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If this is the pizza for 36 $ I feel pitty for humanity.
Someone, who probably works a shitty job that pays mostly for their rent, comes home way too tired and depressed to cook. Orders a pizza that looks absolutely underwhelming. For money that is equivalent for a month of food in another country.
MVP
I'm in Canada, when I order pizza for my family of 3 it comes out to like $65+ with tax and delivery, it's insane. Took them to burger king the other day, we got 3 meals and a couple of apple turnovers and it came out to $50+, shit is insane.
Did a fast casual place last week with 3 other adults. 65 dollars for 4 burgers, 3 drinks, and 2 small fries. Of course they asked me for a tip.
I really try to avoid restaurants. Every time I go I end up angry.
In Romania a pizza is $4-6 for a small one and for a large one $8-10
We (loc: krautland) totally stopped ordering take-out. It gets less and less, worse and worse, cheaper and cheaper, but also more and more expensive. It's not worth it anymore. At all.
We may be just some cheap fucks (as many still do, even those with way less moneyz), but takeout is no viable alternative to cooking anymore.
The Chinese food place near me still sells lunch specials for <10$. It's the only place I order out from anymore and it will probably close soon.
Yeah, we have one like that (just classic german) here too. The last fighting survivor....
Gustavo Gusto frozen pizza is better than at least 80% of delivery pizza anyway, so I just stock those.
Oh is it? Often seen, never tried. We will try next time!
Though the majority of delivery (or even fresh there) is not what a pizza should be and no real competition for self-made or frozen. Here in the Ruhrgebiet at least. They all just seem like money-laundering-stations with mediocre pizza 😩
I saw Home Alone on TV during Christmas and the cheese pizza Kevin orders from Little Nero’s was $12 or $13. I’m impressed and grateful that I can still get a pizza for that price sometimes like 35 years later. Cheaper if I go to Caesars and pick up
Their crazy bread is like crack to me I stg
It's still a better price for what you are getting, but somehow a large Little Caesars pizza is only as filling as like three or four slices from anywhere else. I can easily finish it in one sitting. But you can't complain about $5.55 for a whole pizza. And the "Hot-N-Ready!" signs have been making me giggle for 20 years.
Last time I ordered pizza it came out to $30. We make it at home now. Better quality anyway, besides one of my daughters really loves cooking it with me.
If you are culinary challenged like myself but would like to making pizza at home, here's some suggestions:
Frozen grocery store cheese pizza but fancied up by adding whatever topping you are in the mood for. An "Italian seasoning" spice adds a lot of flavor.
Instead of a traditional pizza dough opt for something simpler like French bread or pitas. Slather on sauce, cheese, toppings. This was my introduction to "cooking" when I was broke.
Pre-made pizza crust like Boboli which is nice but ups the cost. You can also buy uncooked dough though I've never gone this route. I tried making my own dough back when bread machines were a thing but I could never get the hand of it.
Robin Hood pizza flour. I'm sure there are other brands but this is what our mom would use to make pizza most weekends. Now that I'm thinking about I'll have to pick some up
I feel about the word "slather" the way a lot of people seem to feel about the word moist.
You can make tortilla pizza.
Yes! We use mission low carb wraps (they seem to crisp up better) and spread tomato puree on top, then season it with garlic salt and Italian herbs, add clumps of grated cheese, and then toppings.
The trick is to preheat the oven to 400 with a cast iron in, and then spray with oil when you take it out ready to cook on (use gloves, it'll be hot). Carefully transfer the pizza to the hot pan, return to oven, and cook for 10 mins. Depending on the toppings, and if you like it a little more top crispy, switch the oven to broil at the 8 min mark for the last two mins.
My new obsession is a little smidge of grated brussel sprouts (don't knock it til you try it) with an oil spritz.
Is it as fun to make as it is to say?
For years I've improved frozen pizzas by just adding more mozzarella.
...and they're still asking for tips.
It all went downhill when they let the delivery people set the prices
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You know if you order pizza from a place that's actually good, which is to say not Dominos or Pizza Hut, then that's actually a fair price. That's how much I pay including tip and delivery. In Chicagoland.
I'd would say it's a normal price... Not so sure about the fair part. The average price of a traditional pizzaria is why I tend to make my own pizza more than buying them. Ain't no reason I can't have a Round Table quality pizza at a Little Caesars price when I make it myself.
I remember when you could get a large pizza at Little Caesar's for $5.
Now they're $6. At least where I am. They're not the best pizza; but they are the best pizza for $6.
Make pizza at home. Stop falling into poverty traps.
I understand wanting to give people the tools to help themselves but it's also important to keep in mind that this sort of logic has been used to punish the poor and victim blame for any excess pleasure expenditure.
Poverty is a symptom of a failing system and does not fall solely on the individual to escape.
You are assuming the people have the time to learn, the energy, even a kitchen with enough space to do it. Now if you're just talking about like a frozen pizza sure whatever but if you're talking about making it from scratch that's a lot of fucking work not everyone has that kind of time
Tbf sometimes you don't have the energy or time to cook at home. When that happens pizza is one of the cheapest options. But not freakin $36 pizza that looks marginally better than Little Ceasars.
Pizza is an exception in my book because I can never make it as good at home as they do in a restaurant kitchen.
Making your own stuff is more fun than ordering delivery and watching TV while you wait for it to get there
Maybe it's where I live but most people don't have pizza stoves or pizza ovens at home
