I'm not. I like somewhat salty things and would have no problem with lots of green olives, for example. But anchovies seem to be saltier than salt is. "It's like a sailor emptied his boot on the pizza" sums it up for me.
Well, but you don't even like peas, so I know we have diverging tastes. ;p (Anchovies are not just salt, they are also fishy. I don't like them so much by themselves, as in Greek salad for instance. But in moderation on a pizza, they just work.)
I like peas. I always have. I like them best fresh from the garden, but even dried peas turned into pea soup are good. In fact, I will happily eat even mushy canned peas, though fresh ones are best.
People seem to forget how versatile pizza is meant to be. A Neapolitan pizza is just crust, olive oil, and anchovies. It's almost an appetizer instead of the full meal.
Olives. Essential. I've even got my non-olive loving wife trained in this matter - all pizza coming through our door must have at least half the slices with olives on them.
And our Sicilian-heritage friend would disagree with most as to what goes on a pizza (except for maybe doodles' comment above), she's of the mindset that less is more authentic for a pizza, everything else is Canadianized.
The "deep dish" pizza soup promoted by Chicago seems to go against what I consider a good pizza: the 1/4-inch or so thick crust with a few good toppings. And when someone puts the cheese on TOP of everything else, I always wondering what deficit they are trying to hide.
Still, it would be interesting to travel to both Chicago and New York and sample the "ideal" pizza of each and see if either one has anything to it besides (and deserving of) a rabid following.
I'm reminded of the time my weirdo roommate managed to get our dorm banned from the Papa John's delivery list for a while...
Though the delivery guy was pretty awesome about it.
She called in the order and at the end of this huge, unnecessarily-complicated list of crap she wanted on and/or done to the pizzas, she added "and next time, put the crust on top".
...they arrived upside-down. I didn't speak to her for two days. Papa John's wouldn't deliver for a week.
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Date: 29 Dec 2009 03:12 (UTC)Pea==yuckon
Date: 29 Dec 2009 03:31 (UTC)And if yuck was a force with an exchange particle, that particle would be the pea.
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Date: 30 Dec 2009 03:43 (UTC)And our Sicilian-heritage friend would disagree with most as to what goes on a pizza (except for maybe doodles' comment above), she's of the mindset that less is more authentic for a pizza, everything else is Canadianized.
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Date: 30 Dec 2009 03:53 (UTC)Still, it would be interesting to travel to both Chicago and New York and sample the "ideal" pizza of each and see if either one has anything to it besides (and deserving of) a rabid following.
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Date: 31 Dec 2009 12:14 (UTC)Though the delivery guy was pretty awesome about it.
She called in the order and at the end of this huge, unnecessarily-complicated list of crap she wanted on and/or done to the pizzas, she added "and next time, put the crust on top".
...they arrived upside-down. I didn't speak to her for two days. Papa John's wouldn't deliver for a week.