I take your wife doesn't like pizza or something? Mine will eat it, but finds the tomato sauce bothers her stomach (she had an ulcer years ago). She found the pizza that she had in Italy (Tuscany) in the spring was more to her liking than our stuff.

Mendalla

Had a calzone in Greece a few years ago.   Absolutely delicious....way better than any pizza I have ever eaten.  Wish I could find something comparable here but so far N. Amercian calzones don't even come close.

You sound like a commercial JAE! go for it!

Just make sure it has pineapple.

You order it, and I'll eat it for you. That way your conscience is clear.

Sometimes my atruism amazes even me.

What kind of pizza Jae?  I mean what's your favourite?

Bacon, mushrooms and green peppers!  Love that combination.

I used to love the Pizza Hut meat eater's pizza (or something close to that name).

My Yobo loves pizza. Almost as much as me. What she doesn't like is spending the money to buy pizza. Well, what she really doesn't appreciate is me spending the money to buy pizza.

And so I ate fish and chips that I made for myself from frozen.

My fave pizza Tiger Lily? Double cheese, bacon, and onions. Real bacon that is. Strips of bacon, not that crumbly stuff some pizza conglomerates use.

I feel heartburn reading about that pizza Jae lol!

Mendalla ... EVERYTHING tastes better in Tuscany!!   Must be the air, or the wine ...

Fish & chips is good too jae, but not when one has pizza on the mind, I'm afraid.  Do you ever make pizza -  less expensive, and tastier!

One of my favs is sundried tomato, grilled chicken & pesto sauce - from a local Italian resto - mmmm ....

Hawaiian - with extra cheese and lots of pineapple....

Add some pepperoni to that and I'm in. I like Italian Sausage and onions, too but six toppings is pushing it, IMHO.

Mendalla

Oh I was so hungry carolla I think just about anything would have been delish. There's only two kinds of pizza I've ever made. The first being little mini pizzas. You make them with hamburger buns, cheese slices, and tomato sauce. They get broiled in the oven. The second kind  being the old Chef Boyardee boxed kit kind. C~ sometimes makes real pizza. For a while we worked in a convenience store. I was cashier, she was one of the cooks in the bakery/Pizza Hut Express. She learned how to make them there really well.

I could go for that, when I'm one of my healthier moods, which isn't all that often.

Homemade pizza can be delicious as well.  You can purchase premade crusts or premade dough, but for a fraction of the cost (this might appeal to c~) you can make dough from scratch.  If you have a food processor it is a piece of cake (or pizza) to make for the cost of flour, yeast and water.

I can post the recipe if you like!

For some reason, I feel like pizza for dinner tonight.

MMMMMMM........looks delicious....are you inviting us to your house???

I'll bring some wine...

I like, DJ, I like. Post that recipe please.

I can use my bread machine to make the dough, but since pizza is usually a "quick dinner on  a night when we're too busy to cook" or "something we can eat that doesn't require the oven on a hot night", I've never actually made it.

Mendalla

jae, that is another great avatar.

You guys are making me hungry!

Thanks crazyheart and Witch (who said in another thread).

Mendella.  I also use my bread machine at times but I actually prefer this recipe below because I can make several pizzas at once, fairly quickly.  Using the bread machine (at least my machine) makes one crust (the dough for) at a time and I need to have planned in advice.  This I can decide at 5 to make pizza and have 2 or 3 pizzas on the table by about six.  The frugal person in me figures that is about the time we would wait for a delivery anyway.  This way is cheaper and healthier.

You will need:

- 1/2 to 3/4 cup warm water

- 1 package OR 1 Tbsp of dry yeast

- 1 tsp sugar

- 1 Tbsp veg. oil.

- 2 cups of flour

-1/2 tsp salt.

-combine 1/4 cup of warm water with the yeast and sugar.  stir to dissolve the yeast and let stand about 5 min until bubbly

- put the flour, oil and salt in your food processor and process about five seconds with a steel blade

- add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture and continue blending about 10 or so seconds.

- continue to have the food processor run and slowly add JUST enough of the remaining water through the tubey thingy at the top of your processor (like my technical jargon) so that the dough forms a ball that cleans the side of the food processor bowl.

- process so that the "ball" twirls around your processor about 25 times.

- put the dough ball on a 14" greased pizza pan or large cookie sheet and cover with plastic wrap or a bowl.  let stand about 10 minutes.

- after about 10 minutes form your pizza crust and top with sauce, cheese and toppings of your choice. 

We like plain cheese, ham and pineapple and vegetarian pizzas. 

Bon Apetit.

I have subsituted one cup of whole wheat flour and had the pizza crust turn out quite nicely if you want to be healthy!

OK people, sorry to be negative, but are we confusing Wondercafe with Facebook here?