The best I can think of are actually Italian, Swiss or English dishes co-opted by the French and the rest are extremely average, but French food culture is very good which a lot of people seem to confuse with the actual dishes being good
An office I used to work in had a cafeteria that hired professional chefs. On Fridays, they ran “experiments” on some stations, notably the pizza station. They came up with a bunch of really wacky pizzas; the poutine pizza and chicken & waffle pizza were some of my favorites they made. The Sloppy Joe pizza was the only time I’ve ever needed a fork and knife for pizza, but somehow wasn’t awful.
They did a gumbo pizza one Friday, and it was very confusing. They served it on a big, NY-style slice and used pureed gumbo in place of tomato sauce. It tasted pretty good, but had neither the flavor or consistency of either pizza nor gumbo. Probably would have worked better without cheese, but there’s potential in those flavor pairings, IMO.
That’s a very low bar.
The best pizza I’ve had is still a far cry from say French dishes, or Cajun (which has French and Carribean roots), or something Jamaican.
If I never had pizza again, that would be fine with me.
Which French dishes?
The best I can think of are actually Italian, Swiss or English dishes co-opted by the French and the rest are extremely average, but French food culture is very good which a lot of people seem to confuse with the actual dishes being good
Valid point on Cajun and Jamaican though
Cajun. Pizza.
An office I used to work in had a cafeteria that hired professional chefs. On Fridays, they ran “experiments” on some stations, notably the pizza station. They came up with a bunch of really wacky pizzas; the poutine pizza and chicken & waffle pizza were some of my favorites they made. The Sloppy Joe pizza was the only time I’ve ever needed a fork and knife for pizza, but somehow wasn’t awful.
They did a gumbo pizza one Friday, and it was very confusing. They served it on a big, NY-style slice and used pureed gumbo in place of tomato sauce. It tasted pretty good, but had neither the flavor or consistency of either pizza nor gumbo. Probably would have worked better without cheese, but there’s potential in those flavor pairings, IMO.
Please, expand on Sloppy Joe