In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
To say that I wasn’t a fan of Midnight Mass would be an understatement! I was pretty young when I saw through the ruse that’s the church, and all of its draconian practices designed to extract money from people in the guise of that’s the path to eternal bliss (as if they know…but the Bible … Continue reading Midnight Mass or Booze Run!? Caputo Blue & Mercurio’s Experiments
A definition and quick story first. Then below is further info on Caputo Blue vs Caputo Red flours, some insight from the professional pizziola, and next bake in the Ooni Karu 12. As promised, here are updated tables at the links below:1. Great Pizza Search - Homemade Pizzas (217 made in 2022)2. Great Pizza Search … Continue reading 7 fishes? Make that 0!
It’s been awhile since my last post. With an addition to the family and moving back south for the winter have been our priority. But, now that there’s another MAV, to which this blog is dedicated, here’s Part 1 of a catch-up that includes our new pizza oven, an Ooni Karu 12. Quick Update of … Continue reading Is It Juice? No, Cazzimma!
It’s been over a month since my last blog post. Don’t worry…been riding (and wrecked) and making and buying lots of pizza (143 homemade and 32 purchased pizzas this year!)! I will catch you up on part of that in this post. Neapolitan Word of the Day Cheddar Cheese - there is no word for cheddar cheese … Continue reading St. John’s Cafeteria Pizza – Was it Brick or Cheddar?
One of the big things I notice in Italy when we visit is the difference in music between what I hear versus what I know. The music I hear while there now is "Contemporary Italian." What I know if "Old Italian" which is that of my parents and UNCLE FRANK'S ITALIAN MELODIES! I'm not sure … Continue reading Uncle Frank & Ooni Bakes #2
On 4/8, I used my grill top pizza oven for the 1st time. If you recall from my posting at that time, I used Publix dough since I couldn't make my own. Although it was a very good pizza, it was not the elusive "GREAT". I felt that I could do much better with my … Continue reading Grill Top Pizza Oven – #2
Piz (pronounced PEETS) is short for a specific pizza that my mother, aunts, and grandmas made around Easter. Piz is one of two different piz (come on…) that we'd have around that time: One piz was savory with eggs, moozadell, parmagian, rigott, pepperoni, preciute with pastry crust on bottom, top, and sides. I'm totally unsure … Continue reading Piz – A Pizza by Any Other Name…
OK, it's time to write something again. I've been really dialing in oven baked pizza (I will provide an article with pics of my progress soon). In the back of my mind, I've wanted to get an outdoor pizza oven like from Ooni or a Gozney Roccbox (gotta' love the name Rocc since it's a … Continue reading Exhaustive (nearly) Pizza Oven Study and 1st Use
In my previous blog post, 70’s Music! & GPS #25!, I spoke about 2 versions of 70's songs: 1. the one intended by the artist 2. the one that we think we hear 3. and, then, I added a 3rd version, one’s own interpretation, or lack thereof, of a songOn a long ride the other … Continue reading 70’s V4, Wearing Moodons ‘Cause It’s Cold! & GPa #4!
This blog post talks about some locker room slang that we used as high schoolers in football and baseball and Great Pizza Search (GPS) #21. You Big Caguzz! I played football (previously discussed) and baseball in high school. Most of the baseball team also played football, but only a few played basketball. ASIDE - Why … Continue reading You Big Caguzz! and GPS #21
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