The History of the Frozen Pizza

[@weirdhistoryfood]

What is your favorite frozen pizza?

[@AntoniaEsposito]

Spinach pizza is mine :)

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

Meat lovers stuff crust.

[@Jumpman67]

I like Freschetta. They used to have a sauce stuffed crust that was amazing. It was like a bread stick you didn’t have to dip. That was the ultimate frozen pizza.

[@dgh25]

Every time you heat a frozen pizza, 3 italian grandmas die. Just saying.

[@jaelli101010]

Ooo so many- Jack’s is one i grew up with. culinary circle is a new one. But sadly frozen pizza isnt really a market here in China. Cant wait to get home and enjoy my favorite foods 😂

[@timthegem]

A video about the pumpkin spice craze would be interesting. How did we get to the point where it's in everything from breakfast cereal to macaroni & cheese?

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Eww why would you ruin mac n' cheese with pumpkin spice?

[@vermin913]

Tl:Dr Imperialism

[@jtmoore662]

Ugh. Pumpkin Spice is nasty not to mention in mac and cheese. I agree with redrosesept22

[@FG-bn3qq]

I saw some Pumpkin spice ravioli at the grocery store yesterday

[@Dumbstuffwatcher]

The messed-up, brutally violent history of nutmeg alone is worth a whole video

[@cageybee7221]

For those wondering, fake cheese is mostly vegetable oil with the extracted protein from milk that causes it to become real cheese, Casein, added to it. it's in basically everything cheese-related and basically all fast food.

[@xalienshex]

So it's ALMOST cheese?

[@cageybee7221]

@@xalienshex it's basically cheese extract stretched out with oil to put it in the worst dry terms. the old name for cheese making is Caseiculture, and this protein is a majority of what real cheese is made of structurally with the milk fats taking the place of the oil in the fake cheese. the type of oil very much mattters for health but not so much for consistency so it can be close to real cheese or just absolutely awful depending on what the oil was from.

[@RTU130]

Hmm

[@marcstevens8576]

That's what killed the off the old Celeste childhood favorite, after Quaker dropped the product.

[@youlovechika]

damn

[@SirEattonHogg]

This brings back nostalgia memories. Having lived in the Midwest, Tombstone was the brand I remember. The amount of Tombstone frozen pizza I consumed when in was in high school back in the early 1990's is probably pretty scary.

[@rubiconnn]

Tombstone is the best frozen pizza out of the major brands. All of the other ones have so much sugar in the sauce and dough that it tastes like ketchup. The best part is that they are cheap too.

[@ebogar42]

I loved Tombstone and then after awhile I didn't. I always looked forward to October too when they celebrated Halloween by changing the front of the package. I don't buy many now. There are better ones to me and it seems something changed or maybe just my perception of good pizza after others came out.

[@ebogar42]

​@@rubiconnn I like a few others better. Palermos is good and Screamin Sicilian thin crust is the best to me. It's $10 a pizza though.

[@rubiconnn]

I'm too cheap to pay that much for frozen pizza lol. Newman's Own is pretty good too though.

[@holyheretic3185]

I always made sure we had those mini tombstones you could microwave. Soooooo good!

[@BeaudoinEric]

Oh man, Red Baron was the favorite in my house. DiGiorno was also a staple of our frozen pizza selection. Pizza is my overall favorite food and I am 100% down with frozen pizza. I think Red Baron does it best but I also love Jack’s. I know it’s cheap, food-like stuff but I can’t deny its charm.

[@mufozomby7637]

jacks is total shit now

[@cloudyloudly2404]

Jack’s is the go-too pizza for my family.

[@Jessiepinkerman]

I take a Jack's pizza with pepperoni and sausage and add marble, cheddar, mozzarella, Parmesan, hamburger,red green pepper and red white onion

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Red Baron is definitely the workhorse pizza.

[@samanthafox3124]

​@@steventheguy9599Maybe for you. Red Baron is my favorite.

[@PowderedToastMan3]

Cup/instant ramen has an awesome history and should definitely be something you cover, maybe visiting the Cup Ramen museum in Yokohama when they reopen to tourists.

[@w4drone720]

@daisyk Japan is closed to tourists

[@w4drone720]

@daisyk Covid

[@w4drone720]

@daisyk Japan lockdown? Not as of a few weeks ago

[@Bigger-Than-Jesus]

Ramen rocks! not just for po folk anymore! throw some veggies and a protein in and cook it in a skillet and youve got a damn good meal!

[@jaimesmith2266]

I love the cup instant ramen its so underrated imma probably get some tomorrow lol.

[@TocsTheWanderer]

DiGiorno's may have been "pretty good" at some point, but every time I've had it in recent years it's been disappointing, even compared to other frozen pizzas. So many other brands have stepped up their game, while DiGiorno's has continued to rely on looking really good while tasting mediocre.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

Well it is basically just a big lump of bread.

[@RedanianRed]

I love shitty pizza but Digiorno is just god awful

[@SuV33358]

I agree. I don't like digiorno. I used to like freshettas, but they don't sell it near me anymore (roch NY). Ive been buying Stouffer's french bread pizza....which works out because I live alone

[@mariowalker9048]

First time i hear people talking crap about Digornos i still enjoy it espically the pam version.

[@patientallison]

It's also double the price of other brands

[@BuildinWings]

It's not digestible, it's DiGiorno.

[@billschlafly4107]

That's what my stomach thinks of it. Never again!

[@blob5907]

really!? I thought it was cardboard

[@arloramsey4565]

😂😂😂

[@fuzzypizza8251]

Taste like perfume

[@rikkatheconure2395]

Man this is sad. Digiorno taste fine if you're not a posh cunt that has your own chef.. I'm kinda disappointed in people on this one

[@krisfrederick5001]

April O'Neil: "I'd like to invite you all in but I really don't have anything to offer you guys except for some... frozen pizza." Michelangelo: "Lets go for it!" April O'Neil: "You guys eat pizza?" Michelangelo, Donatello: "Doesn't everybody??" 🍕🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@dstinnettmusic]

Cool guys eat out

[@Menaceblue3]

"So what do you like on your pizza?" "Oh you know.... flies, stink bugs...."

[@amstrad00]

Michelangelo: Oh, but no anchovies. And I mean no anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in big trouble, okay? That'll do. And the clock's ticking, dude.

[@NebLleb]

Is that dialogue from the 1990 film or the 2012 TV show? And yes. Frozen Pizza is still perfectly eatable.

[@amstrad00]

@@NebLleb From the first movie in the 90s.

[@stanford-nf4jk]

Through some kids at school (80s) I heard about homemade English muffin pizzas. I told mom and she would cook the ground beef, chop vegetables, and spice up canned tomato sauce with dry oregano and basil. We would then take mozzarella string cheese and shred it with our (clean hands). They were fun to assemble and mom would pop them in the oven. We even prepped some and froze them ahead of time once we were able to use the oven. We discovered they weren’t half as good frozen, though. Fresh ingredients take longer but are definitely worth it if you have the time.

[@davidinwashington]

English Muffin breakfast pizzas were the first thing we cooked in home economics class. Suddenly, all the boys loved Home Ec!

[@Knorrkator]

We have a new contender in Germany since a few years who is turning the frozen pizza market quite a lot. They use high quality natural ingredients and as little chemistry as possible which results in a really good almost restaurant level pizza. Its quite expensive (double the usual) but works really well

[@jaskajokunen3716]

Dr oetker pizzas are best where i live though a bit expensive, cheapest 350g pizzas are almost 4 eur and it goes up to 7 eur 550g

[@chrisandrew7577]

I miss living in Germany

[@dornsmichel_1364]

Gustavo Gusto? They taste amazing. Also another contender thats more underground and niche would be vegan pizza box. They are so good

[@kevinhendrix8786]

I live in Germany and have not found a good frozen pizza here. I think that some of the additives used in American frozen pizzas are maybe not permitted. I think those additives are the ones that allow American frozen pizzas to taste the way they do. I have to imagine the science behind frozen pizzas - getting frozen dough, cheese, sauce, and toppings to come out properly at the same time, while having a long frozen shelf-life - is pretty amazing.

[@wasd____]

_Pizza in the mornin', pizza in the evening,_ _Pizza at suppertime_ _When pizza's on a bagel_ _You can eat pizza anytime!_

[@tiffaniezanowski4146]

The mixture of the narrator and the writing is spot for me. One of my favorite series to listen to. What else does the narrator do?

[@RevoIverOceIot]

Isn’t this Stephen Colbert ?

[@joefaller4525]

@@RevoIverOceIot IT didn't sound like him to me so I looked it up. His name is Tom Blank, at least according to the internet, which is never wrong as you know.

[@eggie1978]

Red Baron made good deep dish breakfast pizzas, but they're hard to find now. Haven't had one in many years but I still remember how delicious they were. White gravy, scrambled eggs, cheddar & mozzarella, and sausage crumbles. I think more manufacturers should make breakfast pizzas.

[@briandinh9169]

711 still makes breakfast pizza, but they're...not great

[@pandeomonia]

I remember those! They were GREAT. Didn't realize I missed them until now!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Ooh that does sound yummy, now I want to try one :(

[@kellywilliams4330]

Sadly they’re discontinued

[@BanditoGames]

@@kellywilliams4330 red Baron still makes pizza? Here in new Jersey we have them in our stores. Good ol deep dish pizza

[@briangrice1999]

This was soo interesting, never knew Totino's was a top selling frozen people at one point. Love the weird history food channel!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Hand UFC Title

[@jd9119]

They were. My mom's family knew the Totinos. When they started making frozen pizzas, they were asking the people they knew to invest in the idea. My mom's parents turned down the opportunity and regetted it shortly after.

[@turniptater1002]

Totinos was great in the 80-90 s

[@KesslerVTuber]

MAN, frozen pizza is a weekly thing for me in my house. My parents always go out and get me a frozen pizza whether it be a red barons, or even non name brand frozen pizza (which is actually really good) I can never get enough of frozen pizza

[@damongipson-dg8pc]

I love em they so tasty

[@NewMessage]

Can a stomach have PTSD from my College years? 'Cause I think this triggered my stomach's PTSD from my college years...

[@Backroad_Junkie]

Geez. What does ramen noodles do to you? Lol...

[@b5media241]

@@Backroad_Junkie ramen.....so many noodles....so many flavors....so many years....

[@Backroad_Junkie]

@@b5media241 And there's a topic for Weird History Food! Ramen, lol...

[@b5media241]

@@Backroad_Junkie agreed

[@Shadowtiger2564]

Instant ramen

[@emmgeevideo]

One of my favorite travel memories was when we went to Italy the first time. We were in Venice and saw a grocery store. We thought it would be fun to see what an Italian grocery store was like. To our surprise we saw frozen pizzas in the frozen food section.

[@maenad1231]

A lot of food in Italian supermarkets is super westernized. It’s been that way for quite awhile though. Regardless, I still enjoyed Italy more than any other country I’ve been to.

[@_Super_Hans_]

Why were you surprised to see frozen pizza in a supermarket? Nobhead.

[@emmgeevideo]

@@_Super_Hans_ Why do you have to call me an ugly name?

[@emmgeevideo]

@@_Super_Hans_ Since you're too ashamed to say, "I'm sorry"... This is what surprised me: In 1987 when my wife and I were in Italy, frozen pizza was pretty bland. Our expectation was that in the land where pizza was invented and because all of the food we experienced was outstanding, we thought that the average Italian would have a lot of options for an excellent pizza when they felt like a pizza. Fast forward to this year -- Dominos in Italy folded its tent. That aligns with what we thought 35 years ago -- why would Italians buy substandard pizzas when undoubtedly there are many options for excellent pizza, even a quick pizza. If that's the logic of a "nobhead", then I plead guilty. I don't think my comment -- or anyone's sincere comment -- deserves being called "nobhead". My guess is that if you and I met each other by chance and this topic came up and I made this comment, I sincerely doubt you would have called me a "nobhead" to my face. The anonymity of the Internet should not be an excuse for rudeness. What do you say?

[@FedSmoker64]

@@emmgeevideo No one is reading all that you nobhead.

[@webluke]

Growing up with a Dad that was a Schwan's man, we had lots of their pizza. Later, when he didn't work for them, we always had Red Baron because they were made at the same plants. I still really enjoy Red Baron pizza as an adult.

[@jonshonk7058]

I recently tried a Stouffer's French Bread Pizza as it had the classic 80's label on it. It certainly did not taste as good as it did in the 80's. Not a surprise as most everything from that era tastes different nowadays. However, the Red Baron French Bread Pizza is really good especially the four cheese version.

[@zackearl3200]

Red baron is my shit

[@cherylT321]

The thing is, how do we really know if the product has changed or if our taste buds have changed overtime!

[@easysneezy]

@@cherylT321 or memory,

[@cherylT321]

@@easysneezy 👍

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Stouffer’s used to be the KING🔥 pizza on French bread halves. Was the BEST. Dunno now.

[@n0isyturtle]

As someone who has eaten a frightening amount of frozen pizza over the years: SS - Home Run Kitchen (best frozen pizza on the market) S - DiGiorno Rising Crust A - Tombstone B - Red Baron C - Totino's and Cali Pizza Kitchen F - Freschetta (i'd rather eat tomato paste on white bread)

[@robjef622]

I STRONGLY agree with you on Freschetta. Fucking horrible garbage.

[@SirLoin2418]

Great segment! Would love to see your take on history of the highway dinner.

[@joellong438]

Red Baron Original Crust Pepperoni Pizza is the single greatest food ever. I have eaten every type of frozen pizza I could find in all grocery stores in the lower 48 states. The amount of cheese is perfect. The sauce has the just the right amount of spiciness and the window of opportunity between undercooked and burned is great.

[@tkraft82]

Hear me out. Chuck E. Cheese has a frozen pizza that is probably one of the best pizzas ever. Try it

[@em84c]

My fave frozen pizza is from Aldi and had goats cheese, spinach, onions and garlic sauce. And mozzarella cheese of course

[@psfollett1]

Thank you for recognizing my Uncle Bob for the French bread pizza, although his last name is pronounced “peTrillus”, not “Petril-ose”. And our family likes Freshetta pizzas the best for frozen!

[@thingfish000]

I ate a truckload of those Stouffer's French bread pizzas back in the day. They were delicious! I've not found a really good frozen pie since.

[@thesinfultictac5704]

Bless your Uncle for bringing this to us

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

You forgot the large number of American Soilders who fought in Italy during WW 2. They encountered pizza in Sicily and Southern Italy. Thus making pizza known outside of the Italian American community.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Bagel Bites and Pizza rolls were so much of my childhood in the late 90's and early 00's that i'm pretty sure 7% of my DNA is made entirely out of pizza.

[@dabanjo]

I had to have the roof of my mouth amputated thanks to Stouffer's French bread pizzas.

[@gothhydran2241]

I remember it as a kid those pizza's scratching the roof of my mouth too. Horrible feeling the next morning.

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

lol what

[@plnkfloydian7814]

My friend used to cook two of those tostinos pizzas and then sandwich a bunch of chicken nuggets between the two pizzas.

[@edwardkay288]

Wow, I hope "used to" meant that they outgrew the practice, and not that their practice led to an early demise

[@KaiserAfini]

I can only theorize on how to improve on frozen pizza, since I am not a chef, but find cooking fascinating. First I would change the dough to puff pastry for a crunchier texture. I would also mix a little bit of balsamic vinegar into the tomato sauce, its slightly sweet and acidic nature countering the oxidation of the tomato sauce, hopefully preventing the aftertaste found on canned or frozen ones. Lastly, I would place the toppings under the cheese and below a layer of duxelles. The idea is similar to that of a beef wellington, in which a humidity barrier prevents the dish from becoming dehydrated in the oven, as well as slightly mitigating the effect of freezer burn.

[@numberoneappgames]

Thank you to all the hard workers that brought pizzas to the hungry masses.

[@zach7193]

Man, this is something. I've had frozen pizza for a long time. Digiorno, Home Run Inn, Reggio's, Tony's, Tombstone, Red Baron, Totiono's, Hot Pockets. I've had many of the brands.

[@waytospergtherebro]

Your life is so interesting. Talk about it some more.

[@MrCrashBandicoot25]

Which is the best?

[@zach7193]

@@MrCrashBandicoot25 that's a tough one to choose.

[@threatassessment606]

Home run inn is very good but it will cost you

[@Sh1ranu1]

Man I love red baron

[@feresmourali5783]

Since you do the Timeline videos on the main channel it would be fun to have a video about the culinary trends of the different decades on here.

[@YoSpiff]

The Kirkland store brand from Costco is my favorite. Made in a convection oven, it is fairly close in flavor and texture to the New York pizza I grew up with.

[@BELCAN57]

Their "take and bake" pizzas are pretty good too.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Nothing beats fresh professionally made pizza from a take out store . 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@richborn6700]

Well yeah...but that's not the point of the video. Though most of those professional pizzerias also have take and bake frozen pizzas they make and freeze. A bit more expensive, but damn tasty

[@skywatcher8120]

If you mention Bagel Bites and Hot Pockets then how do you not mention Pizza Rolls in this thing?

[@Jason-oz9pp]

There! Someone said it!

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

🤦

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

guess you missed the multiple minutes long "totinos" section lmao

[@Jason-oz9pp]

@@TheAbandonedAccount7 From 4:49 to 5:41 in the video, Totinos is discussed. The beginning of the Totinos segment shows a box of Pizza Rolls but makes no mention of them. You would think the video would have added in pizza rolls under the 1980's and later pizza inventions considering pizza rolls account for up to 25 percent of the appetizer market.

[@AyyyngelC]

There’s this microwave pizza called Mama Rosa’s that I can only find at Krogers that I adore. The cheese and pepperoni are great and the crust is always soft and chewy, even when you bake them

[@hellhound1389]

I'm always up for trying new pizzas but the moment you said krogers I went no thanks. I won't go to that accursed place unless it's to watch it burn to the ground

[@bobbyqroberts]

Soft and chewy, yum yum! And if you don't want to eat it you can wipe the table with it.

[@glasseswearer360]

I’ve been thinking about Mama Rosa’s microwave pizza for years. Heard they’re discontinued. Does your store still have them?

[@megakaren2160]

Red Baron with the thicc crust is pretty good. I keep one in the freezer when I want to get something in a pinch. Cheaper than delivery and a lot faster than homemade.

[@michaelturner2806]

Since the Weird History Foods videos on the history of pizza in general and Chef Boyardee in particular, I've taken to assembling my own pizzas as home. Premade crusts, sauce, cheese, and pepperoni can be thrown together in only a couple minutes, less time than it takes for an oven to fully preheat, and has led to more enjoyable pies that are still cheaper than most of the frozen kinds. And, like frozen but unlike delivery, I don't have to restrict my 'za enjoyment to normal restaurant hours. Mmm, hot crispy goodness at 3am.

[@sixty2612]

Tombstone pizza got me through college. They’d be 3/$10 at the store and I ate a whole one for dinner probably 2-3 times a week.

[@RaShau6]

no cap 😭😭

[@makisekurisu8594]

They don’t have those anymore

[@antongirdeux07]

@@makisekurisu8594i have like 5 in my freezer rn

[@antongirdeux07]

Theyre like $4.60 at walmart. In this day and age its a great price and still a great pizza

[@richborn6700]

I can't leave Walmart without at least three Tombstone Pizzas

[@ronartisjr]

Loved this video! Tombstone used to be our favorite, but we stopped getting it when they changed the recipe I think? As for your next topic, how about: The Disappearance (and Return) of the BBQ Fritos?

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I miss the old recipe for Tombstone Pizza😞

[@sirdarklust]

The old recipe had chili powder in the sauce, which gave it that little tang we liked. When they changed the recipe, it became just another boring frozen pizza.

[@deanvoss7098]

BBQ fritos were the best. Chili cheese came out then BBQ vanished

[@starmc26]

They never disappeared.

[@yourguysheppy]

Best frozen pizza I've probably had was actually a '5 cheese bread' by the Motor City Pizza Co. brand. They're on the greasy side but the crust gets surprisingly crispy for a non-metallic pan. Not really pizza but it's adjacent

[@Nart91]

Jeno’s was (in my opinion) the best frozen pizza yet somehow no one remembers it. Also either Totino’s or Bagel Bites once made small circular pizza pockets called “Blasts” which I can’t find any info on but they were equally amazing (early 2000’s)

[@dnelle3228]

Dude I came to the comments hoping someone else remembered jeno’s! They were just the right size and the crust was so crispy

[@tgordon8136]

I remember Jeno's. I lived off of those in college. I still grab 1 or 2 every now and again.

[@PixelatedH2O]

Jeno's apparently got dissolved into Totino's in the early 90s or so

[@hellhound1389]

The last time I saw jenos was at a run down mom and pop convenience store just off the interstate in Indiana

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

why you talking about it like its in the past lol. jenos is still around. Its pretty much just a totinos with maybe the slightest bit different taste

[@AuthenticHD]

What a riveting video, great work

[@keaton718]

Can't believe this video doesn't mention Wolfgang Puck getting into the frozen pizza game after he asked why Johnny Carson kept buying so many of his fresh cooked gourmet pizzas at once, and Carson told him he would freeze them and defrost them throughout the week to eat.

[@NR-gp2il]

You can Make a whole vid on wolfGang

[@marklynch8781]

Growing up in the early 1970's the weekly grocery store trip would provide a Mr. P's or Jeno's frozen pizza as a treat for me and my brother. Other higher grade frozen pizzas were not available at that time here in the Charlotte NC region. My guess is this love of those cheap frozen pizzas by baby boomers was the real foundation of the massive pizza industry we now enjoy.

[@jons.6216]

I love pizza, period! But in the frozen game I actually enjoyed what Freschetta put out there in wonderful taste and consistency!

[@nadas9395]

Grew up on 3 minute microwave pizzas... Can't eat them to this day, or hotdogs...

[@Savannah_Simpson]

Hot dogs are amazing, they just need to be cooked right. On a hot griddle or grill or even a campfire. No microwave or boiling.

[@nadas9395]

@@Savannah_Simpson there were a couple years where hotdogs were part of EVERY meal my family ate. The smell, cooked, raw, whatever just makes me sick. Not hating on your hotdog love :)

[@krisfrederick5001]

I can't eat microwaved hotdogs with American cheese on them to this day 🌭👀

[@donaldpepera2928]

When I worked at the Wausau WI Kraft plant, we always had a chest freezer full of irregular Jack's, Tombstones, DiGiornos and California Pizza Kitchen pies from the Medford plant. A bald spot or label missing and it came to us. I ate one for breakfast, lunch and dinner regularly. That is until they sold the pizza division to Nestle.

[@Bigger-Than-Jesus]

I was born in 1970. Frozen pizza has come a LONG way! now a days frozen is damn near as good as anything Pizza hut or Dominoes makes. A good Tombstone or Newman's Own is no joke!

[@rmitton2008]

the fact that frozen pizzas only contain 12% real cheese explains so much about frozen pizza

[@joefaller4525]

I think that is just the minimum they said during the discussion. I don't read the labels anymore, but the better brands all used 100% cheese as of maybe 10-15 years ago. .

[@marilynalvarez9951]

I've always added to my "frozen pizza" base, I add/drizzle olive oil to the crust, sprinkle Italian seasoning and real mozzarella cheese then toss it in the oven, Red Baron is pretty good for that.

[@jfe-z]

I used to eat frozen pizza every now and then but once I got diagnosed with celiacs last year frozen pizza has always been in my fridge. Fills me up nicely and adding my own stuff to it makes it even better. I don’t know where I’d be without it tbh

[@carschmn]

The fact that frozen pizza is from Minnesota and Wisconsin makes the fact that so much frozen pizza is Wisconsin pub style (flat crust with square cuts) make sense.

[@cooljinzo]

This video is very nostalgic . I am 100 years old from newyork and, I remember the first frozen pizzas . They were a live safer at the time .

[@mellymel9410]

I love spreading disinformation on the internet

[@blackwivesmatter9040]

Lol you are not 100 years old on youtube

[@sirdarklust]

A good frozen pizza you could get in the NY/NJ area in the old days was from Celentano, which was more in the thick crust, square Sicilian style. Also, the original Ellio's, when owned by the original company before Beatrice bought it, was good. They actually hand flattened the dough and topped by hand, which is why it had a crust, instead of using machine pressed dough.

[@the_real_MarcGyver]

I think every jersey kid grew up on Ellios!

[@blubirdgirly]

I would love to see the history of baby food

[@darrenshebell3563]

Some of it's really scary!!! They use to add a boatload of sugars to baby food. Mom's would taste the food before they'd give it to their baby. So baby food makers wouldn't give a rats behind about healthy and just make it tasty for mom....

[@redline1916]

The history of baby food and baby formula is like a corporate vietnam war

[@thingfish000]

It begins with mammals and mammary glands.

[@Valtrach]

I hear it started small. 🙂

[@daywalker3735]

It all started when I chewed up food, spit it up into jars, and sold it for a nickel a piece back in 1905.

[@MarkMeadows90]

I'm surprised y'all didn't mention Frechetta frozen pizza. That and DiGiorno frozen pizza are my two favorites! If it has to be cheap, then Red Baron has my pick for the best budget friendly frozen pizza, along with Totino's Party Pizzas.

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@kingsofthegridiron lol

[@gabrielhowardMKE]

As a child of the 80's this brought back a ton of memories.

[@ricksmith7631]

Being Canadian, all i can remember was McCains pizza. Growning up and on a cold Saturday night it was a real treat since Mom and Dad were going out for the night and we didnt care as long as we had McCains in the oven. Basic pizza, pepperoni with green peppers and alot of cheese, they were to die for. then some bureaucratic idiot pushed the idea that trans fat was a bad thing and pretty soon the taste and quality dropped right off the table only to be scooped up by the 4 legged floor cleaner.

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

We were a Tombstone family even though they shredded the f**k outta our mouths. And I still love this little Torino’s pizzas for an occasional Saturday night movie binge.

[@joesmoe6947]

Tombstones my favorite as well. They were smart imo and we’re one of the few who didn’t try to be delivery style frozen pizza.

[@lilymae7516]

Again... why tf are ppl so sensitive to food?

[@SnarkyRC]

Shredded your mouth? Do you not have teeth? I never had a problem eating Tombstone pizza. Totino's pizza is good if you been drinking.

[@Lawnmower737]

@@SnarkyRC I think I know what the issue was and why that happened. Their oven either must’ve cooked it in a weird way and it became more hardened than it should and on top of that, things that get freezer burned easily like pizzas don’t cook ve egg well to begin with and makes the bread hard and dry.

[@jacklarkin1383]

I prefer cold to hot Pizza. It tastes less greasy to me anyway..

[@hexorcist4537]

This recipe I use to make in college. I would buy the large tin of Hawaiian bread. I would cut off the top, and put sauce on the bread in the tin. Then top with cheese and other topping. I would pop it in to the oven till the cheese was melted. It made several decent sized pizza slices, and with the tin had its own plate. The plus side was you could eat the top you cut off later.

[@funnylittlecactus4672]

Oh man do I love pizza lol. When I was younger I remember eating those crispy Totino's party pizzas, I'd dip the pieces in taco bell mild sauce. Frozen pizza isn't my first choice, but I'll definitely eat it. The Digiorno pan pizza is actually really good.

[@hellhound1389]

My grandfather is the pizza nut in our family, he once ate pizza for almost every meal for 2 weeks. He usually has between 8-12 pizzas in his freezer. I really shouldn't complain because that's how I am for Mexican food. I could eat tacos for every meal

[@funnylittlecactus4672]

@@hellhound1389 I love Mexican food too lol. When I was pregnant with my first son 20 years ago we had a Mexican restaurant that we went to at least three times a week lol. After I had the baby we brought him in to show everyone that worked there because at that point we knew everyone.

[@darren6951]

Whoever came up with the begal bits song is a marketing genius. I still have that song stuck in my head after all these years. That and puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea.

[@kenoi131]

That Bagel Bites jingle fucking chokeslammed me. Nostalgia like a freight train.

[@E_LithaBeth]

Jack's! It has a thin and crispy crust. But it's so hard to find here that I have turned to using tortillas with sauce I make and freeze in dollops the right size for a pizza, Monterey jack cheese (more flavor than mozzarella) and pepperoni (or whatever). Bake about 6 minutes and enjoy!

[@hellhound1389]

What you don't realize is you actually make jacks pizza. The crust is basically an oversized tortilla topped with pasta sauce and a white cheese blend

[@E_LithaBeth]

@@hellhound1389 But I do realize that. That's why I do it! Desperation is the mother of invention.

[@GroundersSourceOfficial]

I love my grocery store's frozen pizza. There is nothing artificial or weird in it and it's so yummy.

[@Cacowninja]

What brand?

[@II-cs8bz]

I think he means the store's own brand, we have them too although they're more refrigerated and fresh than frozen.

[@BeyondDaX]

Probably some local brand by the looks of things

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Ralph’s in California is disgusting & Not even frozen😕

[@richborn6700]

Hy-Vee has a good in house pizza

[@vixengypsy]

I'd love to see a segment on Frozen dinners, like Hungry Man!

[@JLanc1982]

Tombstone and Tony's are what I grew up with! My mom would get Red Barons when they went on sale. Maaaan those French bread pizza's and Bagel Bites are Amazing. Also when Papa Murphys when they were around they were Awesome!

[@idahomike4254]

Wow! Thanks for the memories. As a late Baby Boomer I remember all of these brands. We never had a microwave when I was growing up, so, yeah, we had to wait about 20 to 25 minutes for an oven-baked pizza. On special occasions, my parents would let me and my brother have some Ripple wine with our pizza. We felt sooo grown up! Ahh, the good life.Thanks again!

[@jlshel42]

I’d like to hear about poorly marketed foods like when Gerber tried marketing jarred meals for adults

[@kencarp57]

Screamin’ Sicilian is very underrated, and is my favorite frozen pizza by far. Plus, you get a FREE MUSTACHE on every box!

[@Adam13Chalmers]

Freschetta crust impressed me when I first discovered it. Been a while, so not sure how it holds up to other brands?

[@SirLorence]

Great video, the section about the USDA was particularly interesting. I'm a big proponent of frozen pizza, DiGiorno is definitely one of my go to brands, but there's a store brand marmalade and cheese one that's become my favorite.

[@TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWK]

This channel is cool 😎 hopefully it will blow up

[@xalienshex]

There are more options for frozen pizza than I thought, like hot pockets, pizza rolls, bagel bites, and then of course a normal frozen pizza

[@paulwoida8249]

My parents used to go to Totino's original restaurant when dating. The pizza business was so successful that the Totino family kept one of the parochial high schools open when finances were tight.

[@philipmendisco6656]

The key to enjoying frozen pizza is to accept that it IS frozen pizza, NOT restaurant pizza. That is an unfair comparison. With that being said, Red Barron and Tony's are my personal faves

[@simond3439]

As a kid growing up in the 80s... I can't believe you didn't even mention my beloved McCain frozen mini pizzas

[@HTehnique]

Superb video, thanks

[@jayneharris3888]

Do a timelines for food, Weird History. Please.

[@wylanvallotton4462]

I'm not about that health conscious pizza alternatives, but I will say that cauliflower crust is fucking delicious!!!

[@NR-gp2il]

Exactly I'm not Vegan but Some vegan stuff is good

[@wylanvallotton4462]

@@NR-gp2il I agree completely. I love watching Sauce Stache, and Thee Burger Dude. I even bought burger dudes book. I love meat, cheese and all that, but I love some vegan stuff too. Good food is good food.

[@dingdingding4033]

I like Amy's frozen pizzas.. especially the no cheese one and the margherita one.. albeit expensive, but good.

[@Tenkurel]

Costco used to sell a frozen pepperoni pizza made by Kirkland that came with 4 pizzas per box. This was the greatest frozen pizza I had ever eaten and I curse Kirkland every night for discontinuing it.

[@chrisw6164]

Tombstone is still my go-to for frozen pizza.

[@macsnafu]

Frozen pizza can be good, especially if you're willing to pay more for the more expensive brands, but even a cheap Totino's or Tony's pizza can be spruced up with extra cheese and toppings. But pizza rolls are the go-to snack when I just want a taste of pizza without going the full-blown pizza route.

[@jarvis109]

Feel like TV dinner deserves an episode now.

[@weirdhistoryfood]

Coming soon

[@lisapop5219]

My favorite is discontinued, unfortunately. I love deep dish tombstone mini pizza. I've tried all the others but that one was the best. They came in a package of 6 in 3 different flavors.

[@neoasura]

My favorite was Tombstones Brick Oven pizza, also discontinued :(

[@howyoudurrinhunneh]

In the plastic bag, the minis?

[@bunkhouse1996]

What they don't sell them anymore?!

[@Da_Benski]

This was a fun video. Frozen pizza was the bomb for kids in the 80s and 90s. However, I remember lots of fun with Boboli pizza crusts in the late 90s, which allowed people to quickly bake home crafted pizzas.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Frozen pizza is strongly tied to many generations now too.

[@Krawurxus]

One thing that I noticed was the size difference between the first frozen pizzas and the ones sold as single servings today. The very first ones look to be about as big as a hand spread out and equate to about a quarter to half of a medium modern one while having a much thinner crust and were apparently considered one serving. Which makes perfect sense when you consider that a single Dominos pie can have upwards of 2000 calories. So if a regular frozen pizza is actually like 2-4 servings a meal will easily become a binge of you aren't mindful of portion sizes. Especially since you can inhale one of those pizzas in its entirety in 10 minutes and still have room for another.

[@richborn6700]

Honestly with my family we need to cook two each time

[@unclefungus7395]

the secret to a really tasty frozen pizza is high heat! crank your oven and cut the time on the label. the hotter, shorter baking time will leave the dough tender and perfect as opposed to the overly chewy texture with a hard bottom that some frozen pizzas are prone to

[@minuteman4199]

I think they turn out better if you thaw them before you cook them as well as doing them as hot as the oven will go.

[@hellhound1389]

I use a stone, crank the heat to 500 for 30 minutes then cook pizza according to directions. Even the crappiest frozen pizza (jacks) will come out decent. Of course once you learn to make pizza from scratch frozen pizza becomes a rarity

[@starmc26]

Wrong

[@unclefungus7395]

@@starmc26 the mouth feel doesn’t lie

[@Bowie_E]

After a stogie, it's nice to make two totinos pizzas, then put them together, toppings together, slice it, dip it in spicy ranch, and call it a pizza-dilla.

[@darrenshebell3563]

Fake cheese now... I miss the 80's Totinos...

[@michaelross1452]

Thats a pizza burger. A drunken college hack.

[@maxxdahl6062]

After a joint they're great.

[@btetschner]

Pizza was THE food for my Elementary Class of 1992, it was my favorite social food at the time too. It is hard for many people to imagine a time when pizza wasn't that popular.

[@platterjockey]

I was in southern Arizona. A local grocery store was making fresh french bread pizza way back in 1977. My buddies and I would walk across the street from school at lunchtime and buy them.

[@KDoyle4]

There were plenty of refrigerators in the 1930s that used a refrigerant other than freon. Frozen foods did not take off until after the revolutionary General Electric combination refrigerator freezer came out in 1948. Why isn't the "Tree Tavern" brand not included in a story about the history of frozen pizza?

[@davidlane1248]

I actually don't like digiornio pizza all that much. It's too doughy. Give me something like a Tony's or tombstone and crisp it up until until the cheese starts to crisp and blacken a little bit 🤤

[@smokinhalf]

tastes like yeast

[@maxsayo]

Something I like to do is about a couple minutes before the cooking time ends is to turn on the broiler and let it brown the cheese and curl the pepperoni a bit.

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

Same here, DiGiorno's is meh, but love the thinner frozen crusts!

[@CAHSR2020]

Fun Fact: It turns black because it's NOT real cheese.

[@mariowalker9048]

I love Digornos espically the pan verision

[@Minkses]

While studying in the UK, getting a frozen pizza gave me dopamine cause it's so much better than their takeaway pizzas that taste likes pies, so horrid 😭

[@tmn5647382910]

My favorite frozen pizza, would have to be Wild Mike's ultimate pizza. Over 2 lbs of pizza goodness !!. Awesome crust and really good toppings !!

[@dustmybroom288]

Wild Mike’s is unique but not in a good way

[@mosley022702]

Best documentary I ever seen about the food 🎉 well done !!