Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cindy Hamilton Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Store bought, frozen pizza Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 08:55:17 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: <100k4dk$2okce$1@dont-email.me> References: <1005icv$39e2i$1@dont-email.me> <1005uf1$3cq8e$1@dont-email.me> <1007dp9$3ohik$1@dont-email.me> <100g4jn$1q17h$2@dont-email.me> <22mufl-52c.ln1@anthive.com> <100idmu$2bbl8$1@dont-email.me> <100j0im$2d2ai$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: hamilton@invalid.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 10:55:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ea3988cbf4dd1ba9b1cc9a9fc0f1e87f"; logging-data="2904462"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19J1Z/zwdMPPUBznktdBuubPRyWRbokGvs=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xxEUuGOsROpDhSSUSxNpz+0KQGs= On 2025-05-20, Dave Smith 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