Fuck anyone who doesn't like Papa John's. Papa John's is awesome.
It's all about that garlic dipping sauce.
You mean that melted butter thing? Pass.
Yep, nothing like greasy pizza dipped in more grease. Can you just shoot that stuff directly to my heart with an adrenaline needle? I bet that's the only REAL way to enjoy Papa John's.
Less of a "boo yah!" and more one of just basic accomplishment. Scored 2 more interviews within 2 hours and cleaned the entire house (which is most likely going to look like shit by tomorrow due to unwanted housemate).
My Camaro made it up 66 during rush without an overdrive and cruising at about 4000 rpms. Let's hear it for the unkillable chevy small block v8! It can now rest in its new home where I can work on it without fear of it being towed.
NYC pizzeria versus a chain pizza is like a professional boxer versus a cripple. It's just not going to end well.
Which is exactly why I can't have pizza anywhere else. I'm totally spoiled. If I ever feel like having something like pizza hut, it's because I have an inexplicable urge for some greasy cheese on a bed of greasy bread.
Well, yes, but that's because NYC pizza is the greatest thing known to man. No other pizza counts.
I'll admit that, when I lived in the midwest, I thought I liked pizza. Then, when I moved to Rochester, NY, I discovered that I had never actually eaten anything approximating real pizza in my entire life up to that point. It was like a whole new world of pizza.
Then, I moved out to the City. Seriously? Nowhere else in the world (except maybe parts of Italy) has pizza. They have pizza-like things, which can be good on occasion (much like how a Taco Bell taco is not actually a taco, but what it is is good, for what it is), but there is no pizza out there.
When I visited Arizona not too long ago, I discovered that no one in the state has every actually encountered a pizza. Delivery came in a styrofoam box. STYROFOAM! The pizza steamed itself into a gooey mess. They're like a cargo cult of pizza. They saw pictures of "Pizza Restaurants" in magazines and, much like the tribesmen mimicking landing strips and control towers with wood, they created buildings that looked like pizza joints, and food that looked like pizzas. I imagine their John Frum is a vaguely Italian-looking man with a fake New York accent and a big handlebar moustache.
Damn you, and damn this restrictive diet, and damn this brittle willpower of mine.
I feel your pain. In my world, frozen Glutino pizza is the best pizza there is. It comes in two types: cheese and spinach/feta. There are restaraunts that claim to make gluten-free pizza, but when I have to eat it with a fork because the crust cannot hold itself together, I do not think it qualifies as "pizza."
I forget who told me about this, but apparently, the pizza in Italy is not so great. It's really primarily an Italian-American creation, so New York City pizza is, in fact, the best in the world.
I now think, instead of lamb, that I'm going to make a homemade pizza, New York City style. Wish me luck.
EDIT: Maybe I'll experiment with making a gluten-free crust that doesn't suck. We shall see.
Pete, do your experiment and then if it works, cook it for us next time you come up here! Your gluten-free cupcakes were so good!
I actually just decided to combine the lamb and pizza. I'm going to stew lamb neck bones (with meat) in the tomato sauce, make a gluten-free crust, and top the pizza with feta, spinach, maybe some fresh mozzarella, and kalamata olives. I might also go with some sun-dried tomatoes, but that might be too much with the tomato sauce as well.
Pete, do your experiment and then if it works, cook it for us next time you come up here! Your gluten-free cupcakes were so good!
I actually just decided to combine the lamb and pizza. I'm going to stew lamb neck bones (with meat) in the tomato sauce, make a gluten-free crust, and top the pizza with feta, spinach, maybe some fresh mozzarella, and kalamata olives. I might also go with some sun-dried tomatoes, but that might be too much with the tomato sauce as well.
When I visited Arizona not too long ago, I discovered that no one in the state has every actually encountered a pizza. Delivery came in a styrofoam box. STYROFOAM! The pizza steamed itself into a gooey mess. They're like a cargo cult of pizza. They saw pictures of "Pizza Restaurants" in magazines and, much like the tribesmen mimicking landing strips and control towers with wood, they created buildings that looked like pizza joints, and food that looked like pizzas. I imagine their John Frum is a vaguely Italian-looking man with a fake New York accent and a big handlebar moustache.
It's much the same trying to get Buffalo wings outside of Buffalo. I grew up in northern New York, where such beautiful wings were bountiful and inexpensive; in the Midwest, they are shallow and misguided knock-offs and are severely overpriced.
I've had pizza in Rome and New York, and New York won hands down. Berlin also has fantastic pizza. I just had some awesome Dolce Pizza for lunch. That they have a store 200m away is great, though there are three other places near by that often beat it in the monthly "best pizza in Berlin" rankings.
Pete, do your experiment and then if it works, cook it for us next time you come up here! Your gluten-free cupcakes were so good!
I actually just decided to combine the lamb and pizza. I'm going to stew lamb neck bones (with meat) in the tomato sauce, make a gluten-free crust, and top the pizza with feta, spinach, maybe some fresh mozzarella, and kalamata olives. I might also go with some sun-dried tomatoes, but that might be too much with the tomato sauce as well.
...I'll be your best friend.
There's only so much of me to go around, and some people already have sizable claims. I'll see what I can do, though. I aim to please. :P
Thanks to this thread, I can no longer focus on my work. I hate you all.
Pete, do your experiment and then if it works, cook it for us next time you come up here! Your gluten-free cupcakes were so good!
I actually just decided to combine the lamb and pizza. I'm going to stew lamb neck bones (with meat) in the tomato sauce, make a gluten-free crust, and top the pizza with feta, spinach, maybe some fresh mozzarella, and kalamata olives. I might also go with some sun-dried tomatoes, but that might be too much with the tomato sauce as well.
It's much the same trying to get Buffalo wings outside of Buffalo. I grew up in northern New York, where such beautiful wings were bountiful and inexpensive; in the Midwest, they are shallow and misguided knock-offs and are severely overpriced.
I feel your pain, Sir. My old office was two blocks from the Anchor Bar. Buffalo also had some amazing pizza and other junk food.
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Scored 2 more interviews within 2 hours and cleaned the entire house (which is most likely going to look like shit by tomorrow due to unwanted housemate).
Seriously, Albany needs to import some authentic NYC style pizza. We've just got crap on dough up here.
Then, I moved out to the City. Seriously? Nowhere else in the world (except maybe parts of Italy) has pizza. They have pizza-like things, which can be good on occasion (much like how a Taco Bell taco is not actually a taco, but what it is is good, for what it is), but there is no pizza out there.
When I visited Arizona not too long ago, I discovered that no one in the state has every actually encountered a pizza. Delivery came in a styrofoam box. STYROFOAM! The pizza steamed itself into a gooey mess. They're like a cargo cult of pizza. They saw pictures of "Pizza Restaurants" in magazines and, much like the tribesmen mimicking landing strips and control towers with wood, they created buildings that looked like pizza joints, and food that looked like pizzas. I imagine their John Frum is a vaguely Italian-looking man with a fake New York accent and a big handlebar moustache.
Man.. I'm going to get some pizza for lunch.
I now think, instead of lamb, that I'm going to make a homemade pizza, New York City style. Wish me luck.
EDIT: Maybe I'll experiment with making a gluten-free crust that doesn't suck. We shall see.
Thanks to this thread, I can no longer focus on my work. I hate you all.
Buffalo also had some amazing pizza and other junk food.