{"id":12265,"date":"2014-09-25T09:39:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2014-09-25T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:39:05","slug":"edwardos-natural-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12265","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Edwardos Natural Pizza Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12273\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/logo-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"Edwardo's Natural Frozen Pizza\" width=\"268\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>The relative new kid on the block in Chicago pizzerias, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edwardos<\/a> has been cooking up their special &#8216;stuffed&#8217; pizzas since 1978 from multiple locations in the Chicago area. They are also available in the frozen food section at your grocery, or you can <a href=\"http:\/\/featuredfoods.com\/cgi-local\/SoftCart.exe\/a-store\/c-EdwardoAns.shtml?E+scstore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have them shipped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the massive publicity Chicago pizza received courtesy of Jon Stewart (video below), there remains some confusion among locals, not to mention tourists, as to what exactly Chicago pizza is. \u00a0Is it deep dish? \u00a0Pan? \u00a0Double crust? Stuffed? Thin Crust? The truth is, they are all Chicago pizzas.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BrqSizC-T-4\" width=\"360\" height=\"215\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Edwardo&#8217;s version is deep, AND stuffed. \u00a0With a thin layer of crust on the bottom, topped with cheese, or cheese and meat, or cheese and sauce, and then another thin layer of crust, with sauce on the TOP. \u00a0That&#8217;s right. \u00a0It&#8217;s a Chicago thing with the deeper pizzas, sauce on the top.<\/p>\n<p>At the grocery, you&#8217;re going to pay $7 plus for the small, which will easily feed two or three. \u00a0At the restaurant, about $20. \u00a0By mail, $25 plus shipping.<\/p>\n<p>I opted for the sausage kind. \u00a0 There are some Chicago pizzerias that make a blanket of sausage on the pie, it covers from rim to rim. \u00a0Edwardos goes with chunks of flavorful Italian, on the cheese layer.<\/p>\n<p>The crust is buttery, as many Chicago pizzas are. It has a nice flaky quality, too. The cheese is tremendous, ample quantity, great flavor, and great &#8220;pull.&#8221; \u00a0 Sauce is ample and fairly mild, leaning more &#8216;sweet&#8217; than &#8216;savory.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The pie takes around 30 minutes in a 425 oven, and you should let it set for a few before slicing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve taken a look at most every frozen Chicago pizza, including \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2013\/02\/connies-naturals-chicago-frozen-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2013\/06\/home-cookin-reggios-frozen-sausage-pizza-personal-size\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reggios<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2013\/01\/home-cookin-reggios-frozen-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Run Inn, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2013\/07\/home-cookin-vito-nicks-ii-frozen-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vito and Nicks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2013\/01\/ginos-east-chicago-frozen-classic-sausage-patty-deep-dish-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ginos<\/a>, and others. \u00a0While Vito and Nicks remains my favorite thin crust, having pushed past Home Run Inn this year, this one, Edwardo&#8217;s Natural, is the first &#8216;deep dish&#8217; I&#8217;ve found that is worth buying and consuming. \u00a0I&#8217;ll do it again. \u00a0Going to one of the shops? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardos.com\/menu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s the menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12269\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924_143931.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12269\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924_143931-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"Edwardo's Natural Frozen Pizza Review\" width=\"378\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Frozen, Prior to Baking<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12271\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924_153122_Android.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12271\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924_153122_Android-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Edwardo's Natural Frozen Pizza Review\" width=\"408\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Hot Slice!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Edwardos Natural Pizza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relative new kid on the block in Chicago pizzerias, Edwardos has been cooking up their special &#8216;stuffed&#8217; pizzas since 1978 from multiple locations in the Chicago area. They are also available in the frozen food section at your grocery, or you can have them shipped. Despite the massive publicity Chicago pizza received courtesy of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12265\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frozen Edwardos Natural Pizza Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,22,26],"tags":[108,934,948,1500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}