I strongly dislike mushrooms, but if there’s enough other stuff, I can deal with them on pizza (so long as there isn’t a metric butt-ton of them on there and only like…3 pepperoni slices)
Mushrooms are delicious, I learned to love them on pizza as a kid because none of my brothers or cousins liked them, that way i got a whole supreme pizza to myself.
Dave: I loathe mushrooms as a pizza topping.
Gene: I loathe Brusselsprouts as a pizza topping, anything else is fair game,… Well not chitterlings, but those two are out. Surprisingly, sauerkraut is a remarkably good pizza topping, esp. with ham or bacon.
In the 60s a Sauerkraut Packers Combine was offering free recipes for sauerkraut ice cream, but I have been told the Minnesota State Fair offers it every year, … I don’t know that the rumour is true, but it is believable. Powerful lot of dairy up there + powerful bunch of Old Country descendants = plausible existence of such.
…make that a double mushroom-pineapple, ’cause I’d try it. (I usually prefer mushrooms, olives, and green peppers; and extra chopped tomato and pineapple, not mushrooms and pineapple combined. BUT HEY, PIZZA!)
Wisdom is knowing not to put them in a fruit salad.
Charisma is talking others into doing it anyway.
But in all seriousness- it is entirely possible to be both a fruit and a vegetable. In the same way it’s possible to be both a square and blue. The traits are unrelated to one another.
Tomatoes were legally defined to be a vegetable (and not a fruit) by the US supreme court in 1893, case Nix v. Hedden. (Apparently fruits and vegetables were taxed differently, and someone was trying to pay the lower fruit rate for tomatoes.)
Yes, a botanist would consider tomatoes to be a fruit. A botanist would also consider cucumbers, zucchini, and pumpkins to be fruits. But when discussing human consumption of them it’s probably better to ask a nutritionist, for whom all four are vegetables.
Honestly, at this point the whole “I hate pineapple on pizza” seems more like a meme than people genuinely not liking it, starting with this one Icelandic politician who joked about wanting to ban it.
I frankly don’t care what people put on their pizza. Pineapple, sausages, kebab-style pizza. Whatever floats your boat.
So people acting like “x topping” is somehow the most unforgivable of heresies just gets annoying over time. :/
This is why I can love peanuts, Reese’s, and Thai peanut sauce but cannot tolerate peanut butter. My daughter loves the stuff and I used to cringe every time I made her a sandwich.
For me it’s that I loathe the taste of warm fruit in/on a savory dish. Warm fruit is reserved for sweet dishes only in my book, like warm apple pie or peach cobbler.
i loathe mushrooms too, EXCEPT…. for some reason… the deepfried and battered button mushrooms our local seafood place makes, dip’em in that sauce they make mmm.
I suspect it probably helps Amanda that she has one parent all to herself? Subconsciously, probably. Like, she can get away from Selkie, and she has parental attention that she doesn’t need to share, part of the time. The whole lack-of-attention-because-a-zillion-kids thing may well have exacerbated a “bad attention is better than no attention” mindset in Amanda.
Once there’s not an Attention Shortage, Selkie becomes a nuisance, not an actual threat of competition for a scarce resource. (It’s like cats that don’t like each other; if they know that they aren’t going to have to fight over food, and can avoid each other when it’s not mealtime, they usually chill out…)
I’m glad to see it too, of course. Amanda probably hardly realizes that she’s slipping from “other kid is a threat to me” to “well, I guess I can share dad with her” to “okay, I suppose if I have to have a sister then I can cope…”
I love mushrooms, and I don’t mind having them on my pizza. For me, the topping I DON’T want on my pizza is peppers, especially green peppers. I never liked those things.
Excellent. Another ingredient I can get someone else’s share of! (…I’m hungry. A Mushroom/Green Pepper/maybe Pineapple pizza is sounding marvelous. Any non-meat thing that other people don’t want and YES PLZ!)
Seeing this many people denounce mushrooms in the comments section fills me with hope that I could totally start selling canned beef stew that is patently WITHOUT MUSHROOMS and make a friggin’ mint!
’cause, relaly, /why/ do canned beef stews ALWAYS have mushrooms in thme? It’s time for change!
The reason for mushrooms is a taste effect called “Umami”. Mushrooms are one way to achieve this, but there are other ways to get the effect, too. It’s the fifth essence; sweet, salt, sour, bitter, umami.
You could just accuse the guy of being drugged on duty at a children’s party. Not great for him, and slightly overkill, but the mention of mushrooms could support in Selkie’s favor.
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
Like both girls just Roll with it, and honestly that’s a pretty good excuse Selkie’s got. Fungus growth as a complication of a genetic condition. Out there, but personal and gross enough to be less likely to garner more questions.
Well there are certainly bioluminescent mushrooms so that’s not a terrible excuse, but I would have gone with “kids these days and their crazy contact lenses”
I want to give Amanda this one, many years ago, my wife and I had breakfast at a diner where she worked. As such, the crew knew both of us an was relaxed around us. I’d ordered eggs with hash. As she put down the plate, the waitress quietly said “woof.” My wife thought it was hilarious, I looked down and could only see a plate of fried dog food! It took months before I could eat hash again.
Big mushrooms stuffed with tuna, topped with cheese and herbs, then roasted! Mmmmmm! (Seriously, try it!)
My favorite pissa is tomato paste, mushrooms, pineapple, basil and cheese
I love mushrooms. Nice and tasty. Now I want a Philly Cheese steak.
i absolutely loathe mushrooms, in general. but especially on pizza.
DITTO
I WILL TAKE BOTH OF Y’ALL’S SHARES OF MUSHROOMS! YAAAAAS!
And Dave’s. Yay, 3 extra shares of mushrooms! *happydance*
I strongly dislike mushrooms, but if there’s enough other stuff, I can deal with them on pizza (so long as there isn’t a metric butt-ton of them on there and only like…3 pepperoni slices)
I used to hate mushrooms on pizza, but now I won’t make — or eat — pizza without them.
Mushrooms are delicious, I learned to love them on pizza as a kid because none of my brothers or cousins liked them, that way i got a whole supreme pizza to myself.
Worker who shall not be named is visibly deciding minimum wage is not worth pursuing this discussion.
Yes! His expression, his body language in the last panel… brilliant!
That… was actually quick thinking and a good plan. Nice job, Selkie. Now, ask me if I’m ever gonna eat pizza again.
Yeah, squick factor is easy to make people forget about other things. 😀
Dave: I loathe mushrooms as a pizza topping.
Gene: I loathe Brusselsprouts as a pizza topping, anything else is fair game,… Well not chitterlings, but those two are out. Surprisingly, sauerkraut is a remarkably good pizza topping, esp. with ham or bacon.
Good sauerkraut is good on almost anything. Well, except ice cream. Don’t ask me how I know. :-p
In the 60s a Sauerkraut Packers Combine was offering free recipes for sauerkraut ice cream, but I have been told the Minnesota State Fair offers it every year, … I don’t know that the rumour is true, but it is believable. Powerful lot of dairy up there + powerful bunch of Old Country descendants = plausible existence of such.
Mushrooms on pizza is the second worst pizza blasphemy, which is pineapple on pizza.
*bad grammar I know ignore me I need sleep haha
Okay, I will respectfully disagree with you as long as I get the entire mushroom-pineapple pizza to myself!
It is allllll yours, I promise!
…make that a double mushroom-pineapple, ’cause I’d try it. (I usually prefer mushrooms, olives, and green peppers; and extra chopped tomato and pineapple, not mushrooms and pineapple combined. BUT HEY, PIZZA!)
why does everybody hate pineapple on pizza? i love it! the contrast between hot pepperoni salami and the sweet yet tart chunks is awesome!
For me it’s because pineapple is juicy and can make a pizza less appetizing as a result, plus I can’t fit my mind around fruit with cheese/tomatoes.
Tomatoes ARE fruit.
Intelligence is knowing tomatoes are a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put them in a fruit salad.
Charisma is talking others into doing it anyway.
But in all seriousness- it is entirely possible to be both a fruit and a vegetable. In the same way it’s possible to be both a square and blue. The traits are unrelated to one another.
Tomatoes were legally defined to be a vegetable (and not a fruit) by the US supreme court in 1893, case Nix v. Hedden. (Apparently fruits and vegetables were taxed differently, and someone was trying to pay the lower fruit rate for tomatoes.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden
Yes, a botanist would consider tomatoes to be a fruit. A botanist would also consider cucumbers, zucchini, and pumpkins to be fruits. But when discussing human consumption of them it’s probably better to ask a nutritionist, for whom all four are vegetables.
pineapples, ham, chicken, bacon, and bbq sauce instead of tomato sauce (some people also throw onions in there) = best Hawaiian pizza ever
mushrooms, onions, green peppers, and steak = cheese-steak pizza
THIS. I have HAD this pizza. Especially with a slightly spicy bbq sauce and grilled onions. This is an AWESOME pizza.
To be honest, pineapple tastes like battery acid to me.
So pineapple pizza is like pizza with cotton balls soaked in battery acid on top. A disgrace and insult to the beauty of the pizza.
Plus warm fruit (sans tomatoes when in pizza sauce form) is…weird. I am secretly a child don’t tell anyone.
Honestly, at this point the whole “I hate pineapple on pizza” seems more like a meme than people genuinely not liking it, starting with this one Icelandic politician who joked about wanting to ban it.
I frankly don’t care what people put on their pizza. Pineapple, sausages, kebab-style pizza. Whatever floats your boat.
So people acting like “x topping” is somehow the most unforgivable of heresies just gets annoying over time. :/
Texture aversion, mon frer. On top of the previously mentioned awful taste. I swear my hatred is genuine.
Though I admit, the Icelandic politician may or may not have emboldened me to become more adamant in my hatred.
I 100% get texture aversion, its why I loathe mushrooms. 🙂
This is why I can love peanuts, Reese’s, and Thai peanut sauce but cannot tolerate peanut butter. My daughter loves the stuff and I used to cringe every time I made her a sandwich.
For me it’s that I loathe the taste of warm fruit in/on a savory dish. Warm fruit is reserved for sweet dishes only in my book, like warm apple pie or peach cobbler.
You are DEAD to me.
Pineapple and Pepperoni, you’ve gotta try it.
b l a s p h m e y
Most pizza places charge extra for Glowing Eyeball Mushrooms.
hahaha
i loathe mushrooms too, EXCEPT…. for some reason… the deepfried and battered button mushrooms our local seafood place makes, dip’em in that sauce they make mmm.
It warms my heart to see these three together. They are becoming more and more like a family. Their arguments have become less hurtful and more funny.
I suspect it probably helps Amanda that she has one parent all to herself? Subconsciously, probably. Like, she can get away from Selkie, and she has parental attention that she doesn’t need to share, part of the time. The whole lack-of-attention-because-a-zillion-kids thing may well have exacerbated a “bad attention is better than no attention” mindset in Amanda.
Once there’s not an Attention Shortage, Selkie becomes a nuisance, not an actual threat of competition for a scarce resource. (It’s like cats that don’t like each other; if they know that they aren’t going to have to fight over food, and can avoid each other when it’s not mealtime, they usually chill out…)
I’m glad to see it too, of course. Amanda probably hardly realizes that she’s slipping from “other kid is a threat to me” to “well, I guess I can share dad with her” to “okay, I suppose if I have to have a sister then I can cope…”
And if you count extended family, like at Christmas, there are actually more adults than kids!
I love mushrooms, and I don’t mind having them on my pizza. For me, the topping I DON’T want on my pizza is peppers, especially green peppers. I never liked those things.
Excellent. Another ingredient I can get someone else’s share of! (…I’m hungry. A Mushroom/Green Pepper/maybe Pineapple pizza is sounding marvelous. Any non-meat thing that other people don’t want and YES PLZ!)
I eat mushrooms because Mario eats mushrooms, and I want to be big and strong like him. I also eat spinach because of Popeye.
The propaganda works!
Can’t tell if Todd is faking it or actually gaging from how gross that is
Seeing this many people denounce mushrooms in the comments section fills me with hope that I could totally start selling canned beef stew that is patently WITHOUT MUSHROOMS and make a friggin’ mint!
’cause, relaly, /why/ do canned beef stews ALWAYS have mushrooms in thme? It’s time for change!
I’ve never seen canned beef stew with mushrooms (or any vegetables other than carrots and potatoes, for that matter). Trade ya?
In Texas “stew” is typically hunks of cow, potatoes, carrots, a little celery and onion.
The reason for mushrooms is a taste effect called “Umami”. Mushrooms are one way to achieve this, but there are other ways to get the effect, too. It’s the fifth essence; sweet, salt, sour, bitter, umami.
Umami is the taste of _meat_, so there’s a much better way to get it than with mushrooms or any other vegetable.
I LOVE mushrooms in anything: pizza, omelettes, sandwiches, salads.
I also like cashews on my pizza, and can tolerate seaweed. (What? I used to live in Japan.)
Arame, and Hiziki for the Win!
Since no one’s said it yet…
…there’s a fungus among us.
Aaaaaand… cue employee-guy to go inform his superior of “kid with weird fungal infection” and they get kicked out for potentially being infectious.
Possible. But they could say it’s only problematic for people with her genetic condition, and her doctor would probably back that up.
Good decision but gross way to go about it. XD Good thing for them Selkie’s a quick thinker.
Huh, I more or less called it.
You could just accuse the guy of being drugged on duty at a children’s party. Not great for him, and slightly overkill, but the mention of mushrooms could support in Selkie’s favor.
That wouldn’t work — unless Selkie learns how to turn the glow off in the next five minutes.
I am pro pineapple, fight me. ;P
*puts Its dukes up* Queen’s Rules, you ruffian!
*waxes his mustache* Have at you!
You, sir, have my bow!
And you my axe!
And my VUVUZELA!
You can have me and my sword in front of you, behind you, or beside you, but you cannot have just my sword. Whither my sword, go I also.
I’d say you have my pineapple catapult, because those outsides are spiky, but that’d be sending pineapples away, instead of eating them.
I am ambivalent about pineapples on pizzas, but let me just say this:
Mushrooms are love.
Mushrooms are life.
They’re awesome (almost) everywhere, I stand by it. 😛 (also not all of them are squishy and not all of them are orbs…)
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
Like both girls just Roll with it, and honestly that’s a pretty good excuse Selkie’s got. Fungus growth as a complication of a genetic condition. Out there, but personal and gross enough to be less likely to garner more questions.
Well there are certainly bioluminescent mushrooms so that’s not a terrible excuse, but I would have gone with “kids these days and their crazy contact lenses”
I would arm-wrestle a hobbit for a plate of open mushrooms fried in lightly-salted butter.
you… you don’t like mushrooms on your pizza…?!
…MORE MUSHROOM PIZZA FOR ME, YAY!
What gender is that employee? Not that it matters but like… hair clip… but no chest? Feminine dude?
Androgynous male.
I want to give Amanda this one, many years ago, my wife and I had breakfast at a diner where she worked. As such, the crew knew both of us an was relaxed around us. I’d ordered eggs with hash. As she put down the plate, the waitress quietly said “woof.” My wife thought it was hilarious, I looked down and could only see a plate of fried dog food! It took months before I could eat hash again.
By the way, pepperoni and pineapple pizza rocks!
Big mushrooms stuffed with tuna, topped with cheese and herbs, then roasted! Mmmmmm! (Seriously, try it!)
My favorite pissa is tomato paste, mushrooms, pineapple, basil and cheese