"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

redsparrow said:
@Nature Boy
Mike,
As a former Detroiter one of the things I miss most is the pizza. Best explained here;
www.slicepizzeria.com

What Is Detroit Style Pizza - Why Is It Unique - Slice Pizzeria

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Of course it can be made anywhere but it is rarely made quite like at Buddy's where it was invented and each slice was a heavenly deep dish meal.
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I think I'm going to order a pizza for breakfast! 🍕
 
5K Qs said:
Wi-fi at the cottage we're renting seems more reliable this week than it was last week (nowhere to go but up), so I'll try sneaking a post in here. This is not knife-related, just a curious thing I discovered back in April 2020 when COVID-19 shut down my state, I was banned from my campus and its mail facilities, and I started walking about 1.25 miles to the nearest US Post Office when I needed to use some kind of mail services. I noticed that across the street from the Post Office was a pizza joint I had never seen nor heard about before I walked by it. It was, of course, shut down at the time and I found its name amusingly ironic for the pandemic situation with which we were all dealing. Never remembered to take a photo of it until one day last month.
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- GT
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That’s funny, GT! 😁 Looks like they’ve survived the pandemic (so far at least), so that’s a plus. :thumbsup: Have you ever tried the pizza there? I was just looking around on their site and it looks pretty good! Although I’ve never been to Detroit, I love Detroit-style pizza (and it’s highly likely the Detroit-style pizza I’ve had isn’t even as good as the “real deal.”)

mbkr said:
"pop" :D Down here its "soda". Every once in a blue moon I still call it "pop".
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It’s all “coke.” 😉😁

Peregrin said:
I think I'm going to order a pizza for breakfast! 🍕
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Breakfast of champions! 😁

Jack Black said:
I don't order pizza very often, but when I do, I usually order two, so I have one for the next day! :D Very interesting to read about the Detroit pizza :cool:
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We do that, too. Do you reheat your leftover pizza in the oven or eat it cold? I’ll reheat deep dish pizza, but I enjoy leftover thin crust pizza cold (usually with some Secret Aardvark on it).

Other leftovers that are great eaten cold: fried chicken and fried catfish.
 
btb01 said:
It’s all “coke.” 😉😁
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I looked to see if you were from Georgia. That's what my cousins down there do. Or at least used to, I haven't been down there in a while.

btb01 said:
Breakfast of champions! 😁
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Only if you have a beer with it 😜

btb01 said:
We do that, too. Do you reheat your leftover pizza in the oven or eat it cold? I’ll reheat deep dish pizza, but I enjoy leftover thin crust pizza cold (usually with some Secret Aardvark on it).

Other leftovers that are great eaten cold: fried chicken and fried catfish.
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I'll do cold pizza and chicken, but cold fish is called "bait" :D
 
mbkr said:
I looked to see if you were from Georgia. That's what my cousins down there do. Or at least used to, I haven't been down there in a while.
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Born in Arkansas, lived there until my mid-20’s. I think “coke” as a generic term for soda is fairly common across the south. Of course, now I live in the land of “pop” — it’s probably one of my least favorite things about Minnesota. 🙄😉😁
 
btb01 said:
That’s funny, GT! 😁 Looks like they’ve survived the pandemic (so far at least), so that’s a plus. :thumbsup: Have you ever tried the pizza there? I was just looking around on their site and it looks pretty good! Although I’ve never been to Detroit, I love Detroit-style pizza (and it’s highly likely the Detroit-style pizza I’ve had isn’t even as good as the “real deal.”)
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Thanks, Barrett. I have to confess I've never eaten there, despite having walked by the building dozens of times in the past year and a half. And I don't know how close to the "real deal" Quarantino's Detroit-style pizza would be; we're in the same state as Detroit, but 150+ miles from Detroit, and there's a lot of substantial differences between Detroit and the "West Coast" of Michigan! :rolleyes: 🤓

btb01 said:
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It’s all “coke.” 😉😁
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I was reading a novel recently in which the protagonist, a native of Minnesota, was chasing criminals in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I was rather appalled by the way the author butchered the geography of the U.P., and had the character remark that that soft drinks were called "pop" in MN but "soda" in MI - I'm pretty sure MI is a "pop" state, bottom to top! o_O

btb01 said:
We do that, too. Do you reheat your leftover pizza in the oven or eat it cold? I’ll reheat deep dish pizza, but I enjoy leftover thin crust pizza cold (usually with some Secret Aardvark on it).

Other leftovers that are great eaten cold: fried chicken and fried catfish.
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My wife almost always reheats leftover pizza, but I always eat it cold. I prefer cold pizza to fresh hot pizza, and will occasionally order a pizza that I don't even taste until it's been in the fridge overnight.

- GT
 
I'm an old Georgia native, never used Coke as a generic.

Coke or Pepsi (blasphemy), soda is a northern term. Oddly, Dr Pepper was fairly popular among some of my older relatives in 50's. Tasted nothing like the Dr Pepper of today...almost medicinal.
 
btb01 said:
Born in Arkansas, lived there until my mid-20’s. I think “coke” as a generic term for soda is fairly common across the south. Of course, now I live in the land of “pop” — it’s probably one of my least favorite things about Minnesota. 🙄😉😁
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If we didn’t have “pop” there would be no such thing as a “pop stand”. Laura Beige would never have said to her Uncle Henry, “C’mon, Henry. Let’s blow this pop stand. I want to get back to Great Falls and spent my cut”.
 
btb01 said:
It’s all “coke.” 😉😁
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I was telling my mate's boy about that last week, and he wasn't sure if I was making it up! :D :thumbsup:
btb01 said:
We do that, too. Do you reheat your leftover pizza in the oven or eat it cold? I’ll reheat deep dish pizza, but I enjoy leftover thin crust pizza cold (usually with some Secret Aardvark on it).
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Cool :) I eat it cold Barrett, I honestly couldn't say if I prefer pizza hot or cold, I love them both so much! :D I remember you posted about pizza one Sunday, a couple of years back, in the Guardians thread. I had an incredible craving, but my favourite pizza place wasn't open until 5.00pm. I was practically tearing my hair out waiting, and had the phone in my hand at 4.59pm! :D Of course, I ordered two! ;) And a lot of extras! :D :thumbsup:

mbkr said:
I'll do cold pizza and chicken, but cold fish is called "bait" :D
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:D :thumbsup:
 
huntnfishin said:
I like anchovies on my pie. My wife hates them. Says I’m eating bait 😂
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The thing about anchovies, is only use a couple/three for a whole pie. Chop them up and sprinkle them across. Adds an additional flavor and a little saltiness. I never get them on a pizza that I order, because most places put a whole handful of them on it and then all I can taste is anchovies. And I don't like them that much ;)
 
I love the hairy fish. ...back in the olden days...at 503 stn Wollongong....we ordered our pizzas from Julios up the road....under the premise that no matter how bad something is ..if it comes with a firemans discount it must be good....Julio was a big fan of cheese....a cheesophile if you will....his pizzas came with under cooked dough and enough cheese to choke a whale....one night the rebellious meako said ...No More!....tonight gimme half cheese on my pizza.....i'm tired of Julio scrimping on toppings and substituting more cheese ! When it arrived it strangely had more cheese than everyone elses pizzas....I could not believe it...Julio in a state of cheesomania had given me 50% EXTRA cheese......Not only that it was the rubberiest cheese ever....you could use it to patch holes in tyres...
Also its thin n crispy crust for me...none of those over cheesed deep dish double cheese filled things that the cheese oozes out of....
These days I make my own.
 
I used to be a single young guy sharing a one bedroom apartment with a friend in Hollywood. Made a scant living for a year playing nine ball pool and a bit of one pocket (what you do when your in your early 20s can be a waste of time eh?) and rode a motorcycle as I couldn’t afford a car at the time. I would go to mr pizza (pretty famous place in Hollywood) and get an xl thick crust Sicilian pan pizza with extra anchovies and balance it between my knees on my gas tank and live off it for a couple of days. Now I’d prolly get heartburn! 😂
 
mbkr said:
The fact that you made a living shooting pool...
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It was a cheap shady way to earn money as a young guy. I made enough to eat. When I won a bit it just trickled out to other players as I would lose it playing better people. After a few years of pool I quit. You just watch the money move around. Nobody really spends it it seems. Just gambled away again. Playing in a real pool hall the players generally don’t drink. Don’t do much other than play. And the only way to get better is to play better players. And they only play for cash. I think I spent 12 hours a day in a pool room on average to live off pizza in a one bedroom. I took my phone calls there. I lived practically lived there. Was kind of like a little family, different than a bar. Bar room playing was like swimming in a kiddie pool. Didn’t bother with that. And guys in a bar get real pissed quick if you try to take their beer money.
I gave it up an never looked back. Every once in awhile I play a tiny bit if there is a quarter table where me and the wife are. She thinks it is fun to watch me win. I think it’s interesting for about ten minutes and get bored. Hit too many pool balls once upon a time.
I have seen a guy lose 2k, then his watch, then his cue, then his car…and then ask the guy who beat him for a ride home. I never had that much devotion. A guy told me once you have to learn to lest before you can win. Maybe that’s true. I could never stand up for the cash. More than 50 and I got a bit jumpy. Met some interesting people and when I see pool on tv every once in awhile I recognize someone.
I did run 29 balls in over three racks on nine ball once. Personal best. Not good enough for cnn.
 
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