Tell Papa to "Hold the cheese!" and then pile it up yo' bad self.
Good ol' Papa John's often offers a carry-out special that can score you a large one-topping pizza for just $5.99 (or thereabouts, depending on the city). We've had great luck getting the Easttown franchise to substitute extra sauce for the cheese on a large mushroom pizza, and then we bring it home and doctor it up with onion, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, and some sliced Tofurky Beerbrats (or whatever else is on-hand).
Here's our method: (1) make the call or order online; (2) pre-heat the oven to warm; (3) chop veggies and fako-sausage; (4) make the pick-up; (5) put the pizza in the warmed oven; (6) sautee Tofurkey sausage slices in olive oil and set aside; (7) sautee veggies and spices together in olive oil (onions first with oregano and rosemary, then peppers, then garlic, then tomatoes, then throw the Tofurky back in for a warm-up); (8) pile on your homemade toppings and kick it into hog-it-all mode for the ultimate impromptu pizza fix.
Hi Herm! Your's is an EXCELLENT suggestion, and one that I would thrilled to follow up on, since (a) I love Vertigo and will take any excuse whatever to spend time there; (b) I always find our conversations stimulating, regardless of the topic; and (c) Vertigo's participation in such an enterprise would likely generate A LOT of positive interaction and discussion for the blog. In short, everybody wins!
Apologies for the delay in my reply; when our software was updated a few weeks ago, it seems to have turned off the function that used to alert me by e-mail when new comments are posted to blog, so I wasn't aware that you had posted until I stumbled onto the comment today. In case you're no longer checking this post, I'll follow up with you at Vertigo on my next visit; if you do get the post, just click on my name and shoot me an e-mail and we'll get the conversation started. Thanks a million for your interest. I've got some moped questions that I've been meaning to ask you for months, so perhaps we can cover the unlikely topics of food and mopeds in the same conversation.
The Vegucator | October 16, 2007 1:36 PMhi there
Anonymous | February 6, 2008 10:06 AM
Very interested in helping out the cause to educate
herm | October 7, 2007 11:52 PMpeople on other alternatives regarding daily food consumption...particularly mine.
Perhaps a semi-permanent display at Vertigo as well as a monthly face to face on a Saturday perhaps...
Your thoughts.
Herm