OK, I lied. But I dang sure want to.

Mmm... Pizza!

Ok, now you've gone too far joking about food. That's a serious as a heart attack!

craigb


Mmm... Pizza!

Uhhh, Craig... (with no offense intended for your geograhical location ) maybe that's what pizza looks like in the Pacific Northwest, in which case we really need for you to pay us a visit in NuYawk or NuJoisey so you can see what the real deal is all about.
 
 

Being from NJ, I always giggle when people try to tell me what good pizza is out here in the mid west where I live now. :)

In Chicago, pizza is one of the most Politically Incorrect foods imaginable.  It's stuffed.  Heavy.  Has more cheese than some dairy farms.  Loaded with meat.  Yes, meat.  The crust is thick.  One slice - about 800 calories.  One slice can fill a normal person.  (Some of us eat two.)

We don't really care whether anyone else thinks their pizza is better than ours, healthier than ours, lighter than ours, more natural than ours, more trendy than ours, or made with more goat parts than ours.  We don't care that seeing our pizza causes health weasel's heads to explode.  Actually, that can be amusing.

We're constantly criticized and reviled by the intelligencia on both coasts for our food.  Some West Coast experts would like us to make our pizza with algae, crabgrass, and ferret cheese.  Nutritionists on the East Coast would like us to make our crusts paper thin, with very little meat, cheese or sauce.  Sorry.  We're keeping our pizza.  You're welcome to have some if you'd like.

I should also mention that we're keeping our beef sandwiches, hot dogs, double becan burgers, and large chili cheese fries.  Yeah, we know.  None of it's healthy.  We're okay with that.  Go ahead and pull up a stool.  There's plenty for everybody.  You know you want to...

Yep... welcome to the Midwest, where it's ok to double up on starches, praise the carbs, and pump up the protein (hehe).

Don't know if these show up in Illinois... 'round these parts, you can get what's called a "hot sandwich," usually a thick chicken or beef sandwich placed on a goodly helping of mashed potatoes with gravy over top of everything.  Sometimes with fries on the side.  I've had 'em in ND, SD, and IA.  Deluxe comfort food...

I hate it when these posts catch me on a low-cal day... I've been hauling my intake back to get my metabolism kicked up a couple notches... gotta go chew on the counter top or something...

 Personally I would eat any of them right now in a heartbeat. I would even go for a cheap frozen deal...Bub I think you got it right though. I live close to you here in PA, a LARGE concentration of Italians in certain pockets here. Pizza,cheesesteaks......ok I'm droolin'

Oh I see you moved...poor guy

Bub


Being from NJ, I always giggle when people try to tell me what good pizza is out here in the mid west where I live now. :)

Yes... me too.....  There were a number of small mom and pop deli's and Italian Pie shops in South Jersey where I was raised..... the people working there were Italian and that language was spoken in the shops quite a bit and the owners and guys working there had names like Mario and Antonio.


I no longer live there, and the last time I was back, the deli was now a jewelry shop advertising that they BUY GOLD..... times they are a changing.... but the memories of the old shops and the aroma of fresh Italian pie........ 


Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Papa John's... they all try but none can quite capture that South Jersey secret recipe.