[Pizza Wars 2013] Chicago style vs New York style

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Chicago Style vs. New York Style

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stessier wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 12:16 pm
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stessier wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:24 pm Crust as a handle? Why wait for it to be cool enough to pick up? I always use a knife and fork - just cut it up and start eating!
Are you secretly Trump?
Nope, just fastidious about clean hands. Fortunately cutlery exists for just such a reason! I'm pretty sure I've done it since I was a wee lad in the single digits and just found it really cooled faster if it was cut up meaning I got to eat faster and more than my brothers.
I've always found it necessary to use tableware for deep dish, but now that I have a full lower denture, the texture of biting into a hand-held slice is rather unpleasant and sometimes painful. It's just works better using a knife and fork, even with thin crust frozen pizzas.
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hepcat wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:47 am Pittsburgh is essentially a part of Ohio, I've come to learn over the years.
Nonsense. The tensile strength of the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia axis is the only thing that prevents Pennsylvania from deflating into West Virginia.
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When we lost our beloved Browns back in the 90s due to the nefarious machinations of the evil Art Modell, it was the Steelers we supported until we got our team back. They even had huge signing celebrations where folks would pledge their support for them until we were made whole again.
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hepcat wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:57 pm When we lost our beloved Browns back in the 90s due to the nefarious machinations of the evil Art Modell, it was the Steelers we supported until we got our team back. They even had huge signing celebrations where folks would pledge their support for them until we were made whole again.
Your state still had the Bungles...your state still has one more team than the great state of Chicago and that doesn't even include your adoption of the Pittsburgh Fields'.
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Don’t forget that we also are sexier.
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hepcat wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:11 pm Don’t forget that we also are sexier.
I keep telling you, Right Said Fred was from England, not Toledo!
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Of course they are. They’re not Spanish.
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I refuse to root for an NFL team that can't find something to put on the side of their helmets.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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It’s there. It’s just transparent.
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You're transparent.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Transparently sexy.
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Your webcam is on again, dude.
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Don't make me pan down.
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stessier wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:24 pm Crust as a handle? Why wait for it to be cool enough to pick up? I always use a knife and fork - just cut it up and start eating!
I know a made-up reason when I see one. There isn't anyone who's mouth can handle hotter pizza than their hands.


It's all about not touching the food for you. Admit it. Temperature has nothing to do with it.

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Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:32 pm Don't make me pan down.
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After a long day of moving and unpacking, last night we reacquainted ourselves with Dominoes, it being the closest and easiest takeout we could get. It was…adequate, comparable to a better-than-average frozen pizza. The nicest thing I can say is that it's cheaper than food -- a 14" pizza with three toppings was $15, including tip. I think of it as emergency backup pizza and hope to avoid such emergencies in the future.

In happier pizza news, my new grocery store carries frozen pizzas from the Cape Cod Cafe. I’ve written before about our hyperlocal South Shore Bar Pizza style and how I learned to make it at home; Cape Cod Cafe (which isn't actually on the Cape, btw) invented it and is now exporting it beyond the South Shore. I haven’t tried it yet but I expect it to outshine Dominoes. If it meets expectations there will always be one in my freezer.
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Kraken wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:34 pm In happier pizza news, my new grocery store carries frozen pizzas from the Cape Cod Cafe. I’ve written before about our hyperlocal South Shore Bar Pizza style and how I learned to make it at home; Cape Cod Cafe (which isn't actually on the Cape, btw) invented it and is now exporting it beyond the South Shore. I haven’t tried it yet but I expect it to outshine Dominoes. If it meets expectations there will always be one in my freezer.
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Holman wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:33 pm
Kraken wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:34 pm In happier pizza news, my new grocery store carries frozen pizzas from the Cape Cod Cafe. I’ve written before about our hyperlocal South Shore Bar Pizza style and how I learned to make it at home; Cape Cod Cafe (which isn't actually on the Cape, btw) invented it and is now exporting it beyond the South Shore. I haven’t tried it yet but I expect it to outshine Dominoes. If it meets expectations there will always be one in my freezer.
First thing to do after a move is figure out the best restaurants in the area!
We had a head start on that, having vacationed here for decades, but there are plenty more new places that tourists never get to. One of my favorite pubs is a scant 10 miles up the road, and we’re going there tonight. We're still too busy and tired to explore the more hidden gems.
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Holman wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:33 pm
Kraken wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:34 pm In happier pizza news, my new grocery store carries frozen pizzas from the Cape Cod Cafe. I’ve written before about our hyperlocal South Shore Bar Pizza style and how I learned to make it at home; Cape Cod Cafe (which isn't actually on the Cape, btw) invented it and is now exporting it beyond the South Shore. I haven’t tried it yet but I expect it to outshine Dominoes. If it meets expectations there will always be one in my freezer.
First thing to do after a move is figure out the best restaurants in the area!
I moved to Lincoln Square/Budlong Woods (north of the downtown). There are, and I kid you not, 3 Kyrgyz, 2 Serbian, 4 Mexican, 2 Ecuadorian, 1 Guatemalan, 2 Columbian, 2 Thai, 3 Middle Eastern and a smattering of others within a 30 minute walk from my apartment. This place is a foodie paradise. :wub:
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hepcat wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:52 pm I moved to Lincoln Square/Budlong Woods (north of the downtown). There are, and I kid you not, 3 Kyrgyz, 2 Serbian, 4 Mexican, 2 Ecuadorian, 1 Guatemalan, 2 Columbian, 2 Thai, 3 Middle Eastern and a smattering of others within a 30 minute walk from my apartment. This place is a foodie paradise. :wub:
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When I want cevapi there’s no time for such things as “fully dressed”!

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hepcat wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:52 pm

I moved to Lincoln Square/Budlong Woods (north of the downtown). 2 Columbian. This place is a foodie paradise. :wub:
What is so special about South Carolina cuisine? :wink:

Or was that ColOmbian?

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Damn it, I could have sworn I had spelled it with the second O. Auto correct be damned.
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Kraken wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 4:50 pm One of my favorite pubs is a scant 10 miles up the road, and we’re going there tonight.
I clocked it at 4 miles, or 6 minutes, away. Five minutes if the only stoplight is green.

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A nonny mouse wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 9:53 pm
hepcat wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:52 pm

I moved to Lincoln Square/Budlong Woods (north of the downtown). 2 Columbian. This place is a foodie paradise. :wub:
What is so special about South Carolina cuisine? :wink:

Or was that ColOmbian?

Again, not Eduardo X alt.
That feels like a very deep cut these days!
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Eduardo used to come to my place in Chicago for game nights.

...then he said some pretty nasty things about Bea Arthur one night.
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hepcat wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 9:34 am Eduardo used to come to my place in Chicago for game nights.

...then he said some pretty nasty things about Bea Arthur one night.
And for that, he went swimming in the Chicago River wearing your finest concrete booties.
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hepcat wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 7:52 pm
Holman wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:33 pm
Kraken wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:34 pm In happier pizza news, my new grocery store carries frozen pizzas from the Cape Cod Cafe. I’ve written before about our hyperlocal South Shore Bar Pizza style and how I learned to make it at home; Cape Cod Cafe (which isn't actually on the Cape, btw) invented it and is now exporting it beyond the South Shore. I haven’t tried it yet but I expect it to outshine Dominoes. If it meets expectations there will always be one in my freezer.
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Also several Vietnamese places a good Greek bakery.

My main office up there there. Jibek Jolu (Kyrgyz) is one of my favorites.
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I just don't like Kyrgyz food that much, I guess. I've tried both Jibek Jolu and another less upscale one that's further away. While Jibek was notably better, I still wouldn't repeat it unless I was asked to by a friend. It just seems bland to me. Admittedly, I've only tried about 3 or 4 dishes though (shared with a friend twice). One was a beef cube dish that is supposedly a national favorite, the other were pot stickers and some noodle dish.

What Greek bakery are you talking about? I've found the Colombian one that makes fantastic empinadas, but I haven't found a Greek bakery yet.

The other day I was out for a walk and came across two more places I hadn't previously seen yet. I love this area. :wub:

We should meet up for lunch or dinner sometime if your office is nearby...and drinks, of course. Zarathud and Seppe are up this way too.
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hepcat wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 1:19 pm I just don't like Kyrgyz food that much, I guess.
I don't like it all, but manti is so amazing

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That's the pot sticker/steamed dumpling dish I mentioned. It was okay, but it didn't make me wanna go back.
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Okay, on topic question time: What the good goddamn hell is going on with the sudden proliferation of "mike's hot honey pizza" (or just "hot honey pizza" if they don't wanna pay Mike, I guess) now being offered at every pizza place in America? I was trying to order a lou malnati's pie a little while ago and had to manually add toppings because it kept telling me I was getting a mike's hot honey pizza. Then I looked online and realized this is all over the place now.
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hepcat wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:36 pm Okay, on topic question time: What the good goddamn hell is going on with the sudden proliferation of "mike's hot honey pizza" (or just "hot honey pizza" if they don't wanna pay Mike, I guess) now being offered at every pizza place in America? I was trying to order a lou malnati's pie a little while ago and had to manually add toppings because it kept telling me I was getting a mike's hot honey pizza. Then I looked online and realized this is all over the place now.
Never heard of it. But I feel like honey sweetness would add too much to tomato sauce sweetness and throw everything off.

My rule is that if you wouldn't eat it in pasta, you shouldn't put it on pizza.
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They sell Mike’s Hot Honey sauce at a local grocery store. I didn’t realize it’s actually a retail sauce you can buy. I thought it was a pizza place that was marketing and selling it. I think I’ll pick some up this week and try it on a few things. Apparently you can put it on EVERYTHING.
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I have a jar of hot honey in the pantry but won't put it on pizza.
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According to the internet, you're making a huge mistake. :wink:
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Kraken wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:59 pm I have a jar of hot honey in the pantry but won't put it on pizza.
Dunk your crusts in it?
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