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ALthough plain cheese is always appreciated, I make 2 special pizzas that my family enjoys. One is buffalo wing chicken with pepper jack cheese,and the other is smoked mozz with sweet sausage and roasted red peppers.

smoked, thin-sliced ham and green olives...yum
And I make my own pizza at home
Besides plain cheese, the above mentioned are great for a change of pace

Sausage, chicken and cashew. When the cashews get just a little burn on 'em, oh yeah baby!

Pepperoni pizza sucks? What can i say... you are are crazy. Seek help. I appreciate the devil's advocacy – the iconoclasm, but... seek help. I'm serious.

Phew! Lotsa posts. I'm afraid I've never been particularly fond of pepperoni...I don't hate it, but I wouldn't choose it. Go-to favorite? A combo of cheeses, including provolone and Cheddar with caramelized onions. I have had a fabulous Thai pizza, and by that I mean traditional in form (shape, size of crust, laying down of toppings, etc.) but Thai in flavors (chicken, purple basil, a bit of peanutty flavor, coconutty flavor, a base sauce that'll blow the top of your head off). That was fabulous...could only eat about a slice and a half but for that many bites, it was intoxicating.

The Bayou Beast at Two Boots: BBQ shrimp, crawfish, andouille sausage & jalapenos.

I am from Buffalo, NY - so thanks Machineman! I can only shake my head in bafflement at what the rest of the country puts on their pizza. Indian style? Demi-glaze? Tuna? Really, people? Come to Buffalo and get a good old cheese and pepperoni from Bocce, Bozanna's, Just Pizza, LaNova, or even some corner joint. You'll never want it any other way!

i love, but can never find pizza places that will put salami on my pizza. i grew up in massachusetts, and our family was a salami pizza family. it is SO good! now i live in nyc, and i did find one place that put salami on a pizza once, but it only had salami the one time. i had to comment on this, because i really dislike pepperoni, and it only makes me want salami pizza more!

Pepperoni is awesome. You are all a bunch of snobs.

My personal fav. is pepperoni, period, as a matter of fact that photo above you have of a pepperoni looks perfecto!! Too many flavors to list that I do favor, so I will list what I don't like on pizza. Anchoves, caviar, and tomato slices. I prefer thin and crisp to thick or deep dish crust. Flavorful sauce is also a importance as well as the amount of cheese and I like alot of both.

I often use Genoa salami instead of pepperoni.

I also make an Muffaletta Pizza with a combo mayo/sour cream sauce with olive spread mixed in, the topped with the salami, mortadella, ham or turkey and provolone. Sometimes artichoke hearts and always more olive spread on top.

Not for purists but darn good when you feel like being bad.

Thanks machineman, I'll check out those places next time I fly back to Buffalo. My favorites are thinly sliced potato with rosemary and a sprinkling of parm. That was at a takeout place and we ate it sitting on the main piazza in Siena, Italy.

Spinach, goat cheese and roasted garlic on a thin wheat crust. Thinly sliced roasted butternut squash with Fontina. And the classic Pissaladiere with caramelized onions and anchovies. I love pizza and am still looking to make the perfect crust. I'm almost there...

Calamari. I made pizza once with left over friend calamari rings and tentacles. It was a little chewy, but I enjoyed it.