NY Pizza: it IS really all about the water

[rudder]

NY has the highest per capita of dead bodies in the rivers. Its the people you are tasting!

 

[CraKaJaX]

Saw this the other night. Good episode :thumbsup:

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: rudder
NY has the highest per capita of dead bodies in the rivers. Its the people you are tasting!

mmm people

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Saw this the other night. Good episode :thumbsup:

Saw it last night too. Can't say it was scientific though. True, the guys were able to say which one they thought was "the best", and yes, you can say the water somehow/somewhere affected how they tasted the pizza, but it hardly says NY pizza is the best. Try doing that in front of a panel of pizza guys from around the country.

 

[nakedfrog]

NY PIZZA IS PEOPLE!!!

 

[rcxEric]

da peep who be gettin da nyc water proly give it golden shower, other 2 pizza taste same so think o juzt crap pizza but nyc be tastin funky so prolly better

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: rcxEric
da peep who be gettin da nyc water proly give it golden shower, other 2 pizza taste same so think o juzt crap pizza but nyc be tastin funky so prolly better

Translation:

The individuals getting this New York City water probably urinate in it. The pizzas from the other two cities taste the same or bad, but New York City's pizzas taste "funky" and are better, I think.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
LOL Another one of these "our city's pizza is better than anywhere else" threads.

Well, in the case of NY pizza it happens to be true.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Isn't NYC tap rated the highest in the world? I absolutely love the tap water in my apartment.

On another note, New Jersey water is horrible. It was a sweet rotten taste to it. I remember a few years back my neice started to cry because her mother was making her drink it...lol

You say "New Jersey water" as if all water from NJ would taste the same. Please tell me you don't think all water from NJ tastes the same.

My cousin runs a water treatment facility in NJ, and indeed, that is not the case at all. It depends largely on the quality of the water coming from the well and the treatment at the plant.

NJ, overall, though is known for having a supply of excellent groundwater. It's under the pine barrens.

I miss the pizza.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: dbk
sound like bullshizzle to me.

I wouldn't be so sure... I grew up in western NY on well water. Our well was about 185' deep, spring fed. Bedrock in that area is granite with a lot of limestone... iron and calcium galore. My father eventually put a filter on the tank, and we would change the filter probably every month or two because it would become so full of sediment (mostly rust) it would actually kill the water pressure. Yeah... it was some seriously hard water.

But... I can hardly drink water the same way anymore, particularly from public supplies. I've lived in various parts of NY, FL, and most recently in AL, and spent a good amount of time in MA too... and let me tell you, there is nothing like a glass of straight-from-the-tap ice cold well water.

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
the pizza I make is more delicious than anything I've ever bought from a vendor in any city. It's all in the sauce. Fresh tomatoes + garlic + olive oil + sugar. Keep it simple. Also, start the heat in the pan with just the oil, then add the garlic bits to let them fry for a bit, then put in the tomato chunks and wait for it to cook down. mmmmmm.

If you have extra sauce and leftover toppings just throw it together and freeze in a jar, it works as spaghetti sauce.

I know we've all discussed this before, and I'm a huge proponent of quality in the home kitchen; however, you're not duplicating the same effort at the better pizza houses no matter what you do unless you're sporting an oven that can reach the same temperatures.

Atlanta has a local guy that's a bit nutty about pizza, and he went as far as tweaking his home oven to reach the right temperatures. He used to give everyone tastes out of his house before launching the restaurant.

And, for a lot of people, myself included, fresh tomatoes doesn't necessarily cut it for a pizza sauce. What you're describing is basically the recipe for a simple marinara.

Ich... his pizza's look disgusting.

You've never seen a Neapolitan style pizza? :roll::roll:

 

[dr150]

Originally posted by: evident
NY is so fucking full of itself. i'm not willing to pay 200% for everything there, including nights out, pizza and everything just to say omfg i was in ny!!!! what a waste of $


pizza anywhere is can be good or shitty. it's not like a cheesesteak where only philly/south jersey knows how to make a decent one.

Lol.

Puck Philly.....enjoy your baseball win...it's over now.....all over.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Ns1
In case you haven't seen food detectives...



They compared 3 identical pizzas (same guy made all 3), with LA water, CHI water, and NY water.

In a blind taste test, they choose the one made with NY water as the best.


Probably because LA gets the water shipped in, CHI pumps it in from lake MI, and NY water gets filtered through rock and gets carried to NY by river.

LA doesnt ship water in. it flows in via aqueduct.

 

[Whisper]

I know of a restaurant or two that ships in water from Italy for a similar reason...when using it to make the dough, better water apparently = better taste.