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Article #349Re: A large pizza at The Northlake Tavern weighs over 6 pounds,
From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:44
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:44
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=?UTF-8?Q?Jeff=E2=80=A6Relf?= <Jeff_Relf@Yahoo.COM> wrote: >A large pizza at The Northlake Tavern weighs over 6 pounds >and has " as much Mozzarella cheese as cooking allows ". Mass is unimportant. What matters is surface area, because the surface area is what allows it to carry toppings. Pizza is about toppings. The cheese is an adjunct needed only to keep the toppings from falling off. >It originated in the 30's in another part of town >and obtained " the second Tavern license issued in the state ". > >Due to the " blue laws " ( i.e. semi-prohibition ) in 1954 >it's in a fairly remote location. We don't even know what state it is in. But we do know that Pero's Pizza in Atlanta had, when I was an undergrad, a 48-inch pizza. Since the surface area goes up with the square of the diameter, this means it has four times the surface area as a 24-inch pizza. Note that at most pizza places the cost goes up linearly or even logarithmically with the diameter, therefore the larger pizza is a substantial win for college students who need to optimize pepperoni per dollar. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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