Has anyone actually ever had anchovies on pizza?

[saraha]

That’s it, just wondered if anyone has actually had anchovies on pizza.

[Spryte]

Ummmm. Yes.(Not my preference, but yes.)

 

Edited November 12, 2023 by Spryte

[Arcadia]

We tried spicy sardines for pizza but anchovies to us is more for making soup stock than eating.

[Catwoman]

Yes. I don't love them, but they are a relatively common pizza topping.

[Laura Corin]

Yes

[Acorn]

Yes but only once

[Eos]

Love them on pizza.  Mouth is watering just thinking about it.

[Lecka]

My husband gets it on occasion.  
 

He also gets tinned sardines and things like that, on occasion.  
 

I didn’t grow up eating things like this, though, and I haven’t done more than try them.  
 

My husband will try all the tinned seafood at the store, and there are some he likes to keep around for a snack.  
 

Edit:  I do eat canned tuna and salmon, here they come in tin cans, and I call them “canned seafood.”  Tinned seafood to me comes in a rectangle shape and has a top that peels off.  

He also likes mustard sauce the best a lot of the time, for tinned seafood.

 

He eats it plain or on toast, and likes it, so he does like it on pizza!
 

Edited November 12, 2023 by Lecka

[Rosie_0801]

Sure. It's a normal pizza topping in my world.

Also tried sardines on pizza, because dd was inspired by that Little Golden Book of the bear stealing Donald Duck's pizza and, well, I only hope I'm not visiting the day my future grandkids feel the need to discover for themselves.

[Elizabeth86]

3 hours ago, Rosie_0801 said:

Sure. It's a normal pizza topping in my world.

Also tried sardines on pizza, because dd was inspired by that Little Golden Book of the bear stealing Donald Duck's pizza and, well, I only hope I'm not visiting the day my future grandkids feel the need to discover for themselves.

We’ve read that book too! Character books were good way back.

[PaulainTx]

yes

[Ausmumof3]

Yes and they’re disgusting 

[teachermom2834]

Oh yes. All the time. My dad is Italian and it was as standard as the sauce and cheese. Growing up in an area with a lot of Italians we always had them. I am the only other family member that would eat them so we got separate pizzas with and without but all the pizza shops had them. They stink up the whole pizza. You can’t just put them on half. 
 

We live in the south now and my dad will still occasionally try to order them and sometimes the pizza places have them but often they don’t even stock them. 
 

I’ve put them on homemade pizzas when I am cooking for my dad. They are gross. I admit that even though I kinda like them depending on my mood. 
 

My mom hated them and she didn’t want them anywhere near her pizza. Occasionally my dad would be a jerk when they were having a fight and get pizza with anchovies on half because he  knew it would ruin it for her and she wouldn’t eat any of it and she would get so mad and he would claim he didn’t know. Fun times. 

[mmasc]

No

[Starr]

Yes

[marbel]

Yes, though not often. I don't like anchovies enough for that. I like them well-mixed into sauce (or Caesar dressing) so the flavor is very subtle. 

[MEmama]

Yes. Yuuuummm.

[knitgrl]

I once took a summer class, and at the last class, the professor had a pizza party. One pizza had anchovies on it. She said she always did that, and there were never any anchovy leftovers. I thought it was surprisingly good, but know I'd never be able to convince my family to try it. So yes, but only once.

[EKS]

That's the first place I ever had them.  It was back in the 70s.  I was being taken care of by friends of my parents and that is the pizza they got and I loved it.  We never had them at home because my mother hates them.  She even hates thinking about them.

[KatieJ]

Dh did once. His boss took him out for pizza after a very long workday. Boss ordered the pizza. Dh didn’t like it.

[Boymama5]

Not me but DS has when we were in Italy. It was quite the interesting pizza aside from that. I remember it also having hard boiled eggs as a topping. He finished it all but has never asked for anything similar again, so there’s also that….

[Lady Florida.]

Yes, many years ago. It's not awful but not my choice. Agreeing with @teachermom2834 that it's a very common Italian (or possibly just Italian American) topping.

[Faith-manor]

One time in college. This was of course many epocs ago. I hated it, felt like my whole pizza experience was ruined. I didn't want them to begin with but the rest of the party did. I have refused to have them ever since. So we are talking 36-37 years ago! 

[Bootsie]

Yes, I have a few times; it is not a topping I would choose for my pizza.  I have had anchovies in Italy and Greece that I like better than on my pizza.  And I love Worcestershire sauce.

[Library Momma]

My favorite topping!

 

[KungFuPanda]

Yes!  They're delicious.  Anchovies are an underappreciated secret ingredient.  They're why puttanesca sauce is so good.  Every recipe with Worcestershire sauce or fish sauce is getting flavor from anchovies. They give a nice hit of salty umami.  I do break them up and spread them around.  2-3 anchovies are plenty for one pizza.  We love them.  You can melt them into the sauce if you want to add depth to the flavor without anyone complaining.  (As long as there are no allergies.)  I was late to the anchovy game but I'm making up for lost time.  Just yesterday I made pasta al tonno where you melt the anchovies into the oil.

[ikslo]

No, because the only acceptable pizza topping is ham and pineapple.

 

 

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[wisdomandtreasures]

https://youtu.be/TGPYBb2DRsg?feature=shared

[MEmama]

3 hours ago, KungFuPanda said:

Just yesterday I made pasta al tonno where you melt the anchovies into the oil.

Sounds amazing! Any chance you'd share the recipe?

[Clarita]

No but I have wanted to try a quality anchovy on pizza. Sounds yummy, especially considering anchovies are the authentic magic ingredient for yummy Italian pasta sauce.

[popmom]

didn't read any replies... but yes. I love anchovies on pizza in the heat of summer. Yummy. Unfortunately, a lot of places don't offer it anymore. 

[freesia]

I have at a friend’s house when I was a tween. I’m not a fan. 

[chiguirre]

Yes, they're extra yummy with grilled zucchini and eggplant on a Neapolitan style pizza frest from a pizza oven. They're good by themselves but the veggies are the best.

[annandatje]

Yes, I have had anchovies in pizza, but my preference is vegetables-only pizza.

[LucyStoner]

Yes.  Not my favorite but I’ll eat them.  

[saraha]

Wow, way more people have eaten them than I would have expected!

[Teaching3bears]

I don’t think I have.

[MEmama]

1 hour ago, saraha said:

Wow, way more people have eaten them than I would have expected!

Why?

I love small cured fishes--I've eaten pickled herring upside down at a market stand in Rotterdam, an entire plate of heads-on, bony sardines for lunch in Portugal, smoked alewives here in Maine, sardines and anchovies on salads, pizza, toasties, small plates with cocktails...yum yum yum 🙂 

[Laura Corin]

1 hour ago, saraha said:

Wow, way more people have eaten them than I would have expected!

I'm surprised that they are controversial. But then, I grew up eating tinned sardines, etc. - it was cheap and healthy protein, so anchovies have never seemed odd.

I made a tomato sauce with anchovies dissolved into it this evening  - very good.

[MEmama]

4 minutes ago, Laura Corin said:

I'm surprised that they are controversial. But then, I grew up eating tinned sardines, etc. - it was cheap and healthy protein, so anchovies have never seemed odd.

I made a tomato sauce with anchovies dissolved into it this evening  - very good.

I ate them a lot growing up too, maybe that's the difference vs people who don't develop a taste early? 

[saraha]

33 minutes ago, MEmama said:

Why?

I love small cured fishes--I've eaten pickled herring upside down at a market stand in Rotterdam, an entire plate of heads-on, bony sardines for lunch in Portugal, smoked alewives here in Maine, sardines and anchovies on salads, pizza, toasties, small plates with cocktails...yum yum yum 🙂 

A conversation with one of my kids sparked a survey of everyone I am in some contact with and No one I know in real life has ever tried anchovies on a pizza. They are not offered at any of our local ish pizza places. That’s why I asked here.

[Lecka]

I did not grow up eating fish bodies where you could identify the body parts.  I grew up with fish filets maybe.  
 

But do I eat shrimp?  Yes.  

 

But for the tinned fish — I do find it disconcerting, to make out their heads and tails.  And if the head and tail are cut off, but I can tell “this was the head end and this was the tail end” — it is disconcerting to me.  
 

They also smell a strange way to me.  
 

Edit:  I can’t think of anyone I’ve seen eat them besides my husband.  
 

Edit:  I don’t specifically know that this is why my husband eats it, but one of his best friends growing up was Korean and his mom made a lot of seafood dishes.  
 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Lecka

[lynn]

Yes.  We had anchovy pizza all the time growing up. 

Edited November 14, 2023 by lynn