tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15835377454905126422024-03-05T13:23:36.231-08:00Cup O' PizzaTHE BEST PIZZA IN A CUP SITE EVER! Care for a cup of pizza? Well then, you've come to the right place.ST3V3!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006206579991550278noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-84723093242501273102010-09-03T14:24:00.000-07:002010-09-08T08:58:14.012-07:00Cup O' Pizza Walkthrough<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">OK Gang, it's time we got around to showing how it's done.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We've spent many hours in our laboratory perfecting the hottest, tastiest, cup of pizza.</span> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">Here's what you'll need (makes 4 cups o' pizza):</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px;">4 oven friendly coffee mugs</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Set your oven timer for 30 minutes and your oven at 425 degrees. In order to minimize the possibility of the mugs cracking due to a sudden change in temperature, we put the Cups O' Pizza in the oven during the preheat process, so they gradually warm up. </div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUanWAKV9YOVPwd6SNZiiILr6dbH94jbre-pZjJPNdA5cBfsnkK957fo9uTNET0HKtgUFeITWu9_VgGafbd0vKQxNl6pqrKLHLNnk_bR2Rpl1r0Sg3Fb9vqb8jyi_3YfD0q-l7dCT7AyO/s1600/IMG_3725.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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The <a href="http://slice.seriouseats.com/">Slice section of Serious Eats</a> has reviewed the newly opened K! Pizzacones in midtown Manhattan. They resemble a bagel bite pizza being sucked into an inter-dimensional flavour vortex.<br />
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May a piece be with ya,ST3V3!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006206579991550278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-14598485012011855672010-01-14T05:33:00.000-08:002010-01-14T05:53:38.919-08:00Hey Kids! Look a Frisbee!I can't remember going to Shakey's more than once, but this makes me wish I had. Here's a close-up examination of the collapse of Shakey's Pizza, through the lens of Youtube. As you will see, Shakey's has changed pretty substantially since its founding in 1954... and not for the better, I'm afraid.<br />
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First up, a tribute to what made Shakey's great in the first place...<br />
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The bears eating pizza with the little "Goldilocks" is a little bit creepy, but it sure makes me want some pizza. <a name='more'></a><br />
Now here's another 1970's Shakey's ad, that sold me with the "And beer" chucked in for good measure to help get Dad on board... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j8Okb-VrLe4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j8Okb-VrLe4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> In 1978, the Shakey's Pizza box took center stage: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bNnjUqpHspw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bNnjUqpHspw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Finally, as Shakey's (and most of America) attempted to "shake" off the 1970's, their focus shifted a bit (and probably contributed to their big decline, why would anyone go to Shakey's for pasta?!?!?) <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4g9-shZlhjU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4g9-shZlhjU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Then we come to more recent times (early 2000's I believe), and believe me, I'd much rather eat at place with creepy bears than THIS shakeys... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zkNYsYtVk6I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zkNYsYtVk6I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> And finally, we come to the disaster that is this 2006 spot, which apparently was targeting Asian Americas or Hispanics?!? Most of the Shakey's left are in California, so I guess that's likely... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T-EcDT6QHpM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T-EcDT6QHpM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> No worries, Cup O' Pizza sure won't get watered down like this. Not as long as I'm alive, anyway.Dave Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322204117951553617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-45494457763047187062010-01-07T18:08:00.000-08:002010-01-07T18:10:08.419-08:00What to wear?!Can't decide on which outfit to wear while eating Cup O' Pizza?<br />
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What say you all?ST3V3!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006206579991550278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-4454507866853115712009-09-29T15:11:00.000-07:002009-09-29T16:13:43.486-07:00I'm no football fan, but...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20090929&Category=ENT08&ArtNo=909290346&Ref=AR&Profile=1322&MaxW=320&MaxH=300&Q=50"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20090929&Category=ENT08&ArtNo=909290346&Ref=AR&Profile=1322&MaxW=320&MaxH=300&Q=50" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This seems to me to be as good a reason for some free pizza!<br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20090929/ENT08/909290346/1322/Shield-s-offers-free-pizza-in-honor-of-Lions-win"><br />Shield's restaurants offer free pizza tonight to celebrate Lions win</a><br />Is a program I can get behind!<br /><br /><span="full post"><br />Sure, it's only a free small for one or two folks, or a large for more peeps, but hey, free pizza is free pizza! And just think, we'll probably only have to wait another two years before we get it again.<br /><br />Piece!<br /></span>Dave Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322204117951553617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-83859298560608801852009-09-26T11:11:00.000-07:002009-09-26T11:38:36.817-07:00It's the most wonderful time of the year!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vintagelane.com/images/pizza%20party%20game.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 213px;" src="http://www.vintagelane.com/images/pizza%20party%20game.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I can't believe I missed it! <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-17953-Jacksonville-Cooking-Examiner%7Ey2009m9d4-National-Cheese-Pizza-Day" target="blank">National Cheese Pizza Day was September 5th</a>! Why, that was even a Saturday this year!<br /><br /><span class="fullpost">I tend to think that cheese pizzas are often under-rated. I mean really how often do people think to themselves, "I'm gonna order pizza and its not gonna to have any toppings!" I mean, even vegetarians order green peppers or onions or something. Am I right? Am I right??<br /><br />Well, ok, maybe that's a broad generalization, but regardless, I think cheese pizza gets a bad wrap because of the lack of interesting cheese used. I once made a pizza with fresh buffalo mozzarella, blue cheese, and some other random cheese I had and it was very interesting (and delicious). And it would be pretty easy to broaden the cheese pizza selection by making it Mexican with chihuahua cheese or Greek with feta. So, I'd like to give a belated shout out to cheese pizza and National Cheese Pizza Day!<br /><br />Just as a heads up, here's some other pizza holidays to make sure and mark in your iphones, blackberrys, wall-calendars, or where-ever else you need to so you remember to eat pizza!<br /><br />- February 9th - National Pizza Pie Day (sorry Cup O' Pizza, we'll have to get you your own day!)<br />- October 12th - National Sausage Pizza Day<br />- November 12th - Pizza with Everything Day<br /><br />And finally because it won't all fit on just one day, the second week of January is National Pizza Week. And the best week ever? The second week of February is The "American Pizza Bake Week"!<br /><br />Happy Holidays, Everyone.<br /><br />Piece out.</span>Dave Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322204117951553617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-66292095903654660172009-09-13T20:49:00.000-07:002009-09-13T20:49:32.477-07:00"Honey, now hear me out..."We here at Cup O' Pizza have the coolest friends.<br />
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Case in point, our old pal Mark Graban.<br />
Not only is he both a master in the field of lean manufacturing AND a founding member of the Ypsilanti Sound Machine... Well now he's gone and figured out how to convince a spouse that building a backyard pizza oven is a great idea! Take notes, fellas...<br />
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<a href="http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2009/08/my-pizza-oven-mark-graban-fort-worth-texas.html">Mark makes the Slice Blog!</a>ST3V3!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006206579991550278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-86955064149982513412009-09-13T20:33:00.000-07:002009-09-13T20:33:51.543-07:00Tonight, Pizza Belongs to Me.What would Cup O' Pizza be without my favorite scene from the film that started it all?<br />
This is not a rhetorical question. Post your answers in the comments.<br />
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A couple of confusing omissions and inclusions, but on the whole, looks pretty good. I've got many a pizza to be introduced to and re-acquaint myself with.<br />
Though how Pizza Papalis continues to wind up on "best of" lists is beyond me. I'm not the only person I know who feels like total crap after eating it. Sure it tastes good going down, but if you're doubled over a half-hour later, the flavour is moot!<br />
Just my two centons.<br />
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Piece!<br />
</span>ST3V3!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006206579991550278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-80396278733563890672009-09-01T07:57:00.000-07:002009-09-13T21:04:11.854-07:00Pizza Statistics and TidbitsHere's some random interesting pizza facts and tidbits to consider....<br />
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<a name='more'></a><ul><li>Pizza is a $30+ BILLION per year industry.</li>
<li>There are approximately 69,000 pizzerias in the United States.<br />
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<li>Approximately 3 BILLION pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year. </li>
<li>Pizza accounts for more that 10% of all foodservice sales in the U.S. </li>
<li>A survey found that children between the ages of 3 and 11 prefer Pizza over all other food groups for lunch and dinner</li>
<li>A survey found that Steve & Dave prefer pizza in a cup to other pizza forms</li>
<li>Mozzarella accounts for roughly 80% of all Italian cheese produced each year.</li>
<li>The most popular pizza toppings are pepperoni, sausage and green peppers, while the least popular toppings were ham, banana peppers and chicken</li>
<li>67% prefer meat and cheese toppings over vegetable and cheese toppings.<br />
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<li>More than 20% of all Papa John's sales come from online or through text, widget, or smart mobile device</li>
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(Sources: Blumenfeld and Associates, Food Industry News, Gallup Polls, Dave, Business Trends Analysts, Dominos, Pizza Today)Dave Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322204117951553617noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-4101073143739166002009-09-01T04:47:00.000-07:002009-09-01T12:43:29.575-07:00Pizza Flour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://elm.tli2.com/10/LG/25661.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 268px;" src="http://elm.tli2.com/10/LG/25661.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />
When making pizza of any type, there's a lot of variety that can go into it. I mean, you could include pepperoni, basil, onion powder, broccoli, chicken, sausage, heck you could even make a dessert pizza with gummi bears (but I probably wouldn't eat that).<br />
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But I think one of the most interesting places to include different varieties is in the dough. My mother sent me some special pizza flour that I'd never known existed, Caputo Tipo 00 flour. I can't tell you too much about this flour, but I can tell you that it makes the dough a little bit smoother, more elastic and gives a "finished" taste. It's less bready than crust with regular flour. This finished taste comes from the gluten content as far as I can tell. Regular flour will get 14-15% gluten, whereas the Tipo 00 flour is not higher than 12%.<br />
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One of my favorite pizza dough recipes, really isn't that different from many other pizza dough recipes, but it comes from the cookbook, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Hollywood-Recipes-Fit-King/dp/155853301X" target="blank">"Elvis in Hollywood, Recipes Fit for a King", by Elizabeth McKeon</a> (with a forward by Wayne Newton!). The thing I like about this recipe is that its very flexible and relatively quick. You can smash it down and make a thin crust out of it, or let it rise more to let it get more body for a deeper dish.<br />
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Pizza Crust for the King:<br />
1 envelope dry active yeast (quick rise is a-ok)<br />
1 cup warm water (110 degrees)<br />
4 cups flour (recommend doing at least 3 of these as Caputo Tipo 00)<br />
2 teaspoons sugar<br />
1-1/2 teaspoons salt<br />
1 tablespoons butter<br />
1 egg white<br />
Olive oil<br />
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In a small bowl or measuring cup dissolve the yeast in a 1/4 cup of warm water. Set aside for 10 minutes.<br />
In a medium bowl sift the flour. Remeasure 4 cups of flour. Place the remaining water in a large bowl. Add the sugar, salt butter, and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth. Add the yeast mixture and the egg white, and blend until thoroughly mixed. Add the remaining flour. Beat to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured board and knead for 10 minutes until smooth (don't cheat this time, this is a critical step!!). Place the dough in a greased bowl then turn it greased side up, cover and let rise for 45 minutes to 1 hour (less time for thinner crust), until the dough has doubled in bulk. Knead again. Place dough in your pan, cover and let rise another 10 minutes (if using a cup or baking stone, just let it rest on the floured surface. Brush the crust with olive oil before adding toppings.<br />
After adding toppings, bake 15-25 minutes (depending on style and thickness) at 450 degrees.<br />
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The variations that I like in this dough...<br />
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- Replace the salt with garlic salt.<br />
- Add 1 tablespoon of oregano to the dough<br />
- Add 1 clove of pressed garlic to the dough before first kneading<br />
- For wheaty crust, replace 1/2 to 1 cup of flour with whole wheat flour<br />
- For an interesting yellow variation, keep the egg yolk, and replace 1/2 cup of flour with corn flour, then sprinkle the bottom of the bottom of the pizza pan with corn meal before putting the dough in the pan<br />
- Brush edge of crust with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic powder and Parmesan cheese<br />
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Enjoy! Piece!</span>Dave Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322204117951553617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-35627954191887291992009-08-31T16:27:00.000-07:002009-09-13T20:29:23.999-07:00Organ Grinder Pizza TunesIf only there were still pizza joints like this around.<br />
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there was a similar pizzeria somewhere in northern michigan during the 70's and early 80's. <span class="fullpost"> Must've been around the time of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTM2_TI9W0o">Farrel's Ice Cream Parlour</a>. The closest thing we have these days would be to sneak a hot cup of pizza into the <a href="http://www.redfordtheatre.com/">Redford Theater</a> and enjoy it during the pre-show organ performance. Orrrrrrr...head over to <a href="http://wayoutjunk.blogspot.com/search?q=organ">Way Out Junk</a>, where you can snag some free downloads of out-of-print recordings of the actual Organ Grinder Pizza organs. My personal favorite: Patti Simon's "Saturday Night Fever" medley.<br />
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Piece (of pizza)!</span>ST3V3!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08006206579991550278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583537745490512642.post-52328764216635183362009-08-31T15:24:00.000-07:002009-08-31T16:41:49.240-07:00First Attempt: Cheesedate 08.08.09Our first test working within a cup-shaped pizza matrix was a success. Since then we have further tweaked our design and cooking process.<br />
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</div>Piece!<br />
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