IE, IE (Irish Envy, Irish Epicurious)

[Cackalacky]

I think a cast iron skillet is a must have. I use it for everything. Mine is also about 120 years old. I have not had any problems maintaining it. Rust can be bad but its not hard to repair. I make deep dish pizzas with my cast iron skillet as well. nom nom nom nom

 

[zelezo vlk]

You guys are making fasting difficult...

 

[Irish Insanity]

So where do I fine one of these 120 year old cast iron skillets.

 

[IRISHFAN76]

So where do I fine one of these 120 year old cast iron skillets.

Try an antique store or flea market. My dad has a collection of 45 of them ranging in size some are flat or pans. Some have ridges to make grill marks. They are truly amazing. I have 3 in my collection.

 

[dshans]

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WTF?

I've tried to respond or reply to posts but what I get is what you see above.

My contest is in post #74 in the thread.

Cast Iron belongs in every kitchen no matter how complete or contemporary.

Is there an aluminum/tin foil/en papillote conspiracy in play?

"Deep Dish" is not pizza, regardless of whatever spice and frilly meaningless doo-dads are attached.

The Second City has much to their cuisine credit. Time to step out and stop shirt-sleeving your big brother.

 

[ACamp1900]

So pizza cannot have any flavor other than grease,... Got it. Dshans' opinions on pizza are as worthless as his thoughts on politics...

 

[dshans]

I make deep dish pizzas with my cast iron skillet ...

What a waste, what a waste. What a waste of cast iron's talent. I can only shake my head.

There ain't no "deep dish" in PIZZA!!!

 

[dshans]

So pizza cannot have any flavor other than grease,... Got it. Dshans' opinions on pizza are as worthless as his thoughts on politics...

Can you not tell the difference between heart healthy olive oil and artery clogging lard?

Flavor is lost whilst treading water in the sauce-pool of Deep Dish Dyspepsia.

Reason is lost in the hide-bound throes of demagogurey.



Good food and good taste are a common bond and remain steadfast.

 

[ACamp1900]

Can you not tell the difference between heart healthy olive oil and artery clogging lard?.

I can tell a human being,... You?....

 

[Cackalacky]

No deep dish. Da fuq?

 

[pkt77242]

No deep dish. Da fuq?

ACamp watched that and then passed out from lack of blood to the brain.

 

[dshans]

I can tell a human being,... You?....

No deep dish. Da fuq?

I gots no problems with human beans. I gots no problems with "deep dish" stews, soups, ragouts and fondues.

Pizza, by design, definition and destiny has nothing whatsoever with deep and dish.

 

[BobbyMac]

I gots no problems with human beans. I gots no problems with "deep dish" stews, soups, ragouts and fondues.

Pizza, by design, definition and destiny has nothing whatsoever with deep and dish.

If deep dish is pizza then a polish on a french roll is a hot dog. I agree dshans, two different items.

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[ACamp1900]

Then 'pizza' freakin sucks...

 

[Cackalacky]

Like most culinary delights do, and especially in America due to its need to adapt, pizza has evolved from its primitive ancestors. I love a good Neopolitan as much as the next guy, which was even once just Phoneician flatbread with oil.

Chicagoans have added their particular flair to it in girth and method of preparation but for perspective, when I was in Italy, I could not find a pepperoni to save my life.

All in all its still a piece of "Pie" no matter how you slice it.

 

[ozzman]

Like most culinary delights do, and especially in America due to its need to adapt, pizza has evolved from its primitive ancestors. I love a good Neopolitan as much as the next guy, which was even once just Phoneician flatbread with oil.

Chicagoans have added their particular flair to it in girth and method of preparation but for perspective, when I was in Italy, I could not find a pepperoni to save my life.

All in all its still a piece of "Pie" no matter how you slice it.

As much as I love a good Chicago deep dish, Chicago thin crust cut in squares > deep dish.

 

[woolybug25]

Deep dish is for fat kids from the suburbs with kool-aid stains on their upper lip.

It's not an adult food.

 

[pkt77242]

Like most culinary delights do, and especially in America due to its need to adapt, pizza has evolved from its primitive ancestors. I love a good Neopolitan as much as the next guy, which was even once just Phoneician flatbread with oil.

Chicagoans have added their particular flair to it in girth and method of preparation but for perspective, when I was in Italy, I could not find a pepperoni to save my life.

All in all its still a piece of "Pie" no matter how you slice it.

^Winner.

Edit: I enjoy deep dish, thin crust, pan, Sicilian and Neapolitan pizza. It just depends on the mood. Just as what toppings I want changes, sometimes it is cheese or pepperoni, sometimes it is olives, peppers and mushrooms, etc.

 

[IrishinTN]

My wife will only eat thin crust. It's the only pizza she will ever eat. She says the rest are too "doughy". Maybe the rest of us want a pan? Or maybe a deep dish? But no, it must be thin crust for her. This is why I have been married for 21 years...thin crust pizza.

 

[ACamp1900]

I like toppings, lots of them, Chi town thin can handle that so I'm happy...

 

[ACamp1900]

My wife will only eat thin crust. It's the only pizza she will ever eat. She says the rest are too "doughy". Maybe the rest of us want a pan? Or maybe a deep dish? But no, it must be thin crust for her. This is why I have been married for 21 years...thin crust pizza.

I have a friend like that too, though she's a diet nut so I've always just assumed its the carbs she's really worried about,..

 

[woolybug25]

I will add, that if the only way you can enjoy any type of food is to cover it in massive amounts of cheese and meats, then you have an unrefined palate.

Real pizza gets it's pizazz from flavor, not puking every topping in the cupboard on it. Spices, oils and quality of ingredients should trump using a bunch of ingredients to make a cheese-sausage soup bowl.

Fat kids... suburban fat kids....

 

[BobbyMac]

Nobody in Chicago eats deep dish unless their strange cousin from Kalamazoo is in town. It's the equivalent of asking someone from Orlando if they go to DisneyWorld. It's for tourists, not locals There is a saying among Sox fans that goes... there's only 2 places in town where there are no Chicagoans... Gino's East and Wrigley Field.

Best pizza made... Aurelio's.

Second place... Home Run Inn

Can't mess with Lou's either even if it's a northside joint

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[Irish Insanity]

I live in Kzoo, born and raised. And I don't eat deep dish pizza. You take that back.

 

[BobbyMac]

I live in Kzoo, born and raised. And I don't eat deep dish pizza. You take that back.

So are you admitting to being that strange cousin?

.

 

[ACamp1900]

I will add, that if the only way you can enjoy any type of food is to cover it in massive amounts of cheese and meats, then you have an unrefined palate.

Real pizza gets it's pizazz from flavor, not puking every topping in the cupboard on it. Spices, oils and quality of ingredients should trump using a bunch of ingredients to make a cheese-sausage soup bowl.

Fat kids... suburban fat kids....

I mean this from the bottom of my heart, .... Go fuck your mother.

 

[woolybug25]

I mean this from the bottom of my heart, .... Go fuck your mother.

 

[ACamp1900]

This,

Over this,

Any day,... Sorry wooly is too pussy to handle anything other than 'cheese and oils'... His problem...

I also love the one defending chi town pizza is the guy who has never been there while all the chi towns peps says it sucks, is for unrefined palates and only tourists eat it. Good times

 

[Irish Insanity]

So are you admitting to being that strange cousin?

.

Most likely.

Pizza is a facirite, if not the top, choice of food for me. I don't do deep dish. I prefer thinner crust. Give me quality topping with a good sauce, dough, and cheese any day of the week over a trash can pizza.

 

[woolybug25]

This,

Any day,... Sorry wooly is too pussy to handle anything other than 'cheese and oils'... His problem...

I also love the one defending chi town pizza is the guy who has never been there while all the chi towns peps says it sucks, is for unrefined palates and only tourists eat it. Good times

I'll take this...

over this...

Deep dish pizza isn't even pizza. It's Italian Style Pie. Filled with anything to make you forget that you're actually eating pizza. Do you order cheese whiz on yours? Don't get mad at us for pointing out your kool-aid lip stained slices of Chuck-E-Cheese pie.