DH Refuses to Order Pizza

[Anonymous]

My DH loves to cook, and is always trying to perfect his pizza recipe. He makes a very good pizza we all agree, but sometimes our kids and myself want to get take out and not have to deal with dishes, kitchen clean up, etc. DH flat out refuses this and always says that his pizza is by far better than any take out options. it's frustrating because even on nights after we've been away all day or are exhausted from activities, he'll still insist that we make his pizza at home rather than pick one up. It takes hime awhile to make it, and it's not a good thing when we're starving and he's meticulously stretching the dough, grating cheeses, etc...

I know this is an odd problem, but I'm getting frustrated that he never seems to understand that sometimes it's about convenience as opposed to having his "superior" pizza, and the kids are always begging for a take out one and only get turned down by him saying his pizza is better than the local shops. We're so grateful that he always wants to make us pizza, but I just want him to be willing to order out at times!

[Anonymous]

Get some nicer frozen pizzas to have on hand. I get his point because often with delivery I feel like it's not worth it for pizza. Our grocery store always has local ones.

[Anonymous]

Does he freeze extra dough? If he makes his own pizza sauce, freeze that too.

[Anonymous]

Have him par-bake a few extra pizzas to freeze. Then just heat and serve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does he freeze extra dough? If he makes his own pizza sauce, freeze that too.

Good idea. If he has stuff on hand, the process will go much faster. Does he never, ever have plans on his own in the evening? I'd be ordering pizza as the door was swinging closed!

[Anonymous]

I’m a home pizza maker too. Are you all waiting for the dough to rise? Homemade pizza isn’t a spur of the moment decision. That said, I understand his frustration. Unless you are lucky enough to live near one of the few good pizza joints in the dmv, the insane prices on mediocre take out pizza aren’t worth it.

My suggestion is to find something else to order out on the spur of the moment. Chinese?

[Anonymous]

Pick up the phone and order one.

[Anonymous]

Good for him on putting his foot down. Just go out for a nice meal.

[Anonymous]

Are you not a capable woman? If you want to order pizza, order a bloody pizza. You don't need his permission. He can eat his "superior" pizza on his own.

That said, I generally think delivery pizza is overpriced and gross. But I get the need for a carb-fat bomb in a pinch.

[Anonymous]

I make my own pizza but the idea of just making it at dinner time is pretty nutty because the dough needs to rise. That's a minimum of an hour, right there. If he's big on pizza he needs to do the dough a day or two before and let it cold ferment in the fridge or do a no knead recipe and prep it the night before. You can't rush yeast.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps suggest another take out option? Clearly he is a bit controlling over pizza. He does not seem to grasp that ordering a pizza is often about the ease (no need to cook or clean, usually fast.

Maybe you can convince him that the kids need to experience bad pizza to appreciate his. Although my guess is he secretly fears the kids will like the take out more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you can convince him that the kids need to experience bad pizza to appreciate his. Although my guess is he secretly fears the kids will like the take out more.

OP here, I think this is it. For some reason he’s fixated on how good his own pizza is and nothing else will do.

To the other posters who asked why I don’t just order the pizza, I did this once, and he whined through the whole meal and afterwards that take out is terrible and we don’t appreciate good pizza. It was exhausting and I decided it wasn’t worth dealing with in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps suggest another take out option? Clearly he is a bit controlling over pizza. He does not seem to grasp that ordering a pizza is often about the ease (no need to cook or clean, usually fast.

Maybe you can convince him that the kids need to experience bad pizza to appreciate his. Although my guess is he secretly fears the kids will like the take out more.

+1 If he's such a baby about the pizza, just order Chinese, Thai, etc.

[Anonymous]

If he whines tell him to stop. He’s being a baby so it’s OK to treat him like one. He sounds pretty unbearable – like the dads who were obsessed with their grilling and make everyone wait including little kids because they don’t know how to time food right.

Let him whine and pout and soak. Don’t give into the tantrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you can convince him that the kids need to experience bad pizza to appreciate his. Although my guess is he secretly fears the kids will like the take out more.

OP here, I think this is it. For some reason he’s fixated on how good his own pizza is and nothing else will do.

To the other posters who asked why I don’t just order the pizza, I did this once, and he whined through the whole meal and afterwards that take out is terrible and we don’t appreciate good pizza. It was exhausting and I decided it wasn’t worth dealing with in the future.

Maybe you've changed your mind about this? This would drive me crazy; I think I'd rather deal with the complaining and whining once in a while.