Pizza etiquette

[firstofallimadelight]

In-laws bought a pizza oven last year so almost every visit now involves pizza. I do like pizza but only really margarita. Ils put thick chunks of veg on their pizzas that don’t cook and shield the dough underneath so you end up with soggy pizza. They also dont ask what toppings people want. This time I said could one pizza be plain and they looked at me like I had two heads!! They did make it but then made a deal of handing me my ‘special’ pizza (I’m willing to bet I’m not the only one who would have preferred it!)
I think pizza is like sandwiches people should get a say in what they want.
Dh thinks it’s weird to request a pizza topping (and clearly so do mil and fil)

am I unreasonable to ask for a specific topping?

So odd. Honestly. Odd comment from your DH too.

We have a pizza oven and let everyone do their own and cook it too if they want. Or if for some reason we were messaging them we'd ask what they'd like.
Or if they are making sharing pizzas they should ask what people like and could do half and halfs. I'd assume a lot of people would include a plain one as standard too!

Oh my! Agree 100%. Nowt better than a traditional Italian pizza made by an Italian - OMG, he was gorgeous (be still my beating heart) !!

That is my pizza of choice every single time. I'm also partial to some gorgonzola with pears, walnuts and a drizzle of honey. Don't mind mushrooms, don't mind a bit of spicy salami, but nothing beats the simple, classic, utterly perfect combo of black olives and anchovies.

I think it’s rude to ask but also rude to not ask about special preferences.

Not sure I can concur on there being a place for broccoli on a pizza, but I totally agree with you about what shouldn't be on it, especially the chicken, and especially when it comes in the form of sickly sweet BBQ chicken, or (urrgh) chicken tikka. 😱And too much of anything on a pizza is wrong. It just becomes a giant, hot, steaming sandwich of random leftovers.

Thin and crispy base, simple classic toppings in specific combinations. No nonsense. If they don't do it in Italy then it shouldn't be done.

No you aren’t being unreasonable to want a different topping.
You are being unreasonable by your attitude to your in laws. Who very kindly were cooking pizzas for you all. Your mocking tone of their efforts belies someone who is hard to please and I suspect whatever they did would not have been okay with you.

A case, you say?

Has anyone ever invited you over to theirs for a meal more than once? 😆

FWIW I had such bad reflux when pregnant both times I haven't been able to eat tomato sauce - or even look at it - since.
I make pizza from scratch at home for my kids once or twice a month:
pesto
crab
sun-dried tomatoes, if I have them
bell pepper
spinach or rocket
mixed cheese from a cheese tray I buy in my weekly shop

Tale that you high-brow snobs! 😆

I quite like a heavily topped pizza but e.g. roasted Mediterranean vegetables need to be roasted before they go on, and ideally need adding half way through unless the oven is one where the pizza is being cooked just as much from the bottom as the top (the wood fired sort usually I think).

Now you come to mention it, I haven't had many invites😂

YANBU to request a 'plain' pizza.

YABU to be bothered by your in-laws calling it your 'special pizza'. Who cares? You got the pizza you asked for, so what if they made a joke about it?

Of course you ask people what toppings they'd like. I'm like you and love a good no fuss cheese and tomato!

I'd order a Domino's delivery service ... just saying.

You mean, like this Pizza Express cookbook? 😎

We have 'homemade pizza night' each Friday and we each have our own pizza with our own chosen toppings. (Usually we each leave slices left over to eat for lunch the next day!)

You aren't being unreasonable...topping preference is very much personal taste. If we have guests over, they get their own pizza and toppings of their choice.

Just curious can you quote my mocking of the in-laws please?

Pineapple and ham on pizza is gross 🤣🤣

Gross to you....

Of course not unreasonable! Anywhere you can buy pizza you get a choice of toppings. And margherita is literally the easiest pizza. I don’t like big chunks of veg on my pizza either.

The fun of a pizza party is getting creative! Your ILs sound very strange.