peperoni? :D

http://geniusfood.myblog.it/media/02/01/334790659.jpg

[gregorius]

hawai def

[Su]

With doner topping:

http://www.kurumsalhaberler.com/images/ekler/339/Dominos_Pizza_Donerli_Pizza_Kampanya.jpg

[tEhSaint]

^ puke.

[Virtuous]

Pizza Maltija

Eggs, Potatoes, Maltese Sausage, & Anchovies

nomnomnomnomnom

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2884/pizzamaltija.png

[Clawgauth]

doesn't matter which type. Must be italian.

[Svipdag]

Specialty of the Olympic Pizza Restaurant in South Glastonbury, CT. Red bell peppers, green bell peppers, onions, black olives, mushrooms, meatballs, and sausage, (and, of course, molto mozzarella cheese). Their Florentine pizza is great also: meatballs, olives, mushrooms, and LOTS of spinach.


"Chacun a son gout."

[Atlantic Islander]

Anchovies.

[Slycooper]

Straight Pepporoni. No other way.

[Balmung]

Pepperoni, sausage, cheese.

Must be fat & thick like the American pan pizza. With flavored thick crust. Will not touch any foreign pizza. Unless its Latin American, the only other who can fix shit as delicious as Americans.

Not that big of a fan of Italian food to be honest though.

[askra]

I haven't a favourite pizza, i like to try different taste everytime.
However, yesterday i ate a pizza with fresh tomato, smoked swordfish, mozzarella cheese and rocket, and it was very very good.

[Neanderthal]

I haven't a favourite pizza, i like to try different taste everytime.
However, yesterday i ate a pizza with fresh tomato, smoked swordfish, mozzarella cheese and rocket, and it was very very good.

Vampires aren't allowed to eat pizza.

[askra]

Vampires aren't allowed to eat pizza.

No, i can't only feed me with blood! anyway pizza is more tasteful!

[Mortimer]

Pizza quadro formaggio. or Pizza Salami. also american Pizza with the fat ground and lots of ham and Bacon and mais

[Slycooper]

Fuck now I want pizza but it is 1:30 am. !!!!:(

[east]

I make pizza at home. I make it what my imagination born and what is in the fridge. Most often combinations with cheese, mushrooms, pickled cucumbers, cheese, olives, sausages, ham. And of course, tomato sauce and savory. :)

[Absinthe]

My favorite pizza is vegetarian with whole wheat dough. The toppings are usually cheese, tomato, mushrooms, peppers, onion, etc. :thumbs

I eat other pizza with meat (for example I am a sucker for the BBQ flavor at Domino's) but I heavily dislike pepperoni, salami, bacon, ham and everything like that on a pizza. I prefer chunks of chicken or beef rather than slices.

[Jackson]

Am ordering a pizza now. BBQ. Although the pizza tracker says it was delivered like 20 minutes ago. In 10 minutes i'll ring them up to ask them why they have stolen my money.

[MfA_]

8th day of qaza fasting and still one and a half hour has left to iftar.. and desperatly lurking in this thread, i feel like i can eat all the pizzas in the universe.. damn time doesnt seem to pass :/

[Vesuvian Sky]

Last time I was in Rome, I found a Napolitan pizza style resturaunt on via Cavour that served Pizza capricciosa:


Pizza capricciosa: mozzarella, tomato, mushrooms, artichokes, cooked ham, olives, oil

A rare treat for me but very memorable and unique. So its my favorite combination of toppings.:cool:

http://imageshack.us/a/img842/3756/bathkkoter3oxzabye0eb64.jpg

[Absinthe]

I forgot to add that I :love: the banana/pineapple pizza they make in Sweden. That was quite a surprise :D

[Caismeachd]

If I am being a glutton usually only cheese or pepperoni. If I am just having a slice or two I love combination slices with olives, pepperoni, sausage, onion, mushroom and green peppers. http://www.orthogonalthought.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/p1010073_550.jpg

[Peyrol]

Those disgusting...uuuh, ''dishes'' i saw on this discussion are really considered ''pizza'' in your countries?
I'm surprised..

[Ira di Dio]

Wurstel and fries

[Peyrol]

Pizza quadro formaggio. or Pizza Salami. also american Pizza with the fat ground and lots of ham and Bacon and mais

''quadro formaggio'' ? :lol:

This sentence literally mean ''A paint/picture made by cheese'' :lol:

The real name is ''Quattro formaggi'' (four cheeses) :lol:

[Peyrol]

I like the Napoletana

http://ricette.giallozafferano.it/images/ricette/pizza_napoletana380m.jpg

..and also the Diavola

[Aunt Hilda]

Ham, pineapple, mushrooms

http://www.sarpinos.com.sg/home/images/product/pizzas/Tropical-Hawaiian-Special.jpg

[Ira di Dio]

yummy...

[Peyrol]

Ham, pineapple, mushrooms

http://www.sarpinos.com.sg/home/images/product/pizzas/Tropical-Hawaiian-Special.jpg

This look good. :thumb001:

I'm not a fan of the ''outside-of-italy-pizzas'', but the one you posted look tasty :thumb001:

[Toretto]

Pepperoni pizza....

Usa:

http://www.firstnamestore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pepperonipizza.jpg

Pizza ai peperoni....

Italia:

http://www.viveredonna.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/peperoni-pizza.jpg

[Peyrol]

^

:lol:

That's because the ''pepperoni'' are a totally american invention, here don't exists.

[Teyrn]

I'm pretty generic. I just like cheese as a topping on pizza.

[Jackson]

BBQ! Om nom nom!

[Neanderthal]

BBQ! Om nom nom!

Just arrived? :p

[Lemon Kush]

Pretty much everything. Pepperoni, Jalapeno, green peppers, bacon, ham, sausage, mushrooms, olives, etc


https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlJgHewhln_KDQdpZTWYB1DCcmhj3Uj 6elxBnpwjVQ-q12oezJ

[Peyrol]

Americans know how to ruine traditional cuisine. :laugh:

[Toretto]

I must admit, this is very good, delicious !

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ej8TRsbBYrs/TNaoNKfo2nI/AAAAAAAAAhI/zbhp2yCDzsQ/s1600/iphone+028.JPG

[TheMagnificent]

I forgot to add that I :love: the banana/pineapple pizza they make in Sweden. That was quite a surprise :D

With pineapple (+ ham and cheese) is Pizza Hawaii, but never heard of pizza with banana. :sick2:

[Azalea]

I ordered pizza after reading this thread. :D

Pizza Margherita. :love0016:

[Peyrol]

I ordered pizza after reading this thread. :D

Pizza Margherita. :love0016:

Good, finally a ''med sister'' who understood how a pizza must be :thumb001:


Do you know why is named Margherita?
Because after piemontese conquest of Napoli (1861), a neapolitan chef invented a new kind of pizza with the new flag's color for celebrate the union of the city with the newborn Kingdom of Italy: red (tomato), white (Mozzarella) and green (basil), and named this creation ''Margherita'' in honor of Queen Margherita of Savoie, Queen of Italy.

[Ira di Dio]

Good, finally a ''med sister'' who understood how a pizza must be :thumb001:
Parla per te. (scherzo :P)

[Permafrost]

Good, finally a ''med sister'' who understood how a
Because after piemontese conquest of Napoli (1861), a neapolitan chef invented a new kind of pizza with the new flag's color for celebrate the union of the city with the newborn Kingdom of Italy: red (tomato), white (Mozzarella) and green (basil), and named this creation ''Margherita'' in honor of Queen Margherita of Savoie, Queen of Italy.

Aaah yes, I remember this story quite well, the guide in Rome told us when we were visitng some Savoia's tomb (I think it was in the Pantheon if my memory serves me corectly).

As for me, I like my pizza to be very spicy and peppered, therefore chilli peppers are my favuorite topping.

[Azalea]

Good, finally a ''med sister'' who understood how a pizza must be :thumb001:


Do you know why is named Margherita?
Because after piemontese conquest of Napoli (1861), a neapolitan chef invented a new kind of pizza with the new flag's color for celebrate the union of the city with the newborn Kingdom of Italy: red (tomato), white (Mozzarella) and green (basil), and named this creation ''Margherita'' in honor of Queen Margherita of Savoie, Queen of Italy.

Yeah I've heard this story before!

So I had my pizza...but to be honest, I make better pizza's than most of the pizzeria's here. :D

[Peyrol]

Aaah yes, I remember this story quite well, the guide in Rome told us when we were visitng some Savoia's tomb (I think it was in the Pantheon if my memory serves me corectly).

As for me, I like my pizza to be very spicy and peppered, therefore chilli peppers are my favuorite topping.


Yes, in the Pantheon there are some sabaudian tombs, even if most part of Maison Savoie is buried here (Torino, which was the capital of sabaudian states for 500 years) or in their ancestral homeland, Chambery (that is part of France since 1860).


Yeah I've heard this story before!

So I had my pizza...but to be honest, I make better pizza's than most of the pizzeria's here. :D

This isn't surprising considering that outside Italy is very rare to find a decent pizza (at least from my perspective).
Btw, you will be the favourite wife/girlfriend for many of us italics, if you're able to cook pizzas :p

[Azalea]

Haha well they are not as perfect as I want them to be - I am working on it though..but better than most pizza of the pizzeria's here. It's just that it takes a little bit time to prepare the dough and stuff. But here is one of my selfmade pizza's. ;)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7110565957_cb92cc875e.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6964493278_eeac1c6fa8_n.jpg

My parents ate the last one. The first one was mine. I like simple pizza's.

[Peyrol]

Haha well they are not as perfect as I want them to be - I am working on it though..but better than most pizza of the pizzeria's here. It's just that it takes a little bit time to prepare the dough and stuff. But here is one of my selfmade pizza's. ;)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7110565957_cb92cc875e.jpg

Look good.
Here (my city) there are a lot of turkish pizzaioli (pizza-makers) which studied in Naples and obtained the I.G.P. certification (italian certification of quality) for their pizzas, and they're very, very able and skilled...seems that you're a population who learn fastly our cuisine.

[Neanderthal]

nYhDthbBrrU

[TheMagnificent]

Turkish girls generally have experience with making Pide, some sort of Turkish pizza, and Lahmacun, so making pizza is just a small step further. :D

Pide
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/23/25727122_8111d78069_o.jpg

Lahmacun
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2116/2538897504_3690c8dbd0_b.jpg

[Peyrol]

Turkish girls generally have experience with making Pide, some sort of Turkish pizza, and Lahmacun, so making pizza is just a small step further. :D

Pide-Pizza...i wonder if there is an ancient common ethnymologial connection about both the words...

[TheMagnificent]

Pide-Pizza...i wonder if there is an ancient common ethnymologial connection about both the words...

I guess there is; in the end the original form of both means bread or pie (from Greek píta), if I'm not mistaken. Ultimately coming from the Aramaic word for bread (according to Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pide)).

[Peyrol]

I guess there is; in the end the original form of both means bread or pie (from Greek píta), if I'm not mistaken. Ultimately coming from the Aramaic word for bread (according to Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pide)).

Napoli was a greek colony and neapolitan language was (is) heavy influenced by greek, so yes, make sense.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Pide is very good.:)

Alot of people don't always realize, but 2/3rds of what is pizza have been made among many civilizations of the near east and med. region for thousands of years:

flat bread with cheese on top!

...and occasionally onions or olive on top...tomatoe doesn't come until much later of course and then we have pizza proper.:cool:

[MfA_]

I guess there is; in the end the original form of both means bread or pie (from Greek píta), if I'm not mistaken. Ultimately coming from the Aramaic word for bread (according to Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pide)).

It's Aramaic פתתא pitta.. only modern Greek has píta πίτα..

[Duke]

mozzarella, pršut(persutto sp?), tomato, olives, cream

[Peyrol]

Pide is very good.:)

Alot of people don't always realize, but 2/3rds of what is pizza have been made among many civilizations of the near east and med. region for thousands of years:

flat bread with cheese on top!

...and occasionally onions or olive on top...tomatoe doesn't come until much later of course and then we have pizza proper.:cool:

Yup, but the ''fixed'' version is native of your granny's land, in late '500.

[Absinthe]

With pineapple (+ ham and cheese) is Pizza Hawaii, but never heard of pizza with banana. :sick2:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wFwmyRJYpPI/SeeEcGs4UdI/AAAAAAAAAoM/tZRykw6ogxg/s400/ee.jpg

;)

[Absinthe]

Turkish girls generally have experience with making Pide, some sort of Turkish pizza, and Lahmacun, so making pizza is just a small step further. :D

Pide
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/23/25727122_8111d78069_o.jpg

Lahmacun
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2116/2538897504_3690c8dbd0_b.jpg
OMG I LOVE pide!! I can't even express how much I love it. This (http://www.kircicegi.com.tr/en/sube_marmaris.htm) always costs me a couple of extra kilos every time. *sigh*

http://www.likeablequotes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/homer-sleep.jpg

[Peyrol]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wFwmyRJYpPI/SeeEcGs4UdI/AAAAAAAAAoM/tZRykw6ogxg/s400/ee.jpg

;)

Disgusting...

[Absinthe]

Disgusting...
Actually it was quite good :p

[Peyrol]

Actually it was quite good :p

Let me doubt this...pizza is supposed to be a salty dish.
I like some kind of fruits on pizza (like for example the lombard association Gorgonzola cheese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonzola_%28cheese%29) - pears), but bananas....ugh! :D

[Ira di Dio]

Let me doubt this...pizza is supposed to be a salty dish.
I like some kind of fruits on pizza (like for example the lombard association Gorgonzola cheese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonzola_%28cheese%29) - pears), but bananas....ugh! :D
Pizza (non salty) with nutella is not bad actually ;)

[Peyrol]

Pizza (non salty) with nutella is not bad actually ;)

5 giorni per digerirla, immagino...ma in effetti meriterebbe :D

[Ira di Dio]

5 giorni per digerirla, immagino...ma in effetti meriterebbe :D
Mah l'effetto finale è più o meno una frittella/crepes

[TheMagnificent]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wFwmyRJYpPI/SeeEcGs4UdI/AAAAAAAAAoM/tZRykw6ogxg/s400/ee.jpg

;)

Looks more like an ennobled banana pancake to me. :icon_smile:

[Svipdag]

There is no specifically American pizza. You can get just about any toppings
you want to pay for in this country. In some pizzerias, the complexity of your pizza is limited only by your imagination and your pocketbook.

There are those who claim that the tomato-&-cheese pizza was invented either in New Jersey or in NYC and subsequently imported into Italy. I will say that, when I was in Italy in 1954, I did not encounter pizza as a tomato-&-cheese pie with various toppings in Genova, Livorno, Pisa, Firenze, Roma,
Taranto, and Palermo,Sicilia.

In fact, the only place in southern Europe where I found this type of pizza was in a small pizzeria on the Rue Canebiere in Marseilles. This pizzeria was operated by an elderly Italian-American from Brooklyn, NY. Perhaps, then, the popular form of pizza IS American in origin and WAS imported into Italy and southern Europe .

If America "ruined" the native cuisine, why is it so overwhelmingly popular ?


"NAM QVOD VNI PROFVIT HOC ALIIS ERAT EXITIO" - Latin proverb

[Peyrol]

There is no specifically American pizza. You can get just about any toppings
you want to pay for in this country. In some pizzerias, the complexity of your pizza is limited only by your imagination and your pocketbook.

There are those who claim that the tomato-&-cheese pizza was invented either in New Jersey or in NYC and subsequently imported into Italy. I will say that, when I was in Italy in 1954, I did not encounter pizza as a tomato-&-cheese pie with various toppings in Genova, Livorno, Pisa, Firenze, Roma,
Taranto, and Palermo,Sicilia.

In fact, the only place in southern Europe where I found this type of pizza was in a small pizzeria on the Rue Canebiere in Marseilles. This pizzeria was operated by an elderly Italian-American from Brooklyn, NY. Perhaps, then, the popular form of pizza IS American in origin and WAS imported into Italy and southern Europe .

If America "ruined" the native cuisine, why is it so overwhelmingly popular ?


"NAM QVOD VNI PROFVIT HOC ALIIS ERAT EXITIO" - Latin proverb


Bum, the best legend on Earth :p

I wrote the origin of the ''Pizza Margherita'' some pages ago.

[kmims]

Linguiça. Haha

[Vesuvian Sky]

Bum, the best legend on Earth :p

I wrote the origin of the ''Pizza Margherita'' some pages ago.

Yes this is true. Pizza's origin is of course Neopolitan-Italian (actually in Italy). Though there are some who still think it is Neopolitan-Italian Americans who invented pizza which is not true.

[Peyrol]

Yes this is true. Pizza's origin is of course Neopolitan-Italian (actually in Italy). Though there are some who still think it is Neopolitan-Italian Americans who invented pizza which is not true.

Svipdag simply didn't saw pizza in the city he visited in 1954 because in these times cuisine was strictly regionalistical, not panitalic as now.
Infact she visited a lot of places, but not Campania.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Svipdag simply didn't saw pizza in the city he visited in 1954 because in these times cuisine was strictly regionalistical, not panitalic as now.
Infact she visited a lot of places, but not Campania.

Yes Italian cuisine over in Italy seems to still be regionalistic till this day. For instance, I know of no place on the mainland where one can get a canoli. I believe one still has to go mostly to Sicily for that. Also, panzanella you mostly still have to go to Florence for.

Pizza is usually square in Rome and rather different the Neopolitan style.

[Peyrol]

Yes Italian cuisine over in Italy seems to still be regionalistic till this day. For instance, I know of no place on the mainland where one can get a canoli. I believe one still has to go mostly to Sicily for that. Also, panzanella you mostly still have to go to Florence for.

Pizza is usually square in Rome and rather different the Neopolitan style.

In the big northern cities is very easy to find sicilian cousine/restaurants, because of the internal massive '50-'60 migration (here in Torino southern italians are 60-65% of the population, for example) that literally erased northern italians from some northern zones, and also in Rome is easy to find products from all the Peninsula/Islands...but yes, pizzas are very different by each regions.

In last years here in Piemont, due to the massive muslim immigration, the Doner kebab pizza is spreading rapidly.

[Vesuvian Sky]

In the big northern cities is very easy to find sicilian cousine/restaurants, because of the internal massive '50-'60 migration (here in Torino southern italians are 60-65% of the population, for example) that literally erased northern italians from some northern zones, and also in Rome is easy to find products from all the Peninsula/Islands...but yes, pizzas are very different by each regions.

In last years here in Piemont, due to the massive muslim immigration, the Doner kebab pizza is spreading rapidly.

whoa!:eek:

Is it any good?:icon_ask:

side note: I must say donner kebab is everywhere!:D

In Japan, there were quite a few donner kebab stands throughout Tokyo and I had me some quite a bit!:biggrin:

[Peyrol]

whoa!:eek:

Is it any good?:icon_ask:

side note: I must say donner kebab is everywhere!:D

In Japan, there were quite a few donner kebab stands throughout Tokyo and I had me some quite a bit!:tongue

From my experience, the quality of a doner-kebab depends by the ethnicity who make it: turks or egyptians cook the best doner, while moroccans and tunisians not, is quite disgusting.

I don't like the pizza version, btw.

[Svipdag]

I withdraw, recant, and disown my comments regarding the possible American origin of tomato-&-cheese pizza. They were based on a combination of lamentable ignorance and inadequate observation. Only my comment that there is no characteristically American pizza remains valid.


"Ve get too soon oldt und too late schmardt." - Amish proverb

[Peyrol]

I withdraw, recant, and disown my comments regarding the possible American origin of tomato-&-cheese pizza. They were based on a combination of lamentable ignorance and inadequate observation. Only my comment that there is no characteristically American pizza remains valid.


"Ve get too soon oldt und too late schmardt." - Amish proverb

You visited my country in the ''Dolce Vita'' time, this is sufficient for being in my personal Pantheon of the people i respect a lot.:thumb001:

How was Italy in the '50s?
Here we have the myth that was a great time for us.

[Svipdag]

I LOVED Italy. The Italians were the friendliest people I encountered in the whole Mediterranean area. And the FOOD.......I told a shipmate of mine "If I lived here I'd weigh 300 pounds. Of course, I'd probably die young, but I'd die happy."

I have wonderful memories of Italy, such as riding up to the top of Monte Vomero in a taxi with my friend "T-Mac" Long and singing the entire first act of Aida, all parts, soprano and mezzo roles in falsetto, while the driver was laughing so hard he could hardly drive.

Or, having Filetto di bue Voronoff at the Ristorante Olimpo (al capurro del
grattacielo [there was only one]) in Genova. I'd had it before and knew that when the brandy is poured over it just before serving and lighted, it explodes.

The Admiral, dining at the next table didn't know this and was watching with interest as the dish was prepared at my table. When the brandy exploded, he jumped up out of his chair. I had the devil's own time keeping a straight face. It would not be prudent of an Ensign to laugh at the Admiral's discomfiture.

I don't think that "la dolce vita" was a myth. There seemed to be an overall air of joy everywhere that I visited in Italy. I think that it really was a good time to be alive in Italy.

[Peyrol]

I LOVED Italy. The Italians were the friendliest people I encountered in the whole Mediterranean area. And the FOOD.......I told a shipmate of mine "If I lived here I'd weigh 300 pounds. Of course, I'd probably die young, but I'd die happy."

I have wonderful memories of Italy, such as riding up to the top of Monte Vomero in a taxi with my friend "T-Mac" Long and singing the entire first act of Aida, all parts, soprano and mezzo roles in falsetto, while the driver was laughing so hard he could hardly drive.

Or, having Filetto di bue Voronoff at the Ristorante Olimpo (al capurro del
grattacielo [there was only one]) in Genova. I'd had it before and knew that when the brandy is poured over it just before serving and lighted, it explodes.

The Admiral, dining at the next table didn't know this and was watching with interest as the dish was prepared at my table. When the brandy exploded, he jumped up out of his chair. I had the devil's own time keeping a straight face. It would not be prudent of an Ensign to laugh at the Admiral's discomfiture.

I'm very happy to know that you loved the ''old version of us''...i wish i'd the possibility to see our countries in those years, now it a total shithole...in Genova there aren't no more ligurian fishermans, but southern american drug cartels...and the most visited restaurant in Vomero (Napoli) is the Mc Donald...

did you visited northern Italy?
Cities like Torino, Milano or Verona were jewels before massive southern italian immigration (and the consequent urbanistical expansions) and the industrializations of the '60s.

[Svipdag]

These tidings make me so sad. Alas that the Italy which I knew and loved is no more. A friend of mine who has recently visited Firenze tells me that even that jewel of a city has been "modernised." Fortunately, all of the old sites which I visited are still there, though overshadowed by glass boxes, nondescript grattacieli.

Genova was our farthest north port of call. I have been able to sample northern Italian cuisine at a restaurant the father of whose owner came from Abruzzo . I never cared for pasta e fagioli because I knew only the Neapolitan version. His pasta e fagioli is delicious, it shows that some dishes are far better without tomato.

So, I have never been to Liguria, never seen Torino or Milano, which I very much desire to see. I never shall because I do not fly except as the result of dire necessity. Oh well, at least I have my memories of the Italy that was.


"QVAM PARVA SAPIENTIA MVNDVS REGITVR" - (auctor mihi incognitus)

[Jackson]

Just arrived? :p

Hehe yeah it arrived in the end. 30 minutes late but was still pretty warm, and tasty.

[Duke]

Worst pizza i had was in Verona Italy. :P

I went to some Neapolitan joint with traditional medieval pizzas, lets just say they require acquired taste.
But then again I also ate a cat near Lago di Garde, at some hotel in the mountains, and it wasnt half as bad :P

[Peyrol]

These tidings make me so sad. Alas that the Italy which I knew and loved is no more. A friend of mine who has recently visited Firenze tells me that even that jewel of a city has been "modernised." Fortunately, all of the old sites which I visited are still there, though overshadowed by glass boxes, nondescript grattacieli.

Genova was our farthest north port of call. I have been able to sample northern Italian cuisine at a restaurant the father of whose owner came from Abruzzo . I never cared for pasta e fagioli because I knew only the Neapolitan version. His pasta e fagioli is delicious, it shows that some dishes are far better without tomato.

So, I have never been to Liguria, never seen Torino or Milano, which I very much desire to see. I never shall because I do not fly except as the result of dire necessity. Oh well, at least I have my memories of the Italy that was.


"QVAM PARVA SAPIENTIA MVNDVS REGITVR" - (auctor mihi incognitus)

Torino and Milano were jewels before 1965-1970...Torino was called ''the Paris of Italy'' in all the anglosaxon world...now is still good (the old part), but massive urban expansion ruined these lands...and also massive immigration.
Firenze is something like 20% asian now...and dirty, very dirty in the streets...but still a good city to visit (not to live, however).

Just enjoy, virtually, my city :D

sBiL2VLPmFo

[Toretto]

In south Italy and generally in the small city are different...

South Italy - Apulia - Salento ... city of Galatina
28.000 abitant
300 immigrant

city of Gallipoli 21.000, 212 immigrant (albania-cina and england and german for holiday perennial)

Small city of Santa Maria di Leuca ( the last city of apulia) ... 1300 abitant circa ... 0 immigrant

[Peyrol]

In south Italy and generally in the small city are different...

South Italy - Apulia - Salento ... city of Galatina
28.000 abitant
300 immigrant

city of Gallipoli 21.000, 212 immigrant (albania-cina and england and german for holiday perennial)

Small city of Santa Maria di Leuca ( the last city of apulia) ... 1300 abitant circa ... 0 immigrant

Milano: 1,2 million people....212,000 immigrants (+80,000 irregulars) :laugh:

[Toretto]

Milano: 1,2 million people....212,000 immigrants (+80,000 irregulars) :laugh:

incredible... Roma 2,8 million people 12% are immigrants
Torino 900.000 people 135.000 + 45.000 irregular (???) immigrants (2011)
Palermo 655.000 25.000 immigrants

dati corretti?

[Peyrol]

incredible... Roma 2,8 million people 12% are immigrants
Torino 900.000 people 135.000 + 45.000 irregular (???) immigrants (2011)
Palermo 655.000 25.000 immigrants

dati corretti?

For Torino, yes, almost correct (maybe slightly more).

In my quarter/district (the Lingotto) they're about 35-45% of the population i would estimate.

[Philo]

Tuna all the way lol. Olives are nice too.

[Maleficent]

Margherita Pizza: olive oil, mozzerella cheese, tomatoes, garlic, and basil.

[Peyrol]

Another very simply but very good tasting pizza is the ''Marinara'': tomato, oil, oregano, garlic and basil

http://static.snappetite.com/img/cache/f59d03e5cec63309e5f3d7f1fd435afb_w1200.jpg

[bella1407]

i do not like pizza. too much calories.

[sammymcgoff]

Cheese and tomato, hawaiian and pepperoni

[Absinthe]

Another very simply but very good tasting pizza is the ''Marinara'': tomato, oil, oregano, garlic and basil

http://static.snappetite.com/img/cache/f59d03e5cec63309e5f3d7f1fd435afb_w1200.jpg
That looks awesome :) I can almost smell it from here :p

[Peyrol]

That looks awesome :) I can almost smell it from here :p

This is the size and the look of a real neapolitan original pizza.
It's also very, very very tasting.:D

[Virtuous]

i do not like pizza. too much calories.

I do not like girls that do not like pizza.

[Virtuous]

Pizza (non salty) with nutella is not bad actually ;)

I ate that a about a month ago, reaaal good.

[Peyrol]

A caloric bomb with Gorgonzola cheese

http://www.svila.it/php/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Pizza_Gorgonzola_4d0b7224b4106.jpg

[Mistel]

Simple but delicious: mozzarella di bufala.

[Damião de Góis]

I like traditional ones like olives, mushrooms, tomato, onions, etc

Things like pinneapple and other exotic stuff make a pizza taste horrible in my opinion.

[wvwvw]

Everytime a pizza slice like this goes to waste an angel dies :D

http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_7287.jpg

[Daco Celtic]

I like Chinese pizza topped with fortune cookies and egg rolls. I order it from Mama Noodles down the street.


https://youtu.be/J1HHhjTKsd4

[Thorns]

Pineapple, jalapeño, fire roasted San Marzano tomato, red pepper, fresh basil, fresh garlic, feta cheese, sliced meatball and a 60/40 mozzarella/provolone mix.

[Ice]

I don't eat pizza anymore. It's not that i don't like it, but i find it banal.. it's like if you are poor(nothing wrong with it) or a single guy who can't cook/afford anything better

give me instead everyday red meat or fish, and i'm happy.

[Harley]

I saw someone make “pizza eggs”, so I’m going to try this lol.

I like artichoke hearts, spinach, olives, onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes on pizza.

[Nazarene]

I'm a basic pepperoni bitch