Outrage at Halal Chicken Pizzas.

[electric*mayhem*band]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2622052/Pizza-Express-reveal-chicken-use-halal-dont-tell-cus...

It's an abomination. Chicken on Pizzas ? ? ?  *bleurgh* 

[serendipityricho]

Hasta la pizza.

[azureline**]

My white pizza had no tomato paste on it, no tomato whatsoever.

[polksaladallie]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Ok I know I am a bit late but I am weighing in on the tomato debate.

Italian pizzas DO NOT have whole sliced tomato on them. They have tomato paste on them. So when you see "tomato" on a menu, that is what you should be getting.

All pizzas (including the white pizza called Pizza Quattri Formaggi - my favourite when am in Italy) have a tomato base cause they need to it help the ingredients stick.

The reason they don't put whole fresh tomatos on is because the tomatoes have a high water content and will make your pizza base soggy. The other reasonis because tomatos retain their heat - so while the rest of your pizza can be eaten straight out of the oven, tomato makes that impossible. And if you wait for your tomato to cool down, the rest of the pizza is cold.

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At last!  A bit of wisdom.  As I said, real Italian pizza does not include tomatoes.  That obviously means the topping.  The base is made with tomatoes, cooked for hours, and strained so that a pure paste remains.

What people choose to add to the topping is irrelevant, but doesn't alter the original recipe.

[polksaladallie]

A concession has been made to add sun-dried tomatoes (in small amounts) in some recipes. 

[i-need-a-martini]

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@azureline** wrote:

My white pizza had no tomato paste on it, no tomato whatsoever.

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But was it White Pizza (or Pizza Bianca or Pasta Bianca) or Pizza Quattri Formaggi?

White Pizza has nothing on it at all. Actually it isn't classed as a pizza in Italy but a savoury bread. It looks like a pizza (it is round but the edges are fatter and the base is saltier) and has nothing but olive oil and dried herbs like rosemary and oregano. You slice it like a pizza and then you fold it up to eat it. It is very yummy. 

Seriously, tomatoes have no place on real pizza.

[nicnacs_4u]

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@poddster wrote:

Perhaps the fact that i don't eat butter or margarine helps and that I have a high metabolic rate

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Me too Poddy,I haven`t eaten butter/margarine for 56 years in it`s natural self!!

[*crikey*mate*]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Ok I know I am a bit late but I am weighing in on the tomato debate.

Italian pizzas DO NOT have whole sliced tomato on them. They have tomato paste on them. So when you see "tomato" on a menu, that is what you should be getting.

All pizzas (including the white pizza called Pizza Quattri Formaggi - my favourite when am in Italy) have a tomato base cause they need to it help the ingredients stick.

The reason they don't put whole fresh tomatos on is because the tomatoes have a high water content and will make your pizza base soggy. The other reasonis because tomatos retain their heat - so while the rest of your pizza can be eaten straight out of the oven, tomato makes that impossible. And if you wait for your tomato to cool down, the rest of the pizza is cold.

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At last!  A bit of wisdom.  As I said, real Italian pizza does not include tomatoes.  That obviously means the topping.  The base is made with tomatoes, cooked for hours, and strained so that a pure paste remains.

What people choose to add to the topping is irrelevant, but doesn't alter the original recipe.

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Backpeddaling much?

LOLOL

[polksaladallie]

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Ok I know I am a bit late but I am weighing in on the tomato debate.

Italian pizzas DO NOT have whole sliced tomato on them. They have tomato paste on them. So when you see "tomato" on a menu, that is what you should be getting.

All pizzas (including the white pizza called Pizza Quattri Formaggi - my favourite when am in Italy) have a tomato base cause they need to it help the ingredients stick.

The reason they don't put whole fresh tomatos on is because the tomatoes have a high water content and will make your pizza base soggy. The other reasonis because tomatos retain their heat - so while the rest of your pizza can be eaten straight out of the oven, tomato makes that impossible. And if you wait for your tomato to cool down, the rest of the pizza is cold.

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At last!  A bit of wisdom.  As I said, real Italian pizza does not include tomatoes.  That obviously means the topping.  The base is made with tomatoes, cooked for hours, and strained so that a pure paste remains.

What people choose to add to the topping is irrelevant, but doesn't alter the original recipe.

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Backpeddaling much?

LOLOL

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Not at all.  Read it again.  See 99 and 105.  

[*crikey*mate*]

When I went to school, one of the main ingredients in Tomato Paste was umm ahh err well

Tomato

*shrugs*

LOL

[azureline**]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

My white pizza had no tomato paste on it, no tomato whatsoever.

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But was it White Pizza (or Pizza Bianca or Pasta Bianca) or Pizza Quattri Formaggi?

White Pizza has nothing on it at all. Actually it isn't classed as a pizza in Italy but a savoury bread. It looks like a pizza (it is round but the edges are fatter and the base is saltier) and has nothing but olive oil and dried herbs like rosemary and oregano. You slice it like a pizza and then you fold it up to eat it. It is very yummy. 

Seriously, tomatoes have no place on real pizza.

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It had mozzarella cheese and some herbs and nothing else and was very much a bread to have with the rest of the meal. I can't recall what that was though. Pizza Bianca sounds familiar.............and it was delicious!