Ians Pizza To Protesters is a Secret Plot by the Republicans

[MadBadger]

They are trying to kill off all the protesters with incredibly delicious and heart killing Mac and Cheese Pizza!!!

[Electric Monk]

1. Cheesy

[CTyankee]

2. I can't for the life of me understand why anybody would want to put mac and cheese

on a pizza. As a Wisconsinite, can you explain it to me? My husband is a native of WI but he can't understand it either...

[MadBadger]

4. Because it tastes good...?

[CTyankee]

14. Pasta on a pizza? That's a problem to me...

nothing wrong with mac and cheese alone, but pizza should be a lighter blend, IMHO. The classic, served just about everywhere in Italy, is the pizza margherita, invented to reflect the colors of the Italian flag: red (fresh tomato), green (fresh basil) and white (mozzarella cheese). It is perfection (altho I do like the clam pizza I can get locally, which is superb).

[tridim]

7. Every Wisconsinite I've known would definitely eat that without a second of hesitation

[Botany]

10. I was in Wisconsin and ate a Wisconsin lunch @ a small town tavern

Deep Fried Onion on top of a Cheese Burger w/ Fries & Beer.

:9

[MadBadger]

13. Bennigans used to have this cheeseburger called the Wheelhouse

Cheeseburger topped with a Fried Cheese Patty and Marinara

They dont have it anymore....then again, Are there any more Bennigans?

[CTyankee]

18. Yes, I know. Which is why i also called Ian's and donated one to the cause.

It's just a bad idea to me. I'm happy, tho, to donate to feed the protestors and that's what's important here, solidarity!

[jobycom]

11. No kidding. Putting wheat-based products and cheese on pizza???

Who would do that??/

[CTyankee]

16. I think the point is that the basic beauty of pizza is its classic mix

of fresh tomato, mozzarella cheese (a completely different taste from cheddar) and fresh basil. It is light and fresh, with a delightful taste. Mac and cheese pizza is a heavy hand to me...

[MadBadger]

22. When I wanted Pizza in Madison, I think of two different things first

Do I want a specialty pie or an normal pie. If I'm in the mood for a normal pie, I usually get Plain pie with some meatball. If I want specialty, I get baked ziti, mac and cheese, chicken pesto, etc.

[CTyankee]

26. Here in New Haven in the summer, I usually get the sliced tomato pizza.

It is ridiculously simple and one of the best things you'll ever eat. The clam and garlic pizza is a nice variation, too.

In Rome, there is a variation that I find odd and that is with half a hard boiled egg on top. I've never had it in Rome but I wouldn't care for it anyway. Some of the finest pizza that I have had was in Sicily, but everything I ate in Sicily was top notch. Freshness is a key concept in most all Italian cooking, but especially Sicily with its superb climate and rich soil produces spectacular food. I've never seen pepperoni on an Italian pizza...

[gateley]

24. True, but when you're hungry, you'll eat anything and I bet it

tastes HEAVENLY!

[CTyankee]

28. I agree with part of your statement. I wonder, tho, if you were to offer

the pizza margherita with fresh ingredients on the one hand and the mac and cheese glom with the other, which one would win the taste test...Just pondering...:hi:

[gateley]

31. Depends on who you're asking, probably.

I'd go for the margherita -- one of my faves, but I'd happily take the mac 'n cheese if that was my only option. And I bet it would taste sooooooooo good!

I'll fight you for that last slice of margherita. :7 :hi:

[CTyankee]

36. Oh sure, if that were your only option, I agree...

but in a non-starving scenario where you actually savor the flavors, I think the margherita wins it...

[gateley]

37. Couldn't agree with you more. And now my mouth is watering. :-) nt

[CTyankee]

39. We have an amazing array of pizza choices here. It's really pizza heaven on earth.

I got up to speed real fast when I moved to New Haven. I am now officially a "pizza snob" I guess. With all this beautiful pizza available everywhere in New Haven, it's a real luxury...

[gateley]

42. I'll be on your doorstep by morning. nt

[CTyankee]

46. bless you, gately! You are a dear!

[MadBadger]

35. Ians Pizza was created with one thing in mind...Drunk College Students

[jobycom]

32. Pizzas are garbage dumps for toppings.

The more, the better. Quattro formaggi, Margherita, white, cheeseless, tofu... the idea of pizza as just mozzarella and marinara is depressingly limited. Who needs limits? Scott Walker is about limits. The protesters are about options. Viva la mac and cheese pizza! You don't want to be like Scott Walker, do you? Hmmm?

Yeah, okay, maybe a little carried away. :rofl:

[CTyankee]

38. Oh, lordy!

Your choice of words, "garbage dump" is depressing me. Is that what American cuisine has come to?

[jobycom]

59. yeah, pretty much, but that's a beautiful thing.

America has always been about making the most of the rejects of other cultures, hasn't it? :)

[CTyankee]

60. I never thought of it that way.

We sure have "dumbed down" lots of cuisines, tho.

I'm pretty lucky to have some great restaurants in my city and the environs. New Haven isn't a huge city but we have a terrific group of restaurants, not all of them fancy. My local diner has a Turkish chef and lunch there is marvelous! There is a demand here for interesting, delicious and fresh food, which I love...

[CTyankee]

61. I never thought of it that way...

We sure have "dumbed down" lots of cuisines, tho.

I'm pretty lucky to have some great restaurants in my city and the environs. New Haven isn't a huge city but we have a terrific group of restaurants, not all of them fancy. My local diner has a Turkish chef and lunch there is marvelous! There is a demand here for interesting, delicious and fresh food, which I love...and I'm within driving distance of Cape Cod and some wonderful lobstah and chowdah...

[fishwax]

65. I think the basic beauty of pizza is its flexibility

but different strokes :)

I've never had a mac and cheese pizza, but if I find myself in Madison I'll probably give it a shot :bounce:

[HereSince1628]

3. Oh!!!! Think of the CHOLESTEROL!!! Think of thier BLOOD SUGAR!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!

[Botany]

5. Pictures to make you cry.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=187063310047&aid=613735

Hell, I had them write on the pizza I ordered that it was from Columbus, OH
and we have learned you don't fuck w/ a badger.

[Sonoman]

12. Thanks for the pics, Botany.

Those make me feel so good, as I am in WAY over my head on this deal.

Sonoman

[Botany]

17. they are asking for orders to be place on line if possible

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ians-Pizza-on-State/18706...

If you are here to learn how help feed the protesters in Madison, here's how you can do that:

Call us at 608-257-9248, then press 1. As we have just three phone lines it may take a while to get through, and we apologize
in advance for that.

For online ordering we have partnered with both badgerbites.com and campusfood.com to process our online orders. If you would
like to order online, please put 115 State Street as the delivery address, and add in the notes that you would like to help feed the protesters.

While we thought about it, we will not be setting up a Paypal account, even though we realize that would make it easier. Please understand
it's not because we don't want to help you out; we really just don't want to over-promise & under-deliver.

It's important to us as a business and as individuals that if we say we are taking your hard-earned money to help feed supporters, that we
will make sure that happens. By taking phone calls and online orders only we can ensure that the money you spend with us does indeed get
made into pizza that goes to the capital.

We truly appreciate all the enthusiasm, and know that many of you want to help feed the protesters, but we are also just one small business.
Believe us when we say we are not really accustomed to getting pizza orders from the entire country (let alone internationally!)

hot links @ site

Thank you for your understanding!

[KansDem]

6. Yeah? Wait for the...anchovies! And jalapenos!

Those are the "big guns" in the Teabaggers' arsenal!

[HereSince1628]

8. I see CHEESES!!!!!!!!!

No don't ask me, I don't know WHAT that means.

[leftstreet]

9. Ugh. Graphic Pic Warning please

:puke:

:o

[cali]

15. ......

:rofl:

[TBF]

19. Yummy! As a Wisconsin native I can definitely say

that though I do prefer tomato sauce on pizza, I would certainly eat that! :)

[gateley]

25. Not a Wisconsin native, but I'd certainly eat that, too! nt

[Aerows]

52. Me either, but I'd eat it too LOL

[mmonk]

20. I shouldn't have looked.

Now I'm hungry.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. oh lord that looks good and tasty

not that I could enjoy... but that looks good and tasty.

I bought eight slices of that too.

[BobbyBoring]

23. Do you get

A 50% off triple by pass coupon with that?

[Lucian]

27. I just threw up a little.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Warren DeMontague]

29. ...The food nannies do NOT approve.

[CTyankee]

41. The slow food folks would like a word with you...

[Warren DeMontague]

43. They'll have to catch me, first.

...get it?

[CTyankee]

45. How could I NOT? You are about as subtle as a

sledge hammer.

But...if you came to New Haven, I bet I could change your mind...

[Warren DeMontague]

53. Actually, my diet is pretty good. I wouldn't touch the mac & cheese OR the Pizza, separately

certainly not together.

I just don't worry about what other people choose to eat. I figure each head gets one mouth for a reason.

[CTyankee]

55. Oh, I'm not "worried about what other people choose to eat." I was only voicing

my own opinion. I've changed a lot of my own eating habits as I've been exposed to other ways of even considering food. Travel has sped this process along as I get more and more exposed to different ways to treating the food that I prepare and eat.

[Jack Rabbit]

30. I thought it was an alien plot

But, as I'm sure the great and always reliable Art Bell would tell us, the GOP is an alien plot by people from the planet Jupiter. You can tell because their leader is orange and draws nutrition from alcoholic beverages.

Well, Art Bell is more reliable than either FoxNews or Andrew Breitbart, anyway.

[JI7]

33. i have tried pizza topped with baked ziti which was good

i dont know how this mac and cheese would be though. it might be good but it seems like it might not feel like eating pizza.

[mzteris]

48. It's not "pizza" in the traditional sense

but it's way yummy good!!

If you only want "traditional" pizza - that's good - BUT can be limiting.

There's another place here called Glass Nickel - they have a "couch potato" pizza, a "breakfast pizza" and all other sorts of weird and odd combination pizzas.

Then there's Roman Candle pizza....


oh man, I'm getting HUNGRY................

[damntexdem]

34. Ah, that won't hurt cheeseheads!

But watch out if you're a supporter from another state! ;-)

[AsahinaKimi]

40. Mac n Cheese pizza.. ! I just figured it out...

ITS KRYPTONITE to Republicans!

[-..__...]

44. Looks more like a maggot/grub and cheese pizza.

[TuxedoKat]

57. That's what I thought too

when I saw it -- not my cup of tea.

[ourbluenation]

47. had my first mac and cheese grilled cheese the other day...

OMG - not something you can have often, but damn...it was a delicious treat on a cold, winter's night.

http://www.tastespotting.com/features/cheesy-mac-n-rib-recipe-from-the-grilled-cheese-truck

I subbed out the pulled pork for a few strips of crispy bacon. delish!

[lonestarnot]

49. mmmm dat looks delisiousous!

[GoCubsGo]

50. Yuk.

I'm sorry, but to call that slop "pizza" is sacrilege.

[CTyankee]

51. hate to agree, but I find this pretty awful too. Not to denigrate Ian's Pizza's efforts

on behalf of the protesters. As a matter of fact, I contributed a pizza myself (called on Saturday).

But this idea that a mac and cheese pizza is somehow wonderful strikes me as sad and depressing.

I really think this is because so many people have been subjected to this pizza degredation that they just don't know any more what real pizza is. It's sad, but I think it's true. Lucky for us in New Haven, we still have that tradition that hangs on but for most places in the U.S. there is no tradition...that is the sad thing...

[GoCubsGo]

58. I'm not trying to denigrate them, either.

But, my ancestors are from Naples, the birthplace of pizza. I don't even consider "deep-dish" pizza real pizza, and I'm a Chicago native. Granted, they don't make me cringe as much as I do when I hear people claim that a certain chain restaurant serves "great Italian food". Very sad.

[CTyankee]

63. CT is the state with the largest number of Italian Americans and you

can tell. When I moved here I was surprised when folks would tell me that their Thanksgiving dinner would start with lasagna. As you know, the pasta dish first is the Italian way. But the servings are not huge, like they have become in so much of the country...

[Zoeisright]

54. Yum. That looks fabulous.

Great idea!

[PVnRT]

56. Ah, I love seeing the foodies get the vapors

You're violating traditional pizza! That's not free-range local pasta! It's not California Pizza Kitchen! Oh, the humanity!

[Shagbark Hickory]

62. That looks rather unappetizing.

When I saw that mac and cheese pizza on the menu was hoping that was a typo.
It may taste good, I'm just saying it looks like a clash of flavors.

[MadBadger]

64. Macaroni and cheese with a crust

Sounds good to me