[Garywt]

Originally Posted by George Page

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

Why use 2 hands when 1 will do. As for the Boston comment, I live just north of Boston.

[Ben Franklin]

NO! Never! It lasts longer if you don't ;-)

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

Most New Yorker are always on the move. So folding makes it easier to eat while your walking. Watch " Saturday Night Fever".

I will have to do that some time soon. Watch Saturday Night Fever again. Have not seen it for a while. There is probably a Youtube showing that scene though. Most Famous Bite Of Pizza Ever At Lenny's In Brooklyn - YouTube

[D.Bolen]

Most nouveau slices don't lend themselves to folding (some will even crack), but if you were in NYC "back in the day," you pretty much needed to fold the slices that were long and large with thin-crust, as the custom was to eat them with your hands as you might a hot dog or hamburger, not on a plate, usually served to you on a piece of dry wax paper/deli sheet (with a paper plate upon request if you were going to "eat it there"). The slice would form a soft fold, and as others have noted, it would begin as a job for both hands as the soft pointy end of the slice would tend to flop down, often dripping with delicious oily cheese & sauce residue so you needed to hold it a distance from your clothing, especially if you were walking while eating as is often the case in NYC (after eating the end first, the rest of the "task" would be easier but might still require two hands for a bit because the thin bottom crust softened up in your hand as it absorbed moisture from the cheese/sauce). Your hands would get oily and napkins were a must but it was SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I liked mine with garlic powder and ritualistically ate first the pointed end, then the crust from the other end, then the remaining delectable body of the slice. Which got on my boyfriend Tony's nerves like nobody's business. Thanks OP for calling up the delectable memory. I've been back many times but never find pizza like that anymore, even at "Original [insert pizza chain name here]."

Did I mention it was 25-cents?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by D.Bolen

Most nouveau slices don't lend themselves to folding (some will even crack), but if you were in NYC "back in the day," you pretty much needed to fold the slices that were long and large with thin-crust, as the custom was to eat them with your hands as you might a hot dog or hamburger, not on a plate, usually served to you on a piece of dry wax paper/deli sheet (with a paper plate upon request if you were going to "eat it there"). The slice would form a soft fold, and as others have noted, it would begin as a job for both hands as the soft pointy end of the slice would tend to flop down, often dripping with delicious oily cheese & sauce residue so you needed to hold it a distance from your clothing, especially if you were walking while eating as is often the case in NYC (after eating the end first, the rest of the "task" would be easier but might still require two hands for a bit because the thin bottom crust softened up in your hand as it absorbed moisture from the cheese/sauce). Your hands would get oily and napkins were a must but it was SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I liked mine with garlic powder and ritualistically ate first the pointed end, then the crust from the other end, then the remaining delectable body of the slice. Which got on my boyfriend Tony's nerves like nobody's business. Thanks OP for calling up the delectable memory. I've been back many times but never find pizza like that anymore, even at "Original [insert pizza chain name here]."

Did I mention it was 25-cents?

The only problem with the folding was the oil dripping off so had to be careful of that.

Did keep the pizza hot longer and had to be careful about not burning your tongue.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

You cannot fold a Chicago cut pizza.

Perhaps that is why true New Yorkers call Chicago pizza "quiche"

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by George Page

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

Folding is the ONLY way to eat real pizza. But since you were referring to Boston, the pizza is hardly real

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Jimmy R.

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

Absolutely!!!!
Nunzio's was probably the best, but Lee's Tavern and the Surf Club had great pizza also.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by ChicagoNative

Fold your laundry, not your pizza!😁

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

Doesn't need eating either

[collector0915]

Only if the crust is super-thin.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Tmarkwald

How about a dusting of garlic powder as well?

Garlic WHAT?

Son, there's garlic, roasted garlic, minced garlic, chopped garlic, sliced garlic, sauteed garlic.

Those are the only valid garlics.

[Barborv]

Born and raised in Brooklyn., You folded!! LOL

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Tmarkwald

How about a dusting of garlic powder as well?

Why are you anti garlic? Real NY people eat garlic in the form of which it was grown.

[D.Bolen]

Originally Posted by ChicagoNative

....

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

In NY that was sometimes available as an option (baked in a rectangular pan and then cut into rectangular pieces). If you saw it was available and wanted a slice (actually a piece), you would ask for "a Sicilian." Definitely unfoldable.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by beyond the wall

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

lol.