Aaaaaannnddddd pre shredded packaged cheese is crap. It's cheap cheese to start with, it's got additives that suck, and it tastes like crap.

Go buy a piece of REAL cheese. Grate it yourself, just takes a few seconds.

Seriously.

In other words, Make America Grate Again.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
Man but I miss NY/NJ pizza!

Amen, amen, and amen!

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Originally posted by deepocean:

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
Man but I miss NY/NJ pizza!

Amen, amen, and amen!

Agreed. We have good to great restaurants here in Houston, but there isn't any great pizza. Good pizza, yes - but none that is really good.

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Originally posted by jhe888:

Agreed. We have good to great restaurants here in Houston, but there isn't any great pizza. Good pizza, yes - but none that is really good.

I don't know how you guys do it down South. I was in Mississippi for 4.5 months for USAF training back in 2006 and noticed there were literally TWO choices for pizza; Pizza Hut or Dominoes. NO Mom & Pop Pizza shops like up here in the North. We have them almost on every corner! Just in my small town we have 5 Mom & Pop Pizza shops. One diner, but 5 pizza joints!

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Originally posted by jhe888:

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Originally posted by deepocean:

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
Man but I miss NY/NJ pizza!

Amen, amen, and amen!

Agreed. We have good to great restaurants here in Houston, but there isn't any great pizza. Good pizza, yes - but none that is really good.

In N Houston, we have a small chain called crust that is very good but not great. We also have Mod which is good.

If you look at the link I posted earlier, one of the certified pizza napolitano pizzerias is reasonably close to your office.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Aaaaaannnddddd pre shredded packaged cheese is crap. It's cheap cheese to start with, it's got additives that suck, and it tastes like crap.

Go buy a piece of REAL cheese. Grate it yourself, just takes a few seconds.

Seriously.

In other words, Make America Grate Again.

Word.

I've tried to convince the wife of this, but she claims she can't tell a difference. So when it's her turn to buy groceries, she keep picking up the nasty, chalky, pre-shredded cheese.

Buy real cheese. Take a few seconds to grate it yourself. It's worth it.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Aaaaaannnddddd pre shredded packaged cheese is crap. It's cheap cheese to start with, it's got additives that suck, and it tastes like crap.

Go buy a piece of REAL cheese. Grate it yourself, just takes a few seconds.

Seriously.

In other words, Make America Grate Again.

Word.

I've tried to convince the wife of this, but she claims she can't tell a difference. So when it's her turn to buy groceries, she keep picking up the nasty, chalky, pre-shredded cheese.

Buy real cheese. Take a few seconds to grate it yourself. It's worth it.

Give her this 83 page thesis to read about the effects of anticaking agent on browning of mozzarella

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Give her this 83 page thesis to read about the effects of anticaking agent on browning of mozzarella

If they would just adapt that thesis into a Netflix romcom series starring Nathan Fillion, then it might have a chance of getting through to her.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Sauce:

1 6 oz. can tomato paste
6 oz. warm water
3 Tbs parmesan
1 tsp minced garlic
2 Tbs honey
3/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp each of oregano, marjoram, basil, and black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp of Italian MSG (anchovy paste)*

*Optional, but it's much better with.

This sounds so good, will HAVE to try. Thanks for posting. We occasionally use ready made dough from the deli and just add toppings. So much better not to mention cheaper.

I recall reading about cellulose being included in grated commercial cheeses.

At the very least, even if they were shredding their own, cornstarch is added into the grated cheese to keep it from clumping up.

I grate my own mozzarella, and parmasaen, what's interesting is that whole cheese is more expensive per pound than shredded, so that tells you something.

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Originally posted by Turning_gal:

This sounds so good, will HAVE to try. Thanks for posting. We occasionally use ready made dough from the deli and just add toppings. So much better not to mention cheaper.

Let me know what you think. I really like it, but like anything, peoples' tastes differ.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Aaaaaannnddddd pre shredded packaged cheese is crap. It's cheap cheese to start with, it's got additives that suck, and it tastes like crap.

Go buy a piece of REAL cheese. Grate it yourself, just takes a few seconds.

Seriously.

In other words, Make America Grate Again.

Word.

I've tried to convince the wife of this, but she claims she can't tell a difference. So when it's her turn to buy groceries, she keep picking up the nasty, chalky, pre-shredded cheese.

Buy real cheese. Take a few seconds to grate it yourself. It's worth it.

Mine is the same. The convenience gets her every time. She is very much about shortcuts.

Just had another one last night and confirmed again that the cheese simply does not have that stretch and chew of the old cheese.

Why are we eating Pizza Hut when we have like 5 Mom & Pop pizza places in our town? Well, my wife is the family finance director and she likes that she can get a large 2-topping Pizza Hut pizza for just over 6 bucks when a large plain, no toppings pizza from a Mom & Pop is easily 10-12 bucks.

One thing I did take notice of is that Pizza Hut still is pretty generous with the cheese and the one we had almost seemed like an extra cheese pizza compared to one from Papa John's, Domino's or one of the Mom & Pop places where they have gotten progressively stingier with it over the years.

I hate a pizza joint that is stingy with the toppings. I swear we have had a large pepperoni pizza from the Little Caesars here that had 1.5 pieces of pepperoni per slice. It bears absolutely no resemblance to the picture on the wall of the establishment. No bueno.

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Originally posted by arfmel:

we have had a large pepperoni pizza from the Little Caesars here that had 1.5 pieces of pepperoni per slice. It bears absolutely no resemblance to the picture on the wall of the establishment. No bueno.

I have a friend who does not hesitate, not even for two seconds, to hand something back if it does not measure up to the picture on the wall or on the menu. "Nope, I want one that looks like the picture," he will say.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by arfmel:

we have had a large pepperoni pizza from the Little Caesars here that had 1.5 pieces of pepperoni per slice. It bears absolutely no resemblance to the picture on the wall of the establishment. No bueno.

I have a friend who does not hesitate, not even for two seconds, to hand something back if it does not measure up to the picture on the wall or on the menu. "Nope, I want one that looks like the picture," he will say.

Did he look like this guy?

Horse milk cheese. They milk horses, before shipping them to Taco Bell's slaughter house. (even the males)

I wouldn't even call the stuff on top of pizza hut or little ceasers, CHEESE. It's something, but real cheese it is not! Or so it seems anyways.