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Any service that ships authentic NYC tap water?
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EYEL1NER
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A guy who runs a delicatessen here in town has all of the meat he uses trucked down from NYC. This is a small town in SC and he is an old dude who is from NYC; it isn't some hipster joint. He swears by NYC water though and says that his meat has to touch NYC water to get that authentic NYC taste. The meat is also of a fantastic quality anyway though; another reason he trucks his meat down is because he said none of the local meat is up to his standards. It is absolutely great food; I love the corned beef sandwiches, franks with mustard/onions/peppers, and knishes. He's also seems like an awesome guy, very friendly. So I'm not gonna bother telling him that the 'NYC water' thing is bunk.
Benzychenz
Member
The idea of someone getting water shipped to them before they even have their first attempt at making the recipe is hilarious.
Like, what will your point of comparison be to see if it made any difference?
Like, what will your point of comparison be to see if it made any difference?
Ok.
Some people believe some of the minerals in the water have an effect on the taste. If so, it's probably one of the smallest components of the flavor though since they would be measured in parts per million or billion.
Everyone in here that says NYC water being GOAT is bogus has never had a baconeggandcheese on a bagel from the bodega and known what that water does to any sort of bread, ignorance is bliss tho
shout out to the shrimp
But the fact you want to import water to try to learn how to make a recipe, thats a little much LMAO
that's like saying "I want to try starting a youtube channel, lemme buy a camera"
shout out to the shrimp
But the fact you want to import water to try to learn how to make a recipe, thats a little much LMAO
that's like saying "I want to try starting a youtube channel, lemme buy a camera"
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
This man understands me.
Also just had 2Bros today. I weep for people that have to pay over $1 for a great slice of pizza.
2Bros is not what I would qualify as "great" new york pizza....it'll get the job done but it's basically just cheese on half-cooked dough most of the time b/c of how fast they crank out pies
my favorite $1 slice is on bleaker and macdougal, Percy's Pizza. Hole in the wall. Crispy and greasy as hell. HIGHLY recommended
but most of the time you're paying anywhere from 2-2.75 for a good-ass plain slice I'd say.
buy teh haloz
Banned
It's not going to help much unless you get some of that authentic New York air as well.
Have you tried Sbarro?
QuantumZebra
Member
Gentleman Jack
Member
New York : and its fucking Pizza :: Los Angeles : and fucking In-N-Out
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Water, flour, yeast, salt. Yeah, almost thirty. But lol, water doesn't change pizza. It's all about the ratio of water and flour, the time you work the dough, the time you let it rest, the way you spread it and the amount of heat. Also Thin Crust is worst pizza because it gets cold after two minutes out of the oven.
milanbaros
Member?
The water is the last thing you need to worry about. If you can get to the point that the only difference is the water then you're doing pretty good.
Maximus.
Member
I've been to Italy multiple times and had the best pizza there. I went to NYC and the place I went beat anything else I have ever had before and I couldn't believe it. Subjective, but there is real good pizza in NYC.
FutureLarking
Member
I think of the Italians are able to make great authentic *actual* thin crust pizza without NYC water, you should be okay. Unless you like being suckered into stuff.
(Though every think crust pizza I tried in NYC was still 3-4 times thicker than a thin Italian one :'( )
(Though every think crust pizza I tried in NYC was still 3-4 times thicker than a thin Italian one :'( )
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Op would you like to buy a bridge. PM me.
uncelestial
Member
That's interesting because I like NOT doing that.
EYEL1NER
Member
Eh, no real point to my post. Just sharing that I know someone who also believes that New York City water grants mystical properties to food.
Sbarro, really?
As I said before, Brooklyn Brothers Pizza. It's north of Seattle (everett and mukilteo and not sure if they have any other locations) but worth the drive if you really want NY pizza (the everett one is the better location honestly and has a neat game store right next door). And the place is purists themselves (makes my husband happy, he's the kind of pizza snob that gets upset at non traditional toppings on pizza... he loves that they advertise that they do not do pineapple or ham on pizza and only have traditional toppings. Personally I think it's a little elitist but they do make a good pizza).
I never understood why my husband refused to call Papa John's (or other fast food pizza) pizza... I'm like even if you think it's bad it's still pizza. Then I tried it and couldn't eat fast food pizza and call it pizza cause then I compared it to good pizza and it made me not want to eat it. I mean he was on a campaign to find decent NY style pizza somewhere and it took a few places til we found that place. And good pizza definitely is in another class over other pizza (never really loved pizza but thought it was ok until he found that place. On the other hand he likes pizza more than me but I have more tolerance for crappy pizza).
We're not THAT obsessed with our Pizza. OP aside.
What's the big surprise? Tap water's gross in a lot of places.
I don't know NYC's is more "superior" than a lot of major municipalities, but to say that NYC's water is excellent and better than most isn't a stretch.
The only tap water I really detest and won't drink (without flavoring added) is Florida's. When we went to visit florida every year I'd make my parents buy gatorade powder to stick in the water to mask the taste. Shoot honestly I prefer tap water over most bottled waters (like Evian I know I find nasty. My high school friend used to drink it all the time and wouldn't drink tap and she would serve it at her house - that was when I was in Atlanta - and I neer understood it cause tap tasted so much better imho).
The tap water in my house is not that great but I think it's the house as the apartment I had before it I was fine with.
We got them tiny-ass shrimp in there! You got tiny-ass shrimp in your water?
yeah ok dude.
WaterAstro
Member
Is it because NYC tap water has different kinds of cancer than Seattle tap water?
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Una Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco
I really enjoy the pizza from NY Pizza Suprema, I think that's the name, on the corner of 8th and 31 right outside Penn. I was shocked it wasn't some dumpster of a pizza considering it's location.
I need to find a good and cheap place near my office (right near Chelsea Market). Only thing I've seen while walking is Artichoke and I refuse to go there.
I've never met a pizza in New York which wasn't proclaimed the best pizza.
I can get the same shit in Boston.
Gentleman Jack
Member
You'd think.
But every conversation about either side of the analogy always brings the 'what I like where I live is the best and nobody else can make something good' static with it and it's exhausting to scroll past.
Yeah I have to imagine that most larger cities have significantly better water processing in place.
For me, it's possible that a big part of it is being able to notice that the water tastes significantly different. Every time I have some water in a restaurant or bar the reminder comes fast and hard.
And yes, some bottle waters are..unpleasant. I agree with you on Evian; it tastes a bit too mineral...filled.
mmazurkiewicz
Member
All NYC water is actually from reservoirs in upstate New York.
NYC has its own agency, the DEP, that not only manages things in NYC but in a bunch of small towns in upstate New York.
NYC has its own agency, the DEP, that not only manages things in NYC but in a bunch of small towns in upstate New York.
Lol you would think. NYC only recently had any kind of filtration put in place. For most of your life here you have been drinking fresh mountain water including bear shit.
Skellig Gra
Member
You are using airport water as your comparison??
Technosteve
Banned
Yup having moved away from new york i miss how sweet the water tastes, i live in shit hole america where the water is hyper chlorinated and leaves stain marks on tile.
Rktk
Member
Do you think the water at the airport is any different to the kitchen sink?
/recordscratch
I think the Californian equivalent is mexican food.
I am Mexican American, yet multiple different californians try to lecture me on what good mexican food is. Maybe you can get them to admit there is good mexican food in mexico.
You're missing out bro. Plus you can drink the water afterwards.
Interested to hear about the other places that top it in variety.
Flavored with only the finest pink Himalayan salt I presume!