i stopped folding my pizza

[fluketamer]

brooklynite here.

i always folded my pizza slice my whole life.

i prolly had my first slice of pizza at about age 4. very soon after ward prolly like at age 6 i began folding my slice.

if you are from new york you know to fold it. you certainly dont eat it with a knife and fork.

45 years later and i still been folding it.

until now.

after watching that idiot on barstool sports not fold for so long i though i would give it a try.

now i will never fold again.

the point is that the ratio of cheese to dough is very important in pizza. by folding it you double the cheese in every bite.

eating the slice open gives a much better cheese per bite ratio and a much better taste IMO.

so do you fold or eat it open faced?


sorry for this post ,bored as hell at work .






or do you care?

 

[Drinking Sensibly]

Open, no doubt.
Using a knife & fork on a pizza is weird.

Also. Pineapple on a pizza. Wrong!

Why do so many people discard the crust around the edge of a pizza when it's the best bit?

 

[DBhomebrew]

I care very much. I'm from Nassau County, but my Dad speaks Brooklynese

Open:
X amount of cheese to Y amount of sauce/crust
X:Y

Folded:
2X cheese to 2Y sauce/crust
2X:2Y = X:Y

Fork and knife, FFS.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Why do so many people discard the crust around the edge of a pizza when it's the best bit?

People who don't eat the entire slice before grabbing another are worse than people who eat all the outside brownie edges. They're also always the ones who grab the best slices with the perfect distribution of toppings.

 

[mac_1103]

Open:
X amount of cheese to Y amount of sauce/crust
X:Y

Folded:
2X cheese to 2Y sauce/crust
2X:2Y = X:Y

Unless you have a really weird definition of "fold."

Anyway, whether I fold or not depends on the type of pizza and the toppings.

Why do so many people discard the crust around the edge of a pizza when it's the best bit?

They must not like the ratio.

 

[Rish]

Never fold unless I screw up and don't get the crust crispy enough on a leftover slice.

 

[passedpawn]

This thread is so funny - some basic math errors in the pizza eating. Anyhoo, if it's thin and sloppy (Mack & Mancos, I'm looking at you OCNJ folks) then you must fold. If you're lucky and they make a thin and crispy/crackery, no fold, but that's a rarity. Nobody asked, but I'm a sauce guy - it makes ALL the diff.

I was working in paris and got a pizza and it was unsliced. We found a boxcutter and got the job done. No knife and fork, ate in natural way (though I watched a Parisian eat a cheeseburger with a fork and knife haha).

 

[hottpeper13]

Just grilled 4 pies yesterday and my dough recipe uses a little corn meal and whole wheat flour. At 550* on a Lodge 14" pie pan I get thin and crispy all the time. No folding for me.

There is a place I go that has pies where you need to fold or fork and they are Delicious.

 

[jschein]

Heathen

 

[Broken Crow]

It depends what your city's pizza is like; My town is minorly famous for having the best pizza in Canada and we never fold, in part because the crust is just firm enough to hold a piece to your mouth. When I've had pizza in the US; some cities have pizza that practically begs you to fold it and some are more like I'm accustomed to.
I gotta say though: My favourite out-of-town pizza of All-Time is the stuffed pizza from https://www.edwardos.com/ ...utterly unfoldable! It is one of my Life's Great Regrets that I've never made it to NY to try the pizza, which I've always heard from other epicureans; You Fold.
Thanks for the thread!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

You don't fold a proper pizza. Which is this:

 

[fphredd]

Just Nope. ^^

 

[ehall]

weird I just folded last night, I'm ready to fold again...

 

[BongoYodeler]

...... (though I watched a Parisian eat a cheeseburger with a fork and knife haha).

Once, at an Italian restaurant, I watched a woman eat an entire meal with her knife.

 

[mac_1103]

some cities have pizza that practically begs you to fold it and some are more like I'm accustomed to

Any city worth a damn should have multiple different styles of pizza widely available. Whether a given place is associated with a particular style is a separate matter of course.

 

[Sammy86]

You don't fold a proper pizza. Which is this:

View attachment 855202

Sorry California, thats not proper pizza.

This is:

New Haven Style > Everything else

 

[passedpawn]

Pizza wars!

 

[jcav]

I care very much. I'm from Nassau County, but my Dad speaks Brooklynese

Open:
X amount of cheese to Y amount of sauce/crust
X:Y

Folded:
2X cheese to 2Y sauce/crust
2X:2Y = X:Y

Fork and knife, FFS.

I grew up in Nassau County (Garden City) also and I have been known to fold a slice or two, just saying!

John

 

[jcav]

Sorry for the double post, I deleted it.

 

[DBhomebrew]

I grew up in Nassau County (Garden City) also and I have been known to fold a slice or two, just saying!

John

Massapequa

I'm pretty sure the grandfather who owns the pizza shop I found here in St Louis is from Garden City. Best NY style pizza I've had outside of NY and I've lived in quite a few regions since leaving the Island in '98.

 

[YeastFeast]

Never been to NY and always fold. You’re not doing it right if you don’t. Pisses me off when a pizza comes out and it’s cut in more that 4 pieces.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Pisses me off when a pizza comes out and it’s cut in more that 4 pieces.

I'm imagining trying to eat a quarter of a NY pie. Even properly folded, that's a clown's serving.

 

[YeastFeast]

I'm imagining trying to eat a quarter of a NY pie. Even properly folded, that's a clown's serving.

No biggie.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Most NY pizzas I’ve had needed to be folded.

I do disagree about the OPs ratio of folding versus not folding. It’s the same either way.

And some pizzas need a fork and knife. But I don’t understand them.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

You don't fold a proper pizza. Which is this:

View attachment 855202

NO, NO, NO!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I’ve sworn off eating pizza out of state, with few exceptions. I’ve had a jerky cabby in Chicago call NY pizza tacos, ha ha, funny. some places, such as Chicago and other places in the Midwest you must use a fork and knife for the deep dish so-called pizza.

 

[Bobby_M]

the point is that the ratio of cheese to dough is very important in pizza. by folding it you double the cheese in every bite.

Folded pizza has exactly twice as much everything in every bite. How does the cheese double but the crust doesn't? I guess I failed both geometry and origami.

PS: you could move to Florida where no one would haze you for silly pizza talk.

 

[MaxStout]

I'll have the corners, please.

 

[Brewer dad]

In my gov/mil career I’ve met all kinds of folks. The only ones who got into pizza debates like this are from certain parts of the US. I’ll never forget the first time hearing “pie” in this context , which greatly confused me given there were no desserts at hand.

Guess what, it’s all tasty you buncha Yankees.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Rectangular and thick- Sicilian is NY’s no fold pie.

 

[BongoYodeler]

In my gov/mil career I’ve met all kinds of folks. The only ones who got into pizza debates like this are from certain parts of the US. I’ll never forget the first time hearing “pie” in this context , which greatly confused me given there were no desserts at hand.

Guess what, it’s all tasty you buncha Yankees.

Quite a few places call them "hot pies" where I used to live. Growing up in NY we had hot pies, (NY style round pizza), and sheet pizza, (rectangular and thick- Sicilian that Merry pictured above).

 

[jschein]

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Rectangular and thick- Sicilian is NY’s no fold pie.

You still gotta fold that, otherwise heathen

 

[Pennine]

I feel like one of those odd ones who can enjoy all of those pizzas; folded, flat, with a fork, Chicago deep, detroit, NY, pineapple, Neapolitan.

 

[Broken Crow]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/real-vs-fake-pizza-toppings.734070/page-2#post-10409938

 

[BongoYodeler]

I feel like one of those odd ones who can enjoy all of those pizzas; folded, flat, with a fork, Chicago deep, detroit, NY, pineapple, Neapolitan.

My heart is with NY style pizza, which I grew up eating. But I enjoy all kinds as you do @Pennine

I'm out west now and we have a local that makes a Thai influenced pizza with grilled chicken, shredded carrot, chopped cilantro, Thai peanut sauce and topped with crushed peanuts. it's delicious. But at some level I feel we should have different names for all the styles of "pizza." Seems it's too broad a term to cover all the varieties. My opinion of course.

 

[Pennine]

My heart is with NY style pizza, which I grew up eating. But I enjoy all kinds as you do @Pennine

I'm out west now and we have a local that makes a Thai influenced pizza with grilled chicken, shredded carrot, chopped cilantro, Thai peanut sauce and topped with crushed peanuts. it's delicious. But at some level I feel we should have different names for all the styles of "pizza." Seems it's too broad a term to cover all the varieties. My opinion of course.

A bit like IPA huh?

 

[Brewer dad]

My heart is with NY style pizza, which I grew up eating. But I enjoy all kinds as you do @Pennine

I'm out west now and we have a local that makes a Thai influenced pizza with grilled chicken, shredded carrot, chopped cilantro, Thai peanut sauce and topped with crushed peanuts. it's delicious. But at some level I feel we should have different names for all the styles of "pizza." Seems it's too broad a term to cover all the varieties. My opinion of course.

I was gonna say hey that sounds like some stuff in the beer world too but @Pennine beat me to it.

To be honest I really appreciate regionality and the differences therein. But also never pass up an opportunity to poke fun as this is a debate I have heard a couple of times.

 

[passedpawn]

Folded pizza has exactly twice as much everything in every bite. How does the cheese double but the crust doesn't? I guess I failed both geometry and origami.

PS: you could move to Florida where no one would haze you for silly pizza talk.

Haze-free zone here. Folding is pretty sweet with the style of pizza I like, which is thin and saucy.

 

[MaxStout]

OK, triangular slices or tavern cut (squares)...what say you?

Discuss.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

For the square cut pizzas, I prefer the inner pieces. It’s easier to eat that with a fork and knife sometimes. I still don’t understand why it’s square though.