pizza chef preparing fresh pizza in rustic kitchen

photo by: moderatelivingblog.com

Determined to uncover the relative truth of the pizza I ate this week, I took another trip to my regular pizzeria for lunch. I ordered one regular slice of New York style pizza.

photo by: moderatelivingblog.com

If you don’t know, New York style pizza is distinguished by its thin, crunchy but very stable crust. It’s made this way so that people working in Manhattan could fold the slice in half and the crunchy dough could keep the oily cheese and marina mixture from soaking through the fold. This allowed for minimum spillage whilst eating and walking back to the office/work-site.

A New York style pizza – svelte and holding its form from the crunchy underlying dough. I enjoy it like this or with chili flakes sprinkled on top.

Anyway, I had a slice. I waited for any ill effects.

None.

photo by: moderatelivingblog.com

This supports my conclusion that the other pizzeria place was using some type of weird synthetic dough that was – not only more rubbery – but the cheese was a bionic molecular concoction as well.

Like I had Bladerunner pizza or something.

Maybe that’s my calling. I’ll be like that guy in Bladerunner – but my job is to find bad and fake pizza whilst on my way to some type of existential ephiphany not knowing that I, myself, was synthesized using the same protocols as the pizza I’m hunting or “retiring”.

me discussing my future pizza epiphanies with y’all

Ok, I’m logging off WordPress for the rest of the week. Enjoy the weekend, y’all. lol

did I post this photo before? I’m sorry, I may be having a Bladerunner moment :/ (photo by: moderatelivingblog.com)

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34 responses to “A Slice Of Lethargy – Part 2: Existential Pizza Questions (With Some Spring Photos)”

  1. CJ Antichow Avatar
    CJ Antichow

    Happy to hear you avenged that not so great pizza from earlier ☺️
    Pics are gorgeous especially the tulips 🌷
    So spring-y!!

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      thanks Ceej, glad you enjoyed the pictures! Spring is coming your way! πŸ™‚

  2. Ashley Avatar

    Happiness is….a perfect pizza! πŸ•Just one of course, well maybe two! πŸ•πŸ•Actually, that’s three! Oops! I’ve overdone it again! πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      I should take this time to remind one and all that NO ONE has ever died from a pizza overdose LOL. enjoy your Saturday Ashley!

    2. Ana Daksina Avatar

      Too much is just enough! πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘

  3. vermavkv Avatar

    This is a fun, sharply observed little piece that turns an everyday moment into something oddly investigative and memorable.

    What stands out most is the toneβ€”you treat a simple slice of pizza like a subject of serious inquiry, and that contrast creates a light, almost tongue-in-cheek humor. The phrase β€œdetermined to uncover the relative truth” sets it up like a mini experiment, which makes the reader smile right away.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      thank Vijay! I’m glad you got to come along on the pizza trip with me! hehe

  4. KikiFikar Avatar

    Old school goodness in the form of pizza. Glad that went well! Your pictures are beautiful! Spring has sprung for sure.

    Enjoy your week! We will miss you my friend!

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      πŸ™‚ thanks Karen! hope you are enjoying this spring albeit rainy weather today!

      1. KikiFikar Avatar

        April showers bring May flowers – or my saying today – rain schmain – as long as it washes away the pollen!

  5. Nancy Homlitas Avatar

    These cleverly creative penguin memes are hilarious. πŸ™‚

  6. Nancy Homlitas Avatar

    Hi, Mike, I was toggling back and forth on my phone/computer and meant my previous penguin comment for Bluebird of Bitterness. New York pizza sounds like it’s molecularly stable. Thanks for your scientific evaluation. πŸ™‚

    1. Ana Daksina Avatar

      Or you could just go woth the story that you ate some of those hallucinatory chicken nuggets Michael was microwaving last week… πŸ˜‚

    2. Michael Williams Avatar

      lol, no worries Nancy. and yes, perhaps a red cap with the words “Make Pizza Molecularly Stable Again” may be in the works πŸ˜‚

  7. MJ🍸 Avatar

    Love the tulips! And I’m glad you sought out what you truly craved as far as what a good pizza is. I’ve had all types myself like any other American and New York style is definitely high up there in the beyond good rankings.
    Having been born in the Windy City, I’ve enjoyed the square cut Chi style pizza, and you would think no such thing as a bad slice of pizza but I’m sorry, I agree with you in that there is.
    It’s nice to try new things and places, even if it only proves that there is so much better elsewhere. Good on you for branching out.
    Have a great weekend!

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      MJ, I love deep dish! but I had to stop eating it except for special occasions because it’s so rich – but when I get the chance, oh my goodness, I absolutely enjoy it! πŸ™‚

  8. arlene Avatar

    Love your tulip pic Mike. Oh, what an experience over a slice of pizza.πŸ™‚

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      thank you Arlene! those are nice tulips, aren’t they?

  9. Ana Daksina Avatar

    You’d BETTER log off for a while, brother, and lay low too. You’ve brushed up against some uncomfortable truths here… 🀭🀧

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      You know it Ana. sometimes, we have to be the tip of the spear in uncovering these things!

      1. Ana Daksina Avatar

        Um, in this case we might want to wipe it down right afterward, jus’ sayin’ πŸ˜±πŸ˜‚πŸ€§

  10. justrojie Avatar

    there’s a lot of GMO cheeses out there, you gotta read the label. they even have cellular meats they’re selling too… ugh and the wheat and flours contain GMO if you don’t look carefully

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      😣 we need RFK to avenge us! 🀣

      1. justrojie Avatar

        dude frfr

  11. Lori Pohlman Avatar

    So glad you got the right pizza!πŸ•

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      😁 you know what they say…a pizza a day…heightens your insurance premium πŸ˜†

      1. Lori Pohlman Avatar

        🀣

  12. ibarynt Avatar

    A few observations –
    We love the thin crust pizza. Thankyou for the interesting tidbit. It may be thin but it is filling. It just proves big and beautiful things come in small packages πŸ˜†.

    Hollywood where are you? We have a potential biggest blockbuster ever. We may have a new star among us πŸ˜€

    The previous pizza was definitely AI pizza

    I forgot to mention the memes earlier but this photo is the best Mike 😍😍.

    Have a wonderful Saturday.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      hi Iba! yes – the thin crust is where the party is at! I’m sure there will be other AI, Bladerunner pizza slices to hunt down haha

  13. Edward Ortiz Avatar

    NY style pizza is my favorite for that reason, and with a cup of coffee, it’s just perfect. Chicago style, I can get through one slice, but even that is too much.

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      lol, my doctor told me I do not have the midwestern germanic/norse DNA that enables me to properly digest Chicago style like the locals do and that if I kept trying I might actually die πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ (he just told me to keep it at one or two slices with some Antacids on hand)

      1. Edward Ortiz Avatar

        πŸ˜‚ Yeah, Chicago style pizzas are in their own league. We’re not fans because there’s just too much going on.

  14. From A Small Kitchen Avatar

    Great photos as always! I love New York style pizza, and I never knew the history behind the thin crust. Learned something new today!

    1. Michael Williams Avatar

      yes! isn’t NY style the best πŸ˜€

      if you enjoy it before me again, I will live vicariously through you!

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