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On January 21 2011 10:50 Newbistic wrote:
Can you give a description of what anchovies taste like on pizza?
I'd like to try it one day, but if it smells like you say it does, that doesn't sound very appetizing. Smell is a huge part of taste.
Hmmm... That's really hard to describe. Its texture is fairly rough, and it's extremely salty. It's almost like adding salty fish pepperonis on the pizza (but there are way less of them than pepperonis, otherwise it'd be too salty). As far as the smell goes, it's hard to describe. I'd almost say it smells salty, which doesn't inherently make sense, but.. Hmm.
I've always been bad at describing taste. Maybe someone else can do a better job.
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I like anchovies a lot, and all seafood for the matter. I find on pizza it can go either way, some places make it taste amazing, some not so much. A must for me on pizza is a good hotsauce.
And lol at blackjack making rules of what is and isn't supposed to go with cheese. Who cares? If people find it good, let them eat it.
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Cheese and seafood is more of an old school culinary faux pas. Most traditional European dishes will feature one or the other but never together. But I agree with Horrde if they like it, it's their decision to eat it.
I enjoy anchovies, but maybe my Vietnamese upbringing helps eating the tasty things. To me the just are small salty fish, but more salty than fishy. Reminds me of fish sauce a little bit..
Blackjack: You say you don't eat small animals, but anchovies are inherently small. So I guess you don't eat shrimp either? You make the comparison sound like beef and veal. But you don't feel bad for that cow that more than likely cooped up in a small quarters in sub-optimal living conditions and treated with hormones and other junk.
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On January 21 2011 10:33 BlackJack wrote:
It's actually a very common view that seafood doesn't mix well with cheese. You're not going to disprove it by bringing up a tuna melt or a mcdonalds filet o fish or tuna helper.
Very common? Wanna give me some stats? Right now, the only thing helping your side is that not a lot of people like anchovies. Which doesn't actually help your side because people dislike anchovies; it's got nothing to do with it being eaten with cheese.
I just googled "italian seafood recipes" and "french seafood recipes" and I found over 30 dishes within the first 10 seconds of clicking around that have cheese and seafood in them. And I bet I can find many many more from other cultures'. I also bet I can find even more that have seafood and tomato sauce (were you serious when you said seafood doesn't go with tomato sauce??).
It's fine that you don't like seafood. Going around saying that it's "not supposed" to go with cheese or tomato sauce is just idiotic.
Oh, and were you serious about feeling bad when a lot of small animals die to feed you?
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Switzerland8970 Posts
I hate papa johns pizzas, they might be different in America, but here in China they're basically the worst american pizzas you can find.
The end of the story was hilarious, the guy is begging for food and when you offer him some hot pizza he just refuses it because it has anchovies ? rofl. Actually the fact you told him it had anchovies before handing him the slice is even funnier. "I knew it". You were definitely right to ask, as otherwise I totally see you giving him a slice, him taking it with his dirty hands, and saying "oh it got anchovies, take it back".
I use to dislike anchovies when I was a kid. Then I tried raw anchovies (marinated in olive oil and salt, Mediterranean style) and loved it. It's also delicious to get fresh anchovies and BBQ them.
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On January 21 2011 15:00 endy wrote:
I hate papa johns pizzas, they might be different in America, but here in China they're basically the worst american pizzas you can find.
The end of the story was hilarious, the guy is begging for food and when you offer him some hot pizza he just refuses it because it has anchovies ? rofl. Actually the fact you told him it had anchovies before handing him the slice is even funnier. "I knew it". You were definitely right to ask, as otherwise I totally see you giving him a slice, him taking it with his dirty hands, and saying "oh it got anchovies, take it back".
I use to dislike anchovies when I was a kid. Then I tried raw anchovies (marinated in olive oil and salt, Mediterranean style) and loved it. It's also delicious to get fresh anchovies and BBQ them.
Yeah I couldn't stand Pizza (Papa Johns/Dominoes) when I was in America.. They are all so bland and have mostly very little topping. Completely different from what I was expecting and what I was used to. I always saw America as the place that popularised Pizza so I was expecting the best in the world.
I'd much rather a nice Chicken Club:
![[image loading]](http://www.eagleboys.com.au/Portals/0/Modules/MenuItem/HeroImage78.jpg)
+ Show Spoiler +Chicken, Bacon, Cheese, Mushroom, Red Onion, Capsicum, Shaved Parmesan, Fresh Parsley, Garlic Aioli Swirl
Or the works:
![[image loading]](http://www.eagleboys.com.au/Portals/0/Modules/MenuItem/HeroImage69.jpg)
+ Show Spoiler +Steak Strips, Pepperoni, Ham, Mushroom, Feta Cheese, Capsicum, Pineapple, Kalamata Olives, Cheese, Fresh Parsley
Which both give a variety of flavours and end up being reasonably healthy for you. Most of the American Pizzas I had just had too much cheese with some bits of meat swimming in it. If you were lucky you got capsicum or mushrooms.
As for anchovies they are one of the tastiest things in the world. One of my favourite snacks is making myself a bunch of dry buscuits with different toppings, anchovies are always a good choice here.
An example would be:
- Take a dry buscuit
- Put a little bit of kewpie mayonnaise in the middle.
- Wrap a single anchovy around the kewpie
- Put a quarter of a Tomato slice on top
- Add a little Pepper
But the combinations are unlimited so just go mad 
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Dude I dislike sea food in general but I would LOVE to try some of that pizza.
Mmmmm
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My personal favourite topping is Ansjovis, Blue cheese, Green peppers. To good. God I'm hungry now.
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Nice story. Also everyone thinks im weird because I eat pizza without tomato sauce! thats right and I still love my pizza and people that have tried my pizza (its called Cyprus Lover and its basically a sort of cheese from Cyprus (haloumi), I add bacon, turkey, ham maybe some peperoni) and anyways people that try it say its not much different than their regular tomato sauce pizza's and that they really really like it. lol. btw best pizza that you can eat EVER is at Italy, Rome its in piazza navona and its called Da Baffetto!!! review here: http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/italy/rome/review-38439.html
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I love this blog. Everyone's talking about pizza, which makes me happy.
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I can't believe how many people dislike anchovies >.> Especially on pizza wth. Even my friends are the same.
Everytime I order pizza I ALWAYS look if they have anchovies to sell.
It's salty yea but it's so delicious to me I can't get enough of them when I order pizza with anchovies.
Now this blog made me hungry and I'm going to order pizza (haven't ordered for quite some time) with anchovies when I'm done with work (in 45 minutes).
@OP:
I think anchovies are one of the best ingredients there are on pizza. And I agree that if I hang out with friends they also never take anchovies.
If you ever meet me RL and we eat pizza then you better watch out cuz I will eat everything 
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i love anchovies but i need a lot of water afterwards so salty
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
DUUUUUUUDE ANCHOVIES ARE MY FAVOURIET!! :D:D:DD::D:D
HIGH FIVE
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I can't actually taste or smell the fishiness of anchovies, they just taste really really salty. I would eat an actual fish pizza, like a smoked salmon pizza or something. But if I want salty meat I would rather get ham.
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The no seafood with cheese is a mostly Italian rule and its fairly well known if you are even modestly interested in the culinary arts. The idea is that cheese tends to overpower the delicate flavor of fresh seafood. It typically doesn't extend to anchovies though as the anchovies on pizza is cured and canned.
As to Anchovies, I like them in Caesar salads but not so much on pizza as the things I really want to taste on a pizza is the crust, a fresh tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella/burrata mozzarella, and fresh basil.
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On January 21 2011 14:58 ieatkids5 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 10:33 BlackJack wrote:
It's actually a very common view that seafood doesn't mix well with cheese. You're not going to disprove it by bringing up a tuna melt or a mcdonalds filet o fish or tuna helper. Very common? Wanna give me some stats? Right now, the only thing helping your side is that not a lot of people like anchovies. Which doesn't actually help your side because people dislike anchovies; it's got nothing to do with it being eaten with cheese. I just googled "italian seafood recipes" and "french seafood recipes" and I found over 30 dishes within the first 10 seconds of clicking around that have cheese and seafood in them. And I bet I can find many many more from other cultures'. I also bet I can find even more that have seafood and tomato sauce (were you serious when you said seafood doesn't go with tomato sauce??). It's fine that you don't like seafood. Going around saying that it's "not supposed" to go with cheese or tomato sauce is just idiotic. Oh, and were you serious about feeling bad when a lot of small animals die to feed you?
No, I don't have the statistics you requested. The idea is not my own but repeated from hearing multiple chefs on cooking shows say it so I will leave the debate between you and them.
edit: it's also a rule of traditional italian cuisine not to put cheese on seafood pasta http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/magazine/30food-t.html?ex=1364443200&en=23c28225261631a7&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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On January 22 2011 01:48 desrow wrote:
i love anchovies but i need a lot of water afterwards so salty
Yeah, I have to have a pretty good amount to drink.
On January 22 2011 02:53 alffla wrote:
DUUUUUUUDE ANCHOVIES ARE MY FAVOURIET!! :D:D:DD::D:D
HIGH FIVE
HIVE FIVE!
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Is shrimp seafood ? Shrimp fettuccini alfredo ?
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On January 21 2011 11:14 Wolf wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 10:50 Newbistic wrote:
Can you give a description of what anchovies taste like on pizza?
I'd like to try it one day, but if it smells like you say it does, that doesn't sound very appetizing. Smell is a huge part of taste. Hmmm... That's really hard to describe. Its texture is fairly rough, and it's extremely salty. It's almost like adding salty fish pepperonis on the pizza (but there are way less of them than pepperonis, otherwise it'd be too salty). As far as the smell goes, it's hard to describe. I'd almost say it smells salty, which doesn't inherently make sense, but.. Hmm. I've always been bad at describing taste. Maybe someone else can do a better job.
ohhhh mannnn you're really making me want anchovies now!!!
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haha I liked this blog write-up! Definitely makes me want to try anchovies a little now...
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