Tonight's Show - 11.5.06

[CowbellGuy]

Alas, the advent of electricity changed the pizza-making industry in spades since your time on the hill.

[ugarte]

[quote CowbellGuy]Alas, the advent of electricity changed the pizza-making industry in spades since your time on the hill.[/quote]I don't think that the advent of electricity could possibly have done anything to improve the quality of pizza. Aren't you Italian?

[CowbellGuy]

[quote ugarte]Aren't you Italian?[/quote]
Good point. Clearly, my opinion on this matter should be taken as gospel truth. :-P

[Josh '99]

[quote RichH]Exactly my thought.  Really, what's left?  Papa John's?  Dominos? Pudgie's? It sorta blew my mind when I was told the 'default' late night delivery pizza option for students had become Papa John's.  Chain pizza...in Ithaca?[/quote]Pudgie's is SO BAD.  It's SO VERY VERY BAD.  I can't believe enough people buy their pizza that they have multiple locations, and yet they do.

At least collegetown still has the by-the-slice places, although I can't vouch for either Mama T's or "Wendy's" Pizza, compared to the 2 College Ave. places that closed in the '90s.  I'd rather hit Hot Truck twice before either of those.

Hot Truck, sadly, is on the downhill I think.  Last time I was in Ithaca, I went there at 2am-ish on a weekend night and they were out of cheese.  OUT OF CHEESE!  ::cuss::

[Rosey]

[quote KeithK]You make it sound like Rogan's was actually good.[/quote]
Rogan's wasn't good.  But it was an institution: at least once a week, I would eat the stuff, and I loved it because I associated it with all sorts of good memories.  I'm saddened to see it gone.

Kyle

[georget]

Try Sammy's on the Commons--order by the slice.  Fantastic eggplant pizza, among many others.

[Rosey]

[quote georget]Try Sammy's on the Commons--order by the slice.  Fantastic eggplant pizza, among many others.[/quote]
Credibility: gone.  Eggplant is something that simply doesn't belong on pizza.

Pizza goes with sausage, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, onions, and/or extra cheese.  Other things might be tasty, but part of pizza they are not.

I'll hide under my asbestos blanket now.

Kyle

[Beeeej]

[quote krose]Credibility: gone.  Eggplant is something that simply doesn't belong on pizza.

Pizza goes with sausage, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, onions, and/or extra cheese.  Other things might be tasty, but part of pizza they are not.[/quote]

Most boring, pointless, and unwinnable argument ever.  The inventors of pizza would probably have been horrified at the presence of pepperoni on their flatbread with cheese, and they didn't even know that tomatoes existed.  But you grew up with pepperoni and tomato sauce, and without eggplant, hence your (boring, pointless, and unwinning) viewpoint.  Yawn.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Beeeej][quote krose]Credibility: gone.  Eggplant is something that simply doesn't belong on pizza.

Pizza goes with sausage, pepperoni, salami, mushrooms, onions, and/or extra cheese.  Other things might be tasty, but part of pizza they are not.[/quote]

Most boring, pointless, and unwinnable argument ever.  The inventors of pizza would probably have been horrified at the presence of pepperoni on their flatbread with cheese, and they didn't even know that tomatoes existed.  But you grew up with pepperoni and tomato sauce, and without eggplant, hence your (boring, pointless, and unwinning) viewpoint.  Yawn.[/quote]

Well, the inventors of pizza don't mean sausage when they say pepperoni, so...

[Rosey]

[quote Beeeej]Most ... unwinnable argument ever.[/quote]
No shit, Sherlock. ::bang::  I specifically posted it as opinion-masquerading-as-fact, in the hopes of getting some actually-humorous responses from people who disagree but understand that I am merely needling them.

And Chicago pizza isn't pizza either: it's bread-sauce-cheese pie. ::whistle::

Kyle

[ugarte]

[quote Beeeej] The inventors of pizza would probably have been horrified at the presence of pepperoni on their flatbread with cheese, [/quote]Yes, I can image the scenes that would have unfolded.

"Whatsa alla thisa meata ona mya pizza!"

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Never mind the fact that a round pizza is something you do not find in Italy.  It's sheet pizza cut into small rectangles.

And it tastes better than most anything you find in this country, let alone in a pizza-desert like Ithaca.

::rolleyes::  for Kyle.

[Rosey]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Never mind the fact that a round pizza is something you do not find in Italy.  It's sheet pizza cut into small rectangles.[/quote]
It was perfected in New York.  Didn't you get the memo?

Kyle

[ugarte]

[quote krose][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Never mind the fact that a round pizza is something you do not find in Italy.  It's sheet pizza cut into small rectangles.[/quote]
It was perfected in New York.  Didn't you get the memo? [/quote]

Damn* straight. One link for each essential style (pizza oven and coal oven). Chicago-style pizza is ... for Chicagoans.

*Coney Island location, to be precise.

[Josh '99]

[quote ugarte][quote krose][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Never mind the fact that a round pizza is something you do not find in Italy.  It's sheet pizza cut into small rectangles.[/quote]
It was perfected in New York.  Didn't you get the memo? [/quote]

Damn* straight. One link for each essential style (pizza oven and coal oven). Chicago-style pizza is ... for Chicagoans.

*Coney Island location, to be precise.[/quote]Well played.  I was going to say that this conversation had me craving Di Fara but I could only come up with three people who'd get the reference.