re: #129 oaktree

Off topic foodie question.

Reuban Pizza - Good idea, or heresy?

Reuben pizza was featured on the Travel Channel’s show Man v. Food. The restaurant Black Market Pizza in Ames, Iowa, specializes in sandwich-themed pizzas. The Reuben consists of a sweet-potato dough—topped with Thousand-Island dressing, Swiss cheese, corned beef, sauerkraut, mozzarella cheese, and caraway seeds—that is baked, then topped with pickles before serving.

It depends on what you mean by pizza - how fanatically you insist it have (and not have) certain ingredients. If you are the type of person who believes Guinness isn’t beer because it violates Beer Purity laws of Germany, then you probably declare this heresy if not heathen. If you’re the sort who considers a California Roll to be sushi it’s probably fine.

For me, I’ve come to think any flatbread with toppings added then run through a superhot oven can be called pizza if the creator wants to do so. But I’m a rather tolerant sort of guy — I even avoided either fleeing in terror or going ballistic when served an Elvis Pizza. (Bananas, bacon, peanut butter, and one was too many.)