Debuting a new, semi-regular feature! I
tryout questionable food items so that you don’t have to in… Steveats. (Note:
Title developed in about 10 seconds of brainstorming.)
A couple
weeks back, my ole journalism buddy and American Idol fan Rueb suggested that I review the
various acceptable pizzas now at gas stations and convenience stores. While
that’s definitely still in the cards, I recently had a chance to indulge in my
true guilty pleasure pizza – Sbarro.
Now, my
brain realizes that Sbarro is all sorts of disgusting. Theoretically, it is New
York-style pizza, but Sbarro is to pizza as Velveeta is to cheese – technically
the same, but only faintly familiar.
If you’ve
never been to a Sbarro at a mall or truck stop, pizzas are seemingly baked at a
Question Mark time and left out under a heat lamp, to be sold slice by slice,
until there is no more. Traditionally, they offer on-demand cheese, pepperoni,
a “stuffed” slice and a fourth random option, like broccoli or sausage.
I’ve written
briefly before about my like of Sbarro’s. For this post today, I went with
the “stuffed” pizza, which is essentially a kind pizza casserole. In the middle
of two pieces of dough is some sausage, pepperoni and bacon, with cheese. It basically
makes your heart want to explode from cholesterol, but, it’s also somewhat
delicious. Plus, I’m positive it was all balanced out by the cucumber and
tomato salad I had.
Other random
things about Sbarro – the Wikipedia page is oddly cheerful. It is also the favorite New York pizza
spot of Michael Scott, and Jack Donaghy once dated Pizzarina “Zarina” Sbarro.
And hey, they also managed to file for bankruptcy twice
in three years! But, they seem to be out of it… for now.
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