Random Raves νγ: Pizza!

[Takhisis]

Are you people trying to get CFC banned in Italy therefore the EU?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

There's nothing wrong with pineapple on pizza. Ham & pineapple used to be the only kind I liked, but that was many years before I discovered how much I enjoy savory and spicy flavors, with a hint of fruitiness.

Therefore I now prefer tomatoes on pizza instead of pineapple.

 

[Takhisis]

tomatoes on pizza instead of pineapple.

I suppose that they'll take this as a peace offering.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

"They", who? To the best of my knowledge, I have no acquaintances from Italy either online or off, other than the now-deceased neighbor lady from across the street about 45 years ago.

Oh, wait. I think there was someone on TrekBBS from Italy. We never got along, though. Haven't seen her post in years.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Today is the first day of the advance poll for the May 29 provincial election. By the time I got there, about 150 people had already voted (at that polling station).

So it's over and done for me. I celebrated by going to the Bear House (store that sells plush animals) and bought a penguin.

Lunch will be sweet & sour pork and rice, from the food court.

 

[Fippy]

Therefore I now prefer tomatoes on pizza instead of pineapple.

Isn't tomato sauce on all pizzas?

 

[tjs282]

Managed 6.9 km on this evening's training run, at an average of 10.5 km/h

Considering that I practically collapsed after my first run this year, which was only 2.1 km, back at the beginning of April, I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself right now -- and a lot less intimidated at the thought of the 8-10 km* that I've committed to doing for my team in this year's Lüneburger Heide Staffellauf, in *gulp* 3.5 weeks' time...

*We haven't fully parcelled out the sections yet, but it's 100 km altogether, to be split between 9 of us.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Isn't tomato sauce on all pizzas?

Not all. Specialty pizzas could have BBQ sauce, seafood sauce, etc.

But tomato sauce isn't the same as eating a real tomato.

 

[Takhisis]

Isn't tomato sauce on all pizzas?

Regrettably yet once-in-a-blue-moon tastefully, no.

but it's 100 km altogether, to be split between 9 of us.

that'd make the number of kilometres that you must run go to eleven.

 

[Fippy]

Real tomatoes they put on after the baking?
I believe high heat wouldn't do them any good.

 

[tjs282]

that'd make the number of kilometres that you must run go to eleven.

Obligatory smiley...

And you'd be right, except that two of the team have already committed to running ~14.5 km (the single longest stage) and ~6.5 + 9.5 km (IIRC, the 2 consecutive stages through the Heide conservation area itself), leaving the remaining 69.5 km to the other seven of us.

If you're really interested, you can check out the entire route at the website:

Deutsch

4. Internationaler Lüneburger Heide-Staffellauf & Ultra-Marathon 10. Juni 2023

www.lueneburger-heide-staffellauf.de

I ran the 3rd (8.6 km?) and 4th (9.4 km?) stages for the same team in 2019 and 2022, respectively. Last year I started my run at midday in ~30°C air temp., so I was just about done in by the time I staggered up to the handover point.

 

[Sarin]

Isn't tomato sauce on all pizzas?

Cream instead of tomato sauce isn't uncommon here for some toppings. Four Cheeses on cream is one of my favorite pizzas.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Isn't tomato sauce on all pizzas?

One of my friends once ordered a pizza that used chilli sauce instead of tomato sauce.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Cream instead of tomato sauce[...]

Spoiler :

 

[Sarin]

Spoiler :

I'd tell you to try it out, but I don't think any of our pizza places deliver that far.

 

[Takhisis]

Real tomatoes they put on after the baking?
I believe high heat wouldn't do them any good.

It wouldn't, no. What I do is take the pie out of the oven, tray and all, and then add the tomatoes (sliced, diced, whatever the recipe calls for) and put it into the oven as it cools, with the heat already turned off. Of course, at a pizza place where you cannot turn the oven off the operation might be a tad different.

Cream instead of tomato sauce isn't uncommon here for some toppings. Four Cheeses on cream is one of my favorite pizzas.

A properly-made fugazza is a delight as well. I don't think it exists within the Anglosphere, though.

Obligatory smiley...

And you'd be right, except that two of the team have already committed to running ~14.5 km (the single longest stage) and ~6.5 + 9.5 km (IIRC, the 2 consecutive stages through the Heide conservation area itself), leaving the remaining 69.5 km to the other seven of us.

Ah, so they are going one louder and then some again. You'd be playing bass to their altos.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I've had white pizza around here, but I don't think there was cream on it, just cheeses. But I do see a recipe on Le Web for a "New York-style" white pizza that uses a cream sauce.

 

[Fippy]

One of my friends once ordered a pizza that used chilli sauce instead of tomato sauce.

Hot and spicy..keep your drink near.

 

[Sarin]

I've had white pizza around here, but I don't think there was cream on it, just cheeses. But I do see a recipe on Le Web for a "New York-style" white pizza that uses a cream sauce.

Most pizza places around here that I've visited had cream base as an option, so I thought it's not uncommon.

So I guess, question for all CFC pizza enthusiasts: is it uncommon outside my little country?

 

[Ajidica]

I've only had two pizzas where a white sauce is superior to red sauce: Chicken Alfredo and Bacon pizza.

Strangest pizza I ever had was when I was jet lagged in Lithuania and ordered an 'American pizza', which was a normal cheese pizza with french fries FREEDOM FRIES on top.