Over 70's: Do you remember your first pizza?

[MossRoad]

Any of you ever buy a frozen pizza from Aldi's then dress it up a bit at home with more toppings and cheeses. It's not bad in a pinch and pretty reasonably priced.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I remember being about 10 or 11, the local pizza place would have "all you could eat for $3 on Tuesdays". Well a few friends and I decided it was well worth riding our bikes there after school.

A couple of us decided to see who could eat more (see where this is going?). It was down to my friend and me.... both at a full large 18" under our belts.

I think I made it to another 2 or 3 slices. I had to call my mom to come pick us up. We couldn't take a step without almost heaving.....

I never did something like that again (except for alcohol in college).....(I still can't even look at a can of Genesee Cream Ale without getting nauseated)

Whenever I see the clips of those hotdog eating contests..... well lets just say it brings back bad memories .....

 

[5030]

The Betty Crocker box stuff isn't bad when you 'doctor it up' with extra pepperoni and mozzarella cheese. Just like the old days, dry dough in a bag and a can of tomato sauce. Add water, knead the dough, spread it out on a cookie sheet, add the sauce and 'fixings' and bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

We do them pretty regular and just like all other pizza, it's not much reheated.

Amy gets it at Menards. Like 4 bucks a box.

 

[Jstpssng]

In the '60s we occasionally would have pizzas as a treat from a local sandwich shop... most likely in May when the greenhouse was going full bore and my father was there from 6:30 AM to 8:00 PM or later.
Every Sunday night though, my mother would make pizza from kit, the dough was in a can like the Pillsbury dough boy, and a small can of sauce.
It was rectangular and fit on a cookie sheet, she'd put mushrooms, green peppers, and a few other items on it.

I make a deep dish pizza which doesn't require rolling and fits in a 9x12 cake pan. With tomato sauce, cheese, and a few toppings it makes a great meal, and there's enough for several lunches the following week.

The first Hawaiian Pizza with Canadian Bacon, was a revelation of just how good food could be. Many may say this is an abomination. It isn't. Its the connection of two different cultures that makes something better. Extraordinary better.

Hawaiian is good. To me it's the sauce which makes a good pizza, along with a decent crust. Those two can make almost anything taste good. Except pepperoni... I bought too many lunches from warmers and that's all some people seem to put out. There used to be a shop called "Ryan's Pizza" down in Bar Harbor on the coast run by a capitalist Dead Head, and he knew how to make good food. One of my favorites was hamburg and spinach on whole wheat crust. It's been decades since I've been down there though, I don't believe that he is there anymore.

I didn't read this at first because I'm not over 70... my apologies for not following the rules.

Just remember though, when you place your order don't forget to say, "No Anchovies, Please!"

 

[BravoXray]

Was there ever any left over?

Ha!
Surely you jest!

 

[Jstpssng]

Ha!
Surely you jest!

 

[BravoXray]

The West Coast chain called Shakey's made it to my small county seat (Pop. 17,000) about 1961. I assume they started right after WWII, like so many restaurant chains. They served a pretty good pie and, at least in that town, would serve anyone beer with their pizza without checking ID. I suppose I was 14 when they opened.

In the 70s there used to be a Shakey's on Nappanee Street just south of Beardsley Ave. in Elkhart. We used to eat there all the time as it was only about 3 miles from our shop. I remember they used to have a screen with silent movies playing in the dining room.
I think there was one in Dunlap too, across from where Concord High School is, next to the Tastee Freeze.

 

[BravoXray]

Any of you ever buy a frozen pizza from Aldi's then dress it up a bit at home with more toppings and cheeses. It's not bad in a pinch and pretty reasonably priced.

I do it with the cheapo Jack's pizzas occasionally. I add a bunch of pepperoni, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese and they're not to bad.

 

[tallyho8]

We had a Shakey's Pizza right outside New Orleans also, right by the cheaper Mr. Pizza. I ate at Shakey's once but they were twice the price of Mr. Pizza's and since I was only 20 and spent all my money on my hot rod, we ate at Mr. Pizza's when we had a little spending money. I actually liked the thin crust, not too plentiful toppings, more at that time. The last few times I had pizza were from Papa Johns.

One of the oldest pizza places in New Orleans is Venezia's which you can tell from their antique neon Pizza Pie sign.

 

[JasperFrank]

I think people don't understand anchovies at all. They refer to the salted fish that come in cans, and not the unsalted fresh fish which are fantastic on a thin crust, seafood with pesto, based pizza. And yes, I had that Firesign Theatre album.