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So, I ordered pizza tonight although I should have known better, and I ordered an anchovy pizza with mushrooms and extra cheese. I haven't had one in nearly 15 years. It was the first one I tried of the three pizzas I ordered, and while it wasn't as salty as I remember, I wasn't put off by it by any means. Doubt I'd rush out to order another real soon, but it is good.

Does anyone else out there like anchovies on their pizza?  And if you do, what other toppings do you like with them?

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I've never had pizza with anchovies.
Matter of fact, I've never had anchovies.

Would you recommend trying a single anchovy before having a bunch of them on a slice of pizza?

What do they taste like?

Yes, I like anchovies on my pizza. It's also a traditional ingredient in Greek salad but hardly anybody does that.

I would definitely try one before going with it on a pizza. They're pretty salty. Maybe put it on a cracker or something.

I've never had anchovies either.  My uncle loves them on pizza, so I've been tempted to try them.  But not quite tempted enough  :teddyr:

I love fish!! Achovies with more fish, therefore a seafood pizza for yours truly!

Anchovies are like little fleshy strips of salt.

I love 'em.  :thumbup:

Anchovies seem to corrupt the flavor of the whole pizza.  Even if you do "halfsies".  The same thing as onions.  I think its a hit or miss thing with most people. 

I'll join the chorus of people who have never eaten an anchovy.  Hearing a lifetime of jokes about them being so awful has unfortunately put me off the idea.  And I've never been faced with a random opportunity to try them.

I admit I'm somewhat curious to try them, but it's really not high on my list of things to do before I die: below "go skydiving" but above "experiment with homosexuality."

Really?  Above "experiment with homosexuality", but below "go skydiving"?  Eating anchovies is a lot cheaper and less risky than either of those.  If you eat sardines, you are good to go on anchovies.  They just seem out of place on a pizza the first time you eat one.

Or, as my dear father used to say, "Once you get past the smell, you got it licked."

Ah, but I'm not ranking my life "to do" list based on cost or risk, I'm ranking it on how much pleasure I suspect the activity will bring me.  I think skydiving would be more fun than eating an anchovy, and either would be more fun than experimenting with homosexuality (which to make clear is at the VERY bottom of my list... only to be attempted if I've sampled EVERY OTHER possibility in life... just so I don't get any misguided propositions by PM  :bouncegiggle:)

Yes, and in a Caesar salad as well. I don't think its the taste of 'em so much that puts me off from eating 'em, which I don't mind, it's the though of eating 'em, that puts me off 'em.

Actually, not being a foodie--well, maybe a little--while you can enjoy a Caesar salad without anchovies in it, it is not a real, true Caesar salad without anchovies.

Now, on the other hand, don't ask me about octopi or squid.

Since you threw down the gauntlet, what up with octopi and squid?

Personally, squid is better as it is not as rubbery as octopus. At least not the time I ate the two.

Oh, I love calimari!  Especially tentacles... never had octopus, though.  I've never heard anyone talk it up as a delicacy.

With the right flavorings, octopus can be more tasty than chewing a latex glove, but you're still chewing a latex glove in the end.

Mmm... octopus...

You have to have it done by someone who knows what they're doing. They're popular in Spain near the Mediterranean, you can get them in salads and on tapas, and they're absolutely amazing. I've had 'em in sushi, too, and no complaints.

On the other hand, I once paid way too much for grilled octupus in a well-known Philadelphia restaurant, and the experience was, as Javakoala said, pretty much like chewing a latex glove.

I had calamari that was the steaks, cut into strips about 4 inches long, an inch wide and a half an inch thick that was the BEST calamari I'd ever had, but it was a one-time-only thing at a local restaurant. I haven't had it in a while though.

I also had clam strips that were about the same size as the above-mentioned calamari and that was real good also. I can't seem to find Geoduck clams anywhere.

I like anchovies on pizza occasionally, but there are other toppings I would rather have (for example, mushrooms or artichoke hearts).  I LOVE anchovies in my Caesar Salad, though.

No anchovies for me thanks, Java.  :teddyr:

I always order from these guys: www.debonairs.co.za (http://www.debonairs.co.za), the best SA pizza ever and the home of the wondrous triple decker pizza.  :teddyr:

Like this:

(http://www.craptasticvoyage.com/pictures/SAPizza.jpg)

That pizza looks and sounds AWESOME.

Trevor: "Drool, slobber, slobber...." that pizza is great.  :teddyr:

Just BTW, that price in SA rand is about US$7.  :smile:

Tempting, but I'm not convinced to pack my bags and move to SA.

The lamb curry pizza sounds good - but it might be better with a layer of rice.  :teddyr:

Corn-on-the-cob as a side item at a pizza joint? Must be a SA thing!

Really?  A whole post on "No anchovies", and nobody mentions Nick Danger or Firesign?  One of the catch phrases of the late '60's/early '70's pop-culture was the line from "Nick Danger:  Third Eye", "I'd like a pizza to go, and no anchovies".  "No anchovies?  You got the wrong man!  I spell my name Danger!" (Slams down phone receiver) . . ."What?"

On the next Firesign record, "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers", it is revealed that it's George Tirebiter, Dwarf's hero, who'd actually dialed the wrong number and was trying to order the pizza from our detective Nick.

Firesign brought it back again and again -- In "The Three Faces of Al", Rocky Roccocco places an order for "An anchovie to go, and hold the pizza!"

Oh, I enjoy them , by the way -- very good with capers -- both anchovies and Firesign Theatre!

peter johnson/denny crane

While my wife likes sardine sandwiches, sardines in tomato sauce on bread with a little mayonnaise, and my daughter and I enjoy sushi, none of us would ever put anchovies on a pizza. Anchovies on saltines are an okay snack but putting them on a pizza just seems vaguely sacreligious to me.


Sushi trivia: Sonny and Cher performed a song to the tune of "If You Knew Susie", the only part of which I remember is "If you knew Sushi like I know Sushi, oh, oh, oh what a geish" and this is now stuck in my mind, sort of like "it's a Small World Afterall" at Disneyland.