A new one on me

How many types of pizza can you name? How about this list - and I still can go you one better...

• Neapolitan Pizza
• Chicago Pizza
• New York Pizza
• Sicilian Pizza
• Greek Pizza
• California Pizza
• Detroit Pizza
• St. Louis Pizza

...and that's a lot...and I can agree with this "no such thing as bad pizza" philosophy (except for Domino's, and they still sell over 400 million pies per year!) but there is one you've probably never heard of, or tasted. Stand by.

Up in your New York/New Jersey corridor, they sell a ton of New York-style pizza. Crust thin enough to be bendable, tangy sauce, cheese, and toppings. This style is probably what you get when you have a pie delivered here in Baltimore, But in Trenton, New Jersey, they have the Trenton-style pie. These are made sort of upside down:  Cheese and toppings go first on a thin crust, then tomato sauce goes on.  First, the mozzarella cheese and toppings are placed right on a thin-crust dough. Then the tomato sauce, which is reportedly made from crushed plum tomatoes, is ladled on top.  

PaPa's of Trenton.

Cooked that way, the Trenton pizza accentuates the tomato sauce, which, according to local custom, is made from crushed plum tomatoes.

And then...you've waited long enough, so here it is...PaPa's specialty, the "mustard pie." They spread a layer of spicy brown mustard on the dough before slathering on the cheese, toppings, and sauce.

I like mustard, so I might be willing to give this a shot. They say the mustard pizza is best when topped with garlic and spicy sausage. Pass the Tums and let's try one!