School Lunch Pizza?

[Smith1026]

At the risk of getting banned from the board, anyone got a recipe that mimics those gooey rectangles of my long gone youth? Having visited my kids at skool, I know they still serve it. 

[Pete-zza]

Smith1026,

You might look here: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,7924.0.html.

Peter

[Trogdor33]

The poured dough recipe that Peter referenced isn't what I remember. It's more like the attached photo and I believe they got it from GFS. Ahh the fond memories of such wonderful tasting yet horrible pizza. I am half inclined to buy a box of it next time I go there for cheese. I will post the ingredients if I do. Whether or not it's worth reverse engineering it is up to the people who are capable in that area.

[Pete-zza]

Joe,

You might look under the pizza section of GFS's catalog at http://www.gfs.com/files/pdf/gms/ProductGuide.pdf. Examples of pizzas that are/were part of school food programs are the Fiestada pizzas such as sold by Schwan (and available from GFS): http://www.schwansfoodservice.com/Search.cfm?q=fiestada&x=7&y=11. Another example, is this one, also for school food programs and available from GFS/Schwan: http://www.schwansfoodservice.com/Products/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductID=78867&CategoryID=6061.

Peter

[Trogdor33]

Peter,

When I went to GFS yesterday I couldn't find any frozen pizza at all, which was surprising. They had lots of frozen dough, just no pizzas. The second link you gave looks more like I remember it, but back in my day I think they used imitation mozz and it was heavily loaded with cubes of pepperoni. Either way, with the quality that my NY style has gotten to, I am sure I would be disappointed with any frozen pizza at this point no matter the nostalgic value.

-Joe