Pizza Bagel
The pizza meets the bagel. It had to happen here. August 1952, Chain Store Age, pg. 5:Pizza marries bagel--Klein cafeteria has a hit Cross-breeding has now entered the realm of food preparations.…
Pizza Bone
A "pizza bone" is the outer edge of the pizza crust -- usually without any cheese or tomato sauce. The name "pizza bone" has been cited in print since at least 1983. Wiktionary:…
Pizza Connection or Pizza Principle (price of the subway vs. price of a slice of pizza)
The "pizza connection" or "pizza principle" is the New York City rule that the price of a slice of pizza is almost exactly equal to the price of a subway ride. The New York (NY)…
Pizza Face (Pizzaface)
A "pizza face" (or "pizza-face," "pizzaface") is a person with face full of pimples. The allusion is to the cheese on the pizza, which bubbles up on the best pizzeria…
Pizza Logs & Apple Pie Logs
"Pizza logs" are mozzarella cheese in an egg roll wrapper; some pizza logs also have pepperoni. "Pizza Logs" has been cited in print since 1970, when it was sold by Jeno's…
Pizza Margherita (Pizza Margarita)
"Pizza Margherita" (also written as "Margherita Pizza," "Pizza Margarita," or "Margarita Pizza") is named after Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna di Savoia or…
Pizza Rat
Matt Little posted a YouTube video on September 21, 2015, titled "New York City rat taking pizza home on the subway (Pizza Rat)." The video showing a rat dragging a slice of pizza down…
Pizza Slice Joke (“Make six slices, I can’t eat eight”)
The "pizza slice joke" is so old that, in the original telling, "slices" were called "pieces." A pizza parlor waitress asks a customer if he wants the pizza cut into…
Pizza Tumor
Pizza often has burnt bubbles of cheese that some like and others dislike eating. There's no formal name for them, although "pizza bubble" and "pizza blister" have been…
Pizza Upskirt (Pizza Undercarriage)
An "upskirt" photo captures what's under a female's skirt; a "pizza upskirt" photo captures the back of the pizza. A flickr photo was taken on April 3, 2005 of the…
Pizzaflation (pizza + inflation)
"Pizzaflation" (pizza + inflation) is an infrequently used term. As printed in a 1987 newspaper. "pizzaflation" meant the inflation of pizza crust. A 2012 blog described…
Pizzagiana (pizza + parmigiana)
Quality Italian Steakhouse opened in 2013 at Sith Avenue and West 57th Street in Manhattan. One specialty of the menu was "Chicken Parmigiana (For Two)," but the dish looked like a giant…
Pizzeria
Lombardi's on Spring Street claims to be the first pizzeria (1905) in the western hemisphere. The problem here is the the telephone directories that I checked list Lombardi's as a…
Plastic Banana
American conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said in 1994, "phony baloney, plastic banana, good-time rock and roll pontificators - sweet justice!" Limbaugh used "plastic…
PLT (plant, lettuce and tomato)
McDonald's restaurants in some countries introduced the "PLT" (plant-lettuce-tomato) sandwich in 2019. The name is a take-off on the "BLT" (bacon-lettuce-tomato) sandwich.…
PMS Pizza (pepperoni, mushrooms and sausage)
"PMS" usually stands for premenstrual syndrome. In pizza shop lingo, a "PMS" pizza contains pepperoni, mushrooms and sausage. The name "PMS" for this pizza has been…
Pogey Bait
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktiuonary: pogey baitEtymologyRelated to pogue (“soldier assigned administrative rather than combat duties”).Nounpogey bait (uncountable)1. (US, military, slang)…
Pok?rrito (pok? + burrito)
"Pokērrito" (pokē + burrito) is a name that was filed for a trademarked in September 2015. Los Angeles magazine described the dish (from Great Rice Balls of Fire) on January 28, 2016:…
Poke Test or Finger Test (rule for cooking meat)
The "poke test" (or "finger test") involves touching a food to see if it's done cooking. "Finger test" has been cited since at least 1960, when it was used to…
Polyester of Lettuce (iceberg lettuce nickname)
Iceberg lettuce is a popular lettuce in the United States and is commonly served at restaurants, but it's mostly water and doesn't have the nutritional value or the flavor of other…