If anyone's curious about his teaser at the end about a unique Canadian pizza, he's referring to Windsor-style pizza, which uses shredded pepperoni and canned mushrooms. Apparently it's pretty...
If anyone's curious about his teaser at the end about a unique Canadian pizza, he's referring to Windsor-style pizza, which uses shredded pepperoni and canned mushrooms. Apparently it's pretty divisive online, but I'd like to try it. I'm not a big fan of not quite biting through a slice of pep and having it pull off half the toppings. I feel like shredding the pepperoni would alleviate that.
It seems like Canadians make a lot of divisive pies. After all we invented putting pineapple on pizza. In BC we have a few hippie places that like to put broccoli on a whole-wheat crust. I've also had some weird southeast asian pizzas here with like bamboo, lemongrass, and basil. There's also a whole genre of Punjab Indian pizzas with like tandoori chicken or things like putting cumin seeds in the crust.
I must say though my favourite pizza style I've found in Canada is Greek style. Almost a deep dish, they're very thick with a ton of toppings, baked with a thick layer of cheese on top that forms a crispy crust. When I lived in Calgary, Niko's Pizza in the beltline area was the best example I found of the style. Check out some pictures to get an idea of what that looks like.
It's also pretty common on the West Coast of Canada to have baby shrimp on pizza too, which is also pretty divisive. I love it though, and it makes me sad we can't seem to get it at any pizza...
It's also pretty common on the West Coast of Canada to have baby shrimp on pizza too, which is also pretty divisive. I love it though, and it makes me sad we can't seem to get it at any pizza places here in Ontario. :( We have lots of pretty awesome Indian-fusion pizza places here though; My fav being butter chicken pizza. It's so so soooo much better than the bog standard BBQ chicken pizza you can get in most places in NA.
Yes, that's indeed divisive. I'm firmly in the "absolutely not" camp, but I get why people like it. For me it's frustrating since a lot of places will have a "house special" that includes shrimp...
shrimp on pizza
Yes, that's indeed divisive. I'm firmly in the "absolutely not" camp, but I get why people like it. For me it's frustrating since a lot of places will have a "house special" that includes shrimp but allows no substitutions, so it's like I'm paying extra for nothing.
No friends or loved ones that like shrimp so you can just pile it all onto their slices? That's my nephew's tactic whenever we order anything other than just plain cheese pizza. :P
No friends or loved ones that like shrimp so you can just pile it all onto their slices? That's my nephew's tactic whenever we order anything other than just plain cheese pizza. :P
Whoa whoa whoa, you guys might have popularized pineapple on pizza and maybe even invented the current combo of pineapple and ham/Canadian bacon, but pineapple on pizza was already referenced in...
Whoa whoa whoa, you guys might have popularized pineapple on pizza and maybe even invented the current combo of pineapple and ham/Canadian bacon, but pineapple on pizza was already referenced in the US by the mid 1950s as "Hawaiian". I just learned all of this today but I'm gonna defend our contribution here as a pineapple-on-pizza-liker.
("might" and "maybe" in italics only cause I don't know that part of the history but it seems reasonably likely to me!)
I've been to Wooden Heads in Kingston a couple of times, and I think Canadians have nothing to apologize for when it comes to pizza. Y'all are doing just fine in my book - I would never have...
I've been to Wooden Heads in Kingston a couple of times, and I think Canadians have nothing to apologize for when it comes to pizza. Y'all are doing just fine in my book - I would never have discovered the magic of chicken and apple butter on a wood fired pizza anywhere else. :)
Oh, that sounds positively lovely. We've got a wood-fired joint around here that does figs and brie topped with arugula and balsamic reduction. Absolutely divine.
chicken and apple butter on a wood fired pizza
Oh, that sounds positively lovely. We've got a wood-fired joint around here that does figs and brie topped with arugula and balsamic reduction. Absolutely divine.
If you're around NY, Scott does pizza tours. If you're in /r/pizza, a sweetheart of a guy is also doing crawls when the weather is nice. Scott's will have more history and stuff. He also has the...
If you're around NY, Scott does pizza tours. If you're in /r/pizza, a sweetheart of a guy is also doing crawls when the weather is nice.
Scott's will have more history and stuff. He also has the world's largest pizza box collection, afaik.
I was in Hartford for one night and had an opportunity to jump on the Amtrak and head down to New Haven for some apizza. Ubering to the train station, traffic was so bad that I missed the train....
I was in Hartford for one night and had an opportunity to jump on the Amtrak and head down to New Haven for some apizza. Ubering to the train station, traffic was so bad that I missed the train. So, I had Frank Pepe's in Hartford instead. It was good, but I don't think it was the real thing.
For Chicago deep dish, I highly recommend Pequod's instead of the more touristy spots. It's probably the second best pizza I've ever had (behind John's on Bleeker, of course).
And here in Texas, we're in a sort of dearth of pizza. Sure, there's good pizza here and there. But nothing gets anywhere close to what you can find on every street corner in the north east.
If anyone's curious about his teaser at the end about a unique Canadian pizza, he's referring to Windsor-style pizza, which uses shredded pepperoni and canned mushrooms. Apparently it's pretty divisive online, but I'd like to try it. I'm not a big fan of not quite biting through a slice of pep and having it pull off half the toppings. I feel like shredding the pepperoni would alleviate that.
It seems like Canadians make a lot of divisive pies. After all we invented putting pineapple on pizza. In BC we have a few hippie places that like to put broccoli on a whole-wheat crust. I've also had some weird southeast asian pizzas here with like bamboo, lemongrass, and basil. There's also a whole genre of Punjab Indian pizzas with like tandoori chicken or things like putting cumin seeds in the crust.
I must say though my favourite pizza style I've found in Canada is Greek style. Almost a deep dish, they're very thick with a ton of toppings, baked with a thick layer of cheese on top that forms a crispy crust. When I lived in Calgary, Niko's Pizza in the beltline area was the best example I found of the style. Check out some pictures to get an idea of what that looks like.
It's also pretty common on the West Coast of Canada to have baby shrimp on pizza too, which is also pretty divisive. I love it though, and it makes me sad we can't seem to get it at any pizza places here in Ontario. :( We have lots of pretty awesome Indian-fusion pizza places here though; My fav being butter chicken pizza. It's so so soooo much better than the bog standard BBQ chicken pizza you can get in most places in NA.
Yes, that's indeed divisive. I'm firmly in the "absolutely not" camp, but I get why people like it. For me it's frustrating since a lot of places will have a "house special" that includes shrimp but allows no substitutions, so it's like I'm paying extra for nothing.
No friends or loved ones that like shrimp so you can just pile it all onto their slices? That's my nephew's tactic whenever we order anything other than just plain cheese pizza. :P
Whoa whoa whoa, you guys might have popularized pineapple on pizza and maybe even invented the current combo of pineapple and ham/Canadian bacon, but pineapple on pizza was already referenced in the US by the mid 1950s as "Hawaiian". I just learned all of this today but I'm gonna defend our contribution here as a pineapple-on-pizza-liker.
("might" and "maybe" in italics only cause I don't know that part of the history but it seems reasonably likely to me!)
I've been to Wooden Heads in Kingston a couple of times, and I think Canadians have nothing to apologize for when it comes to pizza. Y'all are doing just fine in my book - I would never have discovered the magic of chicken and apple butter on a wood fired pizza anywhere else. :)
Oh, that sounds positively lovely. We've got a wood-fired joint around here that does figs and brie topped with arugula and balsamic reduction. Absolutely divine.
If you're around NY, Scott does pizza tours. If you're in /r/pizza, a sweetheart of a guy is also doing crawls when the weather is nice.
Scott's will have more history and stuff. He also has the world's largest pizza box collection, afaik.
I was in Hartford for one night and had an opportunity to jump on the Amtrak and head down to New Haven for some apizza. Ubering to the train station, traffic was so bad that I missed the train. So, I had Frank Pepe's in Hartford instead. It was good, but I don't think it was the real thing.
For Chicago deep dish, I highly recommend Pequod's instead of the more touristy spots. It's probably the second best pizza I've ever had (behind John's on Bleeker, of course).
And here in Texas, we're in a sort of dearth of pizza. Sure, there's good pizza here and there. But nothing gets anywhere close to what you can find on every street corner in the north east.