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post #61 of 69
10/18/10 at 9:09am
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Originally Posted by Milpool View Post
How about homemade Chicago style pizza? Any thoughts on how to do that well? I've never actually attempted it.

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Chicago deep dish pizza is the most disgusting fucking thing on the planet. I might as well just melt and eat a block of cheese.

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post #62 of 69
10/18/10 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by Federico View Post
Pizza is one of the simplest food to cook.
My mother makes it once a week, and once a week we go to a pizzeria with a bunch of friends.

You don't need anything special: only flour, salt, olive oil, some sugar, yeast, some tomato sauce, some real!!!! mozzarella and a oven. Oh well, and some toppings. But please not pineapple or pesto!

It is really hard to find a good pizza here! Can't wait to return home for Christmas.

I would think pesto would be more in line with the origins of pizza than loading it up with toppings would be.
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post #63 of 69
10/18/10 at 11:36am
Yes. I find having fresh basil handy and fresh chopped tomatoes perks up any pizza.
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post #64 of 69
10/18/10 at 11:37am
I love making my own pizza. Prob will end up doing it this Saturday with my girlfriend. We have a study date and I thought it'd be cute to make my own homemade meal for her. God I love the beginning of a relationship
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post #65 of 69
10/18/10 at 1:06pm
Of course! The best pizzas are made at home.
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post #66 of 69
10/18/10 at 1:20pm
pretty often - its great to do with kids. we buy dough from an italian deli
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post #67 of 69
10/18/10 at 2:29pm
Well, pizza is from Napoli, pesto from Genova..
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post #68 of 69
10/18/10 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Federico View Post
Well, pizza is from Napoli, pesto from Genova..

I guess I should know better than to express a complex chain of thought on something like this.

Pizza did not appear in a vacuum. Baked flat bread dishes were common in and around the Mediterranean for centuries. Pretty sure the Greeks had a baked flat bread they topped with herbs, garlic and maybe onions. The point is, "pizza" did not just appear one day. What started to morph into today's pizza, was the introduction of tomatoes from the New World. Don't forget, the tomato and Italy only goes back about 400 years. However, in Naples, there are really only two types of pizza considered to be "real" pizza, one of them being the Margherita, which only has three toppings: a small amount of tomato sauce, a little cheese..and wait for it...basil.

The concept of loading a pizza up with toppings would be foreign to the people from Napoli, whereas the use of basil and garlic with a little cheese certainly would not be. Granted, pesto is not tomato sauce, but as baked flat bread dishes and pesto both pre-date the arrival of the tomato in the region...well, I hope I've made my point by now?
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post #69 of 69
10/18/10 at 3:55pm
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Originally Posted by Piobaire View Post
Pizza did not appear in a vacuum. Baked flat bread dishes were common in and around the Mediterranean for centuries. Pretty sure the Greeks had a baked flat bread they topped with herbs, garlic and maybe onions. The point is, "pizza" did not just appear one day. What started to morph into today's pizza, was the introduction of tomatoes from the New World. Don't forget, the tomato and Italy only goes back about 400 years. However, in Naples, there are really only two types of pizza considered to be "real" pizza, one of them being the Margherita, which only has three toppings: a small amount of tomato sauce, a little cheese..and wait for it...basil.

The concept of loading a pizza up with toppings would be foreign to the people from Napoli, whereas the use of basil and garlic with a little cheese certainly would not be. Granted, pesto is not tomato sauce, but as baked flat bread dishes and pesto both pre-date the arrival of the tomato in the region...well, I hope I've made my point by now?

agreed.

Even the concept of naan and curry. it's a hot flat bread served with curry, which can be tomato-based with cheese in it.
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