Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 23:09     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
Anonymous wrote:What is a classic cheese pizza? Mozzarella and/or provolone, right? I don't get why restaurants monkey with a gold standard. Good fresh dough, good house sauce, good mild cheese, baked in a good oven.


It’s called innovation.

Also, classic according to whom? The American definition of “pizza?”
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 23:06     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
Anonymous wrote:Parmesan cheese contains butyric acid, which is found in rancid butter… and vomit. One of my kids can immediately identify cheap/bad parmesan and will only eat freshly grated. A guest once left a container of Kraft Parmesan in our fridge and he noticed the odor before opening the fridge. Other kid doesn’t care or notice. Supposedly people cannot distinguish vomit and Parmesan in a blind smell test.


Butyric acid is also found in your breast milk. I'm not kidding.

This is a really weird thing to high horse about.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 20:05     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
Anonymous wrote:Parmesan cheese contains butyric acid, which is found in rancid butter… and vomit. One of my kids can immediately identify cheap/bad parmesan and will only eat freshly grated. A guest once left a container of Kraft Parmesan in our fridge and he noticed the odor before opening the fridge. Other kid doesn’t care or notice. Supposedly people cannot distinguish vomit and Parmesan in a blind smell test.


Yeah idk why everyone is gaslighting like parm (and other Italian cheeses) don’t have a funkier smells and tastes than simple shredded mozzarella. Parm especially has a very pronounced stinky smell.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 17:30     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
At an Italian restaurant, not at all surprised.At a Mexican restaurant (for instance, if the “house cheese blend” is melted in their enchiladas) probably yes I would be.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 11:51     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
Parmesan cheese contains butyric acid, which is found in rancid butter… and vomit. One of my kids can immediately identify cheap/bad parmesan and will only eat freshly grated. A guest once left a container of Kraft Parmesan in our fridge and he noticed the odor before opening the fridge. Other kid doesn’t care or notice. Supposedly people cannot distinguish vomit and Parmesan in a blind smell test.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 11:41     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
Anonymous wrote:NP: CT is often cited as having the best pizza in the USA.

https://www.ctvisit.com/articles/1-pizza-america

https://www.nrn.com/emerging-chains/frank-pepe-pizzeria-originator-connecticut-style-pizza-and-perfectionist-clam-pie


And you'll never guess who is often cited in some circles as the best POTUS ever. People's opinions can be pretty moist.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2023 11:28     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
I LOVE Parmesan. And some Parmesan does have a funky taste when eaten sliced. But I’ve never had a pizza with a funky aftertaste due to the cheese mix.

Maybe your kids need exposure to different flavors?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 22:29     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
NP: CT is often cited as having the best pizza in the USA.

https://www.ctvisit.com/articles/1-pizza-america

https://www.nrn.com/emerging-chains/frank-pepe-pizzeria-originator-connecticut-style-pizza-and-perfectionist-clam-pie
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 22:15     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't like parmesan? Dang. My kids would eat a block of it.


Yup. I’d be disappointed if it didn’t have Parmesan. Once you get an Italian cheese blend, Parmesan is expected.

+1


I'm glad I'm not the only one who recognizes this. Last time it was parmesan and garlic and the ridiculous kids won't eat it. Stop ordering pizza, OP.


Maybe restaurants should stop trying to reinvent the wheel. A good cheese pizza doesn't need to be monkeyed with.


Enjoy your pizza with ketchup sauce and stale shredded mozzarella.


Needing a funky aftertaste or garlic bomb to enjoy a good simple pizza doesn't make you cultured.


Parm is “a funky aftertaste” to you?


DP. My mother described yogurt as "too spicy," so ... it happens, I guess?




Maybe these are super super tasters or something.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 22:10     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't like parmesan? Dang. My kids would eat a block of it.


Yup. I’d be disappointed if it didn’t have Parmesan. Once you get an Italian cheese blend, Parmesan is expected.

+1


I'm glad I'm not the only one who recognizes this. Last time it was parmesan and garlic and the ridiculous kids won't eat it. Stop ordering pizza, OP.


Maybe restaurants should stop trying to reinvent the wheel. A good cheese pizza doesn't need to be monkeyed with.


Enjoy your pizza with ketchup sauce and stale shredded mozzarella.


Needing a funky aftertaste or garlic bomb to enjoy a good simple pizza doesn't make you cultured.


Parm is “a funky aftertaste” to you?


DP. My mother described yogurt as "too spicy," so ... it happens, I guess?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 21:56     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
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Anonymous wrote:Sally's is one of the best pies in the country and doesn't use a blend or add asiago or parm. Just good mozzarella.

https://sallysapizza.com/menu/


Connecticut pizza is one of the best in the country??

Hahahahahahahahaha.

Thank you, PP, I needed a good laugh.


Umm...yes? You never heard of New Haven pizza?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven–style_pizza

Sally’s is the best Connecticut pizza. That doesn’t make it one of the best pizzas in the country.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 21:56     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't like parmesan? Dang. My kids would eat a block of it.


Yup. I’d be disappointed if it didn’t have Parmesan. Once you get an Italian cheese blend, Parmesan is expected.

+1


I'm glad I'm not the only one who recognizes this. Last time it was parmesan and garlic and the ridiculous kids won't eat it. Stop ordering pizza, OP.


Maybe restaurants should stop trying to reinvent the wheel. A good cheese pizza doesn't need to be monkeyed with.


Enjoy your pizza with ketchup sauce and stale shredded mozzarella.


Needing a funky aftertaste or garlic bomb to enjoy a good simple pizza doesn't make you cultured.


Parm is “a funky aftertaste” to you?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 21:54     Subject: Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
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Anonymous wrote:I would expect it. Mozzarella, asiago, romano, and parm are standard in blends


Interesting. Those are "fancy" cheeses, to me. I would expect a normal cheese or pep pizza to just use good mozzarella and/or provolone.

I have never heard of provolone on a pizza?

I’ve heard that’s a Wisconsin thing, but I have no personal experience.


Isn’t that Provel?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 21:54     Subject: Re:Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
Anonymous wrote:You are not doing Sally’s Pizza any favors with these threads, OP.


And several of Sally's apizza have Parmesan, even one of the ones OP posted. It's not an exotic ingredient.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2023 21:51     Subject: Re:Would you assume a restaurant pizza's "house cheese blend" contains some parmesan cheese?
You are not doing Sally’s Pizza any favors with these threads, OP.