[Food] How many times can you re-heat pizza?
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Once - because there is none left after that.
Pizza from a major chain cannot be reheated... it tastes worse than cardboard after a single reheating and gets too dried out to even consider reheating again. Homemade deep-dish pizza can be reheated once, in the microwave, one piece at a time - but you have to reheat it until the cheese melts and slides off the pizza onto the plate and the crust gives off steam. I've never tried to reheat Chicago style deep-dish pizza, because I've only had one occasion to eat it, and I didn't have any leftovers.
Eugh. If you must reheat, reheat in a pan. Toaster oven works, too.
nope, sorry, the home-made deep-dish pizza that my father and I make doesn't reheat well at all in a pan or in a toaster oven, only in the microwave.
yes you can... just not the same water.
North_Ranger
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Homemade or store-bought? Once for the latter, none for the former.
GasBandit
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I've never had to reheat pizza more than once. Generally after initial consumption, the leftovers are reheated a slice or two at a time while the rest stays in the fridge. Are there people who actually put an entire leftover pizza in to just eat two slices and then re-refridgerate it?
This basically.
The heretic must be purged to save her from her false teachings...
If pizza is fresh, it needs to be hot. If it is leftover, it needs to be cold.
Pizza can be reheated an infinite number of times, by definition.
However, the maximum number of times before I will refuse to eat it is usually about twice...not because I have anything against it being reheated, but because of the amount of time the pizza would need to hang around to get to a 3rd reheating is usually also enough that it would not be worth eating at that point. Thus:
Day 1: Fresh pizza. W00t! (nom nom nom)
Day 2-4: A bit dry. A quick zap will fix that! (nom nom nom)
Day 5-7: Ooo, that's old. I'll reheat it enough to make it safe to eat again. (nom nom ouch hot nom)
Day 8+: I'm not eating that.
--Patrick
However, the maximum number of times before I will refuse to eat it is usually about twice...not because I have anything against it being reheated, but because of the amount of time the pizza would need to hang around to get to a 3rd reheating is usually also enough that it would not be worth eating at that point. Thus:
Day 1: Fresh pizza. W00t! (nom nom nom)
Day 2-4: A bit dry. A quick zap will fix that! (nom nom nom)
Day 5-7: Ooo, that's old. I'll reheat it enough to make it safe to eat again. (nom nom ouch hot nom)
Day 8+: I'm not eating that.
--Patrick
Leftover pizza? What is this wizardry?
North_Ranger
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this is a weird thread
figmentPez
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The only times I've needed to reheat pizza more than once was when reheating leftovers for my entire family, and I couldn't pin people down to how many pieces they wanted. So it all went in the oven and leftovers from that went back to the fridge.
Restaurant pizza: Once, otherwise it will get too dry.
Frozen pizza: At least 2-3 times. Depends on the brand.
Chain pizza: Never. It will taste awful. In fact, it shouldn't even be eaten when warm. Give it to the dog...no wait that is animal cruelty. Let it get moldy and use if for compost.
Frozen pizza: At least 2-3 times. Depends on the brand.
Chain pizza: Never. It will taste awful. In fact, it shouldn't even be eaten when warm. Give it to the dog...no wait that is animal cruelty. Let it get moldy and use if for compost.
figmentPez
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There is such a thing as a good pizza chain. Although I personally find some Pizza Huts, Papa John's, etc. to be acceptable, I understand how others don't; but I really would like to know who doesn't find Russo's pizza to be excellent, and they are a
I have never heard of that one, and since it has only 26 locations that makes sense. I personally cannot eat most big chain pizzas, especially Dominoes. Its just such a boring flavor, and it just leaves me unfulfilled. Just like most new Fox TV shows.
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