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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Store bought, frozen pizza
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 08:55:17 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-05-20, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2025-05-20 6:43 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 5/20/2025 1:21 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> It sounds like it has been a while since you've had pizzeria
>>> pizza.  Cup pepperoni is notorious for holding grease.
>>> https://www.seriouseats.com/the-pizza-lab-why-does-pepperoni-curl
>> 
>> Even if you make pizza at home, sliced pepperoni forms "cups" and holds 
>> the grease.  Sorry, it is what bothers my stomach.  I'd rather not have 
>> pepperoni on pizza.
>> 
>
> I have never understood the attraction to pepperoni on pizza.  It is 
> basically a pretty crappy type of sausage, heavy on fat and salt.

Mmm.  Fat and salt.  It's a cured sausage, FFS.  Stable at room
temperature.  What do you expect?

There's some crappy pepperoni out there, but there's some pretty
good stuff, too.

https://www.tastingtable.com/1847567/store-bought-pepperoni-brands-ranked-worst-best/

I buy Boar's Head in natural casing.

https://boarshead.com/products/charcuterie/16078-pepperoni-natural-casing-6-5-oz-net-wt

-- 
Cindy Hamilton