Posted on 05/03/2021 10:33:31 AM PDT by mylife
Old Forge is a small borough about 75 miles north of the Lehigh Valley.
But while its downtown looks like a lot of other Main Street districts, Old Forge is more than just another small Pennsylvania town. It’s the pizza capital of the world.
That’s a bold claim, of course. But Old Forge has a mom-and-pop pizza joint around every corner and a special way of doing their thing — one that residents of Northeast PA will tell you is the best you’ll ever have.
In the interest of journalism, I needed to check this out for myself.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
The article says the usual type of pizza that was tested had a good tasty sauce and that the mozzarella cheese is blended with at least one other cheese, perhaps provolone.
“good ingredients -> good pizza”
good sauce + good flour + good oregano + good cheese + good oven
Anybody know of a good tasty sauce (or can of truly tasty tomatoes) I can buy at a store in 2021?
Anybody know of good oregano I can buy at a store in 2021?
I had a huge container of really good dried oregano I bought from Pantry Pride for the grand sum of $1.17 circa 1980 that unfortunately got used up about a decade ago.
Many mainly full oregano containers now reside with that container at the local landfill.
Italian grandmothers and pizza pie makers had it easy when I was a kid - tomatoes had flavor back then.
I’ve been using food delivery places that deliver pizza from NYC and Mass, seen a lot of great review for CT apizza, will definitely try these out!
Its all in the sauce and the dough, and Id bet there’s romano in there..
If you don’t like Pepe’s Pizza… I’ll pay for it. Mean it.
If it doesn’t look like this, it’s not real pizza - I don’t care which of the ‘57 states’ it comes from. Real pizza is pizza from Naples - or made like it. Everything else pales in comparison - and is Americanized to the point of people something totally different from the original (e.g. the usual American habit of putting tons of cheese and ‘toppings’ on it, etc.). To each their own, but not for me.
http://www.damichele.net/le-nostre-pizze/
Best pizza I ever had was in a small Mom & Pop place in Jacksonville, Florida, on North Main Street called “Joseffi’s”.................in 1972............
people = being (have no idea how that happened)
“But can you get cucumbers on your pizza?”
Tell me you’re not pregnant.
8^)
5.56mm
Pepe’s is OK, but definitely not fantastic. Neither is Sally's or any of the other overrated New Haven pizza. Same for New York pizza. If you don't taste the crust more than anything else then it has way too much topping and is not pizza as it was created to be.
Oh heck, my DH and his hometowners in the middle of PA would say it’s THEIR pizza franchise.
I’m not picky about pizza. Very few I won’t eat.
But the best I have to try to replicate was a true pizza PIE, made by a local man here in MD. Basically, a gigantic blob of cheese with thin crust below and above, and piled up to make a very thick edging crust. Bascially, gigantic quiche/lasagna without all the junk. Baked in a lasagna pan. If you like cheese - this PIE was the pizza.
What makes you think some of these people who created it aren’t from NY - or better (maybe?) from Italy?
I lived in Italy (Sicily) for a number of years. I’ve never found oregano in the US the can even come close. It’s similar with tomatoes except, some home grown tomatoes are really good.
The real mozzarella cheese is another thing. I’ve thought about trying to make my own mozzarella.
I lived in Italy (Sicily) for a number of years. I’ve never found oregano in the US the can even come close. It’s similar with tomatoes except, some home grown tomatoes are really good.
The real mozzarella cheese is another thing. I’ve thought about trying to make my own mozzarella.
the sauce will burn your mouth
cheese is the buffer :)
Are any of those great places left in the mostly abandoned NYC? When are you folks gonna off that *sshole Mayor and Governor?
Are any of those great places left in the mostly abandoned NYC? When are you folks gonna off that *sshole Mayor and Governor?
I live about 4 miles from Old Forge, in Scranton. Arcaro & Gemelli’s, and Augustine’s shot down Hillary’s attempt to have a campaign event there. Revello’s brought in her smarmy entourage.
Some Italians say watcha da hands - I say watcha da supply trucks.
This is from a company that is closer to Wilkes-Barre than Scranton:
FLOUR
50 lb General Mills Full Strength Flour
50 lb Remarkable Hi-Gluten Flour
50 lb All Trumps Hi-Gluten Flour
25 lb All Trumps Hi-Gluten Flour
50 lb King Midas Special Flour
50 lb Kyrol Hi-Gluten Flour
25 lb All Purpose Flour - General Mills
50 lb Wheat Flour, Durham, Semolina, Corn Meal
https://www.genoafoods.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=11
cheeses:
https://www.genoafoods.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=7
tomato products:
https://www.genoafoods.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=6
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