Probably the best pizza I've ever had was when I was home in Germany and we went to this pizza place. This place was a real Italian shop, Italians speaking Italian and making real Italian pizza. Somehow, it was so simple, yet soooo good. One of the things that often gets overlooked is the crust. To most people the crust is just kind of there to hold the tomato sauce and the cheese. Let me tell you, the crust on this pizza was so good that you could have eaten it plain, it wasn't that cracker nonsense, and it wasn't that droopy Dominos nonsense, it was right imbetween: not crispy and not floppy. Then, it wasn't doused in tomato sauce either, nor in cheese. When I first heard the concept I thought "Bah! Humbug! The sauce is where it's at!" But folks, let me tell ya... There was no way you'd EVER need to worry about that "crust left over beyond the sauce and cheese point" nonsense. I can't explain it enough to really get people to understand how good it was, but if any of you gets the chance to eat real, authentic Italian pizza then for the love of all that is good, EAT IT. And no, by authentic I don't mean a tombstone that has "authentic" slapped somewhere on its plastic covering. Wow... Thinking about it, I feel like Alan Alda in that episonde of M*A*S*H whith Adam's Ribs.
I mean, that pizza was just so darn good. Oh well, in any case, it seems like for most of us, making pizza ourselves is the best way to go. Making my own pizza is definitly the 2nd best I've had. And Jim, if I'm ever in NYC and not being mugged, I'll buy some pizza.
OOH! And you guys! Hear me out on this one: you need to try (canned) tuna on pizza. DO IT! We do it when we make pizza ourselves ( which is very infrequently,
) and it is dern good! Well, so until someone assaults my lovely memories of having awesome pizza while at home with all of my lovely Kraut family, think about what I've told you.
--Added note about tuna: Only dolphin safe. Never eat Bluefin tuna... This makes me feel like starting a threat on fishies and which ones are safe to eat.... Hmmm...