# Crap foods you love

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097 "2022-06-13T12:23:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097/81 "2022-06-14T05:30:07Z")

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> [@Lancia](#):
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> Do you mean the ones that are like 8" square?

Them’s the ones. They’re not really “good” in terms of pizza, but they’re satisfying in their own way, and as I found out several years ago, they originated at a now-closed restaurant in Minneapolis in the '50s.

> [@Minneapolis Dopers: Was the original Totino's restaurant any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopers-was-the-original-totinos-restaurant-any-good/828042):
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> Totino’s frozen pizzas were a staple of my childhood, and even today they’re a comfort food I enjoy now and then. They’re not great pizzas, and honestly they’re on the low end of the frozen pizza food chain, but there’s nothing else quite like them - the crispy thin crust, the sweet sauce, the not-quite-enough shredded cheese that browns up just right, the salty nugget-sized bits of diced pepperoni - and for a dollar a pizza, it’s an easy dinner for one on a lazy night. Imagine my surprise when…

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