How do you eat your pizza?

@Sherry12 (2472)
United States
June 19, 2007 9:20am CST
This sounds silly, but I have seen people eat pizza different ways. Some use a knife and fork and cut it and others roll it and eat it that way. Me, I just pick it up and eat it. So, is there a proper way to eat pizza? Does it vary depending on where you live? How do you eat it?
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
19 Jun 07
Mostly I just pick pizza up and eat it. However, if it's a pizza type I'm not a fan of... or if it's the kind of pizza that has too much sauce, I'll pick up the cheese, scrape off the sauce, replace cheese and then eat it. Pizza is finger food not for food!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
19 Jun 07
Absolutely, pizza is FINGER FOOD!
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@LCecelia (1124)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I worked with a young lady who did that, only she ate the bread part first then the cheese. Me I just pick it up and eat it. Except if I get a veggie one and there are too many veggies to handle then I'll probable use a fork.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
19 Jun 07
Crust is my favorite part... I always save that for last.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
19 Jun 07
eating pizza has no "right" way to be eaten. Nor does it matter where you're from when you eat it. It's just eaten however one likes to eat it. I pick off the meats(s) first, then the veggies etc. Then I peel off the cheese eating the stringy substance. Then I may lick the sauce off the crust. Finally eating the crust like a piece of dry bread. I do this with my fingers preferring not to use any type of eating utensil. Hahaha! It does get messy especially with the cheese strings snapping back as it's bitten off. "SNAP" Nothing like a piece of sauce filled cheese snapping back splattering the sauce on your shirt and face. Hah!! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Hee hee!!!
• United States
19 Jun 07
i have a special way . I don't think it varies with where a person lives.I think it's according to the person. I also take the cheese off ,roll it in ball and eat it then I fold the rest and eat it
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@321633wy (1795)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I don't feel confortable eating pizza with fork and knife,i prefer hand.Use hand can be more flexible and confortable way to eat pizza.
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• Canada
20 Jun 07
if im home i use my hands but if i go out i use a knife and fork
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• Canada
20 Jun 07
I like to take 2 pieces and fold it into a sandwich. It can be a bit messy but that's the way i've grown to like my pizza. Sometimes if it is a more formal enviroment i pull out the good old fork and knife and start slicing away. I don't really think there is a wrong way, but i'm sure everyone has their own special way. Stuff crust pizza... lol
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Jun 07
I eat it the same way as you do, except sometimes I pick off the green peppers or olives and give to my cat who loves them.
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
19 Jun 07
There is no wrong way to eat pizza. Like you, I just pick it up and eat it. My daughter likes to eat the toppings first then eat the crust.
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@mamacathie (3928)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I eat mine with a fork by cutting it in pieces when we get it served at the restaurant hot and steamy. Then when it cools down I pick it up with my fingers and eat away. My husband will roll his sometimes and eat it that way. My daughter eats the toppings off first and then eats the crust. LOL There certainly isn't a special way to eat it in our house.
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• Singapore
19 Jun 07
With my bare hands definitely. I just grab it, stick it into my mouth, and munch. Taste good... but the downside is that it is high on carbohydrates. :P
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• United States
19 Jun 07
I usually fold it. It is an automatic thing for me. One time, when I was living in Boston, I went to have pizza with two other friends and both me and another girl automatically folded our pizza. The other friend, said "you both folded your pizza at the same time, it must be a New York thing".
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@RosieS57 (889)
• United States
19 Jun 07
Hi, Sherry! My name is Rosie and I'm a folder. I've been a folder since I was little. We lived on Long Island then and everyone was a folder, so I became a folder, too! I'm also a heretic in that I don't eat pizza or regular pie crust. We call them 'bones' like the bones left over from pork chops. We feed the pizza and the pie bones to the dogs -- along with a little bit of the toppings.
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I just pick it up and eat it. Sometimes it needs to be folded, but I don't get NY Style pizza very often, and thats really the only one you have to fold. I had a friend in high school who believe tht it was bad luck to eat the "point" of hte pizza in your first bite, so she would take her first bite from the side.
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@nolipo (407)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I hear a lot of people will eat pizza with a fork, it makes me laugh, a fork? I'm of the school just pick it up with your fingers and enjoy. Although if i was at a fancy dinner and everyone else was eating with a fork, I would too.
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@nudshanie (359)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 07
For me, I just pick it from the pan and eat it. No need to use fork and knife because its wasting your time.
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@magica (3707)
• Bulgaria
19 Jun 07
If i eat pizza outside and hurry i roll it and eat.If i am in restaraunt or at home-i use knife and fork.
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@Darkwing (21583)
21 Jun 07
I pick a slice up, as it is, holding it at the dough crust edge and eating from the point, towards my hand. I don't think there's a proper way to eat it, and I do think it's more enjoyable just picked up and eaten from the hand. Yes, maybe it depends where you live as to what habits are. After all, in America, they very rarely use knives, so I guess they would either roll it or pick it up with their hands. Brightest Blessings.
• United States
21 Jun 07
we usually pick-up pizza to eat... we only use knife and fork when the pizza per serving are jumbo in sizes. some people also use utensils to avoid being messy or keeping hands off the food. when only at home we usually enjoy making pizza into sandwiches or two slices of different types bond to one so that we can mix the flavors when eaten :0
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
19 Jun 07
I usually just pick it up and eat it, but on occassion I have been known to use a fork and a knife. I guess it just depends how many toppings are on it. If there is a lot of toppings and it will fall off when I pick it up, I will use a fork and knife.
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@laridbz (1280)
• China
21 Jun 07
I usually eat it using a fork and a knife. Sometimes I do just like you, pick it up and eat it. This rolling technique I've only seen on TV though, but I think in the USA it's rather common. Here in Brazil we usually use forks and knives.
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