# What is your favorite pizza topping? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705 "2014-10-18T14:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/21 "2014-10-18T18:58:58Z")
Onion, mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini and goat’s cheese. My wife invented it in order to trick me into eating vegetables, but I’ve grown to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/22 "2014-10-18T19:46:47Z")
Tomato sauce and mozzarella + spicy ground meat, pepperoni, bacon, goat cheese, a little bit of blue cheese like gorgonzola, caramelized onions and one or two fried eggs. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/23 "2014-10-18T20:23:23Z")
Pepperoni when you have the cheese to back it up. If not, then you need pepperoni, sausage, olives, onions, peppers, etc. to make it a “supreme” pizza. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/24 "2014-10-18T20:25:00Z")
Sheesh, 23 posts and nobody else has announced bacon as a single favorite? Guess I’ll have to be the first then! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/25 "2014-10-18T20:31:13Z")
Anyone just like cheese pizza? I don’t normally… unless there’s a ton of cheese on it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/26 "2014-10-18T22:10:05Z")
I did one on a Boboli that was olive oil with minced garlic shaken up in it and then spread on the shell, pesto, sliced fresh mozzarella and sliced plum tomato. Yum. But typically, I go Heart Attack on a shell – sausage, pepperoni and extra cheese. But there is a place here that makes a nice white pizza as an alternative. Or tomato, feta and black olives. TL/DR: I can’t choose. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/27 "2014-10-18T22:11:45Z")
peperony and chease ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/28 "2014-10-18T22:24:08Z")
Fresh mushrooms (pre-cooked a little), very thin sliced green bell peppers and a bit of shallot, and anchovies. Lots and lots of cheese - mozzarella/provolone/parmesan. And basil/oregano. Sausage! (I am sick unto death of pepperoni. When I do bake a pizza with pepperoni, I drop a paper towel on to soak up the grease from the little pepperoni cups.) I don’t often get what I want, as I live with a dedicated sausage and pepperoni eater. I will treat myself to a more exotic slice when out to lunch. The very best pizza I ever had was the one we made in home economics class WAAAAY back in the early 60’s, in middle school. I still remember the peppery pizza sauce and hot Italian sausage, plus the crisp yet fluffy crust made from scratch. (the whole school was drawn to the room, just drooling! Not everybody could have a slice, we cut the pizzas up in little squares so students could have at least a taste.) I’ve never been able to duplicate that divine pizza, and I’ve made a thousand of varying quality. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/29 "2014-10-18T22:38:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Anyone just like cheese pizza? > > I don’t normally… unless there’s a ton of cheese on it. I never order or make just cheese unless there are kids clamoring for it, but, y’know…it’s actually really good. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/30 "2014-10-18T22:44:49Z")
the mystery was solved 40 years ago: pepperoni. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/31 "2014-10-18T23:35:15Z")
If it’s take-out, then pepperoni and pineapple. If I make it, it’s pepperoni, onions, tomatoes and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/32 "2014-10-19T01:56:38Z")
I’m the opposite from most people when it comes to pepperoni, I guess. I never want to have a pepperoni pizza (though I will share one or have the leftovers from my kids if I’m stuck with it), but I’m fine with it in combination with at least 5-6 other toppings. I think I need some amount of vegetables added before I’m just piling meat on cheese. Maybe it’s also because a pepperoni pizza, to me, consists entirely of ingredients that aggravate my acid reflux. My favorite combination is mushrooms, onions, green peppers. 2nd fav would be that plus black olives. If I have to do just 1, then it’s mushrooms or olives. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/33 "2014-10-19T03:37:46Z")
Best pizza I’ve ever eaten was a tuna and onion one in a little place in Rome off of the Via dei Condotti. I can’t imagine that it would be nearly so delicious anywhere else, but that pizza was absolutely divine. Outside of that, I’m pretty partial to prosciutto and salami on my pizzas. Sometimes together, sometimes separate. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/34 "2014-10-19T04:03:55Z")
So tonight we went to [Marion’s Pizza](http://www.marionspiazza.com/) in Troy, OH. Our 15 year old daughter likes anchovies. No, I take that back… she has an unnatural and inhuman craving for anchovies. I ordered a large, deluxe pizza with _triple_ anchivies just for her, _plus_ a side of anchovies. You know, so she could sprinkle even _more_ anchovies onto the [already triple anchovie] pizza. You should have seen her eating it… she was repositioning anchovies on the pizza for maximum effect. I worry about her. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/35 "2014-10-19T04:09:26Z")
Pepperoni Well… cheese, but after that, pepperoni. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/36 "2014-10-19T06:48:30Z")
Italian sausage, pepperoni, green peppers, mushrooms, chopped onions. Canadian bacon, pepperoni. Anchovies, shrimps, scallops, chopped green and black olives, chopped onions. All with red sauce and at least two cheeses (mozzarella and parmesan). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/37 "2014-10-19T07:38:08Z")
hamburger, Canadian bacon, and pineapple my wife insists on including mushrooms and onions on her half. I’m careful to avoid her side of the pizza. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/38 "2014-10-19T12:19:26Z")
Green olives, but it’s really hard to find west of the Hudson. That means my favorite is cheese, most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/39 "2014-10-19T13:10:13Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Sausage and onion is my go-to pizza. That’s my favorite traditional topping. I also love a red pizza without mozzarella. Instead, dollops of ricotta cheese and dropped on before firing. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705/40 "2014-10-19T13:56:32Z")
As I pick off the loathesome pepperoni and bigger chunks of sausage off my designated slice of pizza, and throw them in the garbage can, I often fantasize about something different. Maybe a seafood/shrimp pizza, like the sculptures they turn out in Malaysia and Japan…why can’t WE have pizzas like those? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-pizza-topping/701705.md?page=3)