Posted on 02/18/2014 5:25:33 PM PST by lowbridge
Leonardo’s and Burrito Brothers, those were my staples back in the day.
The funny thing is, Chicagoans don’t call this style “deep dish” (it’s called “stuffed”), and it’s not the most common kind of pizza we eat. Mostly, we eat Chicago style thin crust, which is different than New York style but very much a traditional pizza. I think the stuffed is just so distinctive, it’s what the rest of the country thinks of as “Chicago style pizza”.
ima calling bs there has NEVER been food that has tasted better the second day
I’m a thin crust guy but I still indeed like Chicago style and everything in between. It’s all good. Heck, even the frozen cardboard crap is good when preceded by at least a six pack, and perhaps covered in black pepper, red pepper and Parmesan cheese, the six pack being the most important ingredient.
What!!! Pizza on a Friday? When I had to eat tuna fish casserole with little bits of mushrooms that looked like tuna but tasted like erasers???? Your soul is damned!!! (snicker)
When I was a kid more than fifty years ago, my hometown of 50 thousand people had one Chinese restaurant. That was the sum total of ethnic restaurants. Now there are numerous Chinese, Mexican, Italian restaurants (if you can also call fast food places restaurants), and even an Indian and English restaurant. When the first pizza joint opened up (I can still remember the jingle from the tv ads), me and my five siblings each got one small slice. Now that I’ve told you the sorry and tear-inducing details of my childhood (excuse me, I have to reach for a handkerchief to wipe the tears away), feel free to tell me yours.
“You mean to tell me that this lo-carb California free range chicken teriyaki and cashew-pineapple pizza that I’ve been eating for all my life isn’t real pizza?”
No, that combination definitely can NOT be called “pizza” UNLESS it also includes Avocado, Artichokes, and Zucchini.
“new york produces a smudge of runny tomato sauce on the thinnest slice of undercooked dough possible. the “toppings” consist of a smattering of rancid cheese dribbled onto the dough equivalent of paper in the most sparing manner possible while still being identifiable in order to charge 10x it’s worth”
We have a “pizza” chain in the Denver-metro area called Proto’s that makes their pizza exactly like you just described, INCLUDING the price! The deluded fools around here seem to just love ‘em!
So glad I read through this thread and got to yours!
I was just telling myself that I must NOT read such sour news at this hour, it’s gut wrenching.
And then I came upon this thread, being from Chicago and all, and your short story just cracked me up! Well done.
My sad story is much like yours, our treat was White Castle, it was all my parents could afford with 6 kids, just one tiny square hamburger each. Now where’s my hankie?!
I’m Italian and originally from New York.
Even though we left New York when I was a child, I knew one thing for certain, if you can’t “fold” the Slice to eat it, it isn’t Pizza.
God forbid if you use a knife and fork to eat a New York Style Pizza, shudders.
Chicago Style Deep Dish is a Pie, period. They use knives and forks to eat it there which is apparently acceptable to their God. LOL
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