Anyway,
I have discovered a simple equation including my family and a food controversy.
Equation:
Dad from New Jersey+ Food controversy on TV (Chicago Deep Dish Pizza+ New York Style Pizza) = pizza for dinner
Let me explain for those not familiar with the NY-Chicago controversy.
- People in Chicago don't know how to make pizza.
- People in New York and New Jersey do.
- The Chicago version of New York Pizza is they take a buttery crust that cannot be tossed and shove it into a cast iron pan they then put the topping on the "pizza" in the wrong order
- Mozzarella is bottom layer after the crust.
- sausage (at least they have good ingredients) or pepperoni or what would normally be the topping is the second layer after the Mozzarella.
- The top layer of the pizza is then the pizza sauce and they try to cover up their mistakes by sprinkling parmesan on top of the whole thing
- This is just plain wrong...
<-- too literal interpretation of "pizza pie"
- New york pizza:
- ...yum :)
Anyway, While my mom is from the Midwest she understand the superiority of the New York over the Deep Dish and was only too happy when Dad refused to put up with more of "Throw-down with Bobby Flay" Where Bobby Flay went against his bias and worked to beat a Chicago cook at making Chicago style pizza.
We didn't even finish the episode.
After dad declared he "would not stand for this" ...we went to Ramunto's :P (no I was not paid to advertise for them but they are really good!)
So equation: Dad+suggestion of Chicago style "Pizza"= Ramunto's for dinner :)
buon appetito!
Sorry, girl. I beg to differ. Chicago pizza > NY pizza; Southern fried chicken and mashed potatoes are better than both. ;)
ReplyDeleteThe first pizza wasn't made in a cast-iron pan :P (technically it also didn't look like a modern pizza but it would still fit into the "New York" category.)
ReplyDeleteAnd don't even get me started about fried v. grilled chicken ;) lol