What do you like on your Pizza?

schmendrik · January 07, 2009, 11:50:44 AM

Funny thing is I've had alligator but I couldn't tell you what it tastes like. I've had alligator stew in Cajun places and all I could say is it was OK, made a perfectly good Cajun stew. Probably I was tasting the spices more than the alligator.

Hammock Rider · January 07, 2009, 02:09:59 PM

I'll eat almost anything on a pizza except seafood. I prefer either a serious deep dish style or a very thin crisp crust. Soggy crust will RUIN an otherwise good pizza.

CheezeFlixz · January 07, 2009, 02:33:09 PM

Quote from: Saucerman on January 07, 2009, 11:46:37 AM
Alligators are very close to the top of my list of animals I really really want to eat. Unfortunately, I can't get it locally and I can't really afford to get it shipped to me.

Kangaroo is currently the pinnacle of that list, and the same issue applies.

I take it you are not in the US? It's about US$9.00 lbs online, but we have a fish monger that comes around every other week with fresh seafood and other not so common meats that you can't get in the store easily and he charges $5.00 lbs for it, which is cheap compared to some common meats.

I had Kangaroo in Australia years ago, I can't recall the favor.

Saucerman · January 07, 2009, 02:45:56 PM

I am in the US Cheeze; I guess I'm going to have to look again. Last time I looked I didn't find anything that cheap.

CheezeFlixz · January 08, 2009, 12:27:44 PM

Quote from: Saucerman on January 07, 2009, 02:45:56 PM
I am in the US Cheeze; I guess I'm going to have to look again. Last time I looked I didn't find anything that cheap.

Here you go ...

http://www.cajungrocer.com/fresh-foods-alligator-c-1_15_16.html

$8.47 a lbs ... check the shipping cost, it seems that 5lbs or more as the best shipping rate.

5 lbs of Gator meat is $61.29 shipped to my address. If you order from them I also HIGHLY recommend you get some BOUDIN (I can get that in stores here, it's freaking wonderful)

I've ordered from this place a time or two and as I recall had good luck with them. Over half our food is ordered online since I have such a weird waste ... try buying Zataar in Kentucky.

Anywho ... it's the shipping of frozen meat that will get you, so you might want to ask a local grocer/butcher if they can get it. They might have to order it but there should be no shipping on it. I order most frozen meat products in the winter time, as the shipping is less because that don't have to use cold packs, this cuts the shipping by 2/3 from some places It comes in frozen and I just pop it in the freezer until I'm ready to use it.

I highly recommend https://www.bavariasausage.com too, fantastic natural casing franks and brats ... if you've never had them you are missing out.
I severed them at a dinner party one time, people at first thought ... "what a cheap bastard serving hot dogs" ... then they tried them, then they went into a food orgasm. 3 years later I still have folks telling me about those franks being the best they've ever had.

Saucerman · January 08, 2009, 01:47:46 PM

Thanks Cheeze; sadly, I don't have access to freezer space at college. I'll have to see about getting some for Spring Break or something.

CheezeFlixz · January 08, 2009, 02:21:32 PM

Quote from: Saucerman on January 08, 2009, 01:47:46 PM
Thanks Cheeze; sadly, I don't have access to freezer space at college. I'll have to see about getting some for Spring Break or something.

Ah! College might I recommend Ramen Noodles and Mac and Cheese. That was my budget in college ... well actually mac and cheese was a luxury.

Saucerman · January 08, 2009, 02:35:10 PM

Ramen makes me violently ill...don't know why, but it does. Most of what I eat at school is mac and cheese and Dinty Moore microwavable beef stew.

Rev. Powell · January 08, 2009, 07:23:37 PM

Quote from: CheezeFlixz on January 08, 2009, 02:21:32 PM
Quote from: Saucerman on January 08, 2009, 01:47:46 PM
Thanks Cheeze; sadly, I don't have access to freezer space at college. I'll have to see about getting some for Spring Break or something.

Ah! College might I recommend Ramen Noodles and Mac and Cheese. That was my budget in college ... well actually mac and cheese was a luxury.

Alligator flavored Ramen noodles... now there's an untapped market!

ghouck · January 08, 2009, 07:35:16 PM

I like chicken hearts in my Ramen noodles.

RCMerchant · January 13, 2009, 03:51:51 PM

I like black olives,green peppers,jalapeno peppers,mushrooms,lotsa cheese,and those little crused red peppers. Meat......Italian sausage!

Quote from: ghouck on January 08, 2009, 07:35:16 PM
I like chicken hearts in my Ramen noodles.

I can't eat Ramen noodles. Smell lke jail. That's the main food in county jail. Whole cell would smell like dirty feet and Ramen noodles. One of the turnkeys remarked that-"This place smells like ass and noodles!"

Raffine · January 13, 2009, 05:20:31 PM

Quote"This place smells like ass and noodles!"

I don't know where or when, but I definitely have to use that line soon!

QuoteAnchovies

Shouldn't that be 'Salty Sea Kittens'?

Torgo · January 13, 2009, 05:55:45 PM

I used to eat Ramen noodles all the time up until a couple of years ago when I had a blood pressure scare and had to change my diet. Turns out I've become sodium sensitive and Ramen is extremely high in it. I used to mix it with almost anything. Ramen mixed with Tomato Soup is really cool.

Raffine · January 13, 2009, 06:25:58 PM

Are the noodles themself high in sodium or is it mostly in the powered flavoring that usually comes with them?

I keep several packs of the noodles at work for a quick snack with frozen vegtables, shrimp, and various low-sodium soups and Asian sauces. But I always throw those packets of flavoring in the garbage, viewing them as evil little heart attacks in a foil package.

Torgo · January 13, 2009, 06:40:21 PM

Quote from: Raffine on January 13, 2009, 06:25:58 PM
Are the noodles themself high in sodium or is it mostly in the powered flavoring that usually comes with them?

Actually, I think that it was more the flavoring packets than the noodles themselves.