What's for dinner?

[jessenator]

I did this to a newish all-clad stainless skillet a few years ago. It's the day I started using my cast iron for almost everything.

Thankfully this Cuisinart came free with our induction range. My mother bought me a set of hexclad last year and it's been great. Though I do love my cast iron. One I care about and for, and the other is for roasting mostly. I'll let you guess which one is Lodge and which is unbranded chinesium.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Had to try it but.... nah. Tandoori chicken pizza. I'm always down to smash food cultures together but you gotta do it right. I've had dandan noodle pizza with char siu and broccoli rabe that was good from another place. With this slice, the pizza elements were good, the Indian elements also good but combined they were fighting in my mouth. It was domestic abuse in a culinary marriage. I don't know if I've ever vomited curry but that's what this tastes like. In a world where inedible pizza is scarce, tandoorizza is breaking boundaries. I absolutely slathered it in Marie Sharp's just to get it down. 2 out of 10. Shockingly bad.

 

[PapaBear]

Had to try it but.... nah. Tandoori chicken pizza. I'm always down to smash food cultures together but you gotta do it right. I've had dandan noodle pizza with char su and broccoli rabe that was good from another place. With this slice, the pizza elements were good, the Indian elements also good but combined they were fighting in my mouth. It was domestic abuse in a culinary marriage. I don't know if I've ever vomited curry but that's what this tastes like. In a world where inedible pizza is scarce, tandoorizza is breaking boundaries. I absolutely slathered it in Marie Sharp's just to get it down. 2 out of 10. Shockingly bad.

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I'm pretty much a purist when it comes to pizza and I'm not Italian, but classic Italian toppings for me, no ham. pineapple or BBQ, all that's akin to eating a Cannoli with a fork!

 

[Nostradoomus]

legitimately eating a ham and pineapple right now

 

[jessenator]

I think my favorite has to be margherita, especially when 2/3rds of the ingredients comes from the wife's garden. Just tastes better (or maybe I'm just proud of the wife)

I really do want to try cast iron pizza.

I've found that I really do need to make my own sauce. Every good place out here just gives me category IV heartburn. Not being pretentious. Just has to be.

Well, there's one place, Via 313, and they have this pie called The Cadillac and it is heaven. Light sauce, prosciutto, gorgonzola, and a nice aged balsamic.

Wish I could do their meat lovers (carnivore) but something about pepperoni…

I can eat capicolo in moderation, but not pepperoni. Or Italian style sausage, come to think of it.

Now I'm hungry, and it's 10:30…

 

[PapaBear]

I think my favorite has to be margherita, especially when 2/3rds of the ingredients comes from the wife's garden. Just tastes better (or maybe I'm just proud of the wife)

I really do want to try cast iron pizza.

I've found that I really do need to make my own sauce. Every good place out here just gives me category IV heartburn. Not being pretentious. Just has to be.

Well, there's one place, Via 313, and they have this pie called The Cadillac and it is heaven. Light sauce, prosciutto, gorgonzola, and a nice aged balsamic.

Wish I could do their meat lovers (carnivore) but something about pepperoni…

I can eat capicolo in moderation, but not pepperoni. Or Italian style sausage, come to think of it.

Now I'm hungry, and it's 10:30…

You got me wanting a pepperoni and sausage pie!

 

[jcpst]

Indian Cuisine & Pizza is a tricky combo. I think one culinary world needs to give way for the other. Like an italian pizza on Naan. Or paneer, saag, masala sauce, wood fired crust. Mixing the more flavorful components sounds bold/risky to me.

That said, I love a wood-fired margherita. I like a good hamburger pizza. I like taco pizza. I like breakfast pizza. I like greek-inspired ones- olives, feta, red onion, spinach. One time I had a thai-influenced one with peanut sauce, chicken, jalapeño, basil… it was good. I even like vegan pizza (no fake cheez pleez).

This is turning into a Dr. Seuss book. Pizza could have it’s own thread.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I even like vegan pizza (no fake cheez pleez).

Yeah, my wife is almost vegan and her favorite for years was from a place called sizzle pie called the spiral tap. It was just a swirl of two sauces, one tomato and the other caramelized onion. Did not need anything else. Daiya shreds can gtfoh. Sadly she's discovered both gluten and allium sensitivities so.... womp womp. There are only 2 non negotiable ingredients in my house. Every pie gets mushrooms and zero green pepper. Never ever ever.

I'm no purist, my family went for Hawaiian on the regular growing up. I've been to Italy, Chicago, NY, etc.. I've eaten a lot of pies and don't usually hate on anything, though I do agree with Jon Stewart that deep dish is a pizza themed casserole. I used to think anything without a tomato sauce was trash until I had white pie in New Jersey. The Indian pizza place has a bunch of others so I should try the saag paneer or butter chicken pizza before I write it off entirely but I'm honestly a lil scurred.

 

[jcpst]

That sounds pretty good. I was vegan for over a decade. My go-to was mushroom, onion, spinach, no cheese. There’s a tendency to go all out on the veggies when you’re not eating meat or cheese, but that crust will not handle all that water.

The Indian pizza place has a bunch of others so I should try the saag paneer or butter chicken pizza before I write it off entirely but I'm honestly a lil scurred.

Rightfully so. That’s the thing- it they are willing to sell that pizza, how could you trust any of the others?

 

[Feral Feline]

Had to try it but.... nah. Tandoori chicken pizza. I'm always down to smash food cultures together but you gotta do it right. I've had dandan noodle pizza with char siu and broccoli rabe that was good from another place. With this slice, the pizza elements were good, the Indian elements also good but combined they were fighting in my mouth. It was domestic abuse in a culinary marriage. I don't know if I've ever vomited curry but that's what this tastes like. In a world where inedible pizza is scarce, tandoorizza is breaking boundaries. I absolutely slathered it in Marie Sharp's just to get it down. 2 out of 10. Shockingly bad.

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There's a local pizzeria that does a very good-tasting tandoori-chicken pizza. Your mouth might not like it, too.
At least yours looked delicious.


All time favourite is still pepperoni and mushroom — my Dad's favourite.


Best vegan pizza I had was pizza you'd forget was vegan from a little vegan-bakery down the road from my HK flat.
Not only that, but the baker was a former Jazz upright player — used to hang out with him (sometimes I'd bring my bass) just to chat jazz and of course if I brought my bass to listen to him absolutely kill on it. I even offered to let him keep one of my basses and he declined, no room. BS! Space right under one of the counters at the bakery.

I miss Alex and our jazzy chats. I bet he misses those chats, too. We'd trade CDs and listen and ... eat.

Some of the best pizza I ever had, regardless of meat/veggie-tarian/vegan.

MMmm.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Chicken Chesapeake. Sautéed breast topped with lump crab cakes, hollandaise and a lot of Old Bay.

Parmesan crusted fingerling potatoes and haricot verts.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

Breakfast. **Very Spicy** Chorizo and Jack cheese with Eggs over easy, homemade sourdough toast with New Zealand grass fed butter (new at Costco!)

Gone in 60 seconds, lol....

 

[Pauleo1214]

Italian hoagie.

Jimmy johns bread.
Pistachio mortadella
Genoa salami
Pepperoni
Provolone
Shredded romaine
Red onion
Banana pepper rings
Hot cherry pepper spread
Salt, black pepper, oregano
Olive oil, red wine vinegar

 

[Pauleo1214]

Panko-parmesan crusted chicken cutlet with fettuccine mixed with butter, lemon, and arugula.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Pork tenderloin with sauteed mushroom and morel sauce over mashed split peas and roasted potatoes.

 

[Feral Feline]

General Tso's Tofu, with lemonated asparagus on a bed of brown rice.

Wife keeps knocking it out of the park, I often finish before snagging a pic or I'd post here more often —
"General Tsofu" is super-duper delicious!

 

[drgonzo1969]

Carrot anyone?

Edit: ok, I won't post anymore penis shaped food.

 

[Pauleo1214]

This is probably the fourth or fifth italian sandwich I posted but oh, baby.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Red wine braised short ribs on top of baked, mashed taters, carrots and cippolini onions.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Edit: ok, I won't post anymore penis shaped food.

That's a big promise. A lot of tasty things are phallic.