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My wife puts Tabasco sauce on her pizza, while I am convinced that an Italian person dies every time she does that. Help us sort this out, please.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

All Italians are already dead after Brazilians decided that having sushi or French fries on a pizza was ok.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

They died way before that when japan started putting ketchup on pasta

As a pineapple on pizza enjoyer I am not gonna judge, taste is subjective so no one but you decides what goes on your food. Honestly, this is how new recipes are made. If no one tried new variations then we wouldn't have most of our favorites!

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depends on the pizza. If you are eating a traditional pizza just like mamma mia made back in the old country, skip the Tabasco.

If you're eating greasy sloppy pizza from a dirty little place called, "Joe's" load up that Tabasco and the chili flakes, and add some of that artificial Parmesan powder that comes in little packets!

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Man, I dip it in ketchup like a literal toddler.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Hot sauce on pizza is a staple. Especially a good vinegary sauce. I'll put aside my ghost pepper sauces and grab my Valentina for it.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yes.

Also, chili crisp is even better. Def try it.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I don't like to put hot sauce on my pizza when it's still warm but cold pizza with hot sauce is pretty damn good

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Depends if it's good pizza or not. If you're talking a sauce heavy Italian/Boston style slice the Tabasco is a travesty... if it's some shitty NY slice the load that sucker up.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As someone who grew up in the NYC pizza area, but has lived in the Boston area for a few decades, this is incomprehesible to me. While there is some very good pizza to be had in the boston area, it is from very individual places, whose pizzas do not constitute any cohesive boston style (and some of which are NY style).

What I would call the closest thing to a regional style is the pizza from sub / pizza shops, usually run by greeks and so sometimes called greek pizza, which tends to be cheese heavy (and i'm not sure what the mix is, definitely not just mozerella/parm), and lacking in the sauce department, to my taste.

I'm sure there is bad NY pizza, but good NY pizza has a tastier sauce, thin crust, and a good cheese balance. And unless things have gone downhill since my last visit (which is certainly possible) even your average NY pizza is pretty decent.

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[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

What about spicy oil? It's at least how I see it served, but may be there it even more traditional

[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Here’s my take: most countries outside of the US are lacking when it comes to condiments and sauces. It’s your food, dress it how you wish. One of my recent favorites for pizza is Bachan’s Original Japanese Bbq sauce

[–] eskuero@lemmy.fromshado.ws 2 points 2 months ago

Tabasco is the sauce of life. If I had to replace my blood with another liquid, it would be tabasco

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Your pizza, Your choice

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

I just mix a buttload of chili powder into the pizza sauce when I make them

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That sounds pretty good to me. Though I would prefer crushed peppers, jalapenos, or Salsa Yucateca, Tabasco is a little too sour. Why do you care? Are you literally gatekeeping her pizza?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Hot take, but sauce on pizza is both too messy and too salty. It's enough on it's own, damn it!

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Totally.

Its not the best hot sauce for pizza bit its still excellent and one of the best hot sauces.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sriracha on pizza is fantastic, eating that at this second.

Correction: Underwood Sriracha

[–] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago
[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I put it on cold pizza, on hot i use chili flakes

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[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I like spice but I'm spice baby, so I put tobasco on a lot of stuff.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If you are eating pizza by italian standards, theres only 1 topping besides cheese on there, 2 if you are daring. I like to bend the rules when it comes to personal preference and I also put tabasco on pizza sometimes.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I put Franks Red Hot on pizza all the time. It's no problem.

Pizza isn't owned by the Italians anyway. Many variants are decidedly American anyway, so it would be like a French person complaining about how the British cook a roast dinner.

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