Pizza — Food

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (14:12) seed

The mystical manna of many an IT person, musicians on tour, editors, scientists or other desperados.

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (14:18) #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 Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (14:37) #2

throw on some caramelized onions, too, will ya?

~stacey Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (15:40) #3

no onions on my half please!

~aschuth Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (16:35) #4

Oh, it's yours, young lady! There you go, and have a nice afternoon!

~stacey Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (17:08) #5

a dash of red pepper... MMMMMMMMM... (hey WER, wanna a bite?)

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 22, 1999 (18:39) #6

(do I get to pick where?)

~aschuth Fri, Apr 23, 1999 (05:15) #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 Fri, Apr 23, 1999 (10:25) #8

I'm sure it's for "whazzat"

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 23, 1999 (11:42) #9

from this angle, looks like an "M"...

~stacey Fri, Apr 23, 1999 (11:42) #10

for "mangia"

~aschuth Sat, Apr 24, 1999 (07:29) #11

Well, if none of you kiddies want it, I'm just gonna...

~KitchenManager Sat, Apr 24, 1999 (11:54) #12

Go ahead, if I'm still hungry I'll just whip up a vegetarian fajita pizza...

~stacey Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (09:29) #13

and I'll cheat and buy one of those premade crusts and add sauce and feta and capers and mushrooms

~autumn Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (21:40) #14

Mmmmm, I'll help you, Stacey.

~KitchenManager Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (01:54) #15

use pesto for the sauce, and sub artichoke hearts for the capers...YUMMY!

~riette Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (04:01) #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 Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:02) #17

corn and fish?!??!?! YUCK!

~laughingskye Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:02) #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 Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:03) #19

(Stacey, I think I almost ran you over, just then...sorry!)

~stacey Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (10:47) #20

Hey Annette! Nice to see you around and about!

~terry Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (16:30) #21

I'll stick with 'shrooms and black olives, thanks. Hey, Annette, how's life down on the Farm?

~stacey Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (17:03) #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 Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (09:01) #23

Hey, next time you're down in Austoned, let's order a pizza together!

~aschuth Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (09:10) #24

;=}

~stacey Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (10:03) #25

shall we order it from MOJOs??

~KitchenManager Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (23:01) #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 Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (23:01) #27

There's a MOJO rising...

~KitchenManager Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (23:05) #28

then let's hope it is not MOJO JOJO!

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (10:35) #29

Fiiirrreeeeaks! WER, if you're whippin up a pizza, you KNOW a tiramisu must follow!

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (13:13) #30

not if you order from MOJO's...

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (16:31) #31

then just where shall we order it from??

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (17:23) #32

me, of course! like I said, I'm sure I'll retain privileges at LI...

~stacey Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (17:27) #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 Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (18:21) #34

sure!

~laughingskye Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (07:54) #35

Can I tag along? I'm housebroken, and, I don't bark often...

~stacey Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (09:37) #36

sure Annette! ... and we're going outside so you can pee anywhere you want, bark too!

~KitchenManager Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (23:57) #37

yep, be free to be male, Annette!

~laughingskye Sat, May 1, 1999 (11:02) #38

wer...your leg reminds me of a fire hydrant.... (ooooh, why did Stacey put SO much water in my bowl?)

~KitchenManager Sun, May 2, 1999 (00:22) #39

(because she knows many of my secret fantasies...)

~laughingskye Sun, May 2, 1999 (10:15) #40

strange, but...I like it!

~KitchenManager Sun, May 2, 1999 (11:33) #41

and I like it strange...

~laughingskye Mon, May 3, 1999 (22:26) #42

not YOU, wer....why, I'd never believe it...! ;)

~KitchenManager Mon, May 3, 1999 (22:56) #43

then you really are an idealist!!!

~laughingskye Thu, May 6, 1999 (22:58) #44

*giggle* tee-hee... Do people NEVER surprise you, or, do you feel that you are ALWAYS being surprised? Just curious...

~KitchenManager Fri, May 7, 1999 (00:09) #45

I get caught off guard at times, yes. Why, what prompted the curiosity?

~stacey Fri, May 7, 1999 (09:52) #46

(he's paranoid at itme too...) *grin*

~KitchenManager Fri, May 7, 1999 (12:05) #47

(I think that's a two-way street with us, ma'am...)

~stacey Fri, May 7, 1999 (14:39) #48

can you not spell on your side of the street either?!?!?

~KitchenManager Fri, May 7, 1999 (23:24) #49

no but I am trying to devElop that ability...

~stacey Sat, May 8, 1999 (11:28) #50

*grin* sorry I didn't catch it the first time!

~KitchenManager Sat, May 8, 1999 (12:42) #51

oh, that's okay...I sent out electronic resumes that were formatted wrong because something installed some weird printer on my computer...

~laughingskye Sun, May 9, 1999 (11:22) #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 Sun, May 9, 1999 (23:41) #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 Wed, May 12, 1999 (17:05) #54

Heh-heeeh...I think we ALL might be a bit guilty of that one...:)

~KitchenManager Wed, May 12, 1999 (17:27) #55

huh, you don't say, 'cause it seems to me I do it enough for everyone...

~laughingskye Fri, May 14, 1999 (06:45) #56

With all the conferences that you participate in, I'd believe that! ;)

~terry Fri, May 14, 1999 (10:34) #57

Annette, wher do you order out for pizza? Are do you make your own?

~laughingskye Tue, May 25, 1999 (17:08) #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 Sun, Jul 4, 1999 (22:48) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (01:28) #60

nope

~MarciaH Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (01:32) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (01:41) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (01:48) #63

If it is half as bad as the Jelly my Mother and I made is Tucson, forget about that one, too!

~aschuth Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (05:20) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (13:15) #65

You mean someone actually cans cacti?! What does it taste like? Is it good?

~aschuth Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (14:01) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (21:01) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (21:04) #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 Mon, Jul 5, 1999 (23:34) #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 Tue, Jul 6, 1999 (05:04) #70

And thus I seek redemption for all the lovers of Pizza Hawaii, as I have my point proven! ADMIT, REPENT, you sinners!

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 6, 1999 (15:26) #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 Tue, Jul 6, 1999 (16:37) #72

oooh! this is where the good stuff comes in! pass the pizza... i'm ready to listen to confessions!

~riette Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (13:05) #73

Hurray for Pizza Hut Pizza Hawaii with cheese crust!!!!

~MarciaH Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (16:53) #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 Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (18:22) #75

I think some places put canadian bacon on it... which just looks like ham to me...

~MarciaH Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (18:36) #76

That or the Italian version - but it is ham, no matter how you slice it!

~KitchenManager Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (19:02) #77

that's like saying brisket is filet...

~MarciaH Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (20:20) #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 Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (20:22) #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 Tue, Jul 13, 1999 (22:52) #80

ooo...now I'm a butcher...

~MarciaH Wed, Jul 14, 1999 (00:00) #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 Wed, Jul 14, 1999 (00:25) #82

might be a better choice, yes...

~riette Wed, Jul 14, 1999 (13:30) #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 Wed, Jul 14, 1999 (13:45) #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 Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (09:52) #85

I've got myself hungry too. I'll just devour a chocolate - takes less time to get hold of!!

~sprin5 Fri, Oct 13, 2000 (07:15) #86

Any preferences on frozen pizza?

~sociolingo Sat, Oct 14, 2000 (07:08) #87

Ham and pinneapple is my fav

~Carys Sat, Oct 14, 2000 (09:46) #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.