Poll of the Day > Is Chicago style pizza really pizza?

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it's a type of pizza I guess. I mean actual Italians don't consider our pizza to be real pizza. american pizza is very different from what they eat in Italy. Pizza here is a meal. in Italy pizza is just a snack or appetizer

GeoMaggs posted...

No. They both use milk as a base ingredient and then add other ingredients (like bacteria for yogurt or enzymes for cheese)

I'm not going to pretend to be a yogurt or cheese making expert, but a quick google search lists both cheese cultures and yogurt cultures as a collection of bacteria and some of them share a lot of the same bacteria.

GeoMaggs posted...

use different production methods to make them something completely different.

which is the point of asking if it would be a pizza or a casserole. The cooking method is closer to a casserole than a pizza. They are made in a large deep dish pan and cooked slowly in the oven. It has similar ingredients to a pizza, but uses those ingredients in a different way. Someone else brought up stromboli, it has the same ingredients as a pizza, but it is prepared and cooked differently.

GeoMaggs posted...

Saying yogurt and cheese are the same is like saying wine and grape jelly is the same thing or beer and animal feed is the same thing.

I didn't say they were the same, they are very different, but the raw materials in them are very similar.

GeoMaggs posted...

Pizza has is made from dough, cheese, and tomatoes (though cheese was never part of the first pizza ever made), with no specific method identified for layering, and baked. Same basic ingredients and method of cooking for all types.

Bread sticks are baked, often come with cheese and are served with marinara sauce, same ingredients, both baked, but they are not considered pizza.
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slacker03150 posted...

which is the point of asking if it would be a pizza or a casserole. The cooking method is closer to a casserole than a pizza. They are made in a large deep dish pan and cooked slowly in the oven. It has similar ingredients to a pizza, but uses those ingredients in a different way. Someone else brought up stromboli, it has the same ingredients as a pizza, but it is prepared and cooked differently.

I didn't know people made casseroles in deep dish pizza pans.
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Revelation34 posted...

RFC22 posted...

Deep Dish is the ONLY type of pizza!!!

Maybe in Chicago.

Its still an expensive item out here. Much easier and cheaper to just grab a slice. Deep dish is a nicer meal, if youre looking for pizza.
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Zikten posted...

it's a type of pizza I guess. I mean actual Italians don't consider our pizza to be real pizza. american pizza is very different from what they eat in Italy. Pizza here is a meal. in Italy pizza is just a snack or appetizer

we clearly care more about pizza
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The Popo posted...

Its still an expensive item out here. Much easier and cheaper to just grab a slice. Deep dish is a nicer meal, if youre looking for pizza.

I demand a deep dish Chicago style pizza with Chicago style hot dogs as the filling.
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It's better than NY.
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I've had pizza that was cooked like a pot pie (Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders not far from where the St. Valentine's Day massacre happened in the 1920s) and served as 1/4 pound, 1/2 pound, etc. Chunks of meat, mushrooms, etc. swimming in tomato sauce but it was really good.

GastroFan posted...

I've had pizza that was cooked like a pot pie (Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders not far from where the St. Valentine's Day massacre happened in the 1920s) and served as 1/4 pound, 1/2 pound, etc. Chunks of meat, mushrooms, etc. swimming in tomato sauce but it was really good.

Looks really good.
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GastroFan posted...

I've had pizza that was cooked like a pot pie (Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinders not far from where the St. Valentine's Day massacre happened in the 1920s) and served as 1/4 pound, 1/2 pound, etc. Chunks of meat, mushrooms, etc. swimming in tomato sauce but it was really good.

you had a potpie with pizza flavor.
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