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Thats the beauty of pizza. Much as some people on this thread will scoff, a 99p oven pizza from Iceland is enjoyed by millions. Quite rightly. Pizza is one of the rare foods that just works even in its most shitty forms.
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Pizza is like sex, when it's good, it's the best thing in the world, and even when it's average, it's still pretty good. *
*it has been pointed out that this seems to be a particularly male perspective regarding sex, but you get the idea.
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Now, where do I start with the iceland pizza? Enjoy is a very interesting term. Have had Italian friends that loved the Pizza hut deep pan pizza as it was something new to them. But then there is eating to survive and eating for pleasure.
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This is the joy for me. Sometimes I want that Neapolitan, sometimes I want crispy NY style, sometimes I'll bang out a quick and dirty dough, sometimes I'll really take care with a slowly fermented sourdough.
But a big part of the fun is really nailing a pizza, regardless of the style. And shitty ingredients can hold you back. Balls of mozzarella that piss water everywhere aren't ideal, but neither is supermarket dried mozzarella that tastes of nothing. I equally like banging out ham and pineapple (much to the chagrin of half of this thread!).
Also, there's a joy in sourcing good ingredients. I find it quite funny going to the Italian wholesaler to get ingredients (so do they it seems). And I love making pizzas for friends and sharing these ingredients and new techniques.
It's like anything, just do it in the way that you enjoy. To what degree you take it is a very personal thing.