That's called cup and char when it's done right, and it's far, far superior to gas station/cafeteria pepperoni.Regular pepperoni versus the "old world' pepperoni on my super pepperoni pizza? The regular stuff is thin and flat. The old world stuff is thicker with the ends curled up and crispy. Which one you got? I must admit, I am kind of on the fence....
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Still better than Wild Mike's.No one asked for a picture of overpriced, mediocre freezer pizza.
Yeah, I don't agree. Not that I'm a huge fan of Wild Mike's either, I will very occasionally buy one on sale, but I wouldn't take a DiGiorno for free.Still better than Wild Mike's.
I tried one a week ago because it was on clearance for 2.25 for a box. The bread was tasteless.Yeah, I don't agree. Not that I'm a huge fan of Wild Mike's either, I will very occasionally buy one on sale, but I wouldn't take a DiGiorno for free.
That's a fantastically cheap price for such a large pizza. I wonder how old they were.I tried one a week ago because it was on clearance for 2.25 for a box. The bread was tasteless.
I tend to read the ingredients of everything I eat, I don't buy quite so much into the fear-mongering about "processed" food, but there are times when I'll make an adjustment. I just picked up a new bottle of sauce to try, and didn't bother reading the ingredients until after I got home. When I did I saw that it's got propylene glycol in it, and while I'm not going to throw out my current bottle, I don't think I'll be buying it again.
Doesn't seem too heinous to me? This is their pepperoni pizza ingredient list."Processed" covers a lot of ground .... for example organic whole-grain bread is "processed food" technically as is tofu. (maybe "manufactured" food is more precise?)
What I'm referring to is pure garbage-food like Wild Mikes pizza for example.
Go check out the ingredients/nutrition labels on most of the stuff in the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree or Walmart frozen food section and focus on the prepared stuff.... it's shocking.
Doesn't seem too heinous to me? This is their pepperoni pizza ingredient list.
UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, CHEESE BLEND: LOW MOISTURE MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, MAY ALSO CONTAIN NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR), ROMANO CHEESE FROM COW’S MILK (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW’S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO PASTE, UNCURED PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SEA SALT, MAY CONTAIN 2% OR LESS OF CANE SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CULTURED CELERY JUICE, CHERRY POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS AND COLOR (INCLUDING CELERY POWDER, MUSTARD, AND EXTRACTIVES AND/OR OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA), WATER, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVORING), SHORTENING FLAKES (PALM OIL, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, BETA-CAROTENE), CANOLA OIL, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC, MALT (MALTED BARLEY, WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE), YEAST, CORN STARCH, SPICES.
Safeway was clearancing the items that don't sell. Plenty of competition in my area. They clearanced Santa Fe Organic Peanut Butter a month or two ago. The regular price($8+) at Safeway for that peanut butter was way above Whole Foods' pricing right now(~$6).That's a fantastically cheap price for such a large pizza. I wonder how old they were.
Most freezer pizza is pretty bland, but Wild Mike's at least comes with a seasoning packet. I recall the sauce being better than DiGiorno sauce, which basically tastes the same as the "tomato sauce" in a can of Spaghetti-Os. I typically put some garlic peri-peri sauce on my frozen pizzas to jazz them up a bit.Safeway was clearancing the items that don't sell. Plenty of competition in my area. They clearanced Santa Fe Organic Peanut Butter a month or two ago. The regular price($8+) at Safeway for that peanut butter was way above Whole Foods' pricing right now(~$6).
Didn't taste old or anything. Just bland. It was the four cheese.
They do brand themselves as having "no artificial anything"!Actually that's a lot better then I was expecting in terms of artificial ingredients!
How's the nutrition label looking?
EDIT: 17-20g's protein per serving but loaded with saturated fat, sodium and empty carbs. (this is for 1/3 of the pie)
Interesting that water is the #2 ingredient in this pizza too....
They do brand themselves as having "no artificial anything"!
The only nutrition details I normally concern myself with are protein and total calories, seems to be working quite a treat for me health-wise, the only thing that's ever out of the "good" range is alkaline phosphate being just barely on the "low" side. I expect water might be #2 because it's in the dough, and probably more in the sauce?