Repulsive! Nauseating! ... Lemme Have A Bite Of That

[filkertom]

misslaura at The Daily Kos links up to the most ridiculous, grotesque, and yet somehow potentially edible pizza you ever did see.

What do you like on a 'za? I'm a straight-up pepperoni man, although I often add mushrooms or pineapple. I also like plain cheese pizza now and then. Uno's deep-dish Prima Pepperoni and CPK's Thai Chicken Pizza are separate entities, gifts from the gods.

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[cleverthylacine]

Mushrooms, black olives, artichoke hearts, feta, sun-dried tomatoes. Not necessarily all at the same time, but various combinations.

[rook543.livejournal.com]

Cheese, Pepperoni, and sometimes bacon or italian sausage.

Also, some say I'm mad...I like a sprinkle of salt & pepper after it's cooked.

[morpheus0013.livejournal.com]

Nothing! The only blashphemy greater than toppings on a pizza is any pizza that's not East Coast pizza.

[starsongky.livejournal.com]

Prefer veggies, but I'll take about anything except bacon or jalapenos. CiCi's makes a wonderful spinach pizza with a white garlic sauce & mozarrella, and sometimes Papa John's has a spinach chicken special.

[ladypoetess.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of BBQ Chicken pizza, myself. But for "traditional" toppings, I generally prefer pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, and extra cheese.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Mushrooms, black olive and onions.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I will eat anything on a pizza that never lived in water or made people cry. However, I am of the opinion that poultry, BBQ sauce, beans, any kind of sprouts, or goat cheese have no business being on anything I would call pizza.

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

My "favourite four" are pepperoni, Italian sausage, mushrooms, and black olives. My preferred pizza house is Giordano's, for their stuffed pizza. YUM!!!

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

That pizza is a heart attack waiting to happen, but I have to admit that to me, it makes my mouth water! *^.^*

I love just about any food on a pizza, even anchovies, as I recently found out, so it looks like I did jump the gun on my "Pizza is Pizza" *heh* ;)

[jss]

Meat. If I have to have just one, it's usually pepperoni, though mixing it with any or all of sausage, ham, bacon, canadian bacon, spiced ground beef, or spiced ground pork (think "meat lovers") works. I'll occasionally do pineapple with the ham, or add onion or roasted garlic to the mix.

Never ever any [other] veggies: peppers or olives, ick.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

I'm a meat-feast kinda guy...but I like mine with extra s'rooms, pineapple, peppers [although I prefer red/orange/yellow over green, as I don't like the taste of chlorophyll.] and usually an extra layer of cheese...

Having said that though, anything that's not leafy or used to swim is pretty much ok by me.

Granted, I have had the occasional one nuke my tongue though...[Thai green curry pizza anyone?]

[sdelmonte]

Mushrooms, spinach, baked ziti sometimes, vegetarian pepperoni (on the rare occasions it's well done).

Also, I like all-cheese pizza sometimes, minus the tomato sauce.

And as it happens, I am on my way out for some pizza now.

[razorjak.livejournal.com]

depending on my mood:

Hunter pizza - ( red pizza with Venison sausage, wild onions, morels )

White pizza with ham, pineapple and kalimari

Eating out Gaia pizza - ( white pizza, double cheese and every vegetable topping in the house )

Chip Strip Bomber - ( red pizza, shredded meat from hot wings, banana peppers, onions and bleue cheese dressing for dipping )

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

Hawaiian Piza with ham and pineapple. Also like Supreme with bunches of veggie and mushrooms added to the italian sausage, ground beef or pepperoini.

[ladystarblade.livejournal.com]

Mmm, can't go wrong with extra cheese and mushrooms on a deep dish pizza. Slurp.

Best pizza I ever had, though, was this giant pepperoni pizza four of us split at a little joint a few miles from the Grand Canyon. The name? "We Cook Pizza and Pasta." Pretty straightforward, no?

And that pizza was de-lic-ious...

[ldwheeler.livejournal.com]

The only Absolutely Essential topping: onions. (I don't think I've ever in my life prepared -- or selected if I could help it -- an entree that didn't involve onions in some way.) Garlic is another strong contender.

Beyond that, mix 'n' match" I like a good eggplant pizza if it's prepared well. Never been into the cult of pepperoni, but I likes me some sausage on the pizza, in big clumps. Plum tomatoes are nice, too, as are artichokes. Veggie pizzas, if I'm in the mood for 'em, are much yum, with spinach, mushroom, artichoke, broccoli, maybe roasted garlic cloves ... mmmmmmmmm .... (It's a good thing I just ate dinner.)

Also a big fan of the BBQ chicken pizza, particularly when caramelized onions are part of the package.

But that McDonald's pizza has to be the worst-looking, worst-sounding thing I've ever seen. (It's a bad thing I just ate dinner.)

[djonn]

Just to prove that you can find anything on the Net, The Pizza Arbiter is designed to compile folks' pizza topping preferences based on your LJ username, and adjudicate the optimum order for a given set of folks for whom they have data. One might argue that the options ought to be updated to allow for a couple of the newer trends in pizza (notably base sauces other than tomato), but it'll do for a start....

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

NY Style Pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese, sprinkle oregano, black pepper, and LOTS of grated parmesan while it's still hot. YUM

Also thin crust with alfredo sauce, green peppers, chicken and mozzerella -- homemade. Delish!

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

My mother always likes Italian sausage and black olive, and I can't really argue with that.

Pepperoni, extra cheese, and jalepe~no also works well for me.

Just about anything from Hideaway (http://www.hideawaypizza.com/) is wonderful, though I'll confess a certain weakness for Papa John's crust as well.

But really, as long as there's onion, cheese, and either beef or pork, I'm happy.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Extra cheese, mushrooms, sausage, meatball. Usually one topping at a time, but mushrooms plus meat plus extra cheese is not unheard-of.

Pepperoni not so much, chicken or ham is okay (though better in stromboli or calzone), and fish of any sort is Right Out.

[mythdude.livejournal.com]

I like pineapple and pepperoni, myself.

Although every once in a blue moon I have anchovies. TASTEH!!!

[devospice.livejournal.com]

Normally I take my pizza plain. Just cheese. Although I do like just about any meat on my pizza as well, although pepperoni is probably at the bottom of the list. Sausage and bacon is a personal favorite.

[laurel-potter.livejournal.com]

Sausage, mushrooms, and double cheese.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

One word: Jalapenos.

[poltr1]

I'm an ANSI standard pizza man, myself. (That's pepperoni and mushroom.) Although I like a deluxe/supreme once in a while -- add peppers, onions, and maybe sausage. On very rare occasions, I'll even have anchovies.

Oh yeah. I prefer NY style to Chicago style.

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

There are two true combos for pizza - ham and mushroom, or pepperoni and anchovy.

[bardicwench.livejournal.com]

My favorite toppings are bacon & black olives. Sometimes something other than black olives, depending on my mood...

But always bacon. Bacon is REQUIRED on any pizza I order. :)

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

While I will eat most items that others might like to include on a joint order, my favorite combination is Pepperoni, Green Peppers, Onions and Pineapple.

[huskiebear.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[catnip13.livejournal.com]

Tofu ricotta, tahini garlic goddess dressing, onion, bell pepper, mushroom olive and pineapple.

[moquif.livejournal.com]

Why anyone would want to put evolved mold (mushrooms) on a pizza is beyond me. I'll take any kind of meat, tomatoes, pineapple, and/or red onions. Though I will try a specialty pizza like CiCi's buffalo chicken.

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

I love the combo of spinach, mushrooms, bacon and pineapple, but many of the above listed sound very yummy :)

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

I always go for mushrooms, fresh garlic if it's available, and peppers. Hot ones if they've got 'em, otherwise, bell peppers are fine. And then I vary the meat: linguica, bbq chicken, salami, meatball, pepperoni are all nice.

[ludzu-alus.livejournal.com]

The only necessities are cheese (mozzarella, cheddar, Parmesan, ricotta, feta, Gouda, bleu cheese, anything but cottage cheese!) and garlic. Black olives, mushrooms (of any non-toxic variety), pepperoni, sausage, onion, and shrimp are yummy, too.

I still don't get the pineapple thing. Could be because I can't stand pineapples! Or BBQ pizza. And I like BBQ.

[mg4h.livejournal.com]

NYC pizza with meat, sometimes with pineapple.

Staunch Traditionalist, Albeit Hold the Cheese

[realinterrobang.livejournal.com]

Me, I like extra sauce, pepperoni, mushroom, red onion, peppers, black olives, garlic, tomatoes, sausage...and no cheese. I'm so allergic to dairy products that pizza with cheese is right out for me. The extra sauce compensates for it nicely, and the best part is you don't have to worry about your pizza being tepid on top and Chernobyl under the cheese. :)

My other conditions for pizza are: No pineapple, no nuts, no "trendy" toppings (ie. broccoli, barbecued steak/chicken, Thai anything, feta cheese, etc.), no anchovies, and no bloody American-style crust. I'm Canadian; I'm comfortable with what I grew up eating, and I don't like thin, crunchy crusts that taste like they're from the grocery storecardboard. Pizza crust should bend when you pick it up, and have approximately the same texture as dense, chewy bread.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Pepperoni,sausage, and chopped garlic. If I can get pizza from a place that uses feta cheese, so much the better.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

I like varietyand trying something new. Given a choice between a traditional red sauce pepperoni pizza and a smoked salmon white sauce, I'll go with the fishy (which was terrific, by the way). If I can't go on adventures, then at least my taste buds should.

Only problem I have is with cheap cheese. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I can't stomach (literally) the cheap cheese some places use. Problem is they don't have lists of ingredients, or any useful information, on the cheap stuff, so I haven't found any specifics on what to avoid.

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

If it's going to be a regular ol' pizza I like sausage . . . baby. *grins*

But, actually I like the specialty pizzas with feta cheese and grilled chicken and peppers or a chicken pizza with pesto instead of a red sauce. I find I'm not as into extra cheese as I used to be.

I'm really sick of Dominos and Pizza Hut -- our only two Athenian (Athens, Alabamian that is) pizza sources.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

I can't order out for 'em anymore, they make them too salty.

So I buy premade crusts and go crazy. My typical:

Sauce: starting with tomato paste, thin it either with a red wine, or with water in which I've had sundried tomatoes simmering for a while. Add aforementioned sundried tomatoes, a bit of fresh garlic, some oregano, a grind or three of black pepper, a couple dashes of sea salt (not too much), a wee skootch of ginger and clove, and a metric buttload of fresh basil from the bush in my living room.

Topping: Typically prosciutto di parma, if I've got it. Also fond of onion and black olive.

Top with lots of (insert handwaggle) cheeeeeese! Preferably mozzarella with aged parmesan for that little extra kick.

Alternately, chicken breast with carrots on alfredo sauce.

[pandoradeloeste.livejournal.com]

Over the years I've grown partial to Hawaiian, especially served on a loading dock and wolfed down while it's still molten-hot, then racing back to stage right/the orchestra pit/the lighting booth in the 30 seconds left before the house opens. (Did time as a theater techie in undergrad.)

My first love, however, will always be deep dish with spinach. I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, about five blocks from a storefront pizzeria called Milano's. They do generic Italian takeout - meatball subs, calzones, spaghetti - but their crowning glory has always been the most exquisite deep dish you will find anywhere in Chicago. Yummy flaky crust (not too flaky or else it falls apart), tomato sauce, a solid inch of cheese and topping, and some more tomato sauce. It's the only pizza I'll eat with a fork and knife. When I come back home from college for Christmas, one of my first stops is Milano's.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Spinach and ricotta works surprising well, if you don't mind going yup.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I'm less of a pepperoni fan than I used to be -- too much grease these days. I still like sausage on my pizza but I'm a little picky about my Italian sausage. (Comes from growing up half-Italian in North Jersey.) Meatballs are good, as is ham or back-bacon. "Streaky" bacon is good too and makes it a "breakfast pizza". And yes, I even like BBQ chicken on 'za. As for vegetation? Mushrooms, black olives, artichoke hearts, spinach, fresh tomatoes, eggplant. So I've got *lots* of choices to pick my combinations from.

There's one good pizza place near me, and a two-store chain about eight miles south and west. Back where I went to high school, one of my classmates manages the best pizza joint in town -- it used to be her father's until he retired.

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

The Archland Pizza....holy YUCK, Batman!

For me? Mine get pretty strange, because most commercial places make the base sauce with bell peppers, to which I am deathly allergic. So I get white pizzas. I like 4-cheese with pecans, or in a more traditional establishment, no sauce with cheese, mushroom, onion and black olive. And if it's Aurelio's, and I can eat the sauce, straight double cheese!

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

A few come to mind:

I generally like the combination of ham, bacon, mushroom, and onion.

When I go to Pizza House in Ann Arbor, I often do a combination of spinach, mushroom, onion, and garlic.

When I was in India, the Domino's I went to had a "Meatza" that included barbecue chicken, spicy chicken, ground lamb, and onions.

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

I'm a ham and pepperoni man myself, with extra cheese of course.

[filkferengi]

Pineapple & mushroom, possibly with pepperoni.