A question about pizzas.?

Question

Do you prefer to just have a pizza delivered, get the freshly made kind that you bake at home, use frozen pizzas, make them from scratch, or ignore them all together?

We prefer the kind you have made fresh, then take home and bake. We'd really like to put it directly on our pizza stone, but you can't get the darn thing off the paper tray it comes on.

Answer 1

We like pizza anyway you can get it.

Answer 2

There is only ONE place I would actually buy a pizza....

I live in Southern New Jersey, about 15-20 minutes from center city Philadelphia. There are hundreds and hundreds of pizzarias from the truly awful like Pizza Hut and Dominos to the dreadful like Papa Johns to the Mom and Pop places on the corner that's been there for 50 years. You can get a wonderful slice or pie from almost any of the mom and pop places. Forget the chains....not me. They are simply terrible.

There is one place near me that makes the best pizzas I have ever had - anywhere. They don't deliver. It is a very small pizza joint that serves many varieties - all using handmade and tossed dough/shells to home made sauce and fresh ingredients. The entire kitchen is open behind a counter where you can see everything being made...Mom and Pop and all the kids of various ages work there along with a great bunch of hired folks and servers. They also make incredible Italian specialties like home made manicotti, gnocchi, several varieties of spaghetti and pasta. Fresh made salads - made to order. Everything from the pasta to the sauces are made in the kitchen.

When my family and/or I want pizza, that's where we go. It's table service as well as take-out. Their pizza is simply the best...nothing like fresh and lovingly made!!

At home, I buy the "Mama Celeste" pizza-for-one, all cheese or zesty cheese, when they are on sale. I take the small pizza out, shake off as much of the processed cheese I can, sprinkle a little olive oil over it, shake a little garlic powder, lots of oregano and crushed red pepper, add my own fresh grated Parmesan or Locatelli chees on it, fry up my own Italian sausage or slice off some excellent pepperoni, grate up some good Monterey Jack or Cheddar or whatever cheese I have on hand - and bake my own.

The package says to bake it for 12-15 minutes which gets you a gummy frozen pizza taste. I let it cook at 450 for about 20 minutes and I have a really, really good pizza with a crisp crust and slightly browned cheese....Delish!!

I don't eat pizza outside the area where I live unless I am visiting someone and that's what they serve. Once you've had the real deal from a small place run by a family, those chains with their awful assembly line things are simply not tolerable.

I lived in central California for a coupla years back in the 90's. They had a chain there - about the only place to get a pizza and I tried it once or twice.

They actually used a paintbrush to brush on tomato paste right out of the can, onto the machine made crust....they actually weighed the cheese and toppings on a kitchen scale. Then they put it on a conveyer belt that sent it through this open-oven thingie... YUK!!!!

Answer 3

I love home delivery, but eat in will do just fine too. I find the frozen ones to be somewhere between the flavor of a rice cake and cardboard. But then, it's been years since I had frozen pizza, maybe they are better now.
I've never tried the kind you have made fresh, then take home and bake. I don't think there's any place in my area to get that, but I'd like to give it a try.

Answer 4

I LOVE Pizza. And being from NY, consider myself an authority on the subject.

First stay away from those frozen pizzas. They use so much salt as a preservative, it's like a heart attack in a box!

Home made pizzas are good, if you know how to do it right. Those pizzas you mentioned that are bake and take sound okay.

Around where I live (Orange County,NY - 45 minutes north of NYC!) we have some fantastic italian resturaunts! We avoid those "fast food" pizza franchises like Pizza Hut or Dominoes.

Just one thing: My wife and I discovered than many (not ALL) of the talian places south of the Carolinas are lousy! (His tomato sauce was BROWN!!!)

Answer 5

Pizza hut -- prefer eat there, or a local restaurant makes a pretty fine pizza. Years ago (when pizza first became popular)
my cousin was a real pizza, from scratch, chef, never tasted better since.


Alway's thought Shaky's made some pretty fine pizza when I was stationed on the W coast -- don't have any franchises around here.

Answer 6

Making Pizzas from scratch was the best thing about coming to Nanny's house. I would chop up all the bits ham salami, prawns, mushrooms,sweet corn, peppers, tomato, mozorella etc and have everything ready in dishes.
Grandchildren 4yrs upwards just loved to create their own Pizzas with exactly what they wanted on them. Went down a storm.
Unfortunately the youngest is now 10 and I don't get to see them that often. It was good fun while it lasted though!

Answer 7

Home delivery was my choice until moving to a city where the take & bake is a few miles away. Now I prefer that so I can bake it when I want. The tray works fine so I never tried to move it onto the stone. Thanks for the info. The stone I have is too small for the big ones anyway.lol

Answer 8

I prefer the following recipe cause it's like pizza but better....

Lumpy Pizza

1 jar of pizza sauce
1 can of butter tasting FLAKY biscuits
4 cups of mozzarella cheese
1 package of ground sausage cooked in a skillet
or whatever topping you may like

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Separate biscuit dough into 8 biscuits. Cut each biscuit into 8 pieces; place in medium bowl. Add pizza sauce and 2 cups of the cheese; toss to coat.
2. Spread mixture in ungreased 13 x 9 ­inch glass baking dish. Top with sausage or favorite topping and remaining 2 cups cheese.
3. Bake 22 to 28 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.

Answer 9

I make my own at home, it's fun and it's easy.

Check this website out, these guys are the best when it comes to anything pizza. I've been a member for a little over a year and my pizza making skills have come a long way.

http://www.pizzamaking.com/

Answer 10

I can see your problem. Why not make your own pizzas? They are pretty simple. You can buy dough at the supermarket or your local pizza shop. The rest is pretty easy; just pick your toppings. My favorite is. Stretch out dough, drizzle olive oil, salt, fresh black pepper, garlic cloves or powder, sliced tomato and fresh mozzarella slices and fresh basil leaves. Bake for about 12-16 minutes on 350 and presto!

Tip: when stretching out the dough, rather than laying down oil so it doesn't stick, use Crisco the dough wont shrink back when you stretch it.

Answer 11

Delivered! Usually on a night when I don't want to work in the kitchen or get dressed to go out.
Nothing much better than pizza right to your door, a movie or two and ice cream later.