hand tossed . . . deep dish . . .or . . .thin and crispy?

[kid a]

I like NY style handtoosed, myself

(I REALLY can't sleep tonight and PAID PROGRAMMING just aint cuttin it)

[AmyDeLune]

1. ALL!!!!

because I'm hungry. :P

[deadparrot]

2. Doesn't matter.

Pizza's good. :9

[Deja Q]

3. I like 'em thick and deep... and hand-tossed...

Clean hands, of course...

[CTyankee]

4. Plz, come to New Haven and find out

The best pizza in the U.S. is found here. It is usually very thin crusted. Here, it is called "apizza" since the Sicilian immigrants to our city spoke in a dialect that dropped the letter "L" from La Pizza.

Pepe's and Sally's are the most famous apizza places here, but I prefer Modern myself. Best clam pizza I ever had.

Come visit!

[Droopy]

5. Damn, you are a yankee!

Clam on pizza!?

[CTyankee]

12. Well, if it was good enough for the Italian immigrants who came

here, it's good enough for me! Excuse me, but the yankees here did NOT invent pizza, clam or otherwise.

[Droopy]

14. I didn't say that you invented pizza

But I did think that maybe you invented CLAM pizza. Are you sure the immigrants weren't creating a new dish that would appeal to the locals with the clam pizza?

From answers.com

In New Haven, Connecticut, the local specialty is known as apizza. This thin-crust pizza originated with the Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven. The canonical New Haven-style pizza is a white clam pie.

[CTyankee]

16. Look up "vongole". It's the Italian word for clam.

I do believe the Italians had clams they pulled out of the Mediterranean. Hmm.

[Duer 157099]

6. Oh no! I finally recovered from a week long craving

that started after reading the pizza thread in the Cooking wing of DU... there is NO good pizza around where I live

[bigwillq]

7. Modern is my fave too!

:bounce:

Yes indeed, New Haven is pizza king! :hi:

[CTyankee]

13. Hey, bigwillq, you in Connecticut?

There's also some great pizza on Whitney Avenue in New Haven and Hamden at the little Italian markets. They have hot tables that really rock with Italian specialties (my fave is broccoli rabe). Plus, you can get your olive oil from a cask with a spigot. Just bring in your own empty bottle. Ditto balsamic vinaigrette. I practice my Italian in Romeo and Cesare's; they graciously try to steer me to English but I demur and say "Per favore, studio l'Italiano."

[bigwillq]

15. I work and play in New Haven

I am there all the time.
I live a bit north of New Haven though.

Hey, maybe we should meet up some time and go for pizza! :hi:

[CTyankee]

18. Yep. Let me know. I have Fridays off so that's good

Just PM me whenever.:hi:

[bigwillq]

19. My work schedule changes from week to week

I usually work the weekends. That's a busy time for us. But I will PM you whenever I know in advance of a day off! :hi:

[CTyankee]

20. Great! n/t

[supernova]

8. Thin and crispy

I like it cracker style. :9

[Sugar Smack]

10. YES.

*Hoo*! Love the thin and crispy! :9

[Wapsie B]

9. Stuffed.

Not that stuffed crust mass-produced stuff ala Pizza Hut but a Chicago-Style Stuffed pizza. Either that or a crackery-thin crust loaded with toppings. There's a great frozen variety with that crust who's name escapes me at the present.

[Scooter24]

11. Deep Dish

With lots of cheese and pepperoni. :)

But I'm only allowed to have a few slices once a month. :(

[Random_Australian]

17. Look at the time sig for the OP and the first post! That's pretty funny!

[genie_weenie]

21. If it's not Chicago style it really isn't pizza

it's either a cracker with cheese and ketchup or a doughy mess...

[YankeyMCC]

22. Sicilian style

it's what we call the style you get in bakeries around Boston. Don't know if it's elsewhere. Thick baked crust I think it's cooked much slower (at lower temperatures) than normal hand tossed.

Handtossed is my second choice.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. NY Hand-tossed.

My favorite pizza ever though is Reservoir Tavern in Boonton, NJ. You'll have to wait about an hour for a table (but they do have a bar) and they shut down take out most nights. Everything is awesome. The decor sucks, you'll be sitting at a cafeteria table & chairs, but the food is awesome. My one friend used to waitress there and she said the owner prefers putting his money into the food rather than the decoration. I think my favorite pizza there is shrimp with vodka sauce, but the standard pizzas are amazing too.

[chaska]

24. Some a you people are out of your minds. Deep dish is bread, not pizza.

It's gotten to the point where I won't even sample anything with a thick crust. It's just not any good at all.

[chaska]

25. If I may blaspheme for a moment....

Ranch dressing (which I normally despise) is really good subbing for pizza sauce. Try it sometime. I like it with chicken chuncks and artichoke hearts.

But white pizza.... (drools) Don't get me started.