I accept that some people like those rancid things. Such is the glory of pizza, where we can all share in what we prefer. And no, I’m not pushing for pineapple, not because of the taste, which is fine, but it tends to make it soggy. Too many toppings can ruin a pizza, too (past professional opinion, I’ve seen requests that don’t work well).
One time Dominoes had a deal that gave you unlimited toppings. And I saw an oppertunity. So I called an ordered an X-Large. With everything on it.
And then…I said “And since it’s unlimited toppings, press that “extra” button in front of each topping about 3 times”
They did it. Probably because Dominoes is staffed by potheads who I assure you do not give a fuck.
What I got was this MASSIVE pile of toppings. I mean, I’ve never seen a pizza look like this before.
Imagine the pile of toppings being like 2 inches thick on TOP of the pizza. It was so thick that the standard way they cooked it, didn’t work. The dough was kind of soggy/undercooked, and the top layer of topping was slightly burnt. Not much, but definately crispy.
I say all this because never in my life had I ever thought there was a such thing as too many toppings. Turns out there is. I don’t know where exactly that line gets crossed, but I not only crossed it, I kept going until that line was a dot in my rearview.
I picked up one slice, and it all smooshed apart. The structural integrity of the slice tipped open from the middle. Almost all the toppings fell to my plate instantly.
We put the pizza in the oven for another 10 minutes. And even though it was fully cooked afterwards, it still never was able to hold the toppings without ripping.
And the taste? Well…I’m sure the ninja turtles would like it. The cartoon version. I don’t know who they ordered from, but they always had gross toppings like “pickle and tunafish” or “anchovies and sour krout”.
Basically, I’m saying it wasn’t good. So while I will agree with you that toppings for the sake of toppings is bad, I will also hold firm that black olives absolutely belong on pizza.
A good pizza is pepperoni, sausage, bacon, black olive. Sometimes ham.
Exactly. Meat-lover pizza was usually the one where people would want to pile on the stuff, and rather than waste everyone’s time, we just explained exactly what would happen, and people would understand. Could such a thing be cooked, probably, but it would be a far different process than typical pizza, and not something you’d get from a brand store. The same goes for some others, like no sauce, extra cheese, or extra crispy orders. Got to be very careful when straying outside the formula of usual pizza.
I like black olives as a garnish, like with other toppings on a pizza. As a texture and part of the whole taste. By themselves, nope.
Only the cool half likes olives. If thats you, great! You’re the cool half.
If thats not you…whaddya got against olives??? They’re delicious.
They stink up the entire pizza!
One olive touches a pizza and the whole thing tastes like olives. No thank you.
Ok, well I’ll eat the half with olives, and you can have the half without.
And if you don’t want your half, I’ll just add olives to it, and eat that tomorrow morning.
🤷♀️ there not that great, to strong of a taste for me
I accept that some people like those rancid things. Such is the glory of pizza, where we can all share in what we prefer. And no, I’m not pushing for pineapple, not because of the taste, which is fine, but it tends to make it soggy. Too many toppings can ruin a pizza, too (past professional opinion, I’ve seen requests that don’t work well).
One time Dominoes had a deal that gave you unlimited toppings. And I saw an oppertunity. So I called an ordered an X-Large. With everything on it.
And then…I said “And since it’s unlimited toppings, press that “extra” button in front of each topping about 3 times”
They did it. Probably because Dominoes is staffed by potheads who I assure you do not give a fuck.
What I got was this MASSIVE pile of toppings. I mean, I’ve never seen a pizza look like this before.
Imagine the pile of toppings being like 2 inches thick on TOP of the pizza. It was so thick that the standard way they cooked it, didn’t work. The dough was kind of soggy/undercooked, and the top layer of topping was slightly burnt. Not much, but definately crispy.
I say all this because never in my life had I ever thought there was a such thing as too many toppings. Turns out there is. I don’t know where exactly that line gets crossed, but I not only crossed it, I kept going until that line was a dot in my rearview.
I picked up one slice, and it all smooshed apart. The structural integrity of the slice tipped open from the middle. Almost all the toppings fell to my plate instantly.
We put the pizza in the oven for another 10 minutes. And even though it was fully cooked afterwards, it still never was able to hold the toppings without ripping.
And the taste? Well…I’m sure the ninja turtles would like it. The cartoon version. I don’t know who they ordered from, but they always had gross toppings like “pickle and tunafish” or “anchovies and sour krout”.
Basically, I’m saying it wasn’t good. So while I will agree with you that toppings for the sake of toppings is bad, I will also hold firm that black olives absolutely belong on pizza.
A good pizza is pepperoni, sausage, bacon, black olive. Sometimes ham.
Exactly. Meat-lover pizza was usually the one where people would want to pile on the stuff, and rather than waste everyone’s time, we just explained exactly what would happen, and people would understand. Could such a thing be cooked, probably, but it would be a far different process than typical pizza, and not something you’d get from a brand store. The same goes for some others, like no sauce, extra cheese, or extra crispy orders. Got to be very careful when straying outside the formula of usual pizza.
I like black olives as a garnish, like with other toppings on a pizza. As a texture and part of the whole taste. By themselves, nope.