OK, who else is eating just a little bit more sausage pizza these days?

I eat our pizza once a week. Like clockwork on Sunday or Monday I get a craving and work my way through a medium thin crust. This Monday all I could think of is "yes, I'll have a sausage pizza. just sausage. nothing else, just sausage." Then on my day off on Tuesday I found myself thinking of hitting Coalfire for a sausage pizza. This thread has made me think of nothing but plain sausage pizza. Maybe I should hit Barnaby's on the way home tonight........

pizano345 wrote:

OK, who else is eating just a little bit more sausage pizza these days?

I eat our pizza once a week. Like clockwork on Sunday or Monday I get a craving and work my way through a medium thin crust. This Monday all I could think of is "yes, I'll have a sausage pizza. just sausage. nothing else, just sausage." Then on my day off on Tuesday I found myself thinking of hitting Coalfire for a sausage pizza. This thread has made me think of nothing but plain sausage pizza. Maybe I should hit Barnaby's on the way home tonight........

By now, I think it's quite clear that sausage pizza is the greatest food ever invented and that I made a really stupid bet.

Hopefully, he stumbles. That's really my only hope. It seems there's no chance of him breaking down.

Maybe next, I should bet someone they couldn't endure having sex every day for a month. I'd probably have an equal chance winning that bet.

Btw, I just received some pics documenting his day on the road but I'm on my way out to dinner, so I'll post them a bit later.

=R=

ronnie_suburban wrote:Maybe next, I should bet someone they couldn't endure having sex every day for a month.

I'm your Huckleberry. No way my wife agrees to provide photographic documentation, though.

Chin up, Ronnie. He's only half way through it!

Ronnie, I can only think of one way you can win but he has to have small children. If he has little ones invite him and his family over for a homemade pizza night; have his kids help with a non-sausage pizza. If I am guessing correctly this will be followed by cries of, "Daddy try the pizza I made!" There is no way he can say no to that....

I'm with Seamus. The thought of eating sausage pizza is not appetizing right now! I am curious about Il Forno's, though.

Wouldn't tricking him be a hollow victory? Or is that thought so 20th Century?

pizano345 wrote:

OK, who else is eating just a little bit more sausage pizza these days?

I eat our pizza once a week. Like clockwork on Sunday or Monday I get a craving and work my way through a medium thin crust. This Monday all I could think of is "yes, I'll have a sausage pizza. just sausage. nothing else, just sausage." Then on my day off on Tuesday I found myself thinking of hitting Coalfire for a sausage pizza. This thread has made me think of nothing but plain sausage pizza. Maybe I should hit Barnaby's on the way home tonight........

Hell, it started to become irresistable to me, too. In fact, I stopped by your place last night and had a thin-crust pizza with (on my half) sausage and giardeniera. It was insanely good.

DeathByOrca wrote:

ronnie_suburban wrote:Maybe next, I should bet someone they couldn't endure having sex every day for a month.

I'm your Huckleberry. No way my wife agrees to provide photographic documentation, though.

LOL, understood.

gtomaras wrote:Ronnie, I can only think of one way you can win but he has to have small children. If he has little ones invite him and his family over for a homemade pizza night; have his kids help with a non-sausage pizza. If I am guessing correctly this will be followed by cries of, "Daddy try the pizza I made!" There is no way he can say no to that....

bbqboy wrote:Wouldn't tricking him be a hollow victory? Or is that thought so 20th Century?

Yeah, I'm not willing to trick him like that . . . yet!


As I mentioned above, the first pics from Florida are in and with them, we get our first look at an American institution, mentioned way upthread by Artie . . .

Artie wrote:And to add insult to injury,it's mall pizza.

Mall Pizza, baby!



Pepperoni and Sausage is offered. How convenient!



Hitting the red chile flakes pretty hard should help to make it palatable



Day 16, baby!

The occasion that brought our boy to Florida is the fact that one of his relatives is being inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame (yes, there is such a thing and how cool is that?! ) In any case, at last night's banquet, our boy earned his money. Here's a shot of his place setting . . .


At the banquet with Jack Daniels

More updates as they beome available.

=R=

Apparently, this particular Sbarro is directly attached to the hotel in which our boy and his family are staying. The guy who runs it is, of course, from Chicago. (can I ever get a break?)

Our boy told him about the bet and he promised our boy a freshly-baked pizza at exactly 9 pm. At that point, the pizza was picked up and taken to the room, where the entire family seemed to enjoy it.

One more shot from last night . . .


Am I being mocked in this picture? You decide

Breakfast this morning, leftovers from last night, was enjoyed in bed . . .


I didn't even know this pizza was available in boxes



I fear that if you can eat this, you can eat anything

=R=

ronnie_suburban wrote:
Am I being mocked in this picture? You decide
=R=

Haha That's a great photo!

Sbarro hardly qualifies for pizza in my book...those pizza cones almost edge it out.

That's so great the his relatives are being inducted to the Candy Hall of Fame...that's like Willy Wonka status. What for?

Ronnie, at this point you seem to be at the brink of defeat. Maybe you just didn't appreciate how much he loves this stuff. But I'm not sure of your idea of bringing in Burt's pizza and not letting him have some - that'll just make him crave it. I'd take a different approach.

He must love to eat other types of food . . . what are those foods? I think you need to distract him. Bring in some bbq . . . maybe some Manny's . . . some Chinese food . . . something you know he loves and which does not involve bread, tomato sauce, cheese or sausage. He needs to see, and very soon, what he is missing.

Wow, Dominos and Sbarros? Willingly? Hate to say it Ronnie, but I hope you're counting your pennies!

New pics are in . . .



Pepperoni, onion, mushroom and green pepper from Sbarro
He ate this lunch while his family went to out to a restaurant to have lunch and watch football. Since that place didn't have any pizza whatsoever on their menu, he stayed behind and ate this by himself.



Later, just sausage on a slice at the bar, as an afternoon snack



At tonight's big banquet, his family arranged to have this sausage pizza delivered from Sbarro, directly to the dining room.

*sigh*

He's running out the clock. At this point, not only am I sorry I stepped into this con, I wouldn't bet against him being able to go 2 months. He's defying the laws of nature.

=R=

Wow...Ill I can say is wow...that boy is impressive. Not sure if I've ever seen something like that...getting a pizza delivered to you in a suit while at a banquet...that's awesome. Mad ups to that guy

I bet he had a blast at the bar watching the game drinking his JD...he might have liked that even more than his other options.

OK. Now I know pizzaboy is going to be triumphant. A mere few hours after I posted this yesterday......

Seamus wrote: While the most interesting and addictive thread on LTH, it's driving me further away from eating pizza. Any kind.

......I ended up ordering a spinach and tomato pan pizza from Tortorice's for dinner. And it was damn good!!!

Tortorice's
1735 E. Central Road
Arlington Heights, IL
(847) 437-7668

Deep dish sausage and extra cheese from Malnati's for us last night.

Seamus wrote: While the most interesting and addictive thread on LTH, it's driving me further away from eating pizza. Any kind......I ended up ordering a spinach and tomato pan pizza from Tortorice's for dinner. And it was damn good!!!

Katie wrote:Deep dish sausage and extra cheese from Malnati's for us last night.

Look at it this way, you guys are helping the economy!
I'm already planning on going out for sausage pizza on Halloween.

Nothing against Chiacgo (I'm not even trying to start that debate) but if you two were in New York you'd have to lengthen the time to at least a year. Look at this sausage pizza from Nomad Pizza Co.



This was from an article on SliceNY

Eating The Road wrote:Nothing against Chiacgo (I'm not even trying to start that debate) but if you two were in New York you'd have to lengthen the time to at least a year. Look at this sausage pizza from Nomad Pizza Co.

Aside from New Jersey not being NY Nomad Pizza looks really tasty. Love the completely tricked out mobile pizza truck, which includes a wood fired brick oven.

The fellow in picture three on Serious Eats looks an awful lot like Panther in Den, I wonder if he's moonlighting as a Pizzaioli.

Enjoy,
Gary

More unbelievable than the Sbarro pizza is that this guy went from wearing a wife-beater to a tux in one day.

At this point, not only am I sorry I stepped into this con, I wouldn't bet against him being able to go 2 months.

Time to go Double or nothing!

aschie30 wrote:More unbelievable than the Sbarro pizza is that this guy went from wearing a wife-beater to a tux in one day.

LMAO! Not a word I can add to that observation.

whiskeybent wrote:Time to go Double or nothing!

Heh, at this point I'm looking to cut my losses, not extend them!


Sorry about not updating yesteday but our boy was in transit and I didn't get much information until late in the day. He woke up fairly hungover on Sunday morning and caught a 6:30 am shuttle to the airport. When he got home, he hadn't eaten and threw a frozen Home Run Inn Pepperoni pizza into the oven. As he put it, "12 minutes later I was eating my favorite hangover food."

The rest of the day was all about Lou Malnati's. For lunch he ordered a deep-dish Sausage and Pepperoni. For dinner, he ordered a thin-crust pepperoni, well-done . . .


Pizzas of the Day from Lou Malnati's

He brought the leftovers from both these pizzas to the office today and just mentioned something about pounding down a piece or 2 before lunch.

He's a force.

=R=

Grill up a thick med rare ribeye, slice it up to let the pink show, maybe grill up a few moster 8/10 prawns, and just put it on a plate in your lunch area. Take a piece of plain paper, fold it in half, write his name on it, make a place setting. Any favorite candies or dessert type things? Place it there as well. You gotta play dirty now if you wanna win. Can't make it easy on him. He's clearly not gonna falter this far in without a nudge.

I wouldn't be surprised if some major media attention starts soon.

seebee wrote:Grill up a thick med rare ribeye, slice it up to let the pink show, maybe grill up a few moster 8/10 prawns, and just put it on a plate in your lunch area. Take a piece of plain paper, fold it in half, write his name on it, make a place setting. Any favorite candies or dessert type things? Place it there as well. You gotta play dirty now if you wanna win. Can't make it easy on him. He's clearly not gonna falter this far in without a nudge.

Unfortunately, today he will probably be impervious. Lunch won't be anything great (Rosebud in Highland Park), plus he's been eating leftover pizza all morning so he's probably not even hungry. That said, I do plan some irresistable lunches for the rest of the week.

seebee wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if some major media attention starts soon.

We've had a bunch of inquiries but so far, he's pretty much been resistant. The rest of us in the office are trying to break him down but I think he feels that the attention will only add more pressure. Still, it could happen if we can annoy him about it enough.

=R=

As I alluded to above, there really wasn't an 'official' lunch today for our boy. By the time the rest of us sat down to eat at around 1 pm, he'd already been through 3 pieces of leftover deep-dish sausage and pepperoni pizza from Lou Malnati's. Consequently, there are no new pictures to post.

I will say that while he's probably just tired and somewhat hungover from his weekend, I saw some weariness in his eyes today. This week will be critical because I think once we get down to the point where there's only a week to go, he's going to see the light at the end of the tunnel and he will be very hard to stop. So, that means that if there's going to be a slip-up, lapse or moment of weakness, I think it's going to occur this week. I will be doing whatever I can to catalyze that moment and hopefully bring home the victory. In the meantime, I'm considering all the annoying ways I could pay him like all pennies, multiple installments, savings bonds, gift cards, etc. Who knows . . . maybe even a gigantic Ed McMahon-style check would be a good way to go.

=R=

A tip/ link combo placed on his desk at a meal time might do the trick too. Wood smoked pig parts cannot be denied.

ronnie_suburban wrote: . . . maybe even a gigantic Ed McMahon-style check would be a good way to go.
=R=

I'd love to see that!

ronnie_suburban wrote:I'm considering all the annoying ways I could pay him like gift cards, etc.

=R=

yes... pizza hut, or domino's gift cards.. brilliant.

Ronnie,

I want to help. May I suggest an approach grounded in simplicity? What this man must be craving is an orange. Slice it up and leave it glistening before him and I doubt he will be able to resist. An orange is the downfall of every Atkins dieter.

On second thought, it might take a roomful of quartered oranges. Then pizzaboy will not be able to escape the heavenly and forbidden scent.

ronnie_suburban wrote:...he told me he hasn't had an apple in 5 years.

It sounds like fruit may not be such a lure for this guy.

-Dan