Pizzas tonight


 
I am not sure about the anchovy part. Although I have never tried anchovy pizza, it just doesn't sound appealing to me. But you slap some beef or pork topping on those and I am in.
 
Bruce said:
I am not sure about the anchovy part. Although I have never tried anchovy pizza, it just doesn't sound appealing to me. But you slap some beef or pork topping on those and I am in.
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They're not really what you might be imagining. Honestly if you buy good ones, they have a subtle yet distinct flavor (though honestly not what I would call "fishy"). Believe it or not when I make say, marinara. As long as I know daughter's partner will not be eating it (he's allergic to fish), I will use anchovy paste along with a dollop of tomato paste as I am toasting garlic lightly. Before I add my actual San Marzano tomatoes. No one even knows it's there but there is a nice kind of umami it lends that if not there you'd miss but if there you just go "mmm" but you don't say "oh there is anchovy paste here". You never know what that element is. Works a little like when MSG is in Chinese cooking
 
Yes Larry. It is just a stupid aversion for me. When I first heard about anchovies on a pizza, my first thought was it was a joke or just some stupid fad. And I to this day have never done anything to dispel that attitude. If someone stuck a slice of anchovy pizza on my plate, I am sure I would give it a shot, but likely I would not order it for myself. I am totally fine with my beef and pork type toppings. I don't have anything against sea food. I will eat or try most any of it and likely enjoy it. I have two jars of pickled herring in my fridge right now. But it isn't going to make its way to my pizza.
 
It's not "stupid or an aversion". It's only something you don't know. That is completely different. IOW if you had it and said "wow, this is really good" but you didn't know what it was and then decided it was awful. That is an aversion even verging on dumb. But if you then said "wow, I didn't know it could be this good". That is enlightenment :D
 
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