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Topic 44 · 88 responses · archived october 2000
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~aschuth seed
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~aschuth #1
Oh, see what's here - a large one with gorgonzola cheese, some mozzarella, spinach and garlic sprinkled over it! Wonder whose that is...?
~KitchenManager #2
throw on some caramelized onions, too, will ya?
~stacey #3
no onions on my half please!
~aschuth #4
Oh, it's yours, young lady! There you go, and have a nice afternoon!
~stacey #5
a dash of red pepper... MMMMMMMMM... (hey WER, wanna a bite?)
~KitchenManager #6
(do I get to pick where?)
~aschuth #7
Oh, what is this? A Pizza Charlottenburg! With, lemme see, sheep's cheese, olives, garlic, tomato and pepperonis! Lookit dis! The peppers spell a double-u ! How peculiar!
~stacey #8
I'm sure it's for "whazzat"
~KitchenManager #9
from this angle, looks like an "M"...
~stacey #10
for "mangia"
~aschuth #11
Well, if none of you kiddies want it, I'm just gonna...
~KitchenManager #12
Go ahead, if I'm still hungry I'll just whip up a vegetarian fajita pizza...
~stacey #13
and I'll cheat and buy one of those premade crusts and add sauce and feta and capers and mushrooms
~autumn #14
Mmmmm, I'll help you, Stacey.
~KitchenManager #15
use pesto for the sauce, and sub artichoke hearts for the capers...YUMMY!
~riette #16
I don't like pizza anymore. The way people make it nowadays with corn and fish and nonsense like that, it doesn't taste of pizza at all anymore. It just tastes of fish and corn and tomatoes and cheese in a clusterfu...ss.
~stacey #17
corn and fish?!??!?! YUCK!
~laughingskye #18
LOL! Righto, Riette. We Americans tend to take a good thing and turn into...well, exactly what you said...can't seem to leave a good thing alone. Who wants squid on their pizza, anyway?
~laughingskye #19
(Stacey, I think I almost ran you over, just then...sorry!)
~stacey #20
Hey Annette! Nice to see you around and about!
~terry #21
I'll stick with 'shrooms and black olives, thanks. Hey, Annette, how's life down on the Farm?
~stacey #22
ooohh Paul.... That's my FAVORITE kinda pizza! Whenever we order, that's always what we get! (what a co-ink-E-dink!)
~terry #23
Hey, next time you're down in Austoned, let's order a pizza together!
~aschuth #24
;=}
~stacey #25
shall we order it from MOJOs??
~KitchenManager #26
oh, sure, it's not like I won't have visitation rights at LI then and couldn't go whip one up for everyone...
~autumn #27
There's a MOJO rising...
~KitchenManager #28
then let's hope it is not MOJO JOJO!
~stacey #29
Fiiirrreeeeaks! WER, if you're whippin up a pizza, you KNOW a tiramisu must follow!
~KitchenManager #30
not if you order from MOJO's...
~stacey #31
then just where shall we order it from??
~KitchenManager #32
me, of course! like I said, I'm sure I'll retain privileges at LI...
~stacey #33
well that was the condition upon which I mentioned tiramisu... if we go there, you supply dessert too! Perhaps a picnic... to go?
~KitchenManager #34
sure!
~laughingskye #35
Can I tag along? I'm housebroken, and, I don't bark often...
~stacey #36
sure Annette! ... and we're going outside so you can pee anywhere you want, bark too!
~KitchenManager #37
yep, be free to be male, Annette!
~laughingskye #38
wer...your leg reminds me of a fire hydrant.... (ooooh, why did Stacey put SO much water in my bowl?)
~KitchenManager #39
(because she knows many of my secret fantasies...)
~laughingskye #40
strange, but...I like it!
~KitchenManager #41
and I like it strange...
~laughingskye #42
not YOU, wer....why, I'd never believe it...! ;)
~KitchenManager #43
then you really are an idealist!!!
~laughingskye #44
*giggle* tee-hee... Do people NEVER surprise you, or, do you feel that you are ALWAYS being surprised? Just curious...
~KitchenManager #45
I get caught off guard at times, yes. Why, what prompted the curiosity?
~stacey #46
(he's paranoid at itme too...) *grin*
~KitchenManager #47
(I think that's a two-way street with us, ma'am...)
~stacey #48
can you not spell on your side of the street either?!?!?
~KitchenManager #49
no but I am trying to devElop that ability...
~stacey #50
*grin* sorry I didn't catch it the first time!
~KitchenManager #51
oh, that's okay...I sent out electronic resumes that were formatted wrong because something installed some weird printer on my computer...
~laughingskye #52
So, you probably surprised someone else, as well...? Sometimes, I just like to ask questions, wer...curious? nosey? jeez, I don't know...Seems that all of the stuff on the news doesn't seem to surprise me much, anymore...I don't want to feel that way...guess I just need to know how others feel, too...
~KitchenManager #53
s'okay, as you said, sometimes I'm just curious... (wish I had the wisdom to realize when I don't really want my curiosity satisfied...)
~laughingskye #54
Heh-heeeh...I think we ALL might be a bit guilty of that one...:)
~KitchenManager #55
huh, you don't say, 'cause it seems to me I do it enough for everyone...
~laughingskye #56
With all the conferences that you participate in, I'd believe that! ;)
~terry #57
Annette, wher do you order out for pizza? Are do you make your own?
~laughingskye #58
Local pizza place called "Snappy's". We have that popular chain pizza place that we all know SO well ;), but, I'll take Snappy's, any day. I am embarrassed to say (er...ummm.....) that I haven't made a homemade pizza in QUITE a long time! Any good recipes out there? (perhaps I might get compelled to try one...maybe...cook...hmmmmmm...)
~MarciaH #59
Terry, thanks for bring the children back to the topic of this board... I was going to suggest that no one under any circumstances (other than to be rid of unwelcome house guests) order an Hawaiian Pizza. They are made with (help!) canned pineapple amongst other things. Please tell me that LI does not indulge in this insanity!
~KitchenManager #60
nope
~MarciaH #61
Thank you! You made my day. I would crawl to Austin just to see a place which did not serve that abomination. Over Jagged lava, even!
~KitchenManager #62
no need for that, you'll hit the cactus eventually...which somebody in town probably serves on pizza...I know at least one place that uses cactus for taco filling...
~MarciaH #63
If it is half as bad as the Jelly my Mother and I made is Tucson, forget about that one, too!
~aschuth #64
Oh, behave, you lot! Just because we can't get decent cacti around here any other way but canned, doesn't mean some gung-ho culinary inquisitor has the right to sanction us for having our Pizza Texana w/ canned cactus!! Cut it, willya!
~MarciaH #65
You mean someone actually cans cacti?! What does it taste like? Is it good?
~aschuth #66
Not half as good as fresh pineapple... Well, yeah, so I threw you a fast one here, but if you stick around and think about how many food stuffs we totally accept canned or treated, because otherwise not available - unless you're Donnie Trump's gal or whatever rich folks are called at whereever you are, and you just have that ole Lear Jet pop over and fetch it... Like bamboo sprouts... Ever got that fresh? Well, not where I'm at right now. Not here. Fresh soy sprouts hard to come by, too, though people start producing more and more sprouts. Chinese mushrooms... A certain kind just comes dried, right? Smoked salmon... Cherries in winter... Frozen strawberries...
~MarciaH #67
You're right, of course, some things are just too labor-intensive (like harvesting bamboo shoots and processing them), and others do not freeze well. Lychee (Litchee) for one. They are sooooooooo good fresh; canned they are ok but not the same at all. I imagine the things we like raw, such as fruit, suffer the most from canning because they have to cook them. Flash-freezing has brought a whole new world of fresh food to tables almost as good as having it fresh. Sprouts and fresh herbs are available ye r round here as well as most other veggies. Living in Hawaii affords me one season. June! It lasts all year round and that is that. Tree crops like citrus, guava and lychee are seasonal in their own way (don't know how they know!) No apples or stone fruit of any sort - just too warm here, Someone tried apples at Volcano (a real town's name) - but at 6,000' (1629 M) the hours of subfreezing temps are not lengthy enough to compensate. BTW, I'd rather eat canned than have to bed down with The Donald, but that is just my humble opinion!
~MarciaH #68
Oh yes, and fresh mushrooms are often dried because it rids them of tastless water. When you pop them into your broth to rehydrate, they take on a much richer flavor. At least the oriental ones here do.
~KitchenManager #69
and yes, you can get canned cactus...even here where it grows wild, you can buy it fresh or canned at the supermarket...
~aschuth #70
And thus I seek redemption for all the lovers of Pizza Hawaii, as I have my point proven! ADMIT, REPENT, you sinners!
~KitchenManager #71
never said I didn't like canned pineapple on a pizza, just said we didn't serve it at LI... (and, if I have to admit and repent, I've got way more serious sins than this to atone for...)
~stacey #72
oooh! this is where the good stuff comes in! pass the pizza... i'm ready to listen to confessions!
~riette #73
Hurray for Pizza Hut Pizza Hawaii with cheese crust!!!!
~MarciaH #74
Riette, please tell me what all is on it - other than the canned pineapple - or was that not included? Everyone out here is too embarrassed to admit ordering one, so I have to ask you!
~stacey #75
I think some places put canadian bacon on it... which just looks like ham to me...
~MarciaH #76
That or the Italian version - but it is ham, no matter how you slice it!
~KitchenManager #77
that's like saying brisket is filet...
~MarciaH #78
I thought you were going to break out your Italian and save me from having to look up the spelling, but it is truly (at least here) prosciutto that they use. Now, since I cannot find it in my handy books by the computer, please correct the spelling and educate us on ham that is, Cabaduab Bacon that isn't and the other. (I will never confuse a brisket with a fillet...)
~MarciaH #79
sorry for the terrible typing....Canadian Bacon that should have been. And I know from whence it comes (on the animal, that is)... Cuts of meat 101 begins when wer gets online!
~KitchenManager #80
ooo...now I'm a butcher...
~MarciaH #81
I did not say that...You are knowledgable in so many fields, and at this you are a professional. You, more than anyone would know the difference (other than the obvious one of price per pound/kg). But, I think we must *meat* down a few topics to discuss this...shall we?
~KitchenManager #82
might be a better choice, yes...
~riette #83
And to answer your question, Marcia. OF COURSE it has tinned pineapple - I've never had a problem with that. I love pineapple raw, cooked, grilled, tinned, even in second hand form.... No, but the pizza is just the boring old tomato, tinned pineapple, cheese, green pepper, and a bit of salami. None of that corn and beans and other weird stuff. Just Pizza stuff, see?
~MarciaH #84
That sounds positively edible. I may just sneak into my nearest LC (in homage to wer) and order one. You have me interested - and I am getting hungry!
~riette #85
I've got myself hungry too. I'll just devour a chocolate - takes less time to get hold of!!
~sprin5 #86
Any preferences on frozen pizza?
~sociolingo #87
Ham and pinneapple is my fav
~Carys #88
I have a fondness for a traditional kind of Neopolitan pizza. It's made with sliced fresh plum (roma) tomatoes, whole fresh basil leaves and mozzarella cheese. I sometimes make a variant on it using sliced cherry and yellow pear tomatoes together instead of the plum tomatoes.
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