# I'm going to treat you to a pizza. The catch? You're only allowed to pick one topping. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2017, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302 "2017-01-16T10:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/121 "2017-01-17T19:21:23Z")
Nothing needed. Perhaps basil leaves or whole black olives or capers if absolutely pushed. Mozzarella and tomato sauce are the only toppings needed, and not much of them either. The practice of piling loads of additional toppings on turns me right off. Less is more. A pizza is all about the quality of the bread and that needs to be front and centre. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/122 "2017-01-17T19:45:19Z")
I feel like having a pizza with black olives from Sal’s this is an New England pizza shop. I think they have 2 or 3 shops. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/123 "2017-01-17T19:52:55Z")
Round Table. Pepperoni. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/124 "2017-01-17T20:03:37Z")
Mushrooms… easy choice. And since local chains have been declared acceptable, make it Umberto’s of New Hyde Park. (Yes, that’s a chain on Long Island, named for its anchor location.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/125 "2017-01-17T20:11:54Z")
Idle, can we bump the ante? If the poster doesn’t play nice & gets a warning while this thread is active… 1980’s Dominoes cardboard-style pizza… and they have to eat it _ **dry** _ (not even water to drink). Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/126 "2017-01-17T20:13:13Z")
For the sausage people, is crumbled or chunks of sausages okay or does it have to be circular slices? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/127 "2017-01-17T20:26:36Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > For the sausage people, is crumbled or chunks of sausages okay or does it have to be circular slices? I don’t think I’ve ever had round slices of sausage on a pizza, but I wouldn’t turn it down. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/128 "2017-01-17T20:38:41Z")
Changed my mind because I just found out that Godfather’s still exists as a chain, and it’s technically within driving distance. I’ll take a medium original crust with Italian sausage. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/129 "2017-01-17T20:47:24Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Pine nuts. I LOLed on that one. Has some smart ass said bean sprouts yet? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/130 "2017-01-17T22:20:01Z")
I’m gonna have to say Extra Cheese. I have to have extra cheese plus whatever toppings I add (usually sausage and pepperoni) so I can’t see having just sausage or just pepp on a regular cheese pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/131 "2017-01-17T22:30:05Z")
Bean sprouts. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/132 "2017-01-17T23:13:17Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Bean sprouts. > mmm It is good, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/133 "2017-01-18T01:53:02Z")
Pineapple. It’s the perfect combo. You got the savory-ness of the tomato sauce, the sweetness of the pineapple, the crusty bready-ness of the crust and the cheesy-ness of the cheese… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/134 "2017-01-18T03:18:26Z")
Not to hijack the thread or anything, but I yesterday I was rather horrified to see the new pizza offering at 7/11, the breakfast pizza: smoked bacon, breakfast sausage, hickory-smoked ham, scrambled eggs, cheddar and mozzarella cheese, and peppered cream gravy on top of a flaky biscuit crust. Yum? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/135 "2017-01-18T03:22:46Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever had round slices of sausage on a pizza, but I wouldn’t turn it down. > > Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk That’s the way those weirdos in New York do it. :b ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/136 "2017-01-18T03:34:28Z")
Was going to do Pepperoni, like everyone else, only mine’d be from a local Houston chain, but the Lou Malnati’s picks got me thinking. There’s an Austin, Texas mini-chain (Mangia Pizza) that makes, of all things, a really good stuffed spinach pizza. OK, their menu mentions mushrooms too; I’d never noticed them. I’ll take one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/137 "2017-01-18T04:35:19Z")
Why is that “of all things”? Spinach isn’t all that rare a topping, though it’s usually on a white pizza. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/138 "2017-01-18T06:11:26Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Not to hijack the thread or anything, but I yesterday I was rather horrified to see the new pizza offering at 7/11, the breakfast pizza: smoked bacon, breakfast sausage, hickory-smoked ham, scrambled eggs, cheddar and mozzarella cheese, and peppered cream gravy on top of a flaky biscuit crust. > > Yum? That’s not even pizza. That’s like calling chicken and biscuits “chicken pizza”. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/139 "2017-01-18T13:33:29Z")
For my one topping, I’d like fried rice with shrimps. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302/140 "2017-01-18T14:06:14Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Only me, cause I love cooked celery. Just dice it in the blender, leaves and all, and put it on an uncooked pizza. Eggplant is also good. My wife makes a great eggplant, bell pepper and goat’s cheese pizza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302.md?page=8)