# Yet another pizza toppings post **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 24, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087 "2023-12-24T18:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/61 "2023-12-27T02:03:52Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I used anchovies. > > That won’t happen again. It just tastes like someone rubbed my pizza with a fish. I keep hearing anchovies should add a nice umami kick, but it just adds fish. For me, it adds saltiness without adding, uh, fishiness. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/62 "2023-12-27T16:03:49Z")
Now that sounds tasty. I love black olives on pizza too but it’s a little bland. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/63 "2023-12-27T16:32:05Z")
Black olives are an excellent pizza topping, but they need to be with others to reach their best flavor. I personally make a sausage, olive and mushroom pizza on a regular basis. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/64 "2023-12-27T16:44:11Z")
“Puttanesca” pizza with olives, anchovies, and capers (and red pepper flakes) is quite a lovely combination. The thing I find about anchovies is I prefer them when either placed on the pizza towards the end of cooking or even at the end of cooking. Cooked the entire time I find is suboptimal, but I’ll take it any way. The absolute best pizza I’ve ever had was the Pizza Rosa from Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix. It’s not _quite_ as good as it was when Chris Bianco was working it, but it’s still something I crave every time I come to Phoenix (like, now.) It’s red onions, parmagiano-reggiano, rosemary, Arizona pistachios. That’s it. No sauce. No mozzarella. Oh, and drizzled olive oil. I don’t know why, but that combination just sends me. (Well, it’s not just the toppings–their dough/crust is perfection when they’re firing on all cylinders. The last several years, it’s been hit or miss, so getting like 8/10 instead of 10/10). ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/65 "2023-12-27T17:02:25Z")
I love anchovies on pizza. I find it best to add them late in the cooking process about a minute before you take it out of the oven, but I like anchovies. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/66 "2023-12-27T20:13:49Z")
All the love for anchovies has reminded me that I actually do like anchovies. Once 25 years ago some friends and I went to Pizza Hut (this was when they still did the greasy, tear your mouth up crush) and as a “goof” we ordered anchovies and it was gross…then a few years later I tried it at a gourmet place and it was awesome. I also had a kind of clam chowder pizza at a place in Chicago that was pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/67 "2024-01-01T00:58:09Z")
Feta cheese and tomato. Surprisingly simple, but it really compliments the pizza with just the right amount of saltiness/brightness. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/68 "2024-01-01T01:57:21Z")
Sounds good. I may well try that. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/69 "2024-01-01T02:56:33Z")
A little pizza joint on the outskirts of Winter Haven, FL, served up my fave – White Pizza. No tomato sauce on the dough, a layer of olive oil (they got just the right amount every time; nothing worse than an oily, soggy pie), layer of mozz, then I would get chicken, which would grill as the pie cooked, another thin layer of olive oil, more mozz, then the capper – several heaping spoonfuls of ricotta, which would sometimes spread out into little pools of deliciousness and sometimes create little cheesy mounds to bite through, or both at the same time. The dough: very thin but not burned or limp/soggy. No idea if they’re still in business but, dammit, I’m starving all of a sudden. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/70 "2024-01-03T17:18:25Z")
Pineapple on pizza? On Italian pizza? [On Neapolitan pizza?!?](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pineapple-pizza-italy-naples/index.html) Oh, the horror! say traditionalist. Hey, maybe it’s okay? say others. The nation of Italy is split, with passionate defenders of both sides. Reading the description of it, it sounds intriguing. Not at all like what the average American pizzeria would produce. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/71 "2024-01-03T17:28:04Z")
I checked and the Winter Haven pizza parlor is still in business and it’s only a nine hour round trip! If you don’t hear from me for a couple days you’ll know why. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/72 "2024-01-03T17:28:46Z")
In less time than that, you might be able to catch a flight to Connecticut for real pizza. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/73 "2024-01-03T17:29:52Z")
I love a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/74 "2024-01-03T17:30:28Z")
I don’t eat much pizza–too carb-heavy and I’m not a melted cheese fan–but we had some sitting around and I dumped some hot giardinara on it (the kind you’d add to an Italian beef sandwich) and, my goodness, but that slice was tasty. People do look at me funny when I tell them so, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/75 "2024-01-03T17:37:05Z")
FYI, Avelo Airlines flies directly to New Haven (Pizza Capital of the World) from Savannah. They even have flights from Chicago so those of you there can taste what you’ve been missing. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/76 "2024-01-03T18:43:47Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I dumped some hot giardinara on it It’s even better baked in. A few spoons (drained) and some onion before baking takes a cheapo frozen pizza into fair territory. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/77 "2024-01-03T18:51:17Z")
Good to know, thanks! ---
**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 3, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/78 "2024-01-03T18:59:08Z")
Really? That’s a fairly standard pizza topping here in Chicago, but that type of giardiniera is fairly regional, as is Italian beef, so I suspect you must be somewhat from the area. I would say after sandwiches, pizza is the best use of giardiniera. Lately I’ve seen it a lot in fresh Italian sausages as well, though I have yet to purchase any to try. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/79 "2024-01-03T19:03:56Z")
You’re taking on the entire Windy City metro area in a pizza challenge? You’re a braver man than I am, Gunga Din. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087/80 "2024-01-03T19:06:04Z")
New Haven can take them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pizza-toppings-post/995087.md?page=5)