
“Pizza Going In” Cedar Park, 2021
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“Pepperoni and Egg” Cedar Park, 2021
daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad

The toppings for the first pie in tonight’s pizza class was kalua pig with jalapeño peppers and red onion. It was yummy, with just the right amount of oil from the pork. We haven’t had pizza in a few weeks so it was good to “pig” out on it. 🐷🍕❤
I hope you had a nice day!

Anchovy pizza is not a thing you see very often on menus, which seems somewhat strange to me because it seems like such an iconic topping. Maybe it’s that way just for me or my generation, and I suspect it might have earned a permanent space in my mind because of old Looney Tunes cartoons. In writing this post, I found out that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles often ate anchovy pizzas, but that was a little after my time and I never watched them, so I suspect it was Bugs Bunny or even Scooby Doo that put anchovies into my brain.
At any rate, several years ago I first ate them on pizza, and I thought they weren’t very good. Basically salty and fishy. But I actually kept craving them, and after a few more tries, I grew to love anchovy pizza! Thankfully, canned anchovies are readily available in markets so I can have my anchovy fix whenever I want. I am still a little baffled on why I like them so much since I think they are still overly salty, but truth be told, whenever I see the can of anchovies in the pantry just waiting to be used, I get a warm feeling in my heart and a craving in my belly. 😊

I hope you had a nice day! またね~

Tonight’s pizzas: Spicy Marinated Korean Pork Belly and Loaded Baked Potato. Both were yummy, but of course I preferred the spicy one! 😊


Tonight’s toppings were Burrata cheese, prosciutto, and greens over a thin base of mozzarella and marinara sauce. Add a little bit of black pepper and olive oil drizzled on top, and it’s perfect! ❤🍕

Mariko taught four pizza dough classes this past week, which meant we ate a lot of pies. So, to mix it up a bit, we branched out a little bit with the toppings.
I made an onion, olive, and anchovy pizza because I love those salty little fishies! It’s a well-known topping, but rarely ordered (or even offered) so I thought it would be a nice change of pace. Of course with so many pizzas to top, we had a few other options, including chicken with barbecue sauce, and a Mediterranean-style pizza with Gyro meat, Kalamata olives, and feta cheese. This was actually my and Koa’s favorite, beating out the classic Italian sausage pizza and pepperoni pizza.

I also bought ingredients for a clam and roasted garlic pizza, but we didn’t have enough dough (or classes) to make that one. Next time for sure!
