Pizza Portrait - Well Done

[Mike Lamb]

 

[SnappingShark]

The pizza looks inedible, but the photograph looks pretty! I like the lighting and the background / surface you have it on!

 

[Mike Lamb]

Thanks. It was inedible. I had to put it outside. The background is snow that I tinted.

 

[tirediron]

The new Pizza Hut 'High-carbon special'?

 

[LShooter]

Very cool, unless you were really hungry.

 

[Derrel]

Mike...we desperately need to introduce you to Josh66 (his new handle, he was formerly O|||||||O, who is a fantastic pizza chef....

 

[Tiller]

Snow that you tinted yellow? Just HOW did you do it?

 

[Josh66]

Mike...we desperately need to introduce you to Josh66 (his new handle, he was formerly O|||||||O, who is a fantastic pizza chef....

Yes, I think I might be able to teach you a thing or two.


Did you pass out on the couch and forget there was a pie in the oven?

I had to put it outside.

I'm guessing you had to put it outside because of all the smoke coming off it. :lmao:

 

[Derrel]

Thanks. It was inedible. I had to put it outside. The background is snow that I tinted.

$10 says that overnight, the raccoons and possums will nibble a bit of it and LEAVE in an indignant huff!

 

[Josh66]

Never trust the time on the box (I'm assuming that this was frozen pizza). The temperature dial on your oven could be off (a lot) - get an oven thermometer if you cook a lot. You should be able to calibrate the dial once you figure out how far it's off.

I usually make mine from scratch. Good pizza requires at least half-assed monitoring, lol. In the first 10 minutes, you have to watch for bubbles in the dough (docking mostly prevents this, but some people don't like docked dough - that's sort of getting picky though) - pop them with a fork/knife or whatever if they appear. Then you're waiting for the cheese to start bubbling, then waiting for the crust to be properly browned.

I like to cook mine on a stone, but that's not the only way. I know a few good dough recipes if you're interested. Extremely easy if you have a mixer, but still pretty easy without one.

 

[Mike Lamb]

Did you pass out on the couch and forget there was a pie in the oven?

Um. I'd prefer not to say. This is about art and not why art happens.
We have had a foot of snow in the last couple days and I will throw it out eventually when I can find where it is.

 

[Josh66]

Um. I'd prefer not to say.

It's happened to us all. I once woke up to a pan full of charcoal that once resembled tater-tots. Not sure how long they were in there, but it was way too long, lol. That's one thing that's nice about microwaves and toaster ovens when making midnight snacks - they turn off when the timer goes off.

But, like I said - don't use a timer for pizza. Just watch it, take it out when it's done.