"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:34:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Jim24242" wrote in message

I like thin crust hand tossed with a good sauce not overly seasoned and
a
blend of cheeses. I don't care for bread with sauce and cheese on top.
Greek style pan pizza is pretty good too.

I like it the way you do. Never had the Greek style.

"Blended cheeses?"
Sounds like Chippewa Falls pizza.
Some cheddar, muenster, colby, swiss, etc.
No thanks. Just the mozz.

A friend of mine has a joint in Chicago and when talking to him about it
he
says the cheese available here is not the same. Also, I like sausage and
nothing here compares favorably to Chicago for me.

That's ok. I'll eat an extra one every week - and dedicate it to you.

Here the green peppers, mushrooms and onions are ok, but you can't make a
pizza to suit my taste with just those. The big hang-up for me is the
cheese, too "watery" and makes the curst all soggy. I've had some good
thin
crust here, but the cheese spoils it.

I like sausage on my pizza too. Even there, touch is important.
Better too little than too much. Too much can overwhelm the sauce and
mozz. There's a place near U of Chicago I went to for lunch when
painting a house in Hyde Park. Popular with the students, but I never
tried it. Ground the sausage. Kept me from trying it. Didn't look
right.
Wife has brought home frozen pizzas with that ground sausage.
It's just not right. Sausage should be in chunks, so you can chew it.
Then you got the sauce. Some are too sweet for me. Nancy's had a
real acidic sauce. Gave up on them.
Went to lunch with some suburb folks when I worked a McD HQ.
Roosevelt Road I recall, near Oakbrook.
They raved about the pizza. Sauce tasted like - ketchup.
Another lunch in an Oakbrook Plaza restaurant this same crew was
ordering something called California pizza. Pineapple on it.
Damn, it's lucky I'm not a lunch person. I'd starve.

I hope to have Pauley's report shortly. I'm getting hungry...if I wasn't
headed for the golf course I may have gone there for lunch.

Good luck. And don't be kind with your criticism.
Pizza demands truth.

--Vic

It's hell being a Chicago pizza snob like me. For the most part it's
probably what you grew up with. I'm glad I grew up in Chicago.

Nothing down here with anything close to the Chicago style pizza sausage.
Green pepper, onion and mushroom is the only toppings I will order here.

O' for some good mozzarella!

I'll appreciate you thinking of us down here when you have your next cheese
and sausage pizza. Could you do it today, please.