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zebra2  ·  3984 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This Man Has Survived On Pizza Alone For 25 Years

    He swerved off the road and totaled the vehicle, but besides from that isolated incident, his pizza diet seems to be working out for him.

Doesn't seem like he's doing so hot after all. Although if he weren't limiting himself to cheese only, I think he could do pretty well on pizza alone. It comes with damn near everything on it now.

Although I'd say he's right about pizza not getting old. Even if it's just cheese pizza, there's a lot of variety. You can get garbage at Pizza Hut or Papa John's, but there's a lot more to pizza and people forget that. Pizza is art. Not all pizza is, but it is.

Look at the depth in Jeff Varasano's page. A skillfully made pizza has so much going on with only three components that it can easily keep your palate occupied for weeks on end.





_refugee_  ·  3984 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Although if he weren't limiting himself to cheese only, I think he could do pretty well on pizza alone

As someone who also has to deal with - I guess, "sensitive" blood sugar - but nothing as extreme as passing out while driving - his problem is probably more from the simple carbohydrates of the crust than anything else. However, especially if he started making it by hand or started eating whole-grain crust pizza, I suppose his problem could be somewhat ameliorated.

As for whether or not pizza can get old, I don't know. I don't get the love some people have for pizza. I could take it or leave it, really. Admittedly, I would like to try and make my own from scratch, I think that would be fun.

ButterflyEffect  ·  3984 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That pizza looks amazing! I really need to get into more artisan and delicious pizza making. I make a decent tomato pie but a pizza like that is an entirely decent beast. Reminds me of this post which is an excellent post about making pizza.