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Pizza De Mayo 2013

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Pizza De Mayo happens during the second week of May every year. When you choose to celebrate it on that week is up to you. Margaritas are, of course, entirely optional.

Due to a whole lot of weird crazy stuff happening in my life that I won’t get into,
I’m having to postpone my Pizza De Mayo this year.

The important thing is that you have Pizza De Mayo… SOME TIME IN MAY!

Don’t go doing that weird Mayfest type thing where they hold it in June, or Octoberfest in September. Just don’t.

Since my 2012 post was a pre-PDM post,
Here’s a few photos that were taken during Pizza De Mayo 2012:

Pizza De Mayo 2012- Mac and Cheese with Smoked St Louis Rib meat

Mac and Cheese with Smoked St Louis Rib meat

Pizza De Mayo 2012 - Spinach and Garlic

Spinach and Garlic

Pizza De Mayo 2012 - Spicy Italian

Spicy Italian – Meat & Peppers & Meat & Peppers & Cheese

Pizza De Mayo 2012 - The Elvis: Peanut Butter Crust, covered with milk chocolate and bacon, filled with a peanut butter banana custard & topped with caramelized bananas.

The Elvis: Peanut Butter Crust, covered with milk chocolate and bacon, filled with a peanut butter banana custard & topped with caramelized bananas.

Pizza De Mayo 2012 - The Elvis: Peanut Butter Crust, covered with milk chocolate and bacon, filled with a peanut butter banana custard & topped with caramelized bananas.

The Elvis: Peanut Butter Crust, covered with milk chocolate and bacon, filled with a peanut butter banana custard & topped with caramelized bananas.

You can read what I posted about Pizza De Mayo 2011 here.

You can read what I posted about Pizza De Mayo 2010 here.

Happy Cheese Pizza Day!

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Happy Cheese Pizza Day!


“All cheese, please!”

Pizza de Mayo 2012

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Pizza De Mayo happens during the second week of May every year. When you choose to celebrate it on that week is up to you. Margaritas are, of course, entirely optional.


pdm20100512-meatza05

You can read about Pizza De Mayo 2010 here.

PDM 2011:

Pizza De Mayo 2011 featured the glorious return of
‘Deep Dish MEATZA 2 (Electric Meataloo)’.
More stable than the original with the addition of an outer crust,
this well-constructed deep dish marvel was a meat-a-licious cheese-a-riffic flavor bomb.

Deep Dish MEATZA 2 (Electric Meataloo)

You can read about Pizza De Mayo 2011 here.


This year, new combinations will emerge with a vengeance.

Will Meatza return?
Will we be able to survive another attempt?
Will coronary bypass be required?

Will another pizza emerge to surpass it’s culinary glory?
Will it be Sweet or Spicy?
Will 6-hour BBQ smoked items appear?
Will peanut butter be involved?
Do I have enough tomatoes?
Will I need to re-stock the bar?
Should I start selling tickets to this thing?
Only time will tell.

Stay Tuned…
(America!!!! Eff Yeah!)

 

A Deep Dish Video

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

HAPPY PIZZA PIE DAY!

A Deep Dish Video

music by THE RUB

Deep Dish 101 – Lesson 2: The Basics.

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Hello.

Welcome to Deep Dish 101 – Lesson Two: The Basics.

Webster Poppadopoulous DictionaryWebster’s dictionary defines pizza as:

   a dish made typically of flattened bread dough spread with a savory mixture, usually including tomatoes and cheese and often other toppings and baked.

Deep dish pizza is also made like this, except for a few differences.

1) While most pizzas are baked directly on the stone floor or deck of a pizza oven, a deep dish pizza is baked in a pan. The original Chicago deep dish pizzas were made in round pans, very similar (possibly identical) to cake pans. (never start a sentence with) Because Deep Dish was intended to be a more substantial version of pizza, it is made in a pan and constructed to have a high outer wall to contain the generous amount of ingredients put inside.

2) With a few exceptions (Jersey, I’m talking to you!), most modern pizzas are made with the dough on the bottom, then the sauce on top of that, and then cheese goes on the very top, along with any additional toppings.

Deep dish pizza is assembled in a very similar way to a New Jersey “Tomato Pie”.
Cheese goes down first, then toppings, and tomato sauce goes on top. For deep dish pizza, this is essential, because if you don’t put the sauce on top, the cheese and toppings will burn due to the longer baking time.

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NEW: Deep Dish Anatomy Chart – version 2.0

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

I’ve redone the Deep Dish Anatomy Chart, in the style of a vintage hanging school chart.
It includes some additional information about each layer, and also contains some phrases in Latin, just for good measure.

Anatomy of a Deep Dish Pizza

This chart is also available as a poster in two different sizes and on limited apparel items at:

Real Deep Dish: The Shop - Click to go there now!

Real Deep Dish: The Shop - www.cafepress.com/realdeepdish

Deep Dish Food Porn – June Edition

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Look what I found on my digital camera!
Here’s some photos of a deep dish pizza I made last week:


To get the charred outer edges, I started with a standard deep dish crust, which I covered with sliced mozzarella and sliced cheddar all the way out to the edges and up the rim of the deep dish pan.

This pizza was a super-combo, containing: