• rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Pizza absolutely hurt me when I couldn’t wait to eat it after it came fresh out of the oven.

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    3 months ago

    I used to belive this fella :,(

    Just this last week, I had the saddest ass Pizza I’ve ever had. My worldview has been shook, now knowing pizza could actually be that bad.

  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    For me, it’s Pad Thai.

    Large chunks of fried tofu. Get it Thai hot. Halfway through I’m on my second napkin for my runny nose.

    I could eat that every day and never get tired of it.

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    3 months ago

    used to know someone who preferred pizza cold. they would buy takeout pizza from dominos or whatever and put it in the fridge to have cold a few hours later

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    This is not pizza’s fault, but I’m limited in what kind of pizza I can eat because I cannot eat gluten. Unfortunately it seems the gluten free industry is content with those god awful thin crusts, whereas I liked pan crust and deep dish style. So I miss real pizza a lot.

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      I mean, you’re probably aware of this at some level, but fluffy dough is a problem in general, because gluten is the glue that normally traps the CO2 bubbles produced by the yeast.

      They are reasonably successful with making somewhat-fluffy bread, but I’m guessing the thicker dough and not having toppings, which bring in moisture, helps a lot.

      Having said all that, I’m also surprised that we haven’t found an alternative glue yet.

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      Hey, at least it’s a menu option. I get my hopes up whenever I see pizza places boast their allergy accommodations, only to find out that there’s no dairy-free alternatives except “No cheese”

      You know why? Too many people pretend to be gluten intolerant. Now I’m not talking about celiac disease, which actually does permanent damage to your guts if you eat gluten, and I’m assuming you’re afflicted with it, just like half my mother-in-law’s family. I’m not talking about them, I’m talking about the fad dieters.
      Not enough people pretend to be lactose intolerant. The opposite, in fact; My lactose-intolerant wife pretends to be able to process lactose just because it tastes so good.

      When cheese is the most expensive ingredient on a pizza, I don’t feel like I’m getting my money’s worth when I say “No cheese.”
      People suffer to have cheese because it’s so good.

      Apparently they’re willing to deal with crispy cardboard crust to have it.

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      3 months ago

      Is there really bad pizza though, unless it is spoiled? Even shitty pizza is still kinda okay.

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        3 months ago

        Vegan pizzas can taste downright vile. Had one that used some rubbery cheese substitute with saitan pepperoni and it took all my will to finish the slice. I’m sure vegan food can be good but it’s definitely easy to fuck it up too.

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    3 months ago

    One of my favourite pizzas is the ones I had in school breaks/lunch. The base was a bit spongey, the cheese had hardened on top, and it had a sprinkling of herbs.
    By all means it is low quality, but whenever I get a cheap pizza slice like it I’m genuinely a bit happier.

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    3 months ago

    Pizza has taken 2+ hours to arrive and shows up burnt, under cooked, or sloppy. Pizza absolutely has disappointed me unfortunately.

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    3 months ago

    Tfw you feel this way about pizza but wake up one day in your late 20s and are suddenly lactose intolerant x.x

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      Just use hard cheese like gouda, emmentaler etc. - you can make it yourself or buy deepfreeze pizza with that (they usually disclose the type of cheese they use). And most deepfreeze pizzas here contain so little cheese that even the ones based on mozzarella aren’t really an issue unless your reaction to lactose resembles an allergy more closely than an intolerance.

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        Fo sho. Im not entirely cut off from pizza, I still probably make 5 or 6 of them a year. It just comes with significantly uncomfortable digestive consequences now, so pizza has gone from “beloved staple” to “rare treat” for me. What i really miss is cheap pizza like the $1.50 slices from costco. It’s just never worth it for me anymore now that it comes with guaranteed digestive discomfort the next day

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          You still get “significantly uncomfortable digestive consequences” from the pizzas you make yourself? What kind of cheese do you use?

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            I still make them with the same recipe I perfected before I became lactose intolerant, haha. I tried replacing dairy or using lower lactose substitutes at first, but that ended up being more effort for a pizza that I personally didnt enjoy as much. Ultimately I’d rather significantly reduce my pizza intake than compromise on my ingredient preferences. I’d probably feel differently if I were actually allergic, but as is my only consequence is pain and I can handle that

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              3 months ago

              Weird, I actually prefer hard cheese over mozzarella. It has more inherent taste and browns faster.

              Ever tried lactase pills, do those work for you?

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                I dont like the way hard cheeses melt as much. I love varieties like parm or asiago as an accent sprinkled over the main cheese, but imo nothing compares to a 4:1 mozz/gruyere mixture for pizza.

                Sadly lactase doesnt seem to do anything for me. I’ve been lactose intolerant for a few years now and tried a lot of the things people do to mitigate it; ultimately the only thing that worked for me was significantly changing my diet. Silver lining, I make really good fried rice now

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                  Sadly lactase doesnt seem to do anything for me.

                  I wonder if you didn’t randomly gain a milk protein allergy instead of lactose intolerance. Generally if someone’s lactose intolerant, just taking some lactase should help (as long as the dose is taken as directed & is high enough) since it breaks down the lactose to simpler sugars.

                  Lactase wouldn’t do squat for someone with a milk protein allergy, though.

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        Hell yeah brother, im glad for you. I’ve yet to find a non-dairy cheese that I personally enjoy. The cashew nut based ones are the only ones that imitate cheese texture very well imo, but I strongly dislike the taste of cashew so those are a non-starter for me

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          I was a massive cheese love before going non dairy but I’ve never fully understood peoples gripe with non dairy cheese. If any were different I just chalk it up like a different variant of cheese. Dairy cheese come in all different flavours and textures too. Like red leicester vs cheddar vs Gloucester vs wensleydale. All are different, some more so than others. I think trying to find a non dairy cheese to replace a specific kind you liked is always going to be troublesome. Some non dairy cheese don’t help themselves but calling themselves “cheddar style” etc though so they give people that expectation from the bat.

          I find for pizzas as long as they’re meltable (which most are nowadays anyway) I can get away with, it’s then just having different flavours depending on which one I’ve got in the fridge on the day. Some times I’ll have a pre-grated “mozzarella”-like or sometimes it’s just a block of tescos own nondescript “cheddar” style cheese.

          I think most that I end up feeling are coconut oil based, but that’s just because it seems to be the standard. I sometimes get artisan cashew cheese but that’s more for having on crackers or digestives though.