Pizza

If you recall, our corner has been unsuccessful in our quest for quality pizza (based on my LI and Simms' NJ palette) since we've moved to PA in '95. There were short stints of yumminess but then something would happen (change in ownership, ingredients and/or quality). In the last ten years we have frequented over 7 pizzerias. Compared to going to ONE for over two decades of my life...if it is possible to have pizza withdrawal, I had it bad.

Not anymore though. Where have we found the answer to our pizza conundrum? Believe it or not in my own kitchen! That's right - with a little help and encouragement from my friends (Classic Mama and Li'l Sis) TCC's quality homemade pizza is a success!

The first time I made it there was too much sauce and not enough cheese. Jeter was deterred by the rectangular shape - my poor child has been deprived of Sicilian pizza for the full 6 years of his life! I'm working on amending this atrocity. The second time I made it, my Mom and Dad joined us. This would definitely be a good test. They loved it! My Mom kept gushing about how it was even better than the LI pizzeria we frequented. Can you just imagine how big my smile was? They each ate 3 slices! The third time marked continued success. We had company over - Say Anything's family. Simm's fellow New Jersians. I made two pies - one Sicilian and the other round. Believe it or not, this made all the difference in the world to Jeter. He ate two slices - of the "normal" pie. I daresay, I would have liked a little more sauce on these but it was still good.

So what does this mean? It means that I am no longer searching for a substitute to LI pizza. We have it now and quite frankly I am tickled at the savings to my food budget!