Oh, interesting! I was just contemplating my changing tastes in apples lately, and hadn’t considered that it’s the apples changing, too, not just my palate.
Thanks for posting!
In other news, we just re-discovered an old farm store in the area that we haven’t been to in a while. It’s even better than I remembered. They sell their own produce, meats, dairy, eggs and baked goods, have rotating, seasonal hot meals, and offer a well-curated selection of other local goods like syrup, preserves, etc. And the entire upstairs is set up for weaving, felting, knitting, pretty much all the fiber crafts. And of course there’s a kitty up there to keep you company. What a treat!
I got a turmeric latte to enjoy while looking around and it was delicious.
Still, depending on the neighborhood in my time, Italian-style was still very popular. And I don’t remember hearing or reading the phrase “Detroit-style”; it was referred to as “deep dish” and was considered weird by some. Except for Mr. C’s and Michaelangelo’s and maybe Cal’s Pizza. I disdained Mr. C’s for the longest time, since around 4th grade, but I think that was just a bad 'za.
Stateside on NPR had a fun series called Dough Dynasty last year about Michigan pizza. This is the episode that goes into the origins of Detroit style (Buddy’s Sicilian style). Be warned that the opening song for the series is a terrible ear worm.
The next time I get to the lower peninsula I really want to go on a pizza tour! Chicago thin crust (tavern style, I guess they are calling it now) was ubiquitous in the U.P. growing up. It still is the best pizza in most towns. The pizza in my town is exceptionally bad, though.
See, Chicago-style here is shaped like a cheesecake, with the dough in a springform pan (I think) and all the toppings put into it as one would put filling into a pie crust. I think.
Eldest kiddo moved to Ann Arbor a while ago and I finally got a chance to visit him earlier in this year (it’s a long flight from Australia) and took me on a road trip including Chicago, Detroit, Toronto and then Pittsburgh. Al tried to explain the regional variations but I’m not good with remembering which are which, but the best of them were amazing.
Agreed, I grew up with Detroit-style pizza just being called “pizza.” I very rarely had Buddy’s. Most often, the pizza we had was from very local Italian restaurants, and the typical toppings were onions, olives, bell peppers, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, and Italian sausage. You don’t want too many toppings on this kind of pizza (or any pizza, really) or it gets soggy. You can top with a variety but have to keep them sparse.
I don’t like it when people call it Sicilian pizza. That might have been the original inspiration for Buddy’s, but Detroit-style has deviated significantly. Sicilian pizza is thinner and has a crust perimeter. With Detroit-style, it’s twice as thick as Sicilian and if there’s a crust showing around the perimeter, somebody messed up. It’s cheese all the way to the edge or it’s not Detroit-style.
We have some very authentic places out here in Portland; pizza’s that would make those mom-and-pop places in the Detroit area proud.
I haven’t tried any yet, but she has a lot of nice, refreshing looking vegan recipes. I might try this cucumber salad this weekend.
Is anyone familiar with the site?
I’m not familiar with the site, but I’m familiar with smashed cucumber salad. It’s awesome! I made it a couple times this summer when we had cucumbers piling up from the garden.
it is a fun salad to make, and super refreshing!
but, yeah, you wanna grow your own cukes. apparently, store-bought cucumbers cannot be trusted.
please don’t ask me how i came to be aware of this fact. trust me.
Yeah, we have a store-bought cucumber in the fridge, we bought it right before the latest cucumber-related food safety issue was reported. I hate throwing out food, but I hate it even more to have food forcefully ejected from my body…bit of a conundrum: risk it and have some smashed cucumber salad today, or toss it into the compost pile?
