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What are your three favorite pizza toppings?

  • Anchovies

    Votes: 12 7.7%
  • Apples

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Artichoke hearts

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Asparagus

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Bacon

    Votes: 20 12.8%
  • Bamboo shoots

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Banana peppers

    Votes: 7 4.5%
  • Basil

    Votes: 7 4.5%
  • Bell pepper

    Votes: 11 7.1%
  • Butternut squash

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Canadian bacon

    Votes: 12 7.7%
  • Capers

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Cauliflower

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Chicken

    Votes: 13 8.3%
  • Chili oil/chili crisp

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Chutney

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Clams

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Eggplant

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Garlic

    Votes: 12 7.7%
  • Ground beef

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • Ham

    Votes: 14 9.0%
  • Hazelnuts

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hearts of palm

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jalapenos

    Votes: 15 9.6%
  • Lobster

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Olives, black

    Votes: 21 13.5%
  • Olives, green

    Votes: 6 3.8%
  • Olives, kalamata

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Olive oil

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Onion, green (scallions)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Onion, raw

    Votes: 24 15.4%
  • Onion, pickled

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Mayonnaise

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Meatballs

    Votes: 6 3.8%
  • Mushrooms

    Votes: 53 34.0%
  • Pepperoni

    Votes: 74 47.4%
  • Pepperocinis

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Pineapple

    Votes: 40 25.6%
  • Pine nuts

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Potato

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Sausage

    Votes: 47 30.1%
  • Shrimp

    Votes: 6 3.8%
  • Smoked oysters

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Spinach

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • Tomatoes, fresh

    Votes: 4 2.6%
  • Tomatoes, sun-dried

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • Zucchini

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ketchup

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tuna

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Sriracha

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Kimchi

    Votes: 1 0.6%

Asparagus is on the Shame Basement list, but I see Broccoli Rabe on a lot of fancy brick oven pizzas.
Every time I go to a restaurant that's not fast food or a chain, I'll be reading the menu, hmmm this sounds good, until I come to the obligatory odd see what a great chef I am ingredient. This immediately makes it a hard pass and is annoying. Some ingredients don't and shouldn't go together.
 

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On that list, I think my only no-go's are bamboo shots (texture issues) and pineapple (will send me into a full-blown panic attack).

And sure, pizza is shareable with the slices and all but it's also highly individualistic what you prefer on it. Might be a different pizza culture here than in the US but why wouldn't everyone order a pizza of their own? Not only will there be less bickering, it will also last you all evening rather than just one slice.
 

Asparagus is on the Shame Basement list, but I see Broccoli Rabe on a lot of fancy brick oven pizzas. I hate broccoli rabe. It's basically asparagus but worse, but if people are putting that stuff on pizza, I'm surprised nobody is doing asparagus.
I like asparagus and maybe it might go through some chemical changes and get a different flavor profile being in a pizza oven, like the way broccoli really changes after getting all roasted, but right now I have a hard time imagining it as an appealing pizza topping.
 

Broccoli Rabe is great and asparagus is pretty good, but I don't think either goes particularly well on a pizza.

MAYBE a white pizza with garlic.
 

I like asparagus and maybe it might go through some chemical changes and get a different flavor profile being in a pizza oven, like the way broccoli really changes after getting all roasted, but right now I have a hard time imagining it as an appealing pizza topping.
Just to be clear, not "eat your broccoli" broccoli. Broccoli Rabe. It's a really harsh, bitter, nutty, kick in the face. Waldy's in NYC would pair it with pepperoni, and it kind of worked, but I rarely ordered it.
 

And sure, pizza is shareable with the slices and all but it's also highly individualistic what you prefer on it. Might be a different pizza culture here than in the US but why wouldn't everyone order a pizza of their own?
I don't know where you're at but we usually do individual pizzas in the UK also, unless a lot of people involved are small eaters and not picky! It just makes sense.

However, in the US, a lot of pizzas, especially from good local pizza places/smaller chains are like, staggeringly large. And barely less expensive in smaller sizes (or the next size down from large is excessively small). Often very "rich" too (i.e. a lot of dough/cheese/sauce/toppings). Like, where my wife used to be based, the nearest two good pizza places, if you got a large, even two people probably couldn't polish that off in one night without effort and focus (and not feeling great about it lol), and one person would typically eat less than 1/3rd of it. So if everyone ordered one of those each, everyone would be having to lug home a lot of pizza (not a disaster but...). At least in my experience.

Stuff from chains like Domino's, Pizza Hut and so on is typically a similar size in the US to elsewhere, but to be real those places, at their best, sucked hard compared to local places/chains in all the areas I've spent significant time in the US, even rural Mass.
 

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