A recent discussion talked about pizza not being pizza anymore and it prompted me to start this.
What type of pizza toppings do you NOT like or think are just plain weird?
Now I've tried lots of different things on pizza before and some were good, some were so-so and I ate it but wouldn't necessarily try it again.
My husband and I were at CiCi's a week or so ago and I saw macaroni and cheese pizza for the first time. It didn't look very appetizing to me so I passed it up, but Tom took a piece. He ate it, but gave it one of his 'never again' looks.
I'm sorry, but there are just some things that should be left alone and not put on top of pizza just because you can - macaroni and cheese is one of them.
How's about you?
[question posted by Ldyjarhead]
responses and comments:
Anchovies,yukk. I have always thought that these horrible things had no place on a pizza,and the first time I tasted them I gagged.I honestly think that the cheese made them even more yukk.Macaroni cheese,oh my god,that sounds awful to. [rintintin]
I would never try anchovies! You couldn't pay me to. Yuck!! :) [cwilson26]
Well, for me, I think putting fruit on pizza is just plain wrong. If you wanting to eat healthy eating fruit on pizza loaded with tomato sauce and cheese isn't the way to go.. My personal opinion. Now my husband always makes a face when he sees seafood pizza. He and I agree Seafood is best eating by itself. [Chey1970]
One of my faves,the Hawaiian Pizza,with pineapple and ham!drool [ShepherdSpy]
I have never had anchovies, but I have no desire to. I am pretty tolerant with my pizza toppings, but those are a big no no for me. I also refuse to eat green peppers in general let alone on my pizza. To me shrimp has no business being on a pizza either. [lilybug]
I cook with onion and pepper, but don't like to actually eat it, so no peppers for me either. I love shrimp in just about any form, but I don't think the flavor would stand out on pizza. I might scrape it off and eat it by itself, though. :) [Ldyjarhead]
i also agree with you that sometimes pizza is not being pizza anymore because some goes over bored already. here i saw pickled egg pizza, i passed it up because its not a pizza anymore. lol. would you try that if you saw it? i would pass up also with that macaroni and cheese you are saying. [roniroxas]
I second that one! [ShepherdSpy]
Ohhhh, I love CiCi's Pizza but there aren't any around here where we live in the San Francisco area. We used to go there when we lived in Virginia Beach. I did try their Mac & Cheese pizza and it was actually very good at the CiCi's we went to! They made great pizzas there... I think they just had a wonderful cook! As far as what kind of toppings I do NOT like on Pizza... I'd have to say sardines! No thank you to any kind of fish on pizza... ewwww! [koalatbs]
Maccaroni on pizza! There's a heart clogger. I totaly agree about the fish, any seafood in general dosen't belong on a pizza. [clarissa1234]
Well I love the supreme pizzas with pepperoni, sausage, ham, green peppers, onions, black olives, I am not much for trying new things.....If I don't know how it tastes I am not much for trying it. I don't know why I am like that, I just cringe at new things, stange, HUH? We have a Papa Johns here and it is sooooooo good!!! [kcook57]
It surely is GOOD! Don't get to eat much pizza anymore because of the carbs in it...and being diabetic it is not a good thing. But I am getting a taste for some and that means I will have to have it. See what you did to me, you caused me to crave pizza now....but thats okay cause the tv commercials don't help either...LOL!!! [kcook57]
At our takeaway they do a doner meat pizza, at first I thought it sounded disgusting, but when my son decided to try it one time I had a slice and its lovely. Now usually I cant eat doner meat because it comes back for another visit a few hours after, it repeats on me awful. But for some reason I can eat this and not have a problem! They also have a pizza on their menu that is garlic kiev pizza, but I cannot bring myself to try that one I dont know why, its probably lovely. But I would not have tried macaroni and cheese pizza, I just cannot imagine that at all. [gemini_rose]
You never tried a Kebab,Ldyjarhead? [ShepherdSpy]
I want pepperoni,hamburger,sausage,green peppers,onions,black olives.No mac and cheese,fish,or fruit. [nairington]
Mmmm the pineapple ham combo is the best, and I have never been to Hawaii. [Deea48]
I like fruit on my pizza, specially pineapple, but willing to eat applesauce also. My daughter can't eat tomato products and the pizza would be quite dry. I put on blueberries, blackberries and ham on yesterdays pizza. This may sound strange, but she can't eat cheese, so I'm always looking for food that tastes good together. Foods I don't like that many people put on pizza are mushrooms, olives, bell peppers, pepperoni, and fish. That phrase in a famous movie "Fish are our friends" applies in my house. We don't eat any kind of fish. [Fishmomma]
macaroni and cheese pizza? That sounds gross I agree that there are some things that should NOT be on a pizza on my list of things to NOT be on a pizza are anchovies, brocolli, cauliflower, bean sprouts, and roadkill [zukepr]
me and my boyfriend went to Cabo and we were craving for pizza ya well we went to a Dominos by our resort. Well we desided not to eat pizza that night cause wow those pizzas were weird and we weren't sure if we were going to like them, we are picky. [Kimberly92119]
I love CiCis but I would not be able to eat macaroni and cheese on my pizza as a topping. I don't care for anchovies on my pizza, but my father loved them! I really don't care for pineapple on pizza either. I love sweet items ... but not typically on pizza. Papa John's has a bar-b-qued chicken pizza that is surprising good. Usually I would not think of having chicken on pizza. My favorite pizza is the Margherita Pizza ... this pizza is named after the Queen Consort of Italy in 1878. It has the three colors of the Italian flag ... red tomatoes, white cheese and green basil. Here is a great recipe for this pizza ... mmmmm lovely! http://www.thatsmyhome.com/venettos/pizza/margherita-pizza.htm [marilynut]
hmm mac and cheese pizza does not sound right at all... I would not think that very starchy foods have a place on pizza - so that nixes mac and cheese as well as potatoes, lol. I can not get myself to find pineapple on pizza as attractive. I just made pizza tonight and put mackerel on it, though, and it was pretty good - not as salty as anchovies [Modestah]
haha wow that is odd a macaroni and cheese pizza.. tooo much carbo load :D in the philippines, a local food called laing - its being cooked with coconut milk and gabi leaves. ewww they made it into a pizza topping and i will never try that not in a million years. [chiyosan]
I use to make pizza for a living so, now I do not eat them often. I am a big fan on ham and pineapple pizza love that combo, plus sausage, mushroom, onion, my next favorite. I would never eat any sort of fish, especaily anchovies, ewwww. And the oddest thing I ever saw on a pizza was tofu. Yuk! [Deea48]
Thanks Marie Anne, for best response. Do you know what, I was thinking I still make Pizza's at work, I cook sometimes and we have Heggies Pizza there. They are yummy and you can only get them at Pubs and cafes I think. hehehehe look how far I have come hehehe.... sometimes life just makes me giggle.rolleyes [Deea48]
We once went to Denmark and they had tuna and shrimp on their pizza! Gross! In Holland they put a fried egg on top of our spaghetti! To each his own, I guess! [getnbuy]
Macaroni on a pizza,donīt know what to say.It doesnīt sound good. Iīve never seen pizza with some fish on.In my ears it also sounds strange [ennasus]
We went to our local pizzeria when we moved to our new town and read the menu. We could not believe what we saw. Saurkraut pizza. That's right, saurkraut on a pizza. The pizzeria which is also a buffet had one available and we tried it. One bite. That is all it took. Yuck! It was nasty. For my taste it was. There were other people actually enjoying it. For me give me my roast beef pizza with ranch dressing for sauce and I am perfectly happy. [sherrir101]
Oh yes. Years ago i had to type a whole selcetion of pizza m enus as part of a job i had and some of them were well bizzare. Avocado. ok i like avocado, but can;t see how it goes on a pizza. Banana. i guess thats the same idea as pineapple. Mango chutney? now thats just out there. However i think every nation has kinda created it's on varitaions on the theme. broccoli pizza i'd never even thought of but i had it once when i was on holiday in the US and it was really nice. You'd never see it here. Spinach pizza sounds kinda strange too but thats lovely. Here in scotland you can get deep fried pizza (euwh) and kebab pizza both of which ideas sound unpleasent to me but each to thier own. [indium]
I have seen the ads on tv for a macaroni and chees pizza that sounds gross. I will not eat any pizza that has any kind of vegetable on it either no oinnions, peppers, black olives, no anchovies or any kind of fish. [luvstochat]
I'm not saying that it's wrong or anything, but there are some toppings that I just am not attracted too! Just like some of the toppings I like that other people think are gross! Toppings that I am not interested in are= vegetable toppings, pineapple only toppings,I don't even like plain cheese topping by itself, spinach on a pizza! The toppings that I do like are= the supreme, and all of the meat toppings, and the anchovies(which a lot of people don't like)! [musicman6]
I am a fierce advocate of salty stuff ONLY on the top of a pizza but I have the "pleasure" of living in a place where dessert pizza was invented a couple of years ago. Can you imagine blueberry jam on your pizza crust?! [catmint]
I don't think I could handle a macaroni and cheese pizza. I had some kind of potato pizza once that wasn't too bad. It was thin sliced potatoes and had bacon and cheese on it. It didn't have a ton of flavor, but it was edible. My family is addicted to mased potatoes and I saw mashed potato pizza on a menu once and tried it. It was just plain weird. The whole pizza was soft and mushy which made it seem like it wasn't even pizza. It had a loittle bit of cheese on it and they gave you sour cream on the side. Never again. I started making chicken ranch pizzas and buffalo chicken pizzas and the whole family loves them. That's about as adventurous as we dare to get with dinner pizzas. We do love breakfast pizzas too with scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese and bacon. [chellekellam]
It's gotta be anchovies. And right after that I think would have to be artichokes. Both are gross beyond my wildest dreams. [BCMike]
No weird pizza eaters here. I like alot of vegies on mine. My husband and children like alot of meat. so they love it when I make pizza at home. I make my dough from scratch and load it down for them. [ebberts]
Good Morning! I tried macaroni and cheese topped pizza the last time my family and I ate at CiCi's and I'll have to admit that is the strangest topping that I have ever had. It was okay but I don't think I would ever want it again myself. I don't like black olives and I would never eat a pizza that had anchovies on it. As far as the other toppings I haven't had anything else too bad so far. Great discussion! SheliaLee [SheliaLee]
They put fried eggs on pizza'a here which is really odd and shouldnt be done... [deedee30]
well the other day our office treated us for pizza on the floor... We got the pizza from Yellow cab. This pizza is really delicious and very tasting but they had this seafood pizza with shrimp..I didn't like it. Seafood on pizza is just not an IT to me. It's not very good. I also don't like those pizza that has less toppings and mostly cheese on them like from another pizza place i forgot the name..I love shakey's pizza and pizza hut they always serve the best pizza ever.:) [p3halliwel2005]
Never anchovies, mushrooms, onions, green peppers.... I can deal with pepperoni, sausage. Love pineapple and pepperoni together. One of my favorites though is white pizza. No sauce, however, some places I have had it as uses a white cream sauce. (I am having a brain fart here....cannot think of the name of it, although it is on the tip of my tongue). [YorkieBear]
I like all the meats and mushrooms, and yes, pineapple too. Yummm! Don't think I've ever had any white pizza like you say, though. (I see you figured out your picture. I was going to tell you how and then I saw you had it already) [Ldyjarhead]
I don't like anchovies either. [snowy22315]
That mac and cheese pizza is not normal! Yuck! w00t What about bologna? I told my spouse about this discussion and that was his suggestion. Cold cuts should never make an appearance on top of a pizza. rolleyes [beautyqueen26]
I honestly don't think any fruit other than pineapple belongs on a pizza and even pineapple i don't like. Dessert pizzas are different they don't have meat on them at all so fruit on them is ok. To me anchovies, chicken, olives all don't belong on pizza either. All i figure belongs on pizza is: pizza sauce, ham, pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, onions and cheese. Sausage and Bacon are also acceptable. Anything else on the pizza causes me to turn up my nose or pick it off. SHRIMP or any shellfish absolutely do not belong on any pizza for me. I'm anaphylactic to shellfish. [saundyl]
Some are pretty strange and/or awful...cheeseburger, chicken alfredo, bbq chicken... The worst I've had was a frutti di mare pizza in Italy. It had octopus tentacles, squid, and fish...yikes [brimia]
Oh that sounds gross! I wouldn't eat octopus or squid by itself let alone on pizza. And fish? Fish is fine by itself but leave it off the pizza. :) [cwilson26]
Oh that is gross! I agree, I think people should leave pizza alone. I don't know why they have to mess good stuff up by adding other toppings to pizza. Wolfgang Puck made a pizza with caviar and one with scrambled eggs one time on the Food Network. Oh so gross! Give me a pizza with pepperoni and cheese and I'm good to go. Of course I do like it with green peppers, hot peppers, mushrooms, sausage, hamburger, and the usual stuff on it. I'm not saying I would eat a pizza with ALL of these on it at once but these are some of my favorite toppings. Macaroni and cheese should be left off of pizza if you ask me. :) [cwilson26]
YEARS back now,there was a UK "Yellow Pages" ad showing a Pregnant Woman with food cravings having the husband using the directory ringing round looking for a place that would do a special order,the punchline of the ad was that She wanted a Tuna and Banana Pizza! I was working in Belfast at that time,and a new pizza place opened up across the street,and of course,I went in to check it out..nice Pizzas,I found,but there was one on the Menu I'd never the nerve to try..Yep,the "Yellow Pages" Pizza! Never saw anybody order it!lol [ShepherdSpy]
Oh I can understand the craving because she was pregnant but that sounds awful! Sorry tuna and bananas need to stay off of pizza! :) [cwilson26]
I kind of find it strange that chicken goes on pizza. And pineapple. But I don't judge those who eat it because I've never tasted either. [thekenj]