# Roomie feud! You decide. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485 "2015-07-29T16:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/1 "2015-07-29T16:31:18Z")
Roomie HATES tomatoes and any food that uses them in any form. So, he orders what he calls a “white pizza”. I call it “cheesy bread”. What do the Teeming Millions think? ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/2 "2015-07-29T16:32:33Z")
A white pizza is not cheesy bread. But we don’t have enough information to know which of you is correct. Please send me one of them so that I can make a proper determination. ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/3 "2015-07-29T16:32:41Z")
white pizza ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/4 "2015-07-29T16:56:38Z")
I really have no opinion on the whole pizza/bread issues, but I do think that “Roomie Feud, You Decide” is a fantastic reality game show title. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/5 "2015-07-29T17:00:44Z")
You want us to decide … if it’s ‘pizza’…or…‘cheesy bread’? Did he order it from a pizza place? Is it round? Was it delivered? In a pizza box? If the answers are, yes, yes, yes, and yes, then it’s a pizza even if you think it ought to have tomato sauce to qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/6 "2015-07-29T17:32:03Z")
I just googled “white pizza” and the first five images all have green stuff on them, so that’s not a valid indicator. Cheesy bread it is. Unless, of course, your roommate’s idea of this delicacy includes things of a non-white nature; if so and if green, then definitely, this is a white pizza. Not sure where on the color wheel it would be if the non-white things were, say, red. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/7 "2015-07-29T17:48:42Z")
White pizza is pretty well known, I’d lean towards defaulting it to pizza. That is what the pizza places call it, after all. There’s different varieties of white pizza though. Some, instead of a red sauce you have a garlic sauce, a dairy based sauce (often involving ricotta), then mozzarella or your “topping” cheese on top of that. Such a pizza, with a true crust/sauce/cheese/toppings layering going on, must be considered real, if non-traditional pizza. But some white pizzas don’t actually have any form of sauce at all, and are just cheese on crust with toppings. I feel that variety could be, arguably, just called cheesy bread. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/8 "2015-07-29T17:50:51Z")
I just got back from Naples, Italy, the birthplace of pizza. They call it pizza, so you lose. ---
**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 29, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/9 "2015-07-29T17:51:30Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > White pizza is pretty well known, I’d lean towards defaulting it to pizza. That is what the pizza places call it, after all. There’s different varieties of white pizza though. Some, instead of a red sauce you have a garlic sauce, a dairy based sauce (often involving ricotta), then mozzarella or your “topping” cheese on top of that. Such a pizza, with a true crust/sauce/cheese/toppings layering going on, must be considered real, if non-traditional pizza. But some white pizzas don’t actually have any form of sauce at all, and are just cheese on crust with toppings. I feel that variety could be, arguably, just called cheesy bread. Yeah, what he said. ETA: also, there’s another variation to consider. If it’s cheap crap ordered from a place like Dominos, it is cheesy bread. If it costs $18, is ordered from a place with a wood-burning oven, and has flavor, it’s white pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/10 "2015-07-29T17:54:42Z")
If it’s crust, cheese and toppings/flavorings, it’s cheesy bread. If it’s crust, cheese, toppings/flavorings and some sort of sauce, sure it’s white pizza. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/11 "2015-07-29T18:32:28Z")
Pizza crust is not bread. He’s ordering white pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/12 "2015-07-29T18:44:35Z")
Tell your roomie they are eating children’s food. Real adults eat real pizza. (I bet your roomie cuts the crust off of their Wonder Bread before eating it, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/13 "2015-07-29T20:10:07Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > A white pizza is not cheesy bread. But we don’t have enough information to know which of you is correct. Please send me one of them so that I can make a proper determination. It’s the only way to be sure. There are potential clues, though. Cheesy bread has only cheese and possibly garlic and herbs on it. Sometimes they cut it into strips instead of wedges. I wouldn’t call it White Pizza unless it had a white sauce topping. A pizza with regular toppings but no sauce is a pizza. So is one with toppings but no cheese and one with toppings but no cheese or sauce. If it’s only got cheese, but the cheese is piled on high enough to melt into a slab, I’d probably call it an only-cheese pizza. But there’s a grey area. I’d have to see it. Although **dracoi** said it first, so if you send it to him, I’ll trust his judgement. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/14 "2015-07-29T20:12:25Z")
White pizza usually has some sort of herbed and/or garlicky sauce on it. If you’re really lucky, you get an herbed olive oil layer under the cheese. Cheesy bread is just cheese and bread. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/15 "2015-07-29T20:18:18Z")
My opinion is that a “white pizza” is very much like a calzone (I know, its making me hungry too) but on a pizza crust. White pizza is a thing and I see it all the time. The easiest way for you to decide it, though, is to see if its listed on the take-out menu from the place you buy from. **Ranger Jeff** hasn’t posted since 12:30 today (lunch time). Best wishes that this whole thing ended on both sides with a slice & a good laugh… ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/16 "2015-07-29T21:11:57Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Pizza crust is not bread. He’s ordering white pizza. When I make pizza, I always make some extra dough and bake it into a very nice bread, so how can you say it is not bread. I guess my favorite pizza is white. Or green. Or at least not red. It’s got basil pesto, cut up black olives, goat cheese (crumbled), mozzarella, drizzled with olive oil and baked. I vote for white pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Richey84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Richey84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richey84)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/17 "2015-07-29T21:17:45Z")
I seem to remember my parents occasionally ordering white pizza and it still included tomatoes, just large slices of them as a topping. Oh, and basil. Not very white, now that I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/18 "2015-07-29T21:18:55Z")
White pizza is pizza crust topped with mozzarella, usually (but not necessarily) ricotta, and other optional non-sauce non-tomato toppings such as garlic, spinach, broccoli, or mushrooms. Cheesy bread is garlic bread topped with cheese. I suppose the determining factor would be, is the bread leavened or not? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/19 "2015-07-29T21:25:40Z")
Passive aggressive cheesy pizza bread? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485/20 "2015-07-29T21:33:43Z")
White pizza. (I LOVE white pizza! Seriously, I can’t believe you’ve never heard of it. It’s the best thing ever.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomie-feud-you-decide/726485.md?page=2)