Unpopular Opinions Post [NOT 3/4/21]

3/4/21 brightersideoflife 34
picture of David Rose from Schitt's Creek and the quote "I'm trying very hard not to connect with people right now."
Me after this afternoon

Hi, friends! Sorry for the late post.

Let’s debate amongst ourselves. I’ll start.

Deep dish pizza is just a casserole with an identity crisis and is not actual pizza. Especially Chicago-style deep dish, which can drown itself in Lake Michigan.

Signed,

this post is brought to you by someone debating ordering (thin crust) pizza as a snack tonight

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34 Comments

    • Yep, see: even Jersey boys agree. 
      Chicago deep dish is the grossest pizza. I remember being horrified the first time I tried it–first because the sauce was on the top, second because it was so small and dense-looking (seriously, it looks like the futuristic pizza in Back to the Future II – before they put it in the hydrator), third because it landed like a brick in my stomach. Thin crust all the way. New York, Napolitana, Romana, etc…
      California Pizza Kitchen can keep itself on the West Coast, too, please.
      For a time, there was a Pizzeria Uno on First Avenue in the East Village, and then a short time later the legendary Una Pizza Napoletana set up shop there, too. I remember someone telling me the best pizza in the City was at Uno Pizza on First Ave near 10th St, and being horrified he meant “Pizzeria Uno”. Turns out, he meant Una Pizza Napolitana, and we could continue to socialize. Crisis averted.

      • I take it you never made it to the Pizzeria Uno at the South Street Seaport? That was a match made in Hell. How many times did I go? At least a dozen, because when I would be in the South Street Seaport inevitably I had kids with me and it was the only restaurant in that shopping mall.

        • Oh my goodness, no. Apart from the weekend food market (RIP) and the occasional pub, I’ve generally steered clear of South Street Seaport dining options.

  2. Deep dish pizza is…fine I guess. I’m from the Milwaukee area and nobody gives a fuck about Milwaukee pizza which is a thin crust typically served on a large rectangular tray and cut in squares. That is truly superior pizza. 

    Will Ferrell is not, and never has been, funny. 

    • IMO Will Ferrell plays the same character for the most part.  It’s why his appeal has dropped off.
      As much as I like the acting of John C. Reilly, I am really sick of seeing those two pair up in horrible movies.

    • Oh my goodness, yes! His whole schtick on SNL was standing there stiffly with a frozen, mouth slightly agape, expression. No range. 
      I also found Zoolander to be dumb–same goes for most Ben Stiller movies once he settled into a lazy, Sandler-esque groove of broad comedy. And I don’t care for Judd Apatow’s work or any number of frat-boys-at-40 comedy crap that spanned the 90s and Aughts.

  3. I never liked deep dish pizza.  Kinda like tomato Quiche.
    Mayonnaise is overrated (also gives me heartburn.)  I don’t understand the appeal short of chicken or tuna salad or turkey leftover sandwiches.

  5. I don’t think aversion to deep-dish pizza is an unpopular opinion. I happen to love it, and I’m not from Chicago. On The Takeout (based in Chicago, coincidentally) they posted about Domino’s now offering something called Detroit-style pizza. A couple of weeks ago Better Half was on his rounds and offered to pick up dinner, my choice, to give me a break from kitchen duties. “Go to the Domino’s and see if they have something called Detroit-style pizza. There’s a Domino’s right across the street from the subway station.” “There is?” (This is how much fast-food takeout we consume, maybe something every 18 months.) He dutifully went in and the counter person was mystified. “This is New York, honey, we don’t have Detroit pizza.” I guess they’re franchised and the franchisees have some say over what they offer.
     
    My unpopular opinion is I don’t like microwaves. I very rarely use ours and only when I’m cooking and need to melt something very quickly, like butter or chocolate. They do make for very handy storage spaces for when you’re making a recipe and you’re done with one thing and need to keep it warm while you do something else that also requires an oven.

  6. Do it!  – I just returned to my home with a thin-crust pizza.
    I agree.  I haven’t spent much time in/around Chicago, and I don’t think I’ve ever had their misnomer, so I can’t really say whether it’s good or bad.  But it doesn’t appeal to me, and it’s not pizza.  Pizza is a flatbread.
    Most of my opinions are unpopular, but they also tend to be kinda boring (hey! – that’s a good summary of me, boring and unpopular 😀 ), so not much comes to mind at the moment.
    oh- I got pineapple and bacon on my pizza, so I guess that’s my unpopular opinion, I like pineapple on pizza.

    • …there’s just so many of them these days that I figure ther s bound to be some that suck & some that are great…just wish I were better at knowing which was which before I buy/drink them?

      • Do you know that I have a beloved aunt and uncle in Seattle? When this garbage pandemic is over, we will be there, and I’m sure as hell going to let you know.

    • Pineapple, pepperoni, and green olives!
       
      Sounds DISGUSTING, I know… but it’s one pizza which was Frankensteined….about 11 roommates, and nearly 20 years ago (we were living in Uptown, the first go-round, and those were the three toppings we three roommates could agree on as “pick-off-able”😉😆🤣), and it became the Go-To order looooong after that third roommate was no longer a friend!😉
       
      It doesn’t seem like a combo which should work! But the saltiness of the olives & pepperoni do *something* greater than “the sum of the parts” when you combine them/balance them out with the pineapple… the pepperoni has more “oomph” than Canadian Bacon does, snd the brine of the olives expands & adds extra depth to the flavors, too😁🤗💖

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