# Squares or triangle cut pizzas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225 "2023-09-17T01:55:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/41 "2023-09-17T15:23:28Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > There is no standardization anywhere and it is frustrating as all get out! Government just doesn’t work, man. If they can’t nail this down, what hope do we have? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/42 "2023-09-17T15:24:16Z")
Yeah, grades one through eight we had fixed menus if you decided to get a hot lunch. There was no option to buy anything. You got a calendar and a menu of what was served each day. I went to Catholic schools K-high school. High school had more of an typical cafeteria set-up with a choice of foods that varied from day to day, but pizza was one of the everyday options there. They never had pan or square-cut pizza there. Just your typical round one, cut into quarters, IIRC. I generally bagged my own lunch, so rarely ate the cafeteria food. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/43 "2023-09-17T15:29:47Z")
Growing up on Long Island, most pizza establishments offered both Neapolitan and Sicilian pies. A traditional Sicilian Pie (rectangular) is about as good as pizza gets, IMO. Problem is, those aren’t so easy to find outside of New York. Good Neapolitan (triangular) pizza is more available, and better than any non-traditional rectangular slabs, such as those found in Detroit. Yes, I’m very biased when it comes to my pizza. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/44 "2023-09-17T17:09:44Z")
I liked how the Minneapolis Star-Tribune described one of the reasons square cuts were popular in Minnesota: so if you’re first you’d politely take a small corner piece, leaving the better pieces for others. Ha! That doesn’t work around here. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/45 "2023-09-17T18:11:52Z")
I guess triangles. when done, I get some honey or agave syrup and dip the bones in that and have desert. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/46 "2023-09-17T20:04:01Z")
I’m here for any and all of it but I do prefer triangles. Gotta have that nice, chewy edge crust with every piece. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/47 "2023-09-17T20:08:13Z")
From Chicago, so I insist on Chicago tavern style cut into squares. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/48 "2023-09-17T22:47:26Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > …for when 1/6 of a pie is too much and 1/8 would be too little. OLD JOKE A man walks into a pizza place & orders a 12” pizza to go. The clerk says, “Should I cut it into 6 slices or 8 slices?” The customer says, “Make it 6 slices. I couldn’t eat 8 slices.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/49 "2023-09-17T22:54:42Z")
Teacher: Cletus, what did you have for breakfast this morning? Cletus: I et six eggs, ma’am. Teacher: You mean, “ate,” don’t you? Cletus: Might’ve been eight I et. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/50 "2023-09-17T23:19:47Z")
Tavern-cut if the crust is nice and crispy. Triangle-cut if it’s a New York slice. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/51 "2023-09-18T01:55:23Z")
For round pizzas, pizza diameter is the determining factor. Smaller diameter pies get cut pie style because a square cut would result in tiny pieces. Larger diameter pies get cut into square shaped, manageable pieces ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/52 "2023-09-18T14:51:12Z")
Squares for a thin crust, which is what I prefer. Triangles for a thick or deep dish crust. And I like both my squares and triangles to be small. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/53 "2023-09-18T22:44:15Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Round pizza: triangles > Rectangular pizza: squares Me too. I have two baking stones, one circular and the other rectangular. So I bake two different shapes and cut them differently. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/54 "2023-09-18T23:35:28Z")
Appropriate comic – Mr. Boffo [![](http://www.mrboffo.com/images/daily/1986/110386.jpg) ](http://www.mrboffo.com/images/daily/1986/110386.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/55 "2023-09-18T23:43:20Z")
Uh-oh, @Stranger_On_A_Train is back, he has come to smite me for posting his quotation in vain. If you find my carefully dissected, clearly labeled remains with organs prepped for donation, well, I probably had it coming. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/56 "2023-09-19T01:05:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Growing up, the good take-out pizza was cut in squares. The stuff at the school cafeteria and places like Pizza Hut was triangle slices. My experience is the reverse. I’ve had both good and bad wedges, but all the square pieces of pizza I’ve had have been shit pizza. I prefer wedges. I’ve had some thin irregular pizza cut into 8 kinda rectangles, with a slice down the center and then each half cut into 4, so you get 4 short fat wedges and 4 lumpy rectangles. That’s fine. But I’ve never had halfway decent pizza that was cut into squares. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/57 "2023-09-19T01:30:47Z")
An excellent reason to visit Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/58 "2023-09-19T08:46:13Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > My answer is that in general, I like both equally but I prefer the Sicilian from certain pizzerias and the regular from others. Hijack alert! What’s a Sicilian pizza? What’s ‘regular’? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/59 "2023-09-19T09:08:59Z")
No love for rectangles in this thread? The place I go to (campisi’s) makes oval pizzas and they cut them into rectangles. Otherwise I’ll go with squares. So when my dog steals a slice when I’m not looking, he’s just got a little piece as opposed to a whole slice. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/60 "2023-09-19T11:40:21Z")
A “Sicilian pizza” in American terminology is a thicker style of pizza cooked in a sheetpan or similar. Look under “United States” here to see how the term is used in the US: > **[Sicilian pizza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_pizza)** > > Sicilian pizza (Italian: Pizza siciliana) is pizza prepared in a manner that originated in Sicily, Italy. Sicilian pizza is also known as sfincione (Italian: \[sfinˈtʃoːne\]; Sicilian: sfinciuni \[sfɪnˈtʃuːnɪ\]) or focaccia with toppings.\[unreliable source?\] > This type of pizza became a popular dish in western Sicily by the mid-19th century and was the type of pizza usually consumed in Sicily until the 1860s. It eventually reached North America in a slightly altered form, with thicker crus Traditional... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225.md?page=4)