# Best pizza toppings. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 4, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436 "2005-05-04T20:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/41 "2005-05-05T11:18:47Z")
Japanese monstrosities: Potato on a mayo base. urgh. Fruit on chocolate sauce (not too bad, just don’t call it pizza!) Squid and seaweed Tuna and corn Takoyaki (octopus, shaved dried fish with brown spicy sauce and red pickled ginger) For me my favourite pizza is a thin crust with fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil leaves. Simple and lovely. But I love Pizza Hut’s super supreme too! (Got to have a glass of coke with that to make it heaven.) Last time we went out to Pizza Hut in England, the kids decided they wanted their own personalised pizza - OK. Older kid kept asking for ingredients to be taken off. In the end the waiter said, “so basically, what you want me to bring is cheese on toast.” Kid grinned, agreed, and got pizza base with cheese. That is more a wasted opportunity than yukky but it was cheap and he was happy. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/42 "2005-05-05T13:14:33Z")
Mushrooms and onions are my favorite on a pizza with tomato sauce, but I usually prefer white pizza with just onions and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/43 "2005-05-05T13:38:42Z")
#1 - Plain New York-style pizza with no toppings. I’ll usually sprinkle some garlic powder and red pepper on the 2nd or 3rd slice. But there’s nothing as tasty as a plain slice right out of the oven. If I must choose toppings: #2 - Fresh garlic with thinly sliced tomatoes #3 - Fresh garlic with mushrooms (this one MUST be served hot) #4 - Pepperoni ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/44 "2005-05-05T13:44:27Z")
I’m with Hokkaido Brit. Pizza with just a thin crust, tomatoes, herbs and cheese is an elegant and wonderful product all on its own. I’ll live with toppings if other people want it, but I can’t take pizza combinations that completely overwhelm the basic product turning it into nothing more than a sturdy platform for the toppings. All bets are off with a deep dish pizza, though, fill that sucker up. Hold the mushrooms and anchovies, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/45 "2005-05-05T13:50:55Z")
I’ll eat just about any pizza there is. I love variety in my pizza. But somewhere in there there has to be veggies of some sort. To me, an all-meat pizza – whether pepperoni, or sausage or whatever – is just too plain. Put something else on there dammit!! While I like traditional style, I’m also a big fan of CPK style pizza. I think my all time favorite is the goat-cheese, red’n’yellow bell peppers, and bacon pizza. Mmmmmmmmmm … ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/46 "2005-05-05T14:16:24Z")
The best pizza I ever ordered had the following toppings: Hot peppers Pineapple slices Onions Anchovies Yum 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/47 "2005-05-05T14:21:19Z")
> [@Cagey Drifter](#): > > Olives. Lots of olives. > > No, not enough. > > More. > > More. > > I SAID _MORE_ DAMMIT!!! OK, you’re going to LOVE this one. My friend Monti makes the best pizza in the world. I make this olive tapenade with kalamatas, sundried tomatoes, parsley, garlic and pine nuts. One night we had quite a bit of that left over, so Monti used it as a pizza topping, with no additional sauce, a couple slices of provolone under it, and some shredded mozzarella on top of it. TO DIE FOR! My other favorite is another experiment of Monti’s - he’d made a pasta sauce that consisted of ground mushrooms, garlic, red pepper flakes and red wine, cooked down to “mush.” Same construction as the olive tapenade piza - some provolone under, some mozzarella over. It has become his “signature” pizza now, and there is very little I wouldn’t do for a slice. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/48 "2005-05-05T14:37:27Z")
I am not picky. I would like one slice of each of the above mentioned pizzas. If it aint here in 30 minutes I’m not paying tho. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/49 "2005-05-05T14:43:03Z")
We make it at home. Cheese: I like Fresh mozzarella, but it’s not very flavorful, so we’ll add parmesan, fontain, romano or some combination thereof. Sauce: mot much more than crushed tomatoes in puree. Maybe a little honey and olive oil. Toppings: Ham & Pineapple Prosciutto & Pineapple Pepperoni Pepperoni & pre-cooked BACON! Bacon & Pineapple When I order delivery I like meat combos: pep & ground beef, pep & sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/50 "2005-05-05T14:44:09Z")
fontain = fontana ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/51 "2005-05-05T14:46:50Z")
> [@raz](#): > > Pineapple! With tons and tons of cheese. This is it — Pineapple chunks w/ lots of cheese (include black olives, yummmmm) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/52 "2005-05-05T15:21:26Z")
Oh dear. You people baffle me sometimes. The correct answer is **Cheese and Pepperoni**. Sprinkled with a very gnerous portion of crushed red pepper flakes and/or your fave hot sauce. Bonus point for a drizzle of ranch dressing when the heat becomes overpowering. Though even without the spicy stuff, a great cheese and pepperoni is regal. If you’re insisting on having something unconventional, I like a nice **Southwest Chicken** pizza. Use a zesty sauce flavored with roasted red peppers and chipotle, feather on some fresh cilantro. Cover with blanco and mozzerella cheese, and then top with a generous portion of marinated grilled chicken breast and thinly sliced red onions. As always, every pizza is improved wth crushed red pepper and hot sauce. Ranch couldn’t hurt either. Note that these pizza’s are beautiful without the pepper and ranch, but some of us have our crosses to bear…this is mine. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/53 "2005-05-05T17:14:05Z")
Cream sauce, potatoes, rosemary, grilled onions, garlic. What? That’s the best pizza ever. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/54 "2005-05-05T20:01:33Z")
Ain’t nothin’ better than the old standby: broccoli. There’s something about the texture that just perfectly compliments a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/55 "2005-05-05T21:59:49Z")
Mushrooms, onions and green peppers for me. Disclaimer: I am religiously forbidden from putting meat on my pizza, so my opinion has no bearing on how pizza might taste with meat toppings. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/56 "2005-05-05T22:07:58Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Disclaimer: I am religiously forbidden from putting meat on my pizza, so my opinion has no bearing on how pizza might taste with meat toppings. They do make parve and vegan cheeses that use some sort of milk substitute. I’ve never had them, so I don’t know how they’d be on a pizza, though. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/57 "2005-05-05T23:38:40Z")
SMOG - sausage, mushroom, green pepper and onion. Boring, I know. But it has to be well done, even a couple little burned spots around the edges. MM MM MM. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/58 "2005-05-06T03:23:25Z")
There was a small pizza place nearby (now out of business) that made a fantastic pizza - _Teriyaki Hawaiian Chicken_. Pineapple, pieces of chicken breast, mozarella cheese, and teriyaki sauce instead of tomato-based. I was all dubious :dubious: at first, but it was really, really good. Since they closed I tried making it once myself, but the sauce I had tasted wierd, and it was tricky getting the amount of sauce right. Too much get get overwhelming quickly. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/59 "2005-05-06T19:57:36Z")
Bondage pie with olives- "s"ausage and "m"ushrooms. Unfortunately, too many pizza places around here have nasty flabby crust and insipid sauce. Pizza Hut’s got decent sauce, and if they remember to actually cook in “well done” like I ask for, their thin crust is nice. Otherwise, I pine for Giordano’s or Pizzeria Uno in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436/60 "2005-05-06T21:59:29Z")
Weasel - the other yellow meat. (Hats off to Gary Burbank) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pizza-toppings/302436.md?page=4)