what should good pizza taste like?

[Anonymous]

what is the 'goodness' of the pizza?

Is it the dough? the crust? the sauce? the toppings?

[Anonymous]

It's the orgy of flavors and textures - soft and crispy, salty, balanced fattiness, a little bit of sweetness from tomatoes and ideally a little bit of spice. It's everything, as it hits your nose and tastebuds at the same time.

[Anonymous]

The crust is paramount to me. I don't get how people don't eat their crust.

[Anonymous]

Good pizza is less about taste and the ability to eat it daily.

You can’t do it in the us due to the ingredients — even from “great” pizza places

In Italy, you can eat pizza daily and still be fit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what is the 'goodness' of the pizza?

Is it the dough? the crust? the sauce? the toppings?

Go to Italy for a holiday and you will know immediately - they are way simpler than many pizzas here but delicious …

I think it is the pizza dough and fresh food quality ingredients

[Anonymous]

Sauce. It’s all in the sauce.

[Anonymous]

the dough is the ish for me (must be pillowy soft, bready but not too bready)
pizza in the US ranges b/n hard cardboard to soft cardboard
I am looking forward to a trip to Italy to get a baseline for pizza though

[Anonymous]

The bottom crust should be sturdy enough that it won't rip, but you shouldn't hear a crunch when you bite in, soft but not soggy. Enough cheese to hold things in place, and not so much sauce that it's dripping off the slice. The crust should be soft and chewy. The sauce should hate slight acidity with italian herbs, maybe a tiny kick. I wasn't going to come into this post, but I realized I had a very clear idea of good pizza.

[Anonymous]

Depends. Sometimes I want the fire crusty yeasty of our local place, and sometimes I want the greasy cheesy of Grotto

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good pizza is less about taste and the ability to eat it daily.

You can’t do it in the us due to the ingredients — even from “great” pizza places

In Italy, you can eat pizza daily and still be fit

I eat pizza a few times a week and I’m fit -american

[Anonymous]

I absolutely love all pizza but great pizza starts with crust. Wood fired, crispy on the outside but doughy in the middle with the perfect chew. The quality of toppings matters when discussing good vs great pizza - the fewer, higher quality, the better (don’t get it wrong though, I love a greasy ass pepperoni pizza with jalapeños and ranch too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good pizza is less about taste and the ability to eat it daily.

You can’t do it in the us due to the ingredients — even from “great” pizza places

In Italy, you can eat pizza daily and still be fit

what a load of crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good pizza is less about taste and the ability to eat it daily.

You can’t do it in the us due to the ingredients — even from “great” pizza places

In Italy, you can eat pizza daily and still be fit

I eat pizza a few times a week and I’m fit -american

Same here. I make my own, with tomatoes and flour from Italy. I haven’t eaten pizza that I didn’t make myself since before Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good pizza is less about taste and the ability to eat it daily.

You can’t do it in the us due to the ingredients — even from “great” pizza places

In Italy, you can eat pizza daily and still be fit

what a load of crap.

Well...this is DCUM

[Anonymous]

Stuffed crust!