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Why is it if you order pepperoni they put them on top of the cheese but if you order pepperoni and anything else, they almost always put it under the cheese? Is there a reason?


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I hace literally never encountered this

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There actually is a reason, most of the topings are fine baked and don't need to be crispy. Pepporoni though is better if Crispy (hence why I prefer it on pizza rather than in a calzone).

If you cover the pepporoni with cheese, it won' get crispy and all the grease is packed into the pizza.

If you have the pepporoni on top, the grease actually partially evaporated and the pepporoni with dry up/become crispy and super tasty.

When I make my own pizza I sometimes cover the other toppings a bit with light cheese (onions/bell peppers/mushrooms/sausage etc), but I always have only a sprinkling of parm on top of the pepporoni if that.

Just tastes better that way.

Also I heart pizza. I would make a pizza lovers club, but being diabetic, it would just be too sad.

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I think all toppings are place on top, but the other topics probably sink into the melted cheese while its baking. But pepperoni doesnt because of the shape Probably
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im vegan so i dont order pepperonis. hope this helps

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LinkPizza posted...

I think all toppings are place on top, but the other topics probably sink into the melted cheese while its baking. But pepperoni doesnt because of the shape Probably

Yeah, good point, the shape is round and floaty, but I actually tear my pepporoni up alot to make it more...chaotic....cool etc......and it still is on top of the cheese.

I don't put a TON of cheese on top of the other toppings, but I also don't ensure there is no cheese covering them either, and it still tastes good.

Pepporoni that is covered though is just a greasy mess and not crunchy at all, very likely to be pulled out when you bite into the pizza etc (whole) since you can't bite through it as well.

You can also actually do pepporoni cubes (some places use that) which will sink down more like other toppings, but again, you don't get the crunch which i like, so i never do that.

As i have gotten older and my taste buds are dying (my soul is crying), I use more toppings now. I don't taste just the cheese as well anymore (Even if it's really good cheese), and so I like at least onions/peppers and mushrooms on my pizza usually with pepporoni as well and often sausage (sometimes olives).

I remember the old days though, the hunt for the perfect cheese, finding places so good any topping was sacrilege. God pizza was so good back then. Maybe it still would be, it's been years and the pizza I can actually get here isn't as good, but I also notice I don't enjoy it as much as I used to. I might not be able to appreciate the really good cheese pizzas anymore.

I think I'll avoid every trying one again so I don't find that out. It would probably kill a part of me if I knew for sure I couldn't appreciate them anymore.

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TheSlinja posted...

I hace literally never encountered this

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Cant say I've had it under but I do enjoy it over the cheese.

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wolfy42 posted...

and it still is on top of the cheese.

Its also lighter. And probably wont sink like the other toppings. And still has a slat surface area
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I've had it happen before, but it's not, like, a default thing.

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