Whenever my chum Caroline visits from Texas she asks if there are any foodstuffs I would like her to bring me. Once she smuggled in some fresh poblano peppers for a Vincent Price recipe, and another time some onion juice. On this occasion, I asked for TRISCUITS.
Why Triscuits? When writing about Shirley Jones’ Mexicali Corn Casserole, I stumbled upon this and thought YES! I must make these.!
As the UK is a Triscuit-free zone, I had to import them via Austin inside Caroline’s suitcase…
I wish there was a word for a group of film archivists as there were three of us in residence on Triscuit Pizzas night. A reel of film archivists? A spool of film archivists? A sprocket of film archivists? Two of us had never eaten a Triscuit. Lawrence proclaimed that they tasted of HAY. I thought they were like thin, salty Shredded Wheats.
But I tell you what, fashioned into mini pizzas they were flipping delicious!
Before cooking…
After cooking
and with our Joan Crawford Good-Bye cocktails…
Lawrence persuaded us that pepperoni with cheese and an olive on top was a “thing”. I think he said this combo was called Mussolini’s Nipples.
But I could be wrong.
Triscuit Pizzas featured in a TV ad.
As Caroline put it, “Freshly caught fish for dinner while camping? No thanks, I’d rather have Triscuit Pizzas.”
These were a big HIT and I’ll definitely make more. But I guess I should also try these…
You could have a whole meal with these salty hay-flavoured crackers, Triscuit Pizzas followed by Triscuit Cheesecake Snacks. Thanks, Shirley!
By the way, I noticed this during my Shirley research…
Am I famous?!
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You are famous now! Celebrate with some more of those triscuit pizzas! I’ve got to try some, and maybe those cheesecake triscuits too.
Haha – thanks, A!! It feels good to be famous… The triscuit pizzas were GOOD. I can’t stop thinking about them, luckily, I have about 3/4 of a box of triscuits left at my disposal. Just sitting there on the counter!
You are famous now! Celebrate with some more of those triscuit pizzas! I’ve got to try some, and maybe those cheesecake triscuits too.
Haha – thanks, A!! It feels good to be famous… The triscuit pizzas were GOOD. I can’t stop thinking about them, luckily, I have about 3/4 of a box of triscuits left at my disposal. Just sitting there on the counter!
TBH, almost anything would be tasty with pizza toppings. Cardboard shoe inserts! Potatoes, vegetables, naan bread, the week old ends of
a cut loaf. Anything as a vehicle to insert pizza goodness into pizza-craving mouths at midnight. When nowhere is open to deliver and the refrigerator is full of condiments, limp salad ingredients, and a hunk of cheese that has just one speck of mold, like that one measles spot before the ghastly onslaught of the plague…..BTW there must be well over a dozen different flavored Triscuits here now!
This really made me laugh, Sally! You are 100% right. Let’s pizza-fy everything we can find in the fridge. I am going to get myself to the USA sometime soon with an empty suitcase so I can fill it with Triscuits! JX
TBH, almost anything would be tasty with pizza toppings. Cardboard shoe inserts! Potatoes, vegetables, naan bread, the week old ends of
a cut loaf. Anything as a vehicle to insert pizza goodness into pizza-craving mouths at midnight. When nowhere is open to deliver and the refrigerator is full of condiments, limp salad ingredients, and a hunk of cheese that has just one speck of mold, like that one measles spot before the ghastly onslaught of the plague…..BTW there must be well over a dozen different flavored Triscuits here now!
This really made me laugh, Sally! You are 100% right. Let’s pizza-fy everything we can find in the fridge. I am going to get myself to the USA sometime soon with an empty suitcase so I can fill it with Triscuits! JX