A History of Pizza in 8 Slices!

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Pizza might be an Italian invention, but it is a worldwide phenomenon. Pizza has managed to evolve from a simple, rustic food item to something much more impactful. For many it is a comfort food, something that can cause an actual psychological reaction. And it is also a product, heavily branded and resold on t-shirts, hats, socks, etc. Join us as we look back on the history of pizza, and what it has become today.
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[@edwnx0]

If you don't eat the crust, we can't be friends.

[@oBdurate]

+DemonAngel 13 WHAT

[@MaurDL]

+Edwin Contreras Pizza crust is the leftover garbage only fit for paupers and plebeians.

[@edwnx0]

Maur DL It's good pizza when the crust tastes like fresh bread. 😉

[@Zimx02]

+Edwin Contreras The crust is empty calories. It tastes good, but you should avoid it.

[@oBdurate]

***** If you're looking to avoid calories, why even eat pizza?

[@Yggi_the_tree]

how to get hungry within 15 minutes

[@JEPeters78]

Yggi_the_tree lol right

[@snoop05]

*14.57

[@luciusdyal8667]

14.95*

[@lakshmiganapathyraman6301]

For me a millisecond

[@plcthelegacy4131]

Yeah, after watching this video, I can go for some tacos right now.

[@TimeShifter42]

Poison the pizza, put the antidote in the crust. Watch the inferiors slowly die because they did not eat the crust.

[@marshalltesta8302]

Genius. Seriously though, who doesn't eat the crust?! It's a free bread stick. And it's more pizza. There are no downsides to it.

[@ashvinbhatnagar2381]

loads of people

[@chunkyboy2670]

@@marshalltesta8302 theres no sause or cheese on it

[@Dragonslayer25]

I would still eat tbh

[@Twocoolman115]

Michael Jamison ya know, that actually would be an interesting social experiment.

[@ProfAwesomeO]

in new zealand we have a pizza chain called "hell pizza" who make yum but more expensive pizza, but the important part, is their boxes have a smaller box you can pop out of that box to put left over pizza slices in, very useful if your friend wants to take some home or to save room in your fridge. also the original design was coffin shaped and said "for your remains" which pleased me no end

[@suryamaharaniw1313]

ProfAwesomeO ahhh i miss hell pizza! used to get one almost every night back in Palmy 😊 whereabouts do you live?

[@edwardfletcher7790]

That is frickin' AWESOME !

[@NerdSyncProductions]

There was a time when I sincerely tried pursuing a restaurant that would only serve leftover pizza.

[@Moscato_Moscato]

That's sounds very risky Scott! Even more risky than a channel on the web dedicated to all things comic book related!!

[@Estarfigam]

+NerdSync Please let it be Ninja Turtle and Daredevil themed... Maybe an anchovy and jalapeno one called the Punisher

[@wraithgames]

+NerdSync HI SCOTT!

[@BrezelCeviche]

that sounds great, you should do it.

[@user-ir8qh9yj3y]

I guess you could just make pizza then store and sell it the next day. Technically leftover pizza. It'd be kind of funny if there was a microwave in the lobby to use to heat up a slice

[@Quietloud]

"Leftover pizza is often surprise pizza." And then I flashback to the time that I got drunk, passed out in bed and woke up eyeing a slice of pizza on the pillow. And then I had breakfast.

[@1234kalmar]

When Mike said his favourite topping are *pineapples* and jalapennos... I experienced the feeling Padmé had when Obi wan told her Anakin killed children.

[@ZechsMerquise73]

+1234kalmar Spicy pineapple chicken pizza.. How can you not love it?

[@ghosface353]

+1234kalmar Pineapples are great on pizza. It's pretty normal in Norway, we usually call it Hawaii Pizza.

[@1234kalmar]

Olyphantastic I tried it a few times, but oh my god, for me, it's the number one way to ruin a pizza

[@duncanallen18]

+1234kalmar I feel the same... as Mike. Non-vegetarian me would've added anchovies for the holy trinity of flavours.

[@1234kalmar]

Duncan Allen My only problem is the ananas, the rest sounds nice. Jalapenjos, and that small fishy. Though nothing beats crab and octopus.

[@Kalleosini]

lucky day at the office, getting all kinds of pizza for lunch after you were done recording. this made me want pizza really bad.

[@Ironysandwich]

The best thing about leftover pizza is that if you wait long enough you get extra mushrooms.

[@whitecip]

Hello from Italy. I really like the idea of the characterization of pizza according to the local traditions of the place it was imported to. We have this thing in my country, where food is almost sacred and anything that deviates from the original recipes -those that your grandmother would cook- is a blasphemy. For instance, even pineapple on pizza is a strange thing to wrap one's mind around (not only I've never had it, but I've never seen anyone eat it). I like to thing about pizza as a concept rather than a dish: Take what you have available locally, pack it in a easy-to-hold crust, make it so that the taste is in accordance with what the inhabitants of said place are used to. From this point of view pizza with curry on it is more "authentic" pizza than "traditional Napoletan" pizza imported in India would be. Let me end on a quick note about how cute is Mike's accent when he says Italian names =)

[@colexian]

I recommend trying the pineapple pizza, its actually fantastic. People make a big deal about it, but in the US every major pizza vendor offers it as a topping.

[@h8stupidppl]

Why am I watching this at 4Am... Why did I clicked on this video.. Nobody deserve to be tortured like this... nobody.

[@AdamNeely]

I consistently enjoy your cromulent use of the word embiggen. 8:12

[@magnolia847]

Lolol it’s Adam Neely🍕

[@denissaliaj9459]

And biggened*

[@ParallelPenguins]

If friendly aliens came to earth and asked me to share a food that is quintessentially earth I'd share pizza.

[@tabithamonteith5644]

I tweeted you this already, but in my town in Canada there is a Greek restaurant run by an Indian family that is best known for having astounding Pizza (an Italian dish). My favorite kind of pizza there is the "Mexican" style. So I frequently order a Mexican style Italian dish from a Greek restaurant run by an Indian family in Canada. Globalization. It's amazing.

[@Ridley369]

Honestly, that's horrifying.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Bullshit. Pizza is not Italian.. Its Greek Open Pitza (Cheese and oils on top of wheat pie). The Spanish Explorers put tomato from Mexico.. That is nothing Italian. You been lied to. Noodles are from China, not Italy either..

[@Ridley369]

@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC "Noodles are from China" lmao 🤣

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@Ridley369 Wellcome to the reality..

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@Ridley369 Yes sir.. Low Mein in chinese. they were brought to Europe by merchants even before Marco Polo..

[@maxrbmc]

This episode is what KZbin, history and indulging in the nerdy study of the history of things we love should be. It's not even hyperbole to say it brought me to tears at some points (but maybe that's because I miss pizza + D&D games, like you mentioned). I hope you are very proud of this thing you created, sir (and team)!

[@RedCaderyn]

"Cold pizza better than hot pizza? You're insane!"

[@s.j.denham1757]

Not better - just different 😁

[@brandoncespedes9421]

Eating my cold pizza while reading this comment 5 years in the future!!

[@jamesmurray4176]

Thanks Mike. You just made me order a pizza. I literally couldn't help it.

[@ML98837bob]

You and about 200+ of us who watched this video.

[@VicodinElmo]

Thumbs up for pizza and the cheeky "embiggens" reference.

[@PranavDhunnoo]

I was actually really surprised when my margherita pizza order came to my table during my trip to Italy. It's waaaay different from what I've been eating my whole life. Much tinner base, stone-baked and just enough tomato sauce for the base to hold. It was totally a paradigm shift for me. P.S: I love mushroom on my pizza!

[@singletona082]

I dislike mushrooms rather strongly on pizza, but it isn't a taste thing. It's a texture and consistancy issue. Bite down and 'wait what is THIS?!' Finely chop and distribute through the topping lair and it addsa nice bit of umami punch to things. Interestingly that is the mistake many who put pineapple on pizza make. Put these globs of Pineapple chunk on. Thin slice so it has a more consistant distribution. Same wit hspinich or brocolli actually. the problem isn't the flavor it's the chunkinesso f it. Thin chop or slice and distribute and it goes over a hell of a lot better. Anchovies are a whole other problem. You don't bake them into the pizza. That results in them rendering down into grease patches. Put them on AFTER the pie is cooked andthe residual heat will incorporate. I still think they're overly salty and gross, but if you're going to do the thign do it right or not at all. I love pizza. you have a lot of potential variants all in a simple conceptual framework.

[@Merrsharr]

Warning: Do not watch hungry

[@hemangchauhan2864]

+Merrsharr I did ;_;

[@Shalakor]

+Merrsharr I wasn't even hungry at the time, I had literally even already eaten something non-pizza not that long ago, and it was still a bad idea. Now I'll have to break off a small piece of a frozen pizza to cook somehow.

[@kgthompson5814]

Watch and eat fatass

[@pewpewpewgirlable]

Best watched while eating pizza

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Serendipity! I'm currently eating pizza.

[@digadigado]

+NerdSync Serendipity, I just watched your punisher video

[@NerdSyncProductions]

reddevved Nice!

[@Baraxis13]

+NerdSync Me too!

[@garrettlenzen]

I literally watched your new video before watching this one. Y'all should do a collaboration!

[@raiseaglass1607]

I really want pizza now.

[@MrMageofHeart]

Please tell me the Idea Channel Office had an ultimate pizza party of epic proportions after this shoot was wrapped

[@MagicMaster667]

I will never tire of this episode. It's an all-time classic in my eyes. :-)

[@morlath4767]

Growing up I was constantly in and out of hospital. Nearby was a wonderful pizza place and it was always an enjoyable experience to go there with my mum and share in slices. We spent many hours enjoying the food and conversations and it's where I would learn the joys of what it means to eat out and converse.

[@piopob]

Think about this: General tso's pizza.

[@tiki_trash]

ugh

[@AddisonTownsendGommers]

Loving the new variety of episodes.

[@lucafrancescone5929]

Incredibly accurate. Amazing. Greetings from Naples!

[@feruspriest]

This video makes me immensely nostalgic for hand-kneading dough. I worked for Fast Eddies, one of the "major" one-store ma-and-pa pizza shops in my neck of Ruralville, Ohio for six years. The place was my hometown's only pizza shop, and we had customers who'd come from Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati on a weekly basis for our pies. I was *the* dough guy when I worked at Fast Eddies, and it's really surreal to think that for about five of those six years, I was the man who made the dough which fed all the sports teams, churches, families, teachers, and local businesses when they had a hankerin' for some pizza. From Wednesday to Saturday every week starting my Junior year of high school until my senior year in college, I'd churn out several hundred pounds of dough each night (I'd go through two fifty pound bags of flour every three batches of dough I'd make, and I would make anywhere between 10-14 batches a night, especially during American football season) to ensure the next day's orders could be met. When I started my final year in college I had to cut back my hours, so the owner had to replace me as the primary dough maker. Around that time I started hearing complaints about the consistency in the crust--it didn't rise the same way, it was too thick/too fluffy, etc (Fast Eddies does a sicilian style pizza, so we made a thicker dough). I don't know if it's an accurate belief to hold, but I like to think that for a brief moment, my particular notion of what a "good" pizza dough should be like had become the preference of thousands of people in the surrounding area.

[@singletona082]

Dude, I live nowhere near you but i respect the hell out of hte guy that does the dough. That is the foundation everything is built on. Strong foundation, and everything can be built amazingly. Weak foundation and it all falls apart no matter what the rest is. As someone who's never been to Fast Eddie's but as a lover of pizza? THank you.

[@feruspriest]

@@singletona082 damn this was a blast from the past!

[@dawnwayfinder]

10:20 You only eat pizza on Fridays? Well, I'll be happy to inform you that you'll be visited by the *Sheriff's Secret Police* in about, ooh say, four seconds? Remember to eat at *Big Rico's Pizza*, the only pizzeria in town that hasn't burned down from an unsolved arson case. *; )*

[@LuxAeterna22878]

P I Z Z A P O L I C E ! ! !

[@KPbb2306]

But I do all the time...

[@leobat7007]

Personal favourite: mozzarella, prosciutto cotto, arugula and sliced parmigiano cheese.

[@Arian545]

Kebab-pizza is the best, although I am not sure you can it anywhere else than Norway

[@myoko343]

Sweden too (y)

[@1MoonShade1]

I'm an italian living in Japan, not been home in three years and though I haven't really experienced every kind of pizza in the video, it made me remember of how much I love it. Thanks to you I'm now homesick, so I'll go get a not too tasty Japanese pizza and cry a little.

[@ionicgeorge]

there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza. Thank you.

[@robmckennie4203]

When I make home-made pizza, the crust is the main event. Like the opposite of the "bread as a plate", the bread is the meal, the toppings are little more than garnish, or seasoning.

[@Smitteys86]

I now REALLY want to go to France and try egg pizza... That sounds so good!

[@Bookmore]

+Smitteys86 It also is VERY good.

[@garrettrandall8468]

+Smitteys86 Sooo good. Spent some time in France and lived right next to a food truck that sold pizza at a pretty cheap rate. Tried a lot of interesting, delicious pizzas there. Egg on pizza is something I wish would make it to NA!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's very very common in Australia too, egg and bacon 👍

[@harveyslater7042]

Glad to see another Pineapple fan Mike! My parents raised me on Hawaiian because "it would keep me interesting" I still don't know why you guys don't have more subscribers. Thanks to you I can now act as a Pizza aficionado whenever I'm asked what my favourite food is (it's Pizza)

[@justinjoostrocks]

I paused this episode, went to my kitchen, put tomato sauce, cheese and salami on a tortilla and microwaved it. It is surprisingly good.

[@1234aabc]

That was so great. Very good ep!

[@theyreheretokillus]

pineapples and jalapenos? you friken masochist

[@elingeniero2000]

+envy nine add ham and it totally transforms it

[@theyreheretokillus]

Alejandro Murguia im high so it sounds good, ill try it. if i wasnt high and hungry i wouldnt feel the same about your recommendation.

[@grandanse5827]

Let me guess..ur a pepperoni n cheese king of guy

[@theflipbros7132]

Thank you so much for publishing this video! I used it in my Gr. 10 Foods class as an introduction to a unit on dough and pizza. Awesome information. Great job!

[@derblaueengel2003]

I never thought you would mention my birthplace in your show! Viva Palermo!

[@doyowan]

Can't watch the whole video... Too hungry.... Will be back after a midnight snack

[@rdreher7380]

Ok, ok, have I got a story for you. I am typing this from a broken computer. Long story short I got a broken ccfl and now I can only barely see the screen by shining my desk lamp on it. I live on my own in Japan, where I am not native to, and I'm a busy guy, so getting this thing repaired or replaced is not easy, and I'm pushing through. And then I come to this video. Long day, long week. Bad week. Very bad week. Friends moved away, coworkers changed jobs, favorite restaurant closed down. Only gets worse from there. Then I watch this video and see all that delicious Pizza, good, awesome, New York Pizza, and -- well I'm an New York boy, and their ain't all that much Pizza in Japan, not good New York stuff anyway, not in my provincial little city, and it's late and I'm hungry and -- Goddammit I want some Pizza! GWAH! So there's no "good" Pizza, but there is a Pizza Hut. And they do deliver. But despite my many years studying Japanese, anything involving a phone is just no. BUT wait, they do online delivery. But oh no, my computer is a wreck. But I want Pizza. Dammit Idea Channel I absolutely NEED Pizza now. So I navigated with intense difficulty, took me an hour. But I did it. I ordered Pizza. I'm sure your Pizza filled episode will leave many views going out for Pizza afterwards, but I just thought this would show you just how much you affected me.

[@puupipo]

+R Dreher Just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and hope that next week will suck less for you. Now, I'm off to order pizza, which won't be nearly as difficult as it was in your case, mostly because I live in a country where my first language is one of two official languages. Also, my favorite pizzeria is less than 100 meters from my apartment. Then, and only then, with a warm pizza in front of me, will I watch this video.

[@rdreher7380]

Joonas Puuppo Well It's not getting better yet. The Pizza never came.

[@puupipo]

R Dreher Oh no. You have my sympathies. At this point, have you considered homemade pizza?

[@rdreher7380]

Joonas Puuppo Yay! I tried again today from another place alled Ten Four, and it came this time! Huzzah!

[@puupipo]

R Dreher Great! Was it worth the struggle?

[@elroyscout]

Pizza is sort of like the beach ball of world culture, kicked across the globe, back and forth from culture to culture, slowly nearing perfection.

[@seamusmcgrath827]

I hope you win a Webby just for this video alone! I never knew how much I needed this video in my life.

[@Little-Hill-Comics]

Warning: Don't watch this video late when all your local pizza places are closed.

[@SuckMyRightToe]

"A History of Pizza" - Starts in New York . . . You goofed...

[@davepc2u]

"..comemerating an artifact that remains of a dnd game, netfilx get together or allnighter...." this made me smile warmly. great memories! thx.🙂

[@BennettIsAmazing]

My old history teacher was taken as a POW near Naples during WW2. He (an Englishman) said his first experience of pizza was in a back of a truck headed for their POW camp - he noted that it was just tomato sauce and bread which he claimed was the original recipe - but then I guess not only was there was a war on, there was an invasion on. Still - they gave their POWs pizza - well played Italy.

[@rockyarchives8861]

What's all this hate on pineapples on your pizza? I like i(catches on fire)

[@Oisilky]

During this video I had a sudden realization about pizza... and oddly enough sushi. Which is a weird comparison but indulge me for a second. The most important ingredient in those two foods is not what we commonly think of as being the best part of each. I noticed this sometime after going vegan , I ate pizza without cheese, entirely, not even vegan, "cheese," and to my surprise it was still awesome. Super awesome, but not quite as awesome. I came to realize that the ingredient that really makes pizza is the combination of the bread and the sauce. Which got me thinking about sushi, how people view sushi as raw fish, but it isn't. The literal translation of sushi means vinegared rice. Raw fish by itself is call sashimi. you can eat vinegared rice by itself and it is still sushi and can be used to make various different sushi foods, maki(rolls) and inarizushi(stuffed tofu pouches seasoned with sweetened soy sauce and dashi) coming to mind. But the raw fish by itself is sashimi, just as cheese on bread is cheesy bread and cheese by itself is just cheese. Without the sauce it isn't pizza, but pizza without cheese is still pizza. Which is interesting because the origins of sushi was in a way to preserve fish. Originally they used vinegared rice to preserve raw fish, in fact the rice would turn into almost a porridge and would be discarded not even eaten with the fish. It wasn't until the lower class citizen started eating this food that they decided not to let the rice sit for that long and eat it with the fish. All leading up to what we now call sushi, a slice of sashimi over sushi rice. Vinegared rice to be exact.. It also seems modern pizza developed similarly in that cheese is an integral part of the best pizza. We have two foods who's most integral part of the food isn't even the part people associate with the food or come to the food to eat, nor is it the best part of the food either. Which is saying something because I am vegan and I think sushi is better with fish and pizza better with cheese. I also would like to mention that when you train to become a sushi rice they place the most important on rice preparation and there are sushi chefs who will send their apprentices out to other sushi restaurants to try the rice by itself with no topping(neta) to better understand what makes good sushi. Some sushi chefs even say the rice is the primary ingredient. I imagine good pizza is similar in that a good sauce makes the best pizza, all else is secondary. It is also interesting how pizza and sushi range form extremely cheap and convenient, delivery and sushi trains to much more high class. Sushi probably having a larger range of prices it goes for. I also make my own sushi and it is a similar experience to making pizzas versus ordering it. Sushi is too much work to taste good after you make it. It kills the appetite, but in a similar fashion to how you described ordering pizza to be a much more rewarding and enjoyable experience. eating at a sushi restaurant is fast, delicious and you get to keep the orders going until uncomfortable fullness. There is also the closeness in that everyone shares their food at sushi restaurants(in american at least). You order a lot of everything and everyone gets to try it all. It's almost a bonding experience.

[@hudsonm9282]

pizza without sauce is called white pizza

[@pterodactylbull]

As a sushi chef and biologist , you researching the science of cooking will simplify your perception on the subject(s) addressed here

[@kankerkebs15]

Who would have known, that one day, we would make a conversation about pizza incredibly interesting and equally intellectual.

[@kacamac]

Mexican Pizza, Flour tortilla with refried beans topped by another tortilla, covered in enchilada sauce, cheese, green onions, tomatoes and olives. That is my go to pizza and it's super easy to make at home.

[@funnyguy6197]

oh my god i go to that pizza town

[@yueiscute]

it's probably owned by the Jews :/

[@caseyp5301]

Rt 46 in lodi, nj I think

[@oldasyouromens]

Chicago thin crust doesn't fold, which I like (and it's served party cut, which I also like) but if you're looking for deliciously weird here, weirder than Deep Dish (which I merely tolerate), there's a few restaurants that serve Pizza Pot Pie. It's a mushroom-shaped ball of pizza dough stuffed with cheese, sauce, and sausage. like a calzone, only rounder and more raised and generally better.

[@jamesshepard3]

+Grace Sophia Wut.

[@NotWellKnown]

+Grace Sophia That sounds pretty awesome.

[@MrPirateslover]

Listening to how passionately Mike talks about left over pizza made my day 😂

[@omegasoldier382]

All this video is doing is making me hungry. Thanks.

[@Saborlas]

Pizza is like sex: even when it's bad, it's still pretty good. It's better in bed. You can have it at night and then have it again in the morning. And only weirdos involve pineapple or anchovies.

[@TankEngine75]

Anchovies are weird?

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Anchovies are Spanish Style Pizza.. The Spanish like strong or hot flavors,

[@karlritzmann8178]

I just ate a pizza with pineapple Doesn’t taste bad though

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

Saborlas Saying that pizza is like sex is the ultimate myth... Bad sex don't gives you stomachaches if the dough us bad or poor cooked or it contains bad ingredients.

[@TheDestroyerOfHumans]

Gosh darn it... while watching this I made my own type, Baguette bread with tomato and garlic paste spread and added cheese with Dried Oregano to top. To me Pizza is so diverse in it's simplicity that almost anyone can do whatever they want with it. Yes we all understand that it has it's history with Italy then America but in all honesty when you break the fundamentals down to it's base core you only really need 3 ingredients. Tomato, bread and cheese. With that in mind it's clear to see why people love it soooo much! You can add things you didn't think that would work and it tasted amassing or just mash all the things you love and hope it's glorious and by god is it stupid easy to make that with the right tools and ingredients you can forget other brands when you can just do it yourself. Pizza for me is the king of fast food in regards to what variety that YOU the consumer want. Sure you could have a Kebab with all the ingredients you desire and sure a burger can have like 3 stacks of bacon if you want but lets be clear hear... those extras deform the food in a way that you know it's an forced extra. Yes with pizza you can do the same but the size in volume depends on the size of your food, a kebab can only be so big until it de-forms in a pile of mush and a burger can only be so huge that you need to bite more then once to get everything in but with pizza it makes it looks natural while all the extras are right in front of you that when you bite into it you know what your getting and you can't deny that's exactly what you want. Heck, why does 'Epic Meal Time' make so many types of pizzas? Sure it's got all crazy ingredients on it and it's huge but the simple way it's made is so uniformly just that you can do almost whatever you want and nobody will care. Pizza is like an open sand box. You ask, you get.

[@joshbobst1629]

+TheDestroyerOfHumans All right, James Joyce.

[@TheDestroyerOfHumans]

=D

[@lodevijk]

+TheDestroyerOfHumans Baguette-based fast food with cheese and stuff on it is very popular in Poland since decades. It will usually incorporate tomato sauce, onions and mushrooms. As for me, I exclusively make my own pizza.

[@paqolp]

I absolutely adore your channel. I always watch it during my breaks.

[@raisaobi6335]

Thanks for uploading! My 2nd period ELAR class enjoyed learning about the various types of pizza from all over the world.

[@InternetLaser]

You doofus It's Lou Malnati's, not Lou Maltese.

[@DrSomeGuy]

+Ja-Shwa Cardell Lou Mall-knot-tea-'s

[@TulilaSalome]

+Ja-Shwa Cardell He didn't say Maltese.

[@Kurobeau]

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO LIKES PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA!!

[@11thNite]

+Cryolisk There are dozens of us! Dozens!

[@Cythil]

+11thNite I was pretty sure that there where tons of you out there. They seem popular here even if I do not get it. Well good thing we can all get the pizza we like :)

[@InstrucTube]

+Cryolisk I love pineapple on pizza, but I hate cooked pineapple, so I'm alright if it's added afterwards, but not if it's cooked on it. Not sure why. Guess I'm weird. Same thing with tomatoes. Can't stand them if they were cooked on the pizza. Added afterward? Awesome.

[@Cythil]

***** But if will not you draconian methods lead people eating more pineapple pizzas? Maybe not out of love but fear. But the end result is less pineapple pizzas for you! :o

[@Cythil]

***** *tries to hide the dagger nonchalantly* >_>

[@christinecrawford]

YAY - pizza! Love this episode - is super informative! (hubby owns an independent pizzeria) I must say, I was a little surprised that you did not give a mention to "Detroit Style" square pan pizza, of which Buddy's Pizza and Jets Pizza have become famous for.

[@rev.davemoorman3883]

in Rome, we bought Pizza Rustica - a heavy crust, square pizza sold by the slice. Show how much you want, it is weighed, you pay by the gram. Want it to go? The slice is folded in half as a pizza sandwich. Seems someone in a high foot traffic location would try marketing it here.

[@nicholasleonard9545]

It's actually pronounced Lou Mal-Nah-Tees

[@Stuie299]

Perfectly cromulent use of embiggen.

[@Baggytrousers27]

I can't help but imagine yelling PIZZA is the counter to a war cry or a crow repeatedly chanting "Fight." It's like "Well we could beat each other up/have a fight to the death OR we "could all just chow down on this fresh pizza that someone brought with them, for the express purpose of stopping a fight."

[@Quintinia]

I'm glad he talked about leftover pizza because there's something really magical about waking up and finding pizza in the fridge that you had forgotten about. Sometimes you just don't want hot food for breakfast and in those cases cold pizza really hits the spot.

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

+Jesse Jordan Indeed! I never thought about leftover pizza as a separate "thing" before but it totally is. Not just physically: more mellowed with flavors blended together; but also a different mode of eating: cold, foraged from the fridge or counter or other random place; and, mentally: as the video seemed to be suggesting, leftover pizza is an entirely different state of mind.

[@bigboygametime]

LOU MALTY'S??? LOU MALTY'S?????

[@DabIMON]

It's a rock fact

[@LuxAeterna22878]

This is a fantastic and super comprehensive video! If more people were watching videos like this instead of the next clickbait garbage the world would be a better place!

[@raisaobi6335]

Awesome video! My pre-ap class enjoyed the hearing cool new facts about pizza. Kinda making me hungry!!!

[@WarpScanner]

Delicious artery clogging bacon is what I like on my pizza. Also sometimes pepperoni and green peppers.

[@Jedibob5]

...Am I the only one who, despite being a pizza lover, can't stand cold pizza? If I ever have leftover pizza, I always have to warm it up first.

[@paradoxpilot8925]

+Jedibob5 You're not the only one. I do that, too.

[@manamaster6]

+Jedibob5 Pizza and pancakes are the only food that I consider that even though the flavor changes when it is cold, it is greatly enjoyable in both forms. Those are two different experiences that I like for what they are.

[@boilderrik893]

I can tolerate cold pizza, but I would never go so far as to say I like it.

[@SeanSultan]

+manamaster6 Day old pancake is the best, especially if it was well slathered in butter the day before and was made by someone who really knew what they were doing.

[@manamaster6]

Sean Sultan I don't personally like butter on my pancakes (besides the one used in the recipe), but if it is well hydrated with maple syrup, condensed swetened milk or a Mexican caramel named Cajeta, I love them hot or one day old and cold.

[@Zeyev]

Thanks for the multilingual play on words of "golden apple." Non parlo italiano, ma capisco la parola "pomodoro."

[@Blackgriffonphoenixg]

+Zeyev Oh cribbio, non l'avevo neanche notato!

[@PA551ON]

I come back to this episode many times a year when I'm in a pizza mood or I order dominos.

[@400KrispyKremes]

What is it that John Green said?

[@AstraIVagabond]

"Possibly other."

[@400KrispyKremes]

PowerMindAlchemist Thanks.

[@AstraIVagabond]

400KrispyKremes No problem!

[@JanetStarChild]

Pineapple on pizza? Why not just dump a fist full of bonbons on it? Fruits do not go on a pizza! (tomatoes don't count).

[@Cougarthehairywombat]

Bell pepper-Fruit Chili-Berry

[@Cougarthehairywombat]

Avocado-Fruit/Berry Eggplant-Berry

[@charles8817]

I like watermelon on mine

[@JanetStarChild]

Charles Smith Damnit, people. This is why white people shouldn't make Mediterranean foods. They ruin it.

[@dirkbrand9859]

If Black people made the foods there would still be watermellons on it. XP

[@garrettlanegraham]

Damn it ... I've watched this video three times and all three times I've been compelled to immediately acquire some pizza and enjoy it thoughtfully and slowly ... with extra cheese.

[@Twocoolman115]

I’m watching this is a pizzeria who’s waiting for my pizza. Makes the wait even better.

[@SteveRelentless]

That aint no grandma slice.

[@TheSoulCollector13]

LOU MALTESE AHAHAHAHAHA It's Lou Mall (like mallet) naughties. Lou Malnati's

[@JohnCharlesBatman]

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, there's a lot of pizzerías too there are more of 1200. In here there's in fact a 5km marathon were people goes from the El Imperio in Chacarita to El palacio de la Pizza in Downtown visting 8 of the more important pizzerías in the city. In general the most important ones are from the first half of the XX century, and even tough the cooks were italians allmost anytime the pizzerías belong to spanish inmigrants. Here in Buenos Aires we also eat with pizza a kind of bread called "Faina" made of chickpea flour that comes from Genoa, Italy

[@KeithPluas]

I loved this video! I'm using it today with my students for a Pizza-Friday Class! (We ordered a pizza, we'll eat it, and talk about the history of pizza, how does that sound for an English class about... uh... pizza?... yeah... pizza... what did you expect, nouns? prepositional phrases? time clauses?)

[@Carltoncurtis1]

Hawaiian Master Race reporting in

[@ichbinein123]

+HotSkull - You sick fuck! >:(

[@vitamindubya]

Ugh....Mike WOULD own a pizza stone.

[@AdamYJ]

+vitamindubya Don't knock it. It's good for making pizza and certain crusty breads.

[@Mesay20yr]

+vitamindubya Cooking frozen pizza on a pizza stone makes the crust crispier and objectively more delicious.

[@vitamindubya]

+Adam Hoffman but he's so pretentious

[@AdamYJ]

vitamindubya I don't see it. But then, I also own a pizza stone and I make my own bread among other things. Perhaps I'm a bit pretentious too. Mike at least seems somewhat self-aware about it all, even admitting to his own "hipster-dom" in the hot sauce episode.

[@vitamindubya]

+Adam Hoffman so we have an admission!

[@Dante665]

Pizza is objectively the greatest food ever devised.

[@CarolineChiasson]

I have never in my life thought, “who am I sharing my pizza with? Who has the other slices”. Probably because my dad and brother were the other ones... I guess we should have ordered a whole pie! Hahaha

[@pythiasibyls6269]

It's pronounced Lou Mal-Na-Teaz

[@dpaosd]

+Pythia Sibyls lol lou maltys???? no comment

[@Twitchi]

leftover pizza is bread covered with satan's vomit..

[@nal8503]

+Twitchi I love me some Satan's vomit.

[@MrCranialMass]

Jalepeno and pineapple are my favorite, too! I let out an audible 'woo' when you said that. Nobody else understands me like you do!

[@AudrinaOralay]

As someone from a mixed pizza household I found this video very interesting. My father and mother were raised on the east coast, and both spend a significant amount of their childhood in NYC. I was born and raised in Chicago. As it happened, my father was always an adamant believer that New York style was the best style pizza and while Chicago deep dish was fine it was not the same. We always joked it was the "up-side down pizza" because it had the tomatoes on top. I personally never found this an issue, along with its soupiness (as it were, I never saw it as such), because I very much enjoy Chicago style. I love the thick crust and all of the extra cheese and tomatoes. It has more flavor and fills you up faster. I would constantly argue with my father on pizza night about which style to buy, and if I got my way we always bought Lou Malnati's (in my humble opinion the yummiest pizza ever created). For the sake of my father I ate New York style while I was in NYC and I absolutely loved it, but to me it is just not the same as deep dish. As with other things what you grow up with sticks with you in a special kind of way. And I think that can be said for pizza styles in general. I've had pizza in Italy, NYC, Norway, and Chicago, and I will always be partial to my deep dish. To me it reminds me of celebrations and family, because that was when we always got Lou Malnatis. Coincidentally, I had the hilarious experience of going to a pizza shop in Olso, Norway with my cousin, and it was weird to see them making the different styles of "American" pizza. Apparently there is a chain pizza restaurant in Norway which sells New York, Chicago, Hawaiian, and California pizza. We got Chicago Style because I was curious, and it was not true deep dish, just a fluffier crust than a flatbread. I ordered no toppings because I have never been a topping person. In Norway, they served the pizza with dipping sauces, and to my horror my cousin started dipping her pizza in RANCH DRESSING. I know some people do this in the US too but I have never seen anyone in Chicago put extra sauce on deep dish pizza, let alone RANCH. (Then again we're the city which posts signs by hot dog stands forbidding tourists to put ketchup on their hot dogs. No I am not joking.) What I learned is that many Norwegians eat pizza with ranch dressing and think that it SHOULD be eaten this way. The waitress in particular was giving me odd looks as I ate my plain cheese pizza with nothing on it. It felt almost like an out of body experience, but it was an interesting lesson in culture clash. One more thing, that is NOT how you say Lou Malnati's. In Chicago we always call it Lou Mal-Not-Ees. I am not sure if that's actually how it's supposed to be pronounced but if you went to Chicago and pronounced it in the way you do in this video then you will get a lot of strange looks. Just FYI.

[@Jebbtube]

Mushrooms. Mushrooms all the way.

[@Mastikator]

+MagnuMagnus Mushrooms, garlic and bacon

[@dawnwayfinder]

+MagnuMagnus Honestly, I'll eat any kind of pizza, but so long as there's no pineapple or broccoli. (Seriously, who the hell thought those ingredients were acceptable?)

[@Mothman1992]

mushrooms, spicy italian sausage, sautéed onions, sautéed greenpeppers, and black olives. you put a green olive on my pizza I'll put you in a shallow grave!

[@Mothman1992]

+Dawn Wayfinder it's good with bacon and jalapeño

[@HanabiraKage]

+MagnuMagnus Mushrooms, ham (esp parma ham), pepperoni. I'm fine with pineapples, but I won't go out of my way to order them. Oh, and rocket. It's freaking great.

[@jellevm]

Cheese (mozarella), tomato... and basil! It's not a real pizza if it doesn't have the green, white and red of the Italian flag; basil is just as essential!

[@unstoppableExodia]

+Lazhward Kirmist yeah Basil and tomato are a match made in heaven

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

+Lazhward Kirmist YES. Margharita / Caprese style with those three ingredients works in so many different foods. One of those magic food combinations.

[@XPimKossibleX]

Buffalo mozzarella, tomato, basil. That's the Holy trio.

[@AndySama42]

Jalepeno and pineapple sounds AMAZING. How have I not thought of this before?

[@lyadmilo]

If morning pizza is a different pizza, then drunk pizza is a different pizza. There is a place near me that is actually only open from 12-4am next to a bar.

[@AlexTalArt]

if it wasn't for immigration you wouldn't have pizza! think about that when you vote America!

[@ronsandgren1]

Legal immigration that IS and not illegal immigration. A lot of people and conservative politicians are for legal immigration but against illegal immigration like myself.

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

Revolver Ocelot That's sure more correct statement... ✌️😉👍

[@napdogs]

You forgot Japan loving their pizza COVERED in corn. It's something else.

[@jesuslovespee]

that ain't corn, bro

[@ava6452]

oh gosh im so hungry my tummy rumbled... i have a pizza in the fridge and im gonna make it while i watch this!

[@therealquade]

I Miss this channel. I just linked this video to someone... I miss this.