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Do you need a stupid reason to celebrate this month (as if Columbus Day and Halloween weren't enough)? Well, it turns out that October is National Pizza Month! I can't get enough of these National [blank][history] [blank] [awareness] Month things! Last month was "National Adopt-a-Kitten, Bring it to a Nursing Home and Read to Your Nana Month" and it was a blast!

But hey, I love pizza and I'm going to try some out. I think I'll try this one first. Post-a summa you favorite pizzas.

http://cabotcheese.com/recipes/um_images/pizza.jpg

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Good god, I've been making so much pizza the past week or two, it's crazy.

One of the ones I made last night involved mostly onions that were slowly simmered and browned. Just a touch of cheese. It was pretty nice!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.giordanos.com/cover.jpg

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

that just looks completely wrong, that crust looks horrendous for a start! What is that monstrosity?

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 07:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Chicago, dude.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

looks wrong, very wrong

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I love pumpkin pie!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

banana peppers, flaked tuna and mozarella with a hint of havarti on a thin crust with a base of very thinly spread creamed horse radish. sprinkle with cilantro when done.

― PVC (peeveecee), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

That crust is delicious, Porkpie! A meal in itself. As kids, we never liked it and would bring all our crusts back to my grandma's, where she devoured them. Yes, it doesn't look like typical pizza, but that's cause it's not. It's much better. I'm eating some as I type. One of the few foodstuffs that is better reheated, in a microwave.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

How can you trust a paper called the "Chinese Daily" when it's written in English?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 7 October 2004 04:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it says "Chicago Daily."

I'd like to learn how to make a Chicago deep dish pizza. Do you need a special pan for it?

― Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Thursday, 7 October 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops, whenever I make it to Chicago, we should Fancy A Pizza.

Tonight I reconfirmed that my favorite topping combination on a traditional pizza is bacon and jalapeno (from Pizza Magia, in this part of the country).

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 8 October 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes we should, Tep.

VG, you just need a fairly thick pan with high walls, about 3-4 inches. There are lots of recipes on-line, but finding one that's actually good may be hard. The sauce is very important, and none of the recipes specify which brand(s) of canned tomatos/tomato sauce are best. "6-in-1" brand canned tomatos are supposedly used by many pizzerias here. Also, lots of the recipes I've seen have you put a second crust on top of all the ingredients. There are a few places in Chicago that do that, but they're in the minority and I prefer to have just a single crust. Sometimes you'll see people differentiate between stuffed (2-crusts) and deep dish (1-crust), but other times the two are synonymous. My usual is spinach-onion-black olive. Grew up on sausage, and now I'm starting to crave that after not having it for a few years. You don't want *that* large of an amount of toppings cause you need to have a lot of cheese in there to bind everything and, you know, be xtra unhealthy and sinful.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 9 October 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

A client of mine recently sent me an enormous order of sourdough bread from Boudin Bakery, and one night I made the family individual pizzas on slices of sourdough from one of the big boules. I guess it was halfway between bruschetta and pizza, but it was fun either way. I had just made some pesto the day before, so there were pesto/onion/mushroom/chicken pizzas, chicken/BBQ Sauce/cheddar pizzas, and I made some pizza sauce from scratch for a couple of more traditional slices. All this because I had some fresh mozzarella that I didn't have any other plans for.

(formerly Rock Hardy)

― William Crump (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 9 October 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I just made pizza last night, fresh mozzarella, goat cheese, fresh basil, pesto (next time the pesto should be homeade, it added to much oil) and sundried tomatoes -- delicious

― nora (nora), Sunday, 10 October 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, sweet sausage sauteed with onions and garlic also

― nora (nora), Sunday, 10 October 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

did you spread the pesto over the whole thing?

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I made three (smallish, thin crust) pizzas tonight for dinner -- one was topped with tons of chopped garlic, one with red peppers, and one with sliced green tomato. All were great.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 16 October 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

But I admit, I started thinking unholy thoughts like, "What about pears? What about curry paste?"

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 16 October 2004 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Pears intrigue me.
A gorgonzola, pear, and proscuitto pizza with a simple olive oil spread for the dough? Perhaps?
Or pork and pear? Ground pork and pear, sort of the midwest answer to the Hawaiian pizza (Canadian bacon and pineapple)?

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 17 October 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I was thinking pear and gorgonzola, though of course not prosciutto so much. But I don't know.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 18 October 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I've eaten pear and gorgonzola pizza before, it's very nice. Walnuts help stop it being overpowering.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 18 October 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

I think you can pretty much top a pizza with the basic ingredients of a salad, minus the lettuce. I'm thinking Chinese Chicken pizza or Thai Beef Salad pizza. Of course you have to change the cheeses to match/balance the flavor of the ingredient.

My pizza enlightenment came when I realized that pizza dough did NOT have to be spread with tomato sauce. A brushing of olive oil, or olive oil/pesto mixture makes a fine base and keeps the edges from geting too crispy.

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 21 January 2005 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

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― insurance auto, Tuesday, 20 June 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

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