Do you fold your pizza slice?
 

When did we start folding pizza? - Scotts Pizza Tours

I have never folded my pizza slices that I can recall.

Taking a break from watching Rami Malek and Denzel Washington's The Little Things which mentioned that a suspect must be from "back East" because he folds his pizza.

And this is a hard movie to watch.

Do you fold your pizza slice? I remember a few people doing this but not many. I am around a number of native New Yorkers (NYC) here in Lynnhaven.

I am a native Cheesehead born in Milwaukee but moved to Reno, Nevada when I was ten. Parents are from a suburb of Chicago.

Nope, not me.

Many years ago living in NY always folded the slice.

Pizza down here is not conducive to folding.

Wife is from Brooklyn and folds her pizza, me from NJ doesn’t. Pizza here is difficult to fold as different water from NYC.

When the pizza is so thin that you can't pick it up without the molten cheese dripping onto the plate, you fold it. It keeps the toppings on the pizza til you bite them off.

Doesn't that make it a calzone?

You cannot fold a Chicago cut pizza.

Yup.

I generally do, especially thin crust. Folding it helps keep the tip from drooping.

I thought New Yorkers were the only people who folded their pizza. I never fold.

Folding is an amateur move, but not as bad as using a knife and fork!
In Boston, we eat it, not play with it.

It’s not a taco! Hold the tip up with the other hand and guide it into your mouth.

I started folding instinctively not knowing it was a thing when I lived in France because the crust there is thin. It would never occur to me to fold a slice of pan pizza.

We’re from NJ just outside NYC and have always folded our pizza, even as a little kid. Keeps the cheese from sliding off. NY Pizza down here is not New York pizza.

Im an exNew Yorker and never saw anyone eat pizza any other way except folding it. Yes, occasionally saw a very elderly person when I was young, eat it with a fork n knife. I was horrified. Its a regional thing. I notice some people looking at me when I eat it with my hands

ALWAYS fold your pizza if you are from New York

My pizza of choice is Sicilian which has a nice thick crust: sort of like a pan pizza but not really. No need to fold it.

As an aside......my Mom used to make home made Sicilian pizza from scratch, including the dough. Oh, it was soooo good. "Manjiare"!

Snow bird from Staten Island N.Y. , Always fold at the start of the slice......

If you were raised in Brooklyn , you folders your slice . It was thin , not thick. I figured 12 million people couldn’t be wrong.😊

Pizza down here is not conducive to eating

Fold your laundry, not your pizza!😁

A good Chicago style thin crust cut in squares doesn’t need folding.

I'm a west coast guy for me it on the size of the slice and the crust. If you have a large slice of thin crust the tip of the pie will droop, so you fold that bad boy.

Prezactly!

I am from Queens and spent lots of time on SI. Joe and Pat’s is my favorite pizza joint! And yes I fold my genuine NY Pizza (made in a Mom & Pop shop in greater NYC area) because the slices are BIG unlike the national pizzas chains where there is no need to fold the pizza due to its minimal size.

You should not only fold the pizza but you have to squeeze the back so not to lose all that oil....I miss Ken Ed’s pizza in the Bronx!

#1) I don’t eat pizza; it has cheese on it! 🤢 yuck
#2) how was that movie “hard to watch “?
Thanx

Yes, if you are eating a delicious, dripping slice of great New York pizza, folding it at the crust edge strengthens the “spine” of the crust under the filling and helps you get it into your mouth. If you don’t, you will need a plate and fork and knife, and if you buy a carry-out slice, that’s not how it comes. Furthermore, you may need your other hand to help you bring the skinny edge to your mouth for the first wonderful bite. If you’ve ever eaten really good New York pizza in The City (not available anywhere in The Villages, alas), you understand why those of us who love it really love it and why we fold it.

yes, Stu-when i was in the city, i often saw busy men (ie: cab drivers, street crews) doing hands on work, fold the pizza to eat it faster, & they claim less mess. i have rarely seen females do this- i never folded, & always liked the deli-style that had the thicker crust with just sprinkle cheese aka sicilian style.

How else would you eat a New York style pizza. When you pick it up it almost folds it’s self length wise thus folding it width wise to eat it.

Only Chicago Style Deep Dish

Crease it and semifold it so it doesn't droop.

Never if you want to calzone then order a calzone otherwise do you fold your T-bone before you eat it

Folding is not an amateur move. Tell that to NYC people. Not to mention everyone in North Jersey.

I'm with you on the cheese, Janet. My ONLY exception is Mozzarella only on pizza. Thought I was the only one who didn't like cheese.

I grew up in the Italian neighborhoods of east Boston and the north end , had my first pizza in the original pizza Regina if your on the run or it’s real thin you always fold , holding the tip up with your other hand is the real amateur, if you can’t walk and talk with you slice, forget about it

There is a reason why a constant post is you can't get good pizza any where around here. You hear the same about bagles.

New Yorkers, it is almost worth the airfare to get New York Pizza, bagels and deli. As to Pizza the best you can find is Bravo Pizza in Lake Sumpter. The owner had or has a place in New York. Pizza was, is on the run food. If, you do not fold it, oh no you don't dare to use a knife and fork they will immediately know you are not a New Yorker.

How about a dusting of garlic powder as well?

Been folding Pizza since 1952 :a040:

Folding your slice is a "New Yawk" thing. We're not talkin' Rochester or Watertown. We're talkin' the "City" here. OK, we've passed it on to some of our posse living in the tri-state area, but it's a New Yawk thing. Besides, my rule here in Florida is: always buy your pizza to-go. That way when you find out it doesn't meet your standards -- you can eat the box it came in.

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Folding Pizza, that’s so you can shove it down faster or you don’t think you’ll get another piece.