How Do You Eat Your Pizza?
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82627)
United States
May 3, 2018 9:11am CST
This might sound like a crazy question but I'm asking it anyway. How do you eat your pizza? Do you pick it up and eat it or do you leave it on the plate and use a knife and fork?
Being from New York I've always eaten my pizza by picking it up, bending it slightly at the crust and eating it. But, I've noticed people here in Pennsylvania leaving it on the plate and cutting it with a knife and eating it with a fork. It just seemed weird to me as pizza has always been a food you eat with your hands.
Being that we're such a diversified group of myLotters I thought I'd throw this question out and see what the answers are. I'm not saying there's a right or wrong way to eat pizza but I'm curious!
Hands or knife and fork????
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46 responses
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
3 May 18
I prefer to eat pizza with my hands especially when I am at home,
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
I always eat it with my hands and have never given a thought to using a fork and knife
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@BarBaraPrz (47164)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 May 18
I usually just pick it up by hand, but I can see using a knife and fork if it was REALLY loaded and/or gooey. Or if I lost my front teeth. Oh yeah, I did.
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@BarBaraPrz (47164)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 May 18
@MarshaMusselman Oh, you poor thing! I hope the knee replacement does the trick and you don't fall again.
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@BarBaraPrz (47164)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 May 18
@lnillerman Yeah, I tripped and fell face first on the sidewalk.
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@GardenGerty (160530)
• United States
4 May 18
A little of both, depends on the pizza, toppings, etc.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
Makes sense. I guess I wasn't thinking of pizza fully loaded 
@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
4 May 18
@Marilynda1225 If I sit at a table I never use my hands. At home I do if I cut small pieces that I serve as appetizers.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
Seems that many friends here do both but mainly I just pick it up and eat it with my hands. Even in a pizzeria if we order a pie then we still pick up a slice and eat it with our hands.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
I've always used my hands and never even gave a knife and fork a thought until I saw this recently at a restaurant.
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@JudyEv (338980)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 May 18
@Marilynda1225 Pizzas seem made for fingers don't they?
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
3 May 18
I can do both, Marilyn. When I feel like being messy, I use my hands. If outside, then I will use knife and fork. 
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
4 May 18
@lnillerman Yes, they can be indeed.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
@migen1037 I've never used a knife and fork to eat pizza whether it's at a restaurant or at home
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
5 May 18
@Marilynda1225 I see. My grandma taught us way back when we were kids that we brought it until we grew older. We were used to eating with knife and fork. But during laid back days, no need to use those utensils.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 May 18
I used to always eat by picking it up-being a New Yorker originally as well. However, as I have gotten older (and don't have the teeth I used to have) I feel more comfortable cutting it up and eating it with a fork and knife.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
4 May 18
@Marilynda1225 I think it's a Northern thing possibly.
Thank you, it does make things difficult and I miss out on foods I always loved. It's okay though.
@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
So is it more a New York thing eating it by hand? Sorry to hear that you have teeth issues. Must make eating many things difficult.
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@Juliaacv (50919)
• Canada
3 May 18
My short answer to the pizza question you're pondering would be both.
If its just a pizza delivered home, then its not as hot or as gooey as it would be fresh from the oven, so hands for eating that.
Unless I have to heat it a bit, then it will be a plate, fork and a knife.
If I eat it out, its always a fork and a knife.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
Seems that many friends here do both. I don't think I've ever used a knife and fork
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
That's so interesting because I've only come across people eating pizza with a fork and knife recently.
@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
That makes sense. I hate when pizza is all rubbery and gooey and you think everything is all going to slide off if you pick it up.
@Courtlynn (67086)
• United States
3 May 18
My bfs dad is the first person I ever met that didn't hold his pizza. And he said it's because he didn't want to get grease on his hands.
I only cut up our homemade pizza, because alot of the slices don't have crust to hold it and ia very greasy..
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
@Courtlynn I've seen people pick up a slice and wrap a napkin around it if it's greasy or even blot the grease with a napkin before picking it up to eat it.
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@Courtlynn (67086)
• United States
3 May 18
@lnillerman doesnt bother lots of people. But does lots too.
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@Courtlynn (67086)
• United States
4 May 18
@Marilynda1225 ive seen people do both too. But i wouldnt.
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 May 18
I do both. At home I make mine filled with veggies so I mylot and eat it, with a fork and knife. Out to eat if its thin crust with my hands, deep dish with a fork.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
I guess making homemade is different especially filled with lots of veggies. Guess I was thinking more of traditional pizzeria pizza
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 May 18
@Marilynda1225 then I use my hands.
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@dgobucks226 (35552)
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3 May 18
I do it the old fashioned way....with my hands Italian style, lol.
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
Seems the hands are losing so nice to see a fellow who eats his pizza the same way I do. Many of our fellow myLotters use a knife and fork
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@snowy22315 (179935)
• United States
3 May 18
Usually hands, but I have used knife and fork. More likely to use knife and fork in a restaurant.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
3 May 18
well like you i eat it. to me it is a "finger food". i love that cause then i don't have to go all the way back to the kitchen if i forgot a utensil. 
love finger/hand food
i love that cause then i don't have to go all the way back to the kitchen if i forgot a utensil. love finger/hand food2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
That's why I like pizza too....easy peasy
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
3 May 18
I use hands and begin at the tip.
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
4 May 18
I enjoy it with hands but at restaurant I prefer fork and knife off course
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@Spontaneo (14700)
• United States
4 May 18
I like to use my hands. However, if the pizza is super hot, I cut into pieces and blow on the pizza so I won't burn my mouth...
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@Marilynda1225 (82627)
• United States
4 May 18
If it's too hot I blow on it while it's in my hand. Nothing worse than burning your mouth with hot cheese
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