General Pizza tips & Quick Questions

Queenie

RowaN wrote:

£4 good value? You can buy 2x ready made chicago town pizza (full sizee ones) for £3.. and thats in Waitrose.. the priceyist supermarket ever. How is homemade pizza money saving?

:j I know the answer to this one!!!

My youngest 2 sons wanted to "grab a pizza" the other week BOGOF and bought the one's you mention - they bought them with their own money and felt they were getting a treat and a bargain.

They cooked them, ate half ...








... _pale_ .... threw them away! "Oooh, not as good as yours Mum".

Hmm, let me think ... cost of pizza's :think: ... cost of cooking them ... :think: ... cost of calamine lotion for D10yo who had a reaction to something in it ... :think: .... cost of cleaning the carpet where D11yo gave it a "pebbled dashed" make-over in recycled Pizza .... :think:

Basically, for us, HM Pizza is the economical option

northerngirl_2

Have you tied it using a pitta bread or a ciabatta,just put your tomato concentrate on with/without garlic and then whatever toppings you like,do pitta bread under grill and ciabatta in the oven.Both cheap to make and yummy

RowaN

Queenie.. cost of cooking... are you saying you eat your homemade pizzas raw then? It may be good for you, but for the other 99.99% of the population who can actually eat a supermarket pizza without being violently sick, I doubt homemade pizza is going to be an attractive idea.

MrsB_2

RowaN,

I am perfectly capable of eating supermarket (or takeaway) pizza without any desire to vomit. HOWEVER...

I, a 28 (nearly) year old, full time employed, non domestic goddess style woman, who does not have hours and hours to spend chained to the cooker, would still prefer to have HOMEMADE pizza thank you very much.

It's a lifestyle and taste choice, not just an economy based decision.

Curry_Queen

RowaN wrote:

Queenie.. cost of cooking... are you saying you eat your homemade pizzas raw then?

So Rowan, are you eating you ready-made frozen pizza cold then? ... or do you stick it in the oven for 20 mins to cook! ... which is actually longer than it takes to cook a HM fresh pizza from scratch

rchddap1

It is a personal choice, but one that most of us have made and not regretted for one second. In my house it has made my partner into a Pizza chef and turned his daughter from a 'pizza hater' to a 'love those Homemade pizzas'.

And it isn't complicated at all. Its actually a meal we have when we can't be bothered to do other simple meals like....sausages & mash.

Queenie

RowaN wrote:

Queenie.. cost of cooking... are you saying you eat your homemade pizzas raw then? It may be good for you, but for the other 99.99% of the population who can actually eat a supermarket pizza without being violently sick, I doubt homemade pizza is going to be an attractive idea.

Ah, I see my early hours humour/recounting was lost - ho hum. Ok, to answer your point ...

... no, we do not eat our HM Pizza raw ... I cook our HM pizza on one shelf in the oven and usually have other items cooking on the other 2 shelves at the same time = energy/cost efficiency.
I *plan* when we'll have HM pizza to make the most of the ingredients to hand and I *plan* our meals in advance to make the most of time, nutrition, balance, trips shopping and economy.

In the episode above ... my sons chose and bought the Pizza's as a treat
... no, *I* was not sick

Clearly not *all* old style ways are for *everyone* ... and we each take from the forums the bits we can utilise and disregard the one's we do not need/want/desire or may even think are utterly laughable/stupid/insane/whatever.

As I stated in my previous post on the subject and in answer to your question: Basically, for us, HM Pizza is the economical option

some1shy

i just buy the tesco value pizza..the chesse one and just add my own stuff on top of it and its taste good! and it only cost 94p for the pizza..!

Jay-Jay_4

Tell you what hasn't been mentioned....

the satisfaction of making something from a cupboard full of indredients, watching the dough rise, making your own pizza sauce, choosing exactly how much of each topping to put on..... and watching your 6 year olds floury face as they see their very own creation emerge from the oven.

Swan_2

some1shy wrote:

i just buy the tesco value pizza..the chesse one and just add my own stuff on top of it and its taste good! and it only cost 94p for the pizza..!

yes! ... tho I prefer to make my own, if I'm in a hurry I do that too, with the Asda Cheese Feast 'buy 3 for £3.00' ones, really tasty ... & I can do a really good approximation of my 18 year-old son's Pizza Hut favourite with pepperoni & red onion at a fraction of the cost