[Sca-cooks] pizza OOP

[Olwen the Odd]

>On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
> > Alright.  Thanks.  I was looking at some pizza (pepperoni) through a
>window
> > when I went out for lunch today.  I was revolting but because I couldn't
> > smell it I didn't seem to suffer the gag reaction.  The grease puddled
>on
> > top seems to look orange to me.  Would that be correct?  And the
>pepperoni
> > does seem to look lots different than I imagined.  Browner rather than
> > redder and not as much white fat showing.  Anyone know how long I can
>keep a
> > piece of cooked pepperoni before it morphs into something different
>looking?
> >   It seems this project would just be a lot simpler if I could stand
>being
> > around pizza.  It's kinda like the blind men and the elephant, isn't it?
> > Olwen
>
>Considering how long my husband has been known to leave leftover pizza in
>the fridge, at least a week, probably two. Maybe as long as a month.
>Commercial pepperoni is so full of preservatives that I don't know if it
>even qualifies as organic anymore.
>
>The grease is more orange when pepperoni is involved, yes. Kind of the
>same color as tomato oil but not quite.
>
>As for glycerine, yes it will take color. I'd use paste color, a teeny bit
>at a time, and hold it over white paper in a clear container to see your
>color change.
>
>Margaret

Ah.  Thanks for the tip on the glycerine.  Since I have white marble I
wouldn't have thought of white paper.  Better idea.

...pizza in the fridge for a month...{{{shudder}}}
Olwen who would die of fright if I found pizza in my fridge at all.

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