She Says: Pizza Strips
This local flavor shout out is for my besty who just moved from Rhode Island to Arizona. I am fairly certain she is missing the R.I. Pizza Strip right about now. Miss you.
It also serves as a reminder about the Blogger Secret Ingredient: Tomatoes. The tomatoes can be in any form and they do not have to be the main ingredient of the dish. If you want to contribute a recipe, email it to me (hangrypants@gmail.com), add it as a comment or link your recipe post to this blog and I will find it and add it to the list that I’ll post on Sunday, when the next blogger will pick the next Secret Ingredient! It’s just a fun way to share recipes among the food bloggers and readers out there.
Basically, a pizza strip is baked thick pizza dough topped with thick tomato sauce and a sprinkle of Romano cheese. I’ve heard people from other places refer to this as “party pizza,” “bakery pizza,” or “tomato pie,” but I assure you, it’s a pizza strip. Pizza strips are often sold at bakeries and wrapped in wax paper to properly insulate the grease. Pizza strips are always, always, always cold.
1/2 of a Pizza Strip
When I was little, my dad often bought pizza strips for Friday us for lunch during lent. I preferred a crispy corner strip because I didn’t care for all the sauce back then. Now, I’ll take any strip. Probably two. My Arizona bound besty and I have been known to look forward to parties simply because there is a high probability pizza strips will be there.
A corner
As you might imagine, getting an ingredient list for pizza strips from local bakeries is not all that feasible. I can’t think of anything that would cause these goodies to have HFCS in them: dough, olive oil, tomato sauce, Romano cheese. If the tomato sauce is homemade, I think it would be HFCS free. In the interest of blogtegrity, these pictures are from Meatless Month anyway.
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September 11th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
The pizza sauce could easily have it! I’m allergic to HFCS and have been since birth. Thanks for the awareness you are bringing to blog-land of HFCS’s evils! Now my allergy is “hip”!
September 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
ooh, tomato pie in these parts
LOVE IT!
September 11th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Oooh, what a scrumptious way to consume the blogger secret ingredient!
Hopefully the sauce IS HFCS-free!!
September 11th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Wow, now that looks like foccacia bread pizza that my family from Genoa makes. Funny how things are called different things in different parts of the country.
That is so funny, our Lent dinners were pasta con pesto and fish sticks!
September 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
OMG!!! I have a co-worker who is from Rhode Island and would always talk about party pizza with another co-worker who was born there. One of them finally brought it in to work one day straight from RI and it was surprisingly good.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
The pizza strips look good!
September 11th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
yummmmm. i haven’t had one in sooo long! My mom used to drive me all the way to the old T’s on Budlong road in Cranston on Fridays to bring them to lunch too!!! what a treat!
I think I will need to have a party soon to have an excuse to buy these yum yum
September 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
wowowow. that looks amazing. never even heard of them before – i guess it could be recreated at home! i’m really enjoyed your tomato-ey posts. and i definitely do get wierd breakfast cravings too… i’m pretty sure i’ve had pasta for breakfast.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Tomato Pie
Tomato Paste? HFCS? Naww.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Wow! Me want.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
these are two of my favorite recipes involving tomatoes:
http://itzyskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/08/fast-sloppy-lentils.html
http://itzyskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/08/black-bean-dip-take-2-broccoli-and.html
September 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Pizza strips are the bests – ends and corners!
September 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Jess, I will have to check on the ingredients of the tomato paste I have at home! I never thought of that.
CB: Mmmm. That sounds good.
RhodeyGirl – Mine were usually from LaSalle Bakery.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:31 am
ahajhdsjhdjsh I’m from Fall River, MA originally and always got my pizza strips at Marzilli’s, which we just called Marzilli’s pizza. But after going to URI, every one called them “party pizza.” I don’t care what they’re called I love them and miss them being away from the area now! So jealous.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Yes, they are really really good. I think unless you’ve had one, it’s hard to imagine how good because it’s just bread and sauce. I want one now, but will probably have to wait until HFCS Awareness Month is over.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Blogtegrity. Ha!
September 13th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Hi guys! I am the pizza strip shout out recipient. I moved to Arizona where I mostly eat burros and refried beans (which I do love as well), but seriously miss pizza strips. Just before I read Heather’s post my husband said to me, “Don’t you miss Tomato City? I really want some pizza strips right now.” (Crazy, huh!?!) We had a whole conversation about how much we love and miss the dough to sauce ratio and the amazing flavor of the sauce at our favorite pizza strip place (only 2 for $1.00!). I used to stop by in the morning on the way to work to pick up some for lunch. I used to love walking into my classsroom and being taken aback with the lovely bakery smell. Practically unable to wait for lunch with the pizza strips neatly packed in my desk drawer (they need no refrigeration). So while I have my reservations on Heather’s food endeavors because we are Italian and genetically don’t deprive ourselves from any tasty source of nourishment (especially homemade) I love and appreciate the shout out on my favorite breakfast/lunch/snack/dinner food of choice. And yes, I am a crust and corner girl myself- but would give anything for even a tiny morsel of pizza strip!!! Keep on eating!!!
Peace from Globe, AZ- the mecca of the universe.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Besty, you are funny. No wonder I love you so much. It does not surprise me that you were thinking of pizza strips when I posted this because you think of them often.
Seems like someone is ready to do her own guest post on the culinary delights of Globe, AZ!
Heather
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:42 am
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