Yank's Free Range Turkey Trot Warming House and Bondage Barn

[TANSTAAFL58]

Not insulin Tan. I'd be dead.

That's interesting, a Canadian around here is green pepper, mushrooms and pepperoni. I'd rather have bacon.

Different chains I guess, different areas. I usually add roasted peppers and red onions.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

The crust.



Yes, he doesn’t look like he will need a walker anytime soon.

His daughter Bianca is a heptathlete and starting to put the family name back on the sport pages again.

That is very cool. He's still wildly popular here.

 

[twister947]

Is it okay if I eat pizza the way I want it? I mean, it's my money...

 

[gracie920101]

Is it okay if I eat pizza the way I want it? I mean, it's my money...

I know you love the pineapple, right?

I've also considered dried cranberries and feta cheese on a pizza.

 

[IrisAlthea]

That is very cool. He's still wildly popular here.

Yup, I think perhaps even more than here.

 

[midwestyankee]

I know you love the pineapple, right?

I've also considered dried cranberries and feta cheese on a pizza.

This sounds like a salad without the lettuce. Might be tasty.

 

[midwestyankee]

There's a tiny (4 tables for 4 plus a 5-place bar) pizza joint in my area (too far for regular visits, but close enough to stop in once or twice a year) that uses a wood-fired brick oven. The crust is usually just a little charred and the flavor is heavenly. The tv over the bar seems always to be tuned to Italian soccer (ok, football for you purists) and the help will cheer occasionally as good plays occur. It is not unusual that I am the only one in the place not speaking Italian.

Theirs is arguably among the very best pizza made in the Chicago area.

Pineapple on pizza - like cranberries - is just one way to achieve a balance of sweet and sour that is fully craveable in many other foods. I am not opposed and have eaten it occasionally. Here, a pie with pineapple and ham (or sometimes what we call Canadian bacon) is sold as a Hawaiian if it is given a name.

 

[midwestyankee]

I’m not opposed either. I wouldn’t order it, but I’ve tried it, and it’s fine. I like being a hardass.
I maintain there is no bad pizza.


Then, there is sublime pizza.

And a charred crust goes a long way towards that.

Oh, yes there is bad pizza. Just like there are bad blowjobs. Just because the average is pretty good and the best examples are sublime, those from that area two or more standard deviations below the mean are to be avoided at all costs.

Frozen pizza from your grocery store is an abomination. St. Louis pizza is a horror show and so is a lot of the stuff sold as pizza south of the Mason Dixon line. There's Sushi Yasuda and then there's the drek you get at the gas station.

 

[midwestyankee]

What is St. Lois pizza? I know I can Google it, but I like your descriptions.

When I joke about pizza that resembles a Saltine cracker topped with ketchup, it's my experience with pizza in St. Louis that is my inspiration. The crust is thin but tough so it can carry more weight than it appears capable of holding, but why would you want it to do so? The crust has the consistency of amazon delivery boxes that have been sealed with varnish andvstored in your attic sincec2006. The locally popular sauce is horrifically bland, but the worst offense is the cheese. They use the Velveeta of white cheeses: provel. It's moderately soft-firm like mozzarella, but the flavor is more like wheat paste but without the zing.

Putting even a shriveled and desiccated mushroom on this imposter is an insult to that mushroom that's on its death bed.

 

[midwestyankee]

I saw on the Twitter machine that Noo Yawk mayah Bill DeBlah weighed in on pizza toppings yesterday. In his view, no pizza should ever sport any pineapple. On this topic, he decreed "This isn't California." Many pundits pointed out that the pineapple pizza has its origin in Canada and that the only U.S. state accurately associated with pineapple on pizza is Hawaii. But what can you expect from a guy who eats a New York slice with a knife and fork?

 

[wicked woman]

I saw on the Twitter machine that Noo Yawk mayah Bill DeBlah weighed in on pizza toppings yesterday. In his view, no pizza should ever sport any pineapple. On this topic, he decreed "This isn't California." Many pundits pointed out that the pineapple pizza has its origin in Canada and that the only U.S. state accurately associated with pineapple on pizza is Hawaii. But what can you expect from a guy who eats a New York slice with a knife and fork?

He's right. New York is not California. So much the worse for it. (Although their Finger Lake area does have some good wineries.)

 

[wicked woman]

So does Long Island. Come out and we will go.

Long Island has wineries? I did not know that. The borders would have to open up first.

 

[midwestyankee]

Long Island has wineries? I did not know that. The borders would have to open up first.

To be fair, you closed your border for very good reasons, about 80 million of them by my count.

 

[wicked woman]

To be fair, you closed your border for very good reasons, about 80 million of them by my count.

Agreed. I was in Arizona in March 2020 for a short vacation celebrating a friend's birthday. Covid-19 seemed so far away when I left but Arizona was a bit of a hot spot, or so it seemed. Arrived home, just before the borders closed, to quarantine for 2 weeks. The death counts in the US were frightening.

But hoping for better days. I miss my red rocks.

 

[midwestyankee]

Agreed. I was in Arizona in March 2020 for a short vacation celebrating a friend's birthday. Covid-19 seemed so far away when I left but Arizona was a bit of a hot spot, or so it seemed. Arrived home, just before the borders closed, to quarantine for 2 weeks. The death counts in the US were frightening.

But hoping for better days. I miss my red rocks.

I'm pretty sure Trump never got around to selling them to EXXON so they should still be here when you get to return.

 

[wicked woman]

I'm pretty sure Trump never got around to selling them to EXXON so they should still be here when you get to return.

My precious red rocks? He better not have. Where would I meet my friend on our annual trips to see each other?

 

[midwestyankee]

As the kids say, I'm just going to leave this here.

The Perfect New York Slice.

 

[midwestyankee]

This is really cute.

That last slice she made with the big blister looks amazing.

I was salivating. I'm pretty sure I would eat anything that had the blessing of Michael Imperioli.

 

[midwestyankee]

I adore him as well.
Did you see him on Celebrity Chopped?

No. I've never seen that show or any of its sistets or its cousins or its aunts.

 

[midwestyankee]

So...a belated Happy Canada Day to all my friends from north of the Sanity Curtain.

 

[wicked woman]

Thanks Yank. Fara is correct though our Canada Day celebration became more a day of reflection over our country's treatment of our Indigenous people...both past and future...with the fairly recent discovery of over 1,000 unmarked graves of young children on the sites of residential schools that were run by religious organizations. It's felt by most that this is just the tip of the iceberg and that unmarked graves of murdered Indigenous children will be found at all the sites of residential schools.

While Canada has many reasons to celebrate, this is definitely not one of them. Even the small city that I'm from had about 10,000 people walking in support of our Indigenous people on Canada Day. Not only is the number huge for us, but our Covid-19 restrictions don't allow for gatherings of this size, even with masks (and you know there wasn't consistent social distancing). We can't eat inside restaurants, our retail stores are only at 25%-50%, depending on whether they're essential or not, and the people allowed to congregate in one place is still very small. So it says a lot for 10,000 people to come out in support.

The picture is our flag pulled aside to show the orange T shirts with "Every Child Matters" on it.

 

[midwestyankee]

Fair enough.

It's heartbreaking to read all these stories about the past mistreatment of indigenous children. So it's goid to mark thecday with reflection and remembrance. I can guarantee that we here, who have plenty of such misdeeds in our past, will not feature much reflection or remembrance as we mark our independence day tomorrow.

Here's to a more kind and accepting future across all of North America.

 

[wicked woman]

Fair enough.

It's heartbreaking to read all these stories about the past mistreatment of indigenous children. So it's good to mark thecday with reflection and remembrance. I can guarantee that we here, who have plenty of such misdeeds in our past, will not feature much reflection or remembrance as we mark our independence day tomorrow.

Here's to a more kind and accepting future across all of North America.

Agreed...here's to a more kind and accepting future by all of us. Kind and accepting is good.

 

[wicked woman]

Thank you for this. I have many Canadian friends. I’m paying close attention.

You're welcome. I believe the total now is over 1,500 found unmarked graves.

 

[midwestyankee]

I learned two very important truths from the refective parts of the Noom program, which I followed for five months earlier this year. First, food is a dominant form of celebration for me. Second, sharing interesting meals is one of the common ways that we express love within our family.

Thus, since my oldest is visiting this weekend for the first time in 18 months, I am about to go into a carb-loaded multi-day food coma.