• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Pizza Is Life

Page 28 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
It was the #1 post in r/pizza yesterday. My #11 of all time.
And this one just keeps going and going and going. Kind of like the Energizer bunny rabbit. I'm almost to 2K. Up to #8 post of all time. I'm going to have two guests this week. One on Wednesday and one on Saturday. The one on Wednesday as requested pepperoni and sausage. The one on Saturday wants a repeat of the mega pepperoni. We'll see what I can talk him into.
 
I need to dig deep and start making pizza again. I had a solid run of making dough wednesday nights and cooking every friday for like 6 months, but work and kids have been running me ragged, and I can't find the motivation.
 
I need to dig deep and start making pizza again. I had a solid run of making dough wednesday nights and cooking every friday for like 6 months, but work and kids have been running me ragged, and I can't find the motivation.

Have you gotten into the no-knead scene yet? I struggle with the mental energy required to focus on cooking, so I mostly do no-knead:

* Only requires 5 minutes a day
* I buy a 20-pound sack of King Arthur AP flour from Costco for $20 once a month
* I use the fridge & freezer to store in stackable silicone pizza proofing tubs






1775627732657.png
 
Have you gotten into the no-knead scene yet? I struggle with the mental energy required to focus on cooking, so I mostly do no-knead:

* Only requires 5 minutes a day
* I buy a 20-pound sack of King Arthur AP flour from Costco for $20 once a month
* I use the fridge & freezer to store in stackable silicone pizza proofing tubs






View attachment 141415
I have ADHD and it's a major challenge to do anything, let alone do anything consistently. And yet I have been making pizza regularly for over 3 years. There's days when I am not feeling it. I do a 72-hour cold fermentation. That means I need to make my dough ahead of time even when I don't feel like it. I work late. That means sometimes I have to stay up until 2:00-3 in the morning making pizza dough. I know that if I don't do it nobody else is going to do it for me. I'm glad I've gotten pretty good at it because I look forward to eating it myself. My executive dysfunction does not. LOL
 
I have ADHD and it's a major challenge to do anything, let alone do anything consistently. And yet I have been making pizza regularly for over 3 years. There's days when I am not feeling it. I do a 72-hour cold fermentation. That means I need to make my dough ahead of time even when I don't feel like it. I work late. That means sometimes I have to stay up until 2:00-3 in the morning making pizza dough. I know that if I don't do it nobody else is going to do it for me. I'm glad I've gotten pretty good at it because I look forward to eating it myself. My executive dysfunction does not. LOL

I suffer from this GREATLY! My solution is to use a body double as often as possible:


I use that as part of my 4-part anti-task-paralysis approach:


I try to use the presence of people IRL, on the phone, or on video (Zoom, Facetime, etc.) as often as possible. I have a terrible memory & virtually ZERO self-initiation energy. I just don't do much when left to my own devices!
 
Olives definitely are not very popular. I've gotten no downvotes, though. Wild. I think it looks and tastes fantastic. What do you guys think? (Sweet Italian sausage, pepperoncini, black olives, castelvetrano olives, red onion, (my own) tomato sauce, fresh grated Parmesan and cubed mozzarella).
try to find the wrinkly (salt-cured) black olives, not the shiny ones
1776409293750.jpeg
they do need to be hand-pitted, and probably cut in half as they are otherwise too strong, but they really do work great on pizza - they have a similar profile to capers, anchovies.
 
Olives definitely are not very popular. I've gotten no downvotes, though. Wild. I think it looks and tastes fantastic. What do you guys think? (Sweet Italian sausage, pepperoncini, black olives, castelvetrano olives, red onion, (my own) tomato sauce, fresh grated Parmesan and cubed mozzarella).

What they say? Variety is the spice of life. Differentiation is essential. Been varying my pizzas a lot lately, with excellent effect.

Edit: gonna riff on that, @bigboxes . I have nearly a whole Costco box of mild Italian sausage in the freezer section and been wondering what I'm going to do with it. Shall try on some pizzas going forward. 1 pizza/week is my regimen. But variety is key.
 
What they say? Variety is the spice of life. Differentiation is essential. Been varying my pizzas a lot lately, with excellent effect.

Edit: gonna riff on that, @bigboxes . I have nearly a whole Costco box of mild Italian sausage in the freezer section and been wondering what I'm going to do with it. Shall try on some pizzas going forward. 1 pizza/week is my regimen. But variety is key.
Yeah, I usually do one pizza a week. Today's tomato pie is a lot more popular.
 
Thing is, I never buy cream. Hmm... Well it isn't kosher (literally, combining mammalian meat and dairy is a no no), however I don't keep kosher. My ground beef for many years has been the leanest package of stew meat I see, recently from Costco, brought home... I trim off obvious fat chunks and then "grind" in a magnificent attachment that was made for Oster blenders as a food processor. I use it almost exclusively to grind meat (beef or pork). I make pork sausage using this technique. The ground beef I get I press into 1/4 lb. patties and freeze between pieces of freezer paper, store in plastic bags in freezer, remove one at a time and utilize for whatever dinner I fancy that features ground beef.

Yeah, I figured that blob was ground beef at first but on 3rd view (5th?) I just wasn't sure, that 55 second video was so quick I could hardly see. Looked around some for words to associate with that YT short but didn't see any. I figure to ima try it too.

Um, I found that Pyrex bowl alluded to above, it's on the bottom of a stack of mostly plastic bowls in my kitchen cupboard. However, I'm inclined to use my bread making machine for doughs these days. So quick and easy, less wear and tear on my hurtin' hands.
 
Last edited:
Have you gotten into the no-knead scene yet? I struggle with the mental energy required to focus on cooking, so I mostly do no-knead:

* Only requires 5 minutes a day
* I buy a 20-pound sack of King Arthur AP flour from Costco for $20 once a month
* I use the fridge & freezer to store in stackable silicone pizza proofing tubs






View attachment 141415
I haven't yet, but my interest is piqued.

I had used similar containers in the past, but moved top proofing boxes like you see at shops. Those were a BITCH to get the dough out of, even with liberal amounts of olive oil.
 
Back
Top