# American's pizza poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 2, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058 "2008-07-02T16:03:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/21 "2008-07-02T16:33:50Z")

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I’m not going to assume I know if kinda is a yes or no. I’m not going to add in my interpretation error to the poll. Only people voting will count and not the other people they know to keep this from letting a single person distort the results.

9 Yes 10 No

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**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/22 "2008-07-02T16:35:00Z")

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No.

The taste is completely different than pepperoni or combination pizza, and I don’t care for it. It’s not that I’m a purist, my favorite is chicken and crispy bacon.

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**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/23 "2008-07-02T16:35:47Z")

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yes

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**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/24 "2008-07-02T16:35:59Z")

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I don’t mind it, but I wouldn’t choose it.

So, like it enough to eat it without complaint, yes. Like it enough to ask for it, no.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/25 "2008-07-02T16:36:48Z")

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Sorry, I’m a pizza purist. Sausage, mushroom, fresh tomato. Period. That’s my pizza. No New-Age Pizza for me.

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**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/26 "2008-07-02T16:42:59Z")

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No. (It’s the Canadian bacon/ham that I don’t like, not the pineapple.)

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**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/27 "2008-07-02T16:44:53Z")

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Yes!

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/28 "2008-07-02T16:48:26Z")

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No. Don’t like ham/Canadian Bacon, and I don’t like pineapple on pizza.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/29 "2008-07-02T16:48:54Z")

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Yes.

I also like good spelling and punctuation. (shudders at OP)

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/30 "2008-07-02T16:49:42Z")

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13 Yes 15 No

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/31 "2008-07-02T16:50:29Z")

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Hell, yes! Pepperoni and pineapple is better, though.

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/32 "2008-07-02T16:51:27Z")

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I’ll eat it if it’s what is available, but I wouldn’t choose it if there are other options.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/33 "2008-07-02T16:52:02Z")

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Absolutely yes!

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/34 "2008-07-02T16:52:28Z")

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Yes, I guess. It’s all right, I’ll eat it if it’s all that’s available, but I wouldn’t order it.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/35 "2008-07-02T16:54:02Z")

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Fie! Fie! Let Suxx0th rain down fire upon the accursed vagrancies of pineapple!

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/36 "2008-07-02T16:54:08Z")

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I didn’t want anything to do with it until I tried it.

Yes. By all means. Absolutely.

“hawian”?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/37 "2008-07-02T16:55:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]  
I’m not going to assume I know if kinda is a yes or no. I’m not going to add in my interpretation error to the poll. Only people voting will count and not the other people they know to keep this from letting a single person distort the results.

9 Yes 10 No  
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OK then- Yes

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/38 "2008-07-02T16:55:39Z")

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No.

I ate a whole lot of pizza growing up in NJ, and I didn’t even know such a thing existed until my 20s. I think it was when a Dominos came to town. I’d pretty much only had pizza from the little mom and pop pizzerias that you can find on any corner in NY and NJ up until then. I remember thinking it sounded absolutely disgusting and why would anyone do that to a perfectly good pizza. So I tried it, and I confirmed that thought. Gross.

My husband orders it every now and then and I steer clear. About a year ago he ordered one and I decided to give it another try. Maybe I had some kind of pizza bias in my youth. Maybe my tastes have changed. So I took a bite of a slice. Tried to swallow. And just couldn’t do it. I spit it out. Definitely disgusting. I’ll stick to my ham on my eggs benedict and my pineapple in my pina colada, thanks.

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**Author:** ![masterofnone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@masterofnone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masterofnone)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/39 "2008-07-02T16:57:11Z")

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yes.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-pizza-poll/455058/40 "2008-07-02T16:57:54Z")

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No and good lord no! No no no no no.

Just no.

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