Anchovies on pizza...love 'em? Hate 'em?

[EYESORE 9001]

I didn’t ask if anyone is ambiguous about ‘em, which I consider highly unlikely. Personally, I love ‘em, but if anyone else is sharing the pizza, I’m always overruled. Now, I always mention anchovies when pizza is ordered just to gage people’s reaction, which more often than not approaches an outright gag reflex.

If you love anchovies, do you keep quiet when toppings are being chosen because of others’ negative reactions? If you go solo with a personal pizza, can you even find them nowadays?

[captain queeg]

1. I like em as part of combination.

As I remember I didn’t really like like a straight anchovy pizza but it’s been 50 years.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. I've never had a straight anchovy pizza

but I especially like anchovies with sausage and mushrooms.

[captain queeg]

15. I tried one just because I'd heard of them in my early pizza eating days

[Rizen]

2. I wouldn't order anchovies but I wouldn't turn them down either.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. I guess you could carry a can of your own anchovies and make that happen

[applegrove]

4. Depends what mood I am in. I never order them for myself but will

eat them.

[The Magistrate]

5. Occasionally Do A Home-Made Pizza, Sir

Anchovies, black olives, thin slices of tomato and onion....

[EYESORE 9001]

8. That sounds great

[blm]

7. ❤️

[multigraincracker]

9. Try them in Italy.

Very different.

[EYESORE 9001]

12. I've had them in Portugal, where the they were also different

They were ‘intact’ and not nearly as salty.

[RainCaster]

10. Hate 'em in pizza, love' em on Caesar Salad

My only rule about pizza:
No fish, no fruit

[EYESORE 9001]

11. I'm not a rebel. Johnny Yuma was a rebel.

But I’ve had pineapple and ham on pizza more than a couple of times.

[TlalocW]

20. Hawaiian is one of my favorites

And I'm glad. I learned early on in college that my fellow dorm mates were less likely to mooch a slice off of me if I ordered Hawaiian.

TlalocW

[RainCaster]

22. I've had that too

I've also eaten lima beans. I prefer to not do either of those.

[consider_this]

13. Only I among my tribe like them, so...

If I am in the mood, I simply ask the pizza place to put them in a little side container and I just add 'em to my slices. Otherwise I'd never be able to get any.

[love_katz]

14. Hate them.

Anchovies, ugh!

[PXR-5]

16. I'm pretty much a pizza purest

So I usually get it plain, but do enjoy peppers and onions. Could do pepperoni 🍕

[samnsara]

17. i love anchovies on anything..i save the oil to fry spuds in

[wryter2000]

18. Love 'em

But I recognize most people don't, so I usually don't ask for them. However, please don't put any pineapple near my pizza.

[TlalocW]

19. I had one for the first time in my 49 years last week

A co-worker and I got to talking. She's lived in places closer to the ocean than I have (I'm a midwesterner) so while I enjoy fish, I don't like shrimp, and I find crab, lobsters, etc. too much work. Anyway, we got to talking anchovies. A couple of friends from another state came into town, and we went to a pizza by the slice place, and remembering my talk with my co-worker, I asked them to put a singular anchovy on one of my slices.

Conclusion: Very salty. It would be like olives or mayo for me. I don't care for them, but not to the point that they're deal-breakers. So I am highly unlikely.

TlalocW

[patricia92243]

21. I love them on Greek salads, etc., but they are too strong on

pizza - all I can taste are the anchovies.

[ColinC]

23. They're worse than pineapple

And don't even get me started on pineapple...

[smirkymonkey]

24. I am fairly adventurous with food, but I still hate them.

I just don't see the point. I like it either plain or with mostly vegetable combos or single veg toppings. I love spinach, artichoke and feta, or arugula and a little prosciutto (ok, I know that is meat, and I only like a little), or mushrooms, or pretty much any veggie combo. Sometimes I like a really good Italian sausage with ricotta, or just ricotta with any vegetable.

[SeattleVet]

25. Love 'em...and my wife hates them.

When we get a pizza I usually add anchovies and tell them to put all of them that would normally be spread around on half the pizza...essentially, double anchovies on my half. (When I was living alone and ordering just for me I'd usually ask for double, anyway.)

Grew up with them (Italian family), and always loved them.

One place nearby had what's known as 'white anchovies', which are not packed in salt for as long as the regular ones and are cured differently, and don't take on the brown color from all the salt. Closer to fresh fish with a slightly salty, vinegar taste, very popular in other countries, but not usually easy to find here.

[Grokenstein]

26. Check out what you can get at Pizza Hut in Japan (as of 2019):

https://www.thetravel.com/pizza-hut-menu-japan-only/

or Domino's current menu in Japan:

https://www.dominos.jp/en/menu-pizza

[eppur_se_muova]

29. Spicy mayo and *mochi* ???

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Makes the "extra corn" seem normal in comparison.

[GoneOffShore]

32. There are so many wrong things on those menus.

Of course, there are worse things here -

[Demovictory9]

27. Hate

[eppur_se_muova]

28. You might be interested in this dish ....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissaladi%C3%A8re

I sometimes wonder if this isn't responsible for the tradition of putting anchovies on pizza.

[GoneOffShore]

30. Pissaladiere is the best way to have anchovies on pizza.

Basically an onion and anchovy pie with the occasional black olive.

[CentralMass]

31. I had a slice once when I was young. I didn't know what i was eating.

However I remember that it was salty and I finished it. I'll have to look for a place that offers them and try it again.

[jpak]

33. Love em

Yup