Beer, Pizza, and Apolyton

[Ming]

Well che... Imran probably prefers white foam core bread to homemade bread. The foam core is probably just bland enough for him

[Shi Huangdi]

"Outside of New York or Chicago, pizza is pretty much crap in this country"

Not true. You can get decent Pizza here.

[Starchild]

You want bad pizza? Try England. The concept of pizza where I live doesn't really extend much beyond Pizza Huts or frozen pizzas from the supermarket. This isn't good pizza. It's barely tolerable pizza. It's a horrific abomination to the concept of pizza. I only survive on two thin threads of salvation:

1) There is a small place in town run by an old Italian couple that makes proper Italian food. Unfortunately, they don't do individual slices of pizza, so I mainly order calzones when I'm there.

2) The larger cities must have authentic and proper pizza. It's my bad luck for being stuck in a provincial town.

Oh, and the best pizza I've had was in Rome, Italy.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I eat Brownberry Stone Ground Wheat bread. It's intense. So is rye. So is any good bread compared to white bread. (Actually, I bake my own now because it's cheeper.)

Wheat bread is intense?

Wheat bread is blander than White! It's more of a moderate taste. It's all I eat, as a matter of fact.

And what is the most popular food in American? Hamburgers. Can you think of anything MORE bland than that?

Bland comes from the Latin 'blandus' which means caressing and flattering. It is moderate. Intense is extreme. I'm sorry, but when I want an 'extreme' pizza, I'll go for California style.

Speaking of which, I assume you all like California style pizza because it is more intense than Chicago style. After all, bland is worse right?

[Imran Siddiqui]

SO when am I going to see you have spinich and potatoes on your pizza che and Ming? Hmmm, don't you want the 'intense' flavor?

Intense is good for somethings, but definetly NOT pizza!

[Tuberski]

Whether you like Chicago Style or New York Style, nothing beats California Style, the worst pizza on the planet.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

But it's not 'bland' .

[Tuberski]

And, for the record, I like Chicago style.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

But you don't need a fork and knife for New York style (well maybe two hands so when you pick up the crust, the rest of the pizza doesn't droop... of course you could always fold the crust part), so you can hold your beer at the same time .

In Atlanta I have to make due with Papa John's. But at least that's based on NY style .

[Theben]

Papa Johns. Why don't you just say "Dominos is the best pizza ever," and leave it at that?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Papa John's is ten time better than any chain pizza out there.

Dominoes sucks, Pizza Hut sucks, Uno's sucks. Papa John's is only decent chain pizza.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Papa John's is ten time better than any chain pizza out there.
[sic] Papa John's is only decent chain pizza.

I see. Your base of 'knowledge' regarding pizza revolves around national chains. Pretty much says it all, don't it?

And there's a Pizzaria Uno is Indy. It is horrible damn hoosiers can't even make a decent sauce. You'll have to go to the original to get the real thing, it seems.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Your base of 'knowledge' regarding pizza revolves around national chains.

Um no... I specified pizza CHAINS because I was only refering to chains, because you really know about local NY pizzarias. DUH

I could tell you about Michealango's or Orlando's or (in Atlanta) Fellini's or Moe's, but like you'd know what I was talking about?

Use some sense, will ya?

You'll have to go to the original to get the real thing, it seems.

Sucks that you are so far from New York, then, doesn't it .

[Theben]

I HAVE been to NY, so don't leap to any conclusions. And I was quite underimpressed by what they called "pizza".

[Imran Siddiqui]

You've been tainted by Chicago tastes .

A New York slice is the closest thing to heaven you'll ever taste, bub .