Pizza toppings suggestions

[Mrs Magpie]

Pizza isn't much eaten in this house although there are usually a couple of dirt-cheap supermarket value brands in the freezer for the lads. They tend to use it as a base and put summat else on top (salami slices, mushrooms, peppers, whatever). I used to make pizzas with the children many moons ago but not having a pizza oven we always did it on pitta or Portuguese flatbread using tomato puree and other toppings. A good way to help kids learn veg chopping and cheese grating skills.

 

[RubyToogood]

Bit late to the party, but I was once massively confused when watching an American film when they started referring to "flan" and it became clear that they meant basically creme caramel. Like this: http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/sweetsanddesserts/r/easyflan.htm This involves no pastry at all.

Google suggests this is some kind of Spanish/Mexican thing.

Just thought I'd add some clarity to the nomenclature situation.

 

[Geri]

Bit late to the party, but I was once massively confused when watching an American film when they started referring to "flan" and it became clear that they meant basically creme caramel. Like this: http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/sweetsanddesserts/r/easyflan.htm This involves no pastry at all.

Google suggests this is some kind of Spanish/Mexican thing.

Yes, I was in Barcelona once and I bought one of these from a café. The man asked me what they were called in England, and I said creme caramel. "No, in England!" he said.

 

[_angel_]

Just back from spending £45 on pizza toppings

You fucking what?

 

[mrs quoad]

You fucking what?

Well, pizza toppings & cheesecake ingredients. We've got a fair bit left over.

5 close family members were coming up for my dad's birthday, and we've been taken out to 2 decent meals yesterday. So, given we'd gone for pizza, I wanted to make sure it was pretty worthwhile. I've been up since 7 prepping (including making dough), & there wasn't much time between 7 & 12:45 when I wasn't occupied with something pizza-related.

£14 on various cheeses (a load of ricotta, 250g mozzarella, some Gorgonzola left)
£10 (ish?) on ham (free range), chorizo, Parma ham. Much of which is left.
Olives, red peppers, organic mushrooms, walnuts, spinach, artichoke hearts, pesto, basil, fresh tomatoes, emergency passata (in case we ran out)...

And biscuits, limes, white chocolate for the cheesecake (mascarpone costed with the cheese!)

It added up.

Worth it for the result. Gonna be eating pizza for the next week, mind.

 

[SNAFU Manchu]

domino's meateor - best pizza known to man

 

[mrs quoad]

Btw, standout winners were walnut, Gorgonzola, spinach & olive; and parma ham, mozzarella, olives, roasted red pepper.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've just eaten THREE SLICES of a Waitrose thin pepperami pizza. I don't think I've ever eaten a whole three slices all at once before

 

[wtfftw]

I've just eaten THREE SLICES of a Waitrose thin pepperami pizza. I don't think I've ever eaten a whole three slices all at once before

You haven't lived...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You haven't lived...

I'm just not greedy

 

[wtfftw]

 

[Badgers]

I've just eaten THREE SLICES of a Waitrose thin pepperami pizza. I don't think I've ever eaten a whole three slices all at once before

At once? Stacked on top of each other and eaten as a single-triple slice?

 

[EastEnder]

I've just eaten THREE SLICES of a Waitrose thin pepperami pizza. I don't think I've ever eaten a whole three slices all at once before

Was an official from Guinness present to record the event?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

At once? Stacked on top of each other and eaten as a single-triple slice?

Was an official from Guinness present to record the event?

yep and yep