# What kind of Asshole puts cheddar cheese on a pizza? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580 "2004-08-12T19:19:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/81 "2004-08-15T16:50:26Z")
I’ll agree that cheddar cheese is OK on a pizza, if it’s not the only cheese. Mozzarella NEEDS to be there, other than that, put whatever cheese the person wants. The only exception to mozzarella needing ot be there that I have encountered was a greek pizza that has feta cheese, black olives…probably other stuff, I can’t remember, but it was good, and no mozzarella. As for pickles on a pizza…they are DIVINE! My favorite pizza combo is pepperoni and pickles. DOn’t knock it until you try it. I converted all my friends to this. Hell, I’m the reason that the pizza place in my hometown has pickles on the list of toppings on their menu! After I introduced my friends to it, they all started ordering it, and eventually the place ecided it should go on the menu. The trick is, use the sourest dill pickles you can find. All the water evaporates, so they become super-pickles! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/82 "2004-08-15T20:35:10Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > That sounds wonderful. What time is lunch? > > I collect old cookbooks, and have one ('50s-era) that has a recipe for “Quick & Easy Lasagne” that calls for cottage cheese and _ketchup_! :eek: Heathens! That sounds like something straight out of the “Gallery of Regrettable Foods”! Put me down as “depends on the type of pizza.” Sometimes it can be good (Mexican pizza, anyone?), sometimes not. My 'za of choice, however, is a good white pizza-garlic, olive oil, cheese and maybe some chopped onions. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/83 "2004-08-16T04:09:15Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Put me down as “depends on the type of pizza.” Sometimes it can be good (Mexican pizza, anyone…) Mexican Pizza is Nachos, dammit! Lack of originality does not validate a new food catagory. ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/84 "2004-08-16T06:04:51Z")
I had smoked oysters on a pizza in Germany once. Quite tasty. I like anchovies too. Cheddar belongs on a sandwich or with apple pie. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/85 "2004-08-16T06:20:47Z")
Every kind of pizza described in this thread sounds delicious to me sans anything containing seafood (shrimp and clams are the only marine life worty of human consumption) and cashews. Even the sauerkraut pizza sounded intriguing. But cashews? What the hell? Who the fuck puts nuts on pizza?! ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/86 "2004-08-16T06:30:39Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Who the fuck puts nuts on pizza?! Well, there was one time in college when I was really stoned, horny, and hungry, and my sweetheart was feeling the same way… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/87 "2004-08-16T06:44:25Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Who the fuck puts nuts on pizza?! [Little Steve Buscemi-impersonating squirrels do](http://www.illwillpress.com/vault.html), naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/88 "2004-08-16T06:56:51Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I’m pretty sure I was mistaken. Lobsang, no offense please, but to me you sound very _pizza ignorant_ (as it were 😉 ). I truly believe you haven’t lived until you’ve had a serious Chicago style deep dish _pie_ with sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, black olive, and mushroom. Maybe onion. And maybe half of it has nothing but the cheese, sauce, and double spinach. Oh Og how I miss it. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/89 "2004-08-16T17:27:11Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Sorry to break it to you Priceguy and Mighty\_Girl, but I’ve seen ground beef on pizzas in Ohio and Michigan and they use the word hamburger on the menu to describe that. It does come broken into chunks or crumbs like a sausage topping. I’m assuming it’s a Midwestern thing. They do it in Pennsylvania, too. Usually it’s called “hamburger” or “cheeseburger pizza.” We also have the weirdo concoction called the “cheesesteak pizza,” which is made with chip steak meat and sautéed onions and green peppers, in addition to the usual red sauce and cheese. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/90 "2004-08-16T18:01:31Z")
When I was growing up in Newfoundland in the Fifties, we knew exactly what pizza was - it came in a package from Chef Boy-ar-dee, with a pack of pizza dough, a can of tomato sauce, and some packaged Parmesan. If your mother was into gourmet stuff (mine was), she added hamburger and some shredded cheddar. We thought it was great! I still like pizza with hamburger and cheddar, although my expectations for the crust and sauce have progressed far beyond the Chef. Seriously, there is “real Italian” pizza, then there is the descendant dish of the same name which has spread worldwide with an amazing variety of sauces, toppings and cheeses. Check out [The Web’s First Japanese Pizza Page](http://www.chachich.com/mdchachi/jpizza.html) for some even stranger variations than those mentioned above. Despite the [efforts of the Italian government](http://avantgo.thetimes.co.uk/services/avantgo/article/0,,1123754,00.html), I feel there is no definitive pizza, the best one is whatever you like it to be. All else is opinion. Mind you, I still wouldn’t put up with cheddar on a “traditional” pizza - it’s mozarella or nothing (well maybe a sprinkle of cheddar or some other cheese as an accent). ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/91 "2004-08-16T18:16:01Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > I truly believe you haven’t lived until you’ve had a serious Chicago style deep dish _pie_ with sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, black olive, and mushroom. Maybe onion. And maybe half of it has nothing but the cheese, sauce, and double spinach. Let’s be honest here: Chicago deep dish is good eats, true, but it’s not a pizza. It’s a casserole. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/92 "2004-08-16T18:34:07Z")
To me, the horror isn’t so much cheddar as the description of pizzas as “pies”. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/93 "2004-08-16T23:41:33Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Lobsang, no offense please, but to me you sound very _pizza ignorant_ (as it were 😉 ). > > I truly believe you haven’t lived until you’ve had a serious Chicago style deep dish _pie_ with sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, black olive, and mushroom. Maybe onion. And maybe half of it has nothing but the cheese, sauce, and double spinach. > > Oh Og how I miss it. Absolutely none taken. I am pizza ignorant. So it seems are all the people who make them in this part of the world. That :dubious:pie?:dubious: sounds yum! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/94 "2004-08-16T23:42:40Z")
huh, so a p after a : is a smiley. :smack: ---
**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:** [August 17, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/95 "2004-08-17T17:31:56Z")
Mighty\_Girl - - I tried rolling sausage links into the crust of a pizza and it worked pretty well. Didn’t get the crust exactly the way I like it, but that’s a separate problem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/96 "2004-08-18T01:06:40Z")
My block-headed father-in-law puts asparagus, artichokes, and fucking squid, all on the same pizza, then pisses and moans when people won’t eat it or pick that shit off. I’ll take cheddar cheese any day over fucking squid! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/97 "2004-08-18T01:15:26Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I’ll take cheddar cheese any day over fucking squid! Umm… Umm… You might want to consider other adjectives for squid. Perhaps even other nouns, too: Calamari, f’rinstance. (So says the former Squid 😃 ) Or did you have a bad experience making love with a sailor? D&R ---
**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:** [August 18, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/98 "2004-08-18T01:28:16Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Let’s be honest here: Chicago deep dish is good eats, true, but it’s not a pizza. > > It’s a casserole. Nah…it’s more of a pie than a casserole. But you’re right. As a Chicagoan, I really don’t count Chicago-style pizza as a true pizza. It’s a whole different beast. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/99 "2004-08-18T01:32:33Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > My block-headed father-in-law puts asparagus, artichokes, and fucking squid, all on the same pizza, then pisses and moans when people won’t eat it or pick that shit off. Artichoke hearts are one of the Divine Pizza Toppings. One of my favourite pies is Artichoke heart, sliced garlic, red pepper and feta. Mmmmm… Asparagus and squid, not so much. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580/100 "2004-08-18T01:33:26Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > My block-headed father-in-law puts asparagus, artichokes, and fucking squid, all on the same pizza, then pisses and moans when people won’t eat it or pick that shit off. I’ll take cheddar cheese any day over fucking squid! None of these are really unusual toppings for an Italian pizza. Artichokes and/or asparagus are pretty standard on a _quattro stagione_ pizza, and squid on a _frutti de mare_ pizza. Yeah, yeah, yeah…I know it’s not what most people in the US expect of pizza, but I think it’s pretty damned good (especially artichokes and asparagus…they are just _heavenly_ on pizza.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-asshole-puts-cheddar-cheese-on-a-pizza/259580.md?page=6)