National Pizza Day 2024! Thin or Thick Crust?

[hambone1983]

What pizza style tastes the best? The style that uses the best ingredients, of course.

If you buy whatever you want to call the stuff that franchise "pizzerias" sell, virtually all of them are using cheese supplied by Leprino Foods. Most just get frozen bags of pre-shredded cheese that has been adulterated to lower the cost. A few will buy Leprino cheese that has not been frozen, but these are usually mixed with cheaper cheeses. In the end, the cheese is virtually the same everywhere, used way too sparingly and is bland as day old dishwater. If you want indistinct flavorless pizza, buy some Leprino cheese that was made a month ago in a mammoth plant in Waverly NY.

[hambone1983]

real mozzarella cheese is made from European buffalo milk, which has twice the fat content as cow's milk. And when you make mozzarella from skim milk (which is typical in supermarkets) the stuff might as well be vaseline for all the flavor that's left in it.

I'll devour any pizza made with fresh, whole milk mozzarella, made by hand in the neighborhood and not from some giant factory a thousand miles away

[piratfisk]

I feel like a pre-schooler writing this, but: Pizza is my favorite food. Pan/tray-style, "Grandma style," or square slices are where it's at. Specifically, L&B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn. We got married on a Friday (the 13th!) & [one of our] first orders of business as a married couple was to get lunch the following day at L&B.

[hambone1983]

Originally Posted by piratfisk

I feel like a pre-schooler writing this, but: Pizza is my favorite food. Pan/tray-style, "Grandma style," or square slices are where it's at. Specifically, L&B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn. We got married on a Friday (the 13th!) & [one of our] first orders of business as a married couple was to get lunch the following day at L&B.

Grandma's pizza is my favorite also, but for some reason it never caught on outside of Brooklyn & Long Island.

For the un-initiated, the genesis of Grandmas Pizza is how Italian grandmothers made it in apartments in Brooklyn without a pizza oven. They'd use a cookie sheet, slabs of cheese & fresh basil leaves (probably grown in a hanging planter on the kitchen window).

[Ted Shred]

Thin all the way!

Well, unless they're serving thick
or pan I guess

Ok, pizza all the way!

[jatco]

In Italy, - Piombino ..Fabulous pizza. - A bit of a long story, but a very Happy ending...!!
Best ever..

[ltmgeller]

MMMMM. All Pizza is good

[Yoda_Eating_Pizza]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Didn’t know there was a national pizza day Larry.

Every Friday night Andrea and I have pizza and a bottle of wine to end the busy week.

This week instead of ordering in, Andrea decided to make “egg white” pizza. Not because we have any food allergies or anything, she just loves to tinker… now before you laugh, I have to say it was delicious!

Like Nicholas tho, pizza in Italy is the best. Not sure if that just because when you’re on vacation everything tastes better but I’ve never enjoyed pizza more than there.

Here’s the egg white concoction if anyone’s interested…









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Do you have a recipe for this crust?

[996marty]

Can’t beat a good pizza now I just need to make some dough and go for the thin crust

[Cazador60]

Thin crust with a bottle of Negroamaro or Nero d' Avola for me.

[Beo3]

NYC Sicilian pie.

Rosa's pizza in Maspeth, Queens has by far the greatest Sicilian I have ever eaten.

L&B (Spumoni Gardens) in Brooklyn comes in a close second.

And then there's Grimaldis in New Hyde Park.....

I could go on for days.

[Beo3]

Originally Posted by jatco

Thin pie for me. Flexible with most any toppings But, I do like to get anchovies on some of the pie if possible..and that, can often be a challange.
A funny story in a way, for me anyway ...I'm from NYC and we called a pizza a 'pie'. (ie pizza pie). So when you call a shop, you order a 'pie'. When I first came to Canada..my Mrs and I went to the Calgary Stampede..and from our hotel room we ordered (or tried to order) a 'pie'. So I tell the guy I wanted a pie..He of course said they don't have any pie.. I say what, this is a pizza shop isn't it? He says yes we have pizza, but no pie..!!! I say..OH... I get it.. Ok, I'd like to order a pizza...skip the pie.. - LOL...We had a laff...!!!

That's a great story Thomas!!!!

[jatco]

Originally Posted by Beo3

NYC Sicilian pie.

Rosa's pizza in Maspeth, Queens has by far the greatest Sicilian I have ever eaten.

L&B (Spumoni Gardens) in Brooklyn comes in a close second.

And then there's Grimaldis in New Hyde Park.....

I could go on for days.

It's been a long time that I had pizza in NYC and area. Always remember 'Ray's' in The Village when I lived in Manhattan.. but growing up in Queens, and 'working' in Nassau, there were quite a few pretty good pizza places that are probably long gone by now..
Oh, how I miss the 'ole days'''.....

[briboxer]

Surprised I missed this thread. Must have been eating pizza;).
Perhaps my favorite subject, besides golf.
Great thread Larry. I saw a great movie/documentary on a plane once "Pizza. A love story". If you google it, you can find it streaming. Tells of the history Larry speaks of.
Having been from Chicago, I was partial to the the deep dish and stuffed za's, but really never met a pizza I didn't like. I remember making my own concoctions with Boboli bread:).
Hard to say if I favor one or another. I took a liking to the Napoli style, but often crave the knife and fork adventure into deeeeep za's.

[piratfisk]

Originally Posted by briboxer

Surprised I missed this thread. Must have been eating pizza;).
Perhaps my favorite subject, besides golf.
Great thread Larry. I saw a great movie/documentary on a plane once "Pizza. A love story". If you google it, you can find it streaming. Tells of the history Larry speaks of.
Having been from Chicago, I was partial to the the deep dish and stuffed za's, but really never met a pizza I didn't like. I remember making my own concoctions with Boboli bread:).
Hard to say if I favor one or another. I took a liking to the Napoli style, but often crave the knife and fork adventure into deeeeep za's.

Brian, IDK where in SoCal you are, but if you're in San Diego, I recommend:

1) https://www.yelp.com/biz/leftys-chic...ia-san-diego-3
2) https://www.yelp.com/biz/prince-street-pizza-san-diego
3) https://www.yelp.com/biz/pizzeria-lu...Pizzeria+Luigi

[uscmatt99]

Spoiled for choice over here, even in our immediate vicinity.

Favorite deep dish is Pequod's and Giordano's, with Lou's in 3rd place.
Favorite Napoli style is Spacca Napoli.
Favorite Roman style is Munno Pizzeria.
We don't have amazing New York style or thin crust pizza in the immediate vicinity, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere in Chicago.

[kieselguhr]

Anything with anchovies for me

[austinp]

Lucali in Brooklyn is probably my favorite for NY pizza. Best Pizza also in Brooklyn was my favorite square slice. Top notch.


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[jatco]

Originally Posted by kieselguhr

Anything with anchovies for me

Yeah, I like anchovies on my pie... Not always easy to get tho....!

[atomicfear]

Chicago Baby