I guess you could just make pizza then store and sell it the next day. Technically leftover pizza. It'd be kind of funny if there was a microwave in the lobby to use to heat up a slice
in new zealand we have a pizza chain called "hell pizza" who make yum but more expensive pizza, but the important part, is their boxes have a smaller box you can pop out of that box to put left over pizza slices in, very useful if your friend wants to take some home or to save room in your fridge. also the original design was coffin shaped and said "for your remains" which pleased me no end
When Mike said his favourite topping are *pineapples* and jalapennos... I experienced the feeling Padmé had when Obi wan told her Anakin killed children.
"Leftover pizza is often surprise pizza." And then I flashback to the time that I got drunk, passed out in bed and woke up eyeing a slice of pizza on the pillow. And then I had breakfast.
Hello from Italy. I really like the idea of the characterization of pizza according to the local traditions of the place it was imported to. We have this thing in my country, where food is almost sacred and anything that deviates from the original recipes -those that your grandmother would cook- is a blasphemy. For instance, even pineapple on pizza is a strange thing to wrap one's mind around (not only I've never had it, but I've never seen anyone eat it). I like to thing about pizza as a concept rather than a dish: Take what you have available locally, pack it in a easy-to-hold crust, make it so that the taste is in accordance with what the inhabitants of said place are used to. From this point of view pizza with curry on it is more "authentic" pizza than "traditional Napoletan" pizza imported in India would be. Let me end on a quick note about how cute is Mike's accent when he says Italian names =)
I recommend trying the pineapple pizza, its actually fantastic. People make a big deal about it, but in the US every major pizza vendor offers it as a topping.
This episode is what RU-vid, history and indulging in the nerdy study of the history of things we love should be. It's not even hyperbole to say it brought me to tears at some points (but maybe that's because I miss pizza + D&D games, like you mentioned). I hope you are very proud of this thing you created, sir (and team)!
I tweeted you this already, but in my town in Canada there is a Greek restaurant run by an Indian family that is best known for having astounding Pizza (an Italian dish). My favorite kind of pizza there is the "Mexican" style. So I frequently order a Mexican style Italian dish from a Greek restaurant run by an Indian family in Canada. Globalization. It's amazing.
Bullshit. Pizza is not Italian.. Its Greek Open Pitza (Cheese and oils on top of wheat pie). The Spanish Explorers put tomato from Mexico.. That is nothing Italian. You been lied to. Noodles are from China, not Italy either..
Pizza is like sex: even when it's bad, it's still pretty good. It's better in bed. You can have it at night and then have it again in the morning. And only weirdos involve pineapple or anchovies.
Saborlas Saying that pizza is like sex is the ultimate myth... Bad sex don't gives you stomachaches if the dough us bad or poor cooked or it contains bad ingredients.
I was actually really surprised when my margherita pizza order came to my table during my trip to Italy. It's waaaay different from what I've been eating my whole life. Much tinner base, stone-baked and just enough tomato sauce for the base to hold. It was totally a paradigm shift for me. P.S: I love mushroom on my pizza!
I dislike mushrooms rather strongly on pizza, but it isn't a taste thing. It's a texture and consistancy issue. Bite down and 'wait what is THIS?!' Finely chop and distribute through the topping lair and it addsa nice bit of umami punch to things. Interestingly that is the mistake many who put pineapple on pizza make. Put these globs of Pineapple chunk on. Thin slice so it has a more consistant distribution. Same wit hspinich or brocolli actually. the problem isn't the flavor it's the chunkinesso f it. Thin chop or slice and distribute and it goes over a hell of a lot better. Anchovies are a whole other problem. You don't bake them into the pizza. That results in them rendering down into grease patches. Put them on AFTER the pie is cooked andthe residual heat will incorporate. I still think they're overly salty and gross, but if you're going to do the thign do it right or not at all. I love pizza. you have a lot of potential variants all in a simple conceptual framework.
Growing up I was constantly in and out of hospital. Nearby was a wonderful pizza place and it was always an enjoyable experience to go there with my mum and share in slices. We spent many hours enjoying the food and conversations and it's where I would learn the joys of what it means to eat out and converse.
10:20 You only eat pizza on Fridays? Well, I'll be happy to inform you that you'll be visited by the *Sheriff's Secret Police* in about, ooh say, four seconds? Remember to eat at *Big Rico's Pizza*, the only pizzeria in town that hasn't burned down from an unsolved arson case. *; )*
When I make home-made pizza, the crust is the main event. Like the opposite of the "bread as a plate", the bread is the meal, the toppings are little more than garnish, or seasoning.
+Merrsharr I wasn't even hungry at the time, I had literally even already eaten something non-pizza not that long ago, and it was still a bad idea. Now I'll have to break off a small piece of a frozen pizza to cook somehow.
I'm an italian living in Japan, not been home in three years and though I haven't really experienced every kind of pizza in the video, it made me remember of how much I love it. Thanks to you I'm now homesick, so I'll go get a not too tasty Japanese pizza and cry a little.
+Smitteys86 Sooo good. Spent some time in France and lived right next to a food truck that sold pizza at a pretty cheap rate. Tried a lot of interesting, delicious pizzas there. Egg on pizza is something I wish would make it to NA!
Gosh darn it... while watching this I made my own type, Baguette bread with tomato and garlic paste spread and added cheese with Dried Oregano to top. To me Pizza is so diverse in it's simplicity that almost anyone can do whatever they want with it. Yes we all understand that it has it's history with Italy then America but in all honesty when you break the fundamentals down to it's base core you only really need 3 ingredients. Tomato, bread and cheese. With that in mind it's clear to see why people love it soooo much! You can add things you didn't think that would work and it tasted amassing or just mash all the things you love and hope it's glorious and by god is it stupid easy to make that with the right tools and ingredients you can forget other brands when you can just do it yourself. Pizza for me is the king of fast food in regards to what variety that YOU the consumer want. Sure you could have a Kebab with all the ingredients you desire and sure a burger can have like 3 stacks of bacon if you want but lets be clear hear... those extras deform the food in a way that you know it's an forced extra. Yes with pizza you can do the same but the size in volume depends on the size of your food, a kebab can only be so big until it de-forms in a pile of mush and a burger can only be so huge that you need to bite more then once to get everything in but with pizza it makes it looks natural while all the extras are right in front of you that when you bite into it you know what your getting and you can't deny that's exactly what you want. Heck, why does 'Epic Meal Time' make so many types of pizzas? Sure it's got all crazy ingredients on it and it's huge but the simple way it's made is so uniformly just that you can do almost whatever you want and nobody will care. Pizza is like an open sand box. You ask, you get.
+TheDestroyerOfHumans Baguette-based fast food with cheese and stuff on it is very popular in Poland since decades. It will usually incorporate tomato sauce, onions and mushrooms. As for me, I exclusively make my own pizza.
Ok, ok, have I got a story for you. I am typing this from a broken computer. Long story short I got a broken ccfl and now I can only barely see the screen by shining my desk lamp on it. I live on my own in Japan, where I am not native to, and I'm a busy guy, so getting this thing repaired or replaced is not easy, and I'm pushing through. And then I come to this video. Long day, long week. Bad week. Very bad week. Friends moved away, coworkers changed jobs, favorite restaurant closed down. Only gets worse from there. Then I watch this video and see all that delicious Pizza, good, awesome, New York Pizza, and -- well I'm an New York boy, and their ain't all that much Pizza in Japan, not good New York stuff anyway, not in my provincial little city, and it's late and I'm hungry and -- Goddammit I want some Pizza! GWAH! So there's no "good" Pizza, but there is a Pizza Hut. And they do deliver. But despite my many years studying Japanese, anything involving a phone is just no. BUT wait, they do online delivery. But oh no, my computer is a wreck. But I want Pizza. Dammit Idea Channel I absolutely NEED Pizza now. So I navigated with intense difficulty, took me an hour. But I did it. I ordered Pizza. I'm sure your Pizza filled episode will leave many views going out for Pizza afterwards, but I just thought this would show you just how much you affected me.
+R Dreher Just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and hope that next week will suck less for you. Now, I'm off to order pizza, which won't be nearly as difficult as it was in your case, mostly because I live in a country where my first language is one of two official languages. Also, my favorite pizzeria is less than 100 meters from my apartment. Then, and only then, with a warm pizza in front of me, will I watch this video.
This video makes me immensely nostalgic for hand-kneading dough. I worked for Fast Eddies, one of the "major" one-store ma-and-pa pizza shops in my neck of Ruralville, Ohio for six years. The place was my hometown's only pizza shop, and we had customers who'd come from Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati on a weekly basis for our pies. I was *the* dough guy when I worked at Fast Eddies, and it's really surreal to think that for about five of those six years, I was the man who made the dough which fed all the sports teams, churches, families, teachers, and local businesses when they had a hankerin' for some pizza. From Wednesday to Saturday every week starting my Junior year of high school until my senior year in college, I'd churn out several hundred pounds of dough each night (I'd go through two fifty pound bags of flour every three batches of dough I'd make, and I would make anywhere between 10-14 batches a night, especially during American football season) to ensure the next day's orders could be met. When I started my final year in college I had to cut back my hours, so the owner had to replace me as the primary dough maker. Around that time I started hearing complaints about the consistency in the crust--it didn't rise the same way, it was too thick/too fluffy, etc (Fast Eddies does a sicilian style pizza, so we made a thicker dough). I don't know if it's an accurate belief to hold, but I like to think that for a brief moment, my particular notion of what a "good" pizza dough should be like had become the preference of thousands of people in the surrounding area.
Dude, I live nowhere near you but i respect the hell out of hte guy that does the dough. That is the foundation everything is built on. Strong foundation, and everything can be built amazingly. Weak foundation and it all falls apart no matter what the rest is. As someone who's never been to Fast Eddie's but as a lover of pizza? THank you.
Glad to see another Pineapple fan Mike! My parents raised me on Hawaiian because "it would keep me interesting" I still don't know why you guys don't have more subscribers. Thanks to you I can now act as a Pizza aficionado whenever I'm asked what my favourite food is (it's Pizza)
Thank you so much for publishing this video! I used it in my Gr. 10 Foods class as an introduction to a unit on dough and pizza. Awesome information. Great job!
Mexican Pizza, Flour tortilla with refried beans topped by another tortilla, covered in enchilada sauce, cheese, green onions, tomatoes and olives. That is my go to pizza and it's super easy to make at home.
+Jedibob5 Pizza and pancakes are the only food that I consider that even though the flavor changes when it is cold, it is greatly enjoyable in both forms. Those are two different experiences that I like for what they are.
+manamaster6 Day old pancake is the best, especially if it was well slathered in butter the day before and was made by someone who really knew what they were doing.
Sean Sultan I don't personally like butter on my pancakes (besides the one used in the recipe), but if it is well hydrated with maple syrup, condensed swetened milk or a Mexican caramel named Cajeta, I love them hot or one day old and cold.
My old history teacher was taken as a POW near Naples during WW2. He (an Englishman) said his first experience of pizza was in a back of a truck headed for their POW camp - he noted that it was just tomato sauce and bread which he claimed was the original recipe - but then I guess not only was there was a war on, there was an invasion on. Still - they gave their POWs pizza - well played Italy.
in Rome, we bought Pizza Rustica - a heavy crust, square pizza sold by the slice. Show how much you want, it is weighed, you pay by the gram. Want it to go? The slice is folded in half as a pizza sandwich. Seems someone in a high foot traffic location would try marketing it here.
+11thNite I was pretty sure that there where tons of you out there. They seem popular here even if I do not get it. Well good thing we can all get the pizza we like :)
+Cryolisk I love pineapple on pizza, but I hate cooked pineapple, so I'm alright if it's added afterwards, but not if it's cooked on it. Not sure why. Guess I'm weird. Same thing with tomatoes. Can't stand them if they were cooked on the pizza. Added afterward? Awesome.
***** But if will not you draconian methods lead people eating more pineapple pizzas? Maybe not out of love but fear. But the end result is less pineapple pizzas for you! :o
Chicago thin crust doesn't fold, which I like (and it's served party cut, which I also like) but if you're looking for deliciously weird here, weirder than Deep Dish (which I merely tolerate), there's a few restaurants that serve Pizza Pot Pie. It's a mushroom-shaped ball of pizza dough stuffed with cheese, sauce, and sausage. like a calzone, only rounder and more raised and generally better.
During this video I had a sudden realization about pizza... and oddly enough sushi. Which is a weird comparison but indulge me for a second. The most important ingredient in those two foods is not what we commonly think of as being the best part of each. I noticed this sometime after going vegan , I ate pizza without cheese, entirely, not even vegan, "cheese," and to my surprise it was still awesome. Super awesome, but not quite as awesome. I came to realize that the ingredient that really makes pizza is the combination of the bread and the sauce. Which got me thinking about sushi, how people view sushi as raw fish, but it isn't. The literal translation of sushi means vinegared rice. Raw fish by itself is call sashimi. you can eat vinegared rice by itself and it is still sushi and can be used to make various different sushi foods, maki(rolls) and inarizushi(stuffed tofu pouches seasoned with sweetened soy sauce and dashi) coming to mind. But the raw fish by itself is sashimi, just as cheese on bread is cheesy bread and cheese by itself is just cheese. Without the sauce it isn't pizza, but pizza without cheese is still pizza. Which is interesting because the origins of sushi was in a way to preserve fish. Originally they used vinegared rice to preserve raw fish, in fact the rice would turn into almost a porridge and would be discarded not even eaten with the fish. It wasn't until the lower class citizen started eating this food that they decided not to let the rice sit for that long and eat it with the fish. All leading up to what we now call sushi, a slice of sashimi over sushi rice. Vinegared rice to be exact.. It also seems modern pizza developed similarly in that cheese is an integral part of the best pizza. We have two foods who's most integral part of the food isn't even the part people associate with the food or come to the food to eat, nor is it the best part of the food either. Which is saying something because I am vegan and I think sushi is better with fish and pizza better with cheese. I also would like to mention that when you train to become a sushi rice they place the most important on rice preparation and there are sushi chefs who will send their apprentices out to other sushi restaurants to try the rice by itself with no topping(neta) to better understand what makes good sushi. Some sushi chefs even say the rice is the primary ingredient. I imagine good pizza is similar in that a good sauce makes the best pizza, all else is secondary. It is also interesting how pizza and sushi range form extremely cheap and convenient, delivery and sushi trains to much more high class. Sushi probably having a larger range of prices it goes for. I also make my own sushi and it is a similar experience to making pizzas versus ordering it. Sushi is too much work to taste good after you make it. It kills the appetite, but in a similar fashion to how you described ordering pizza to be a much more rewarding and enjoyable experience. eating at a sushi restaurant is fast, delicious and you get to keep the orders going until uncomfortable fullness. There is also the closeness in that everyone shares their food at sushi restaurants(in american at least). You order a lot of everything and everyone gets to try it all. It's almost a bonding experience.
If morning pizza is a different pizza, then drunk pizza is a different pizza. There is a place near me that is actually only open from 12-4am next to a bar.
I have never in my life thought, “who am I sharing my pizza with? Who has the other slices”. Probably because my dad and brother were the other ones... I guess we should have ordered a whole pie! Hahaha
Damn it ... I've watched this video three times and all three times I've been compelled to immediately acquire some pizza and enjoy it thoughtfully and slowly ... with extra cheese.
I can't help but imagine yelling PIZZA is the counter to a war cry or a crow repeatedly chanting "Fight." It's like "Well we could beat each other up/have a fight to the death OR we "could all just chow down on this fresh pizza that someone brought with them, for the express purpose of stopping a fight."
Pineapple on pizza is OK! People who think pineapple should never be put on pizza are the same sort of people who kick puppies, pronounce it "jif" and turn their underwear inside out instead of washing, I've heard from a reliable source.
I'm glad he talked about leftover pizza because there's something really magical about waking up and finding pizza in the fridge that you had forgotten about. Sometimes you just don't want hot food for breakfast and in those cases cold pizza really hits the spot.
+Jesse Jordan Indeed! I never thought about leftover pizza as a separate "thing" before but it totally is. Not just physically: more mellowed with flavors blended together; but also a different mode of eating: cold, foraged from the fridge or counter or other random place; and, mentally: as the video seemed to be suggesting, leftover pizza is an entirely different state of mind.
Cheese (mozarella), tomato... and basil! It's not a real pizza if it doesn't have the green, white and red of the Italian flag; basil is just as essential!
This is a fantastic and super comprehensive video! If more people were watching videos like this instead of the next clickbait garbage the world would be a better place!
vitamindubya I don't see it. But then, I also own a pizza stone and I make my own bread among other things. Perhaps I'm a bit pretentious too. Mike at least seems somewhat self-aware about it all, even admitting to his own "hipster-dom" in the hot sauce episode.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, there's a lot of pizzerías too there are more of 1200. In here there's in fact a 5km marathon were people goes from the El Imperio in Chacarita to El palacio de la Pizza in Downtown visting 8 of the more important pizzerías in the city. In general the most important ones are from the first half of the XX century, and even tough the cooks were italians allmost anytime the pizzerías belong to spanish inmigrants. Here in Buenos Aires we also eat with pizza a kind of bread called "Faina" made of chickpea flour that comes from Genoa, Italy
Legal immigration that IS and not illegal immigration. A lot of people and conservative politicians are for legal immigration but against illegal immigration like myself.
Pizza isn't as big here (Australia) as it is in America. So there's this reemergence of rustic pizza run by small families that's amazing, and quite affordable.
The "Margherita" pizza hasn't been invented on 1889, the "tomato, mozzarella and basil" pizza existed well before. It has just been given this name on 1889 to please the Savoy queen.
Leftover pizza is magic. I've had probably hundreds of pizzas worth of leftover pizza for breakfast over the course of my life, but it always makes me think of very specific leftover pizzas. Specifically the ones we'd have for breakfast the morning after birthday party sleepovers when I was a kid. Mike said breakfast pizza is more indulgent. Breakfast sleepover pizza is the most indulgent of all.
I think the magic of leftover pizza is literally chemical. The acid in the tomato interacting and breaking down everything else to release extra flavor.
