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my favorite pizza is a very thin crust with sauce, feta , spinach marinaded in olive oil and garlic, and sliced tomatoe. well done sprinkled with red pepper flakes and parmasean cheese.
burgers on a buttered grilled bun with cheese, tomatoe and lettuce with a thick slice of onion . i'm getting hungry again.

Definitely pizza. I know you can put a lot of toppings on a burger or add stuff to the meat but - it's a burger. Pizza's possibilities are endless with different combinations of sauce (or no sauce!), cheese (or no cheese!), toppings (or no toppings!) and crusts (you do need the crust...LOL).

Yes.

today I am both since I have had both and tomorrow I am thinking about red with ham, pineapple and hot peppers.

p.s. I would sell a kidney for In and Out in NE Ohio...double double, animal style, well done fries, mixed shake. Sigh.

Burger.

Unless I'm in Trenton, NJ, then pizza because it's the best in the whole wide wonderful world.

Burger all the way. I've had some really great pizza but only reached nirvana with a huge, rare, juicy grass-fed patty with everything. Sublime.

Pavlov, I think it's completely the opposite! There is pizza for all moods, but it is simply far too easy to overcook and dry out a burger, or make a host of other mistakes.

Pizza any day. But very simple pizza with just one or two toppings. Too many pizza places use tons of toppings to cover up inferior crust, sauce, and cheese.

yes. Sometimes at the same time. Both are things I have mastered. All that is left for burgers is to learn to grind my own meat, and for pizza everything but the cheese can and will be homemade.

I don't care for the standard pizza -- something with a bread crust and cheese.

If it could technically be called a pizza, I'd love a pizza with no crust or cheese. It would have broccoli, fresh basil, asparagus, spinach, olives, tomatoes, and ground beef or veal, but I *need* a starch so umm plain noodles on the side. No butter or salt.

If that doesn't count as a pizza :P, then call me a burger person...just no onions or cheese, and skip the buns. I usually discard the bread less than half way through anyway.

pizza! regular crust, fresh mozz, sauteed mushrooms and onion, slices of roasted garlic, and fresh basil as soon as it comes out of the oven!

I don't want to live without either, but I love pizza so much. To illustrate: I had pizza for dinner every night this weekend, and I brought pizza for lunch today.

I love burgers, but I just can't imagine life without pizza!

if I had to choose between the two, I think it would definitely be pizza... I don't get the same satisfaction of a craving from a burger that I do with pizza.

Definitely a cheeseburger ........ unless it was breakfast time, then it would have to be cold, leftover pizza. A cheeseburger just isn't breakfast food.

Burgers, all the way. My recent pizza-related post might suggest I'm a big pizza fan, but in reality, it's a food that's always been easy for me to pass up. I like it, because I love anything bread, and cheese is one of the best foods ever. But there are a lot of other ways of eating bread and/or cheese that I like just as much or more. I only get a true pizza craving every once in a blue moon.

But burgers? Cheeseburgers to be exact? Really good ones? That borders on an obsession for me. I'd eat them twice a week if I could get away with it.

To those who find burgers boring and unvaried, I'd argue that the topping variety for a burger is just as diverse as it is for pizza. In fact, there are burger toppings that I just don't think I'd care to see on a pizza -- pickles? chili? beets (in oz)? Um, no. I don't think so. Even the main event, the patty, can vary if you're not into beef -- there's turkey, pork, bison, chicken, tuna, ostrich, veal, venison, bear (yes, I've had one of those, too). Heck, you can even make it vegetarian! Personally, I'm a devout beef burger person, but hey... to each his/her own.

Honestly, I can't think of a time when I wasn't in the mood for a great burger. Hubby shares my passion, which is great. We've made it a point to eat at least one burger in every single place we visit. Sometimes that can be a bit dicey, but it's always interesting, and often an adventure.

And when I say burger, I'm excluding most of the fast food joints. I think I'd rather have a slice of lousy pizza than a pathetic excuse for a burger. Blech. Luckily, I live in the land of In-N-Out, so getting an edible fast food burger is never a problem!

As already mentioned here, there are SO many really crappy pizza places around. Generally speaking, it's much easier to find a decent burger. I've had way, WAY more bad luck with pizza than burgers!

Sorry to rant. Like I said. It's a bit of an obsession...
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Pizza, the plainer, the better. Although I do like a good burger.

pizza

Pizza has always been and will always be my first true food love. Sliders are second on my all-time faves list. I have never been too shy about saying that—you just have to know where to look! ;)

Burger. With all the fixins.

My money is with the all-American burger too. Not that I don't like pizza but a burger is so tied to my formative years that it is easy to conjure up fond memories with every bite. If I had unbridled rein, it would be big and juicy with sauted/carmelized sweet onions, mushrooms, and crisp bacon on top.

@ nightowl- I would probably share your pizza zeal if I didn't live in the capitol of sucky pizza B'ham Alabama. When I go to work in The Northeast I have a few more viable options. Back home I have only found 2 pizza places that are palatable. Now as far as burgers are concerned I have several fine options down here starting with Milo's and Jim's...

LoCo, that assumes that the food you cook for yourself is greater than or equal to restaurant quality. Note: I'm not saying you're a bad cook, by any means.

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it's weird because even though i love burgers, this is a no-brainer...pizza

PIZZA...no question. So much more versatile than burgers...

my fave? Thin crust, extra mozz, thick cut sauteed mushrooms, olives and sliced tomatoes with plenty of fresh black pepper.

Pizza! And I'm a purist. A big slice of New York style....thin crust, sauce, cheese, oregano, garlic, and the hot oil pooling just a bit on the top. I'm drooling!

WTF!

I like marshmallows? Burgers??? pfffft

Burger all the way.

Such a hard question...as both are amazing. I grew up adoring hamburgers and would always order one as my default. Lately I've been on more of a pizza kick though so I guess the answer depends on what phase I'm in. This is like a JEP question - always challenging!

Hillary
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Pizza! So much room for experimentation and excitement! My favorite would be a wood-fired white pizza (has to involve fresh mozzarella) with seasonal vegetables.

hands up pizza, I can make a pizza burger if I want to.

what's a slider, Adam?

Anyway, pizza, thin crust, garlicky sauce, mozzarella and, sometimes, pepperoni

A slider is a weird steamed burger, or something like that. They're smaller than other burgers typically are, and are so called because of the way they slide down your throat, due to accumulated greasiness.