This is not healthy.

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 09/02/2020 at 15:05 • Filed to: None

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Full disclosure: I grew up a couple hours from St. Louis, and am now craving Imo’s. I can pass on the Ooey Gooey Butter Cake, but I’d eat a 1.5 " square piece if it was presented to me (any more than that is instant diabetes).

Better than that is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Seriously, they’re amazing.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:11

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how’s he doing after his stroke?

/s/

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/02/2020 at 15:15

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Seriously, I hope clever editing actually made 50% of that disappear.

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:15

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Hello I am a member of Generation X and I have opinions on pizza

nerd_racing > For Sweden 09/02/2020 at 15:18

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Pineapple and Black Olive is my new favorite. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 09/02/2020 at 15:18

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I think the best way to judge Imo’s is not contrasted with “normal” pizza, but just as its own separate, strange thing. Like, if you think you’re taking a drink of milk and get orange juice instead? That’s bad! If you’re thinking about taking a bite of normal pizza and get a mouthful of provel instead, I could see that being a shock.

subexpression > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:22

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I don’t care much for St Louis pizza, though Fortel’s is OK . I couldn’t stomach Imo’s until somebody ordered it from one of the older locations and knew what to ask for (key point: mozarella cheese) . I do like toasted ravioli. I could take or leave the gooey butter cake.

In the past I compare d some of the bad St Louis pizza I tried to a saltine cracker topped with ketchup and E asy C heese.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > subexpression 09/02/2020 at 15:26

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I’m not sure if anyone’s opposed to toasted ravioli (with meat inside, as God intended).

LOL - there’s a place called Arris’ where I’m from that does it much better.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing 09/02/2020 at 15:35

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Pineapple, Canadian bacon, BACON, and jalapenos is quite good.

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:37

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Sounds really good!  

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:42

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In Wisconsin they have the same basic thing as St. Louis pizza, but with actual cheese instead of provel. Fun fact: wikipedia says most provel is made in Wisconsin but “primarily for the St. Louis market.” My wife who grew up in WI gets very nostalgic for a circular pizza cut into squares.

Oddly enough, here in Maryland, there’s a local style of rectangular pizza, that’s also cut into squares. It’s usually called Maryland style pizza, but is really more accurately Maryland suburbs of DC pizza. I don’t think it’s even in the rest of the state. I t’s a thin-crust pizza cooked in rectangular cookie sheets where the crust goes up the sides of the cookie sheet.

So, when she’s feeling nostalgic for some pizza cut into squares, it scratches her particular itch.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing 09/02/2020 at 15:49

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You will not be disappointed.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 15:51

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I mean, that just looks like something they’d serve in a bowling alley.

MoCamino > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:52

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I think it depends on the Arris’ location. I’ve had some that was really good, but the one in Springfield MO was really greasy the last few times I went there. Which of course defeats the purpose of thin crust pizza, which should be CRISPY! I liked Imo’s back in college but I haven’t had it in years. The provel was fine with me, but it definitely can’t be approached as ‘normal’ pizza.

I love  toasted ravioli but it definitely needs to have meat, not cheese.  I only discovered gooey butter cake this year.  I would eat it every day given the chance.   For about a week, at which point I’d have a coronary.  :)

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 15:54

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I like pizza... but I haven’t had any since early last year due to the keto diet I’m on.

Now having said that, t hat pizza does look better than the crap Dominos sells.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MoCamino 09/02/2020 at 15:59

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Never had it in Springfield...

Seriously, make the cookies.

If you’re regularly in Springfield, a guy I went to college with just started up a new food truck business. Check ‘em out! Missouri Mike’s BBQ & More.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 09/02/2020 at 16:02

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How much have you lost? Any adverse effects?

Cheat day, or no cheat day?

Just Jeepin' > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 16:04

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There’s a chain called Jet’s here, apparently locations in 19 states , that offers “Eight corner pizza”, which is rectangular but all 8 slices are corner pieces, making them easier to pick up and eat. I’m a big fan.

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:05

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Hey I didn’t say Maryland suburbs of DC style pizza was actually good now did I? 

DC is not exactly a hotbed of great pizza. I actually had more places that I thought were excellent back when I lived in Madison, WI.

My favorite place near me is this sorta-NY style place called Giuseppi’s, but they go crazy on the cheese and toppings where the middle part of the slices can get a little too soggy and floppy. It’s always better crisped up in a skillet (or if you’re eating by-the-slice in the restaurant, where they have the various pizzas hanging out at the counter and throw your slices back in the oven for a couple minutes to warm them back up).

Textured Soy Protein > Just Jeepin' 09/02/2020 at 16:08

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I encountered Jet’s when I lived in Madison, WI. They’re more common in the Milwaukee area but they opened a Madison location maybe a couple years before I left. From what I remember, and looking at their menu, it’s Detroit style deep dish rectangular pizza. Which if I’m being honest, is probably better than Maryland suburbs of DC style thin rectangular pizza.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin' 09/02/2020 at 16:10

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What kinda rectangles have 8 corners...?

Just Jeepin' > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:15

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The kind that are composed of two squares.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin' 09/02/2020 at 16:18

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Aha...

Just Jeepin' > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:20

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin' 09/02/2020 at 16:24

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How do you make a rectangle with zero corners?

Just Jeepin' > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:26

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Wouldn’t that be an oval?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 16:26

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I like a lot of toppings, but not soggy/floppy.

If you have to eat it with a fork, it is really a pizza?

Chariotoflove > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:27

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I can see why he needs a stunt double. No one can eat like that at a sitting, even if he’s in training.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin' 09/02/2020 at 16:27

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Make it out of circles, clearly!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:28

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Lost around 25lbs. Felt like crap with low energy for the first while. Took a few months to feel normal.

I don’t do cheat days so much as now that I’m at my weight goal, I’m just maintaining.

So now I’m doing lower-to-low carb... and only having the carb if I think it’s ‘carb worthy’. As in it has to be a good carb or a carb that I REALLY want. And even then, I’ll be careful not to go crazy.

So if I’m gonna have desert on a given day, I do low carb for all meals.

Or if I have some carbs with a meal (like a hamburger with a bun), then no dessert.

Though I made a bit of an exception while on vacation last week where on 1 or 2 days, I had a burger with the bun AND some ice cream in the evening.

But in the past, I might have eaten 2 burgers, now I’ll only eat 1.

And for stuff like ice cream, I stick with Breyers vanilla with cinnamon on it... which is relatively low carb and low cholesterol as far as ice cream and deserts in general go.

I stay away from ice creams that have chunks of caramel, skor bits, peanut butter cups and stuff like that which greatly increase the carbs, sugar and cholesterol.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Chariotoflove 09/02/2020 at 16:31

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Sorry for the sad turn, but...

I wonder how much food/how many drinks (how many drugs...) Belushi & Farley ate/drank/ did in their short lives just to get a laugh.

Chariotoflove > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:33

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I’m not sure all those were sacrifices for their art though.

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:34

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I refuse to eat pizza with a fork.

It’s usually not that soggy or floppy, just a little at the tip of the slices, and a quick trip into the oven on a cookie sheet or a skillet takes care of that. 

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:36

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It’s literally 2 square deep dish pizzas in one box haha.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 09/02/2020 at 16:37

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Nice. I assume you’re seeing lots of benefits to carrying around 25 fewer pounds.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 16:38

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Sir, those are two rectangles.

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 16:42

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Fine, two small rectangle pizzas next to each other make “one” “ 8-corner” pizza.

Sir Halffast > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 16:45

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I see you’ve been to Ledo’s. Which is fucking amazing pizza and I miss it right now, being overseas...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 16:45

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I mean, you put it in quotes from the beginning, so I knew something was up.

Textured Soy Protein > Sir Halffast 09/02/2020 at 16:59

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Yep, except the Rockville location which is around the block from me is the worst-reviewed of all Ledo stores and according to Yelp has now closed down. I grew up with it but apparently in the time I lived away from the area it went downhill. I moved back a couple years ago but only recently picked up from the Bethesda (Montgomery Mall) location because I was over at the mall running an errand and my wife was feeling nostalgic for the square cut stuff back in WI. 

Cash Rewards > Textured Soy Protein 09/02/2020 at 17:13

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“ It’ s square because we don’t cut corners”

What do you think you make when you cut squares, asshole!

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 17:14

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I’ll gladly trade you my portion of imos for your portion of a McArthurs gooey butter cake. Drool. I'll just have to run twice as much that week lol

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 17:19

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It’s mostly about avoiding problems... avoiding high blood pressure and diabeetus...

XJDano > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 17:20

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I’m not a big fan. Toasted ravs is like captain crunch. Sure it tastes good, but the roof of your mouth feels like you chewed on a sea urchin. I’ll eat it, but I don’t order it. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 17:20

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Pizza with no crusts - wrapped around a sphere. :P

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 09/02/2020 at 17:28

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Deal.

Did I mention I’m lactose intolerant?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > XJDano 09/02/2020 at 17:30

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Oh man, I love ‘em. Especially with A LOT of good marinara. Hard to find them around here. Not too overdone, please.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 09/02/2020 at 17:32

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I was pre-hypertensive there for a little while years back , but everything’s been on the up & up the last few check-ups. I’m fortunate to have good genes when it comes to these things . Hope they hold up.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 18:02

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Don’t worry... they’ll break down eventually.

Or you can be fine today and then BAM... stroke tomorrow... like what happened to Luke Perry...

Textured Soy Protein > Cash Rewards 09/02/2020 at 18:15

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Lol isn't that Wendy's slogan about their square burgers?

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/02/2020 at 19:05

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I will make the trade and clear the area then. Wait, provel cheese is prob fine since it's so processed lmao

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 09/02/2020 at 20:43

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“cheese”

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 09/02/2020 at 22:28

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Thanks a lot!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/03/2020 at 01:19

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I went to a little Italian deli on The Hill and ordered a sandwich. What I did not expect was a 1/4" slab of Provel on it. Unlike when it’s on a pizza it’s easily removed from a sandwich, but it left the sandwich tasting a little empty. Eight years here in STL and I still haven’t gotten used to that stuff; I don't know if that is just because I'm not from here or that I'm just a cheese snob. I just spent the evening trying to track down some Cabra al Vino to no avail.

I do have an Imo’s gift card sitting around, value unknown . Until reading this thread I never realized that you could change the cheese.  I suddenly see free pizza in my future...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/03/2020 at 09:09

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Yeah, I’m okay with Provel on a pizza every once in a while, but I don’t think there’s any way I’d seek out Provel to eat otherwise. There are so many better (real) cheeses to spend the calories on.

Glad to be a value add for you this week. =)

Sir Halffast > Textured Soy Protein 09/03/2020 at 16:40

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I always hit up Kingstowne in Springfield. It’s a good location.

XJDano > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/04/2020 at 08:20

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So, I actually ordered some from pasta house yesterday. Still meh.

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > XJDano 09/04/2020 at 10:00

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Haha - okay. Not like they’re fine cuisine, but if you’re in the mood for a fancy Pizza Roll...

XJDano > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/04/2020 at 10:12

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Well, pasta house probably isn’t on par with other places as well. I just happened to be already making an order.