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Those are very normal weggebobbles for anyone outside the US. Big no-no to vegan cheese though.

stevage 1y ago
Eh, I find vegan cheese very variable. I never seek it out but experience it relatively often. Sometimes it's tasty and chewy. Sometimes it's a bland monstrosity. I don't know why.
- rkomorn 1y ago
  Vegan feta has the best success rate for me. Unfortunately, feta has limited applications. (I'm not vegan but I like to try vegan products anyway.)
  - kulahan 1y ago
    If you haven't make shakshuka yet, it's worth a shot. It's one of my favorite places to use lots and lots of feta. It's not normally vegan since it's topped with an egg, but that's easy enough to remove and forget. Eat it with toasted pita.
    - rkomorn 1y ago
      Come on, it's 2025, no true HN user hasn't tried to make shakshuka by now. :D
      - iamtedd 1y ago
        I don't even know how to spell shakshuka.
        rkomorn 1y ago
        You don't have to! You can just say it's imported from a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet, so there's no canonically correct way to spell it. It's probably a lie but it doesn't sound like one!
        dotancohen 1y ago
        Though Arabic has quite a few letters you won't find in the Latin alphabet, all the letters in the word shakshukah map perfectly to Latin letters. But put an H on the end, and quarter-pronounce it.
        rkomorn 1y ago
        The spelling still had to be romanized. The Wikipedia page has three different spellings for it, though none match yours. I stand by my point.
  - stevage 1y ago
    > feta has limited applications. Politely beg to differ.
    - rkomorn 1y ago
      It's not particularly sliceable, meltable, or all that edible on its own. That rules out many cheese applications for me. Then again, I'm French, so our takes on cheese may be very different! :)
      - throwway120385 1y ago
        Try buying it brined.
        rkomorn 1y ago
        Pretty sure I have before but... what'll that change?
shermantanktop 1y ago
Are they not normal inside the US?
- evilduck 1y ago
  They're normal vegetables, but not normal pizza toppings. Just look at the menu offerings of any big US chain pizza place, deviating from that without warning is going to cause disappointment.
  - 0xffff2 1y ago
    I'm from California, can't speak to the rest of the US... To me all except broccoli are perfectly normal pizza toppings. Not toppings I would expect to see on a Dominos pizza, but definitely to be expected on a "veggie" pizza from any independent pizza place.
  - shermantanktop 1y ago
    > any big US chain pizza place I guess that counts as "normal," but that's fast food, where picky children's tastes rule. Predictability and therefore high-volume turnover of ingredients is paramount.

Eh, I find vegan cheese very variable. I never seek it out but experience it relatively often. Sometimes it's tasty and chewy. Sometimes it's a bland monstrosity. I don't know why.

rkomorn 1y ago
Vegan feta has the best success rate for me. Unfortunately, feta has limited applications. (I'm not vegan but I like to try vegan products anyway.)
- kulahan 1y ago
  If you haven't make shakshuka yet, it's worth a shot. It's one of my favorite places to use lots and lots of feta. It's not normally vegan since it's topped with an egg, but that's easy enough to remove and forget. Eat it with toasted pita.
  - rkomorn 1y ago
    Come on, it's 2025, no true HN user hasn't tried to make shakshuka by now. :D
    - iamtedd 1y ago
      I don't even know how to spell shakshuka.
      - rkomorn 1y ago
        You don't have to! You can just say it's imported from a language that doesn't use the Latin alphabet, so there's no canonically correct way to spell it. It's probably a lie but it doesn't sound like one!
        dotancohen 1y ago
        Though Arabic has quite a few letters you won't find in the Latin alphabet, all the letters in the word shakshukah map perfectly to Latin letters. But put an H on the end, and quarter-pronounce it.
        rkomorn 1y ago
        The spelling still had to be romanized. The Wikipedia page has three different spellings for it, though none match yours. I stand by my point.
- stevage 1y ago
  > feta has limited applications. Politely beg to differ.
  - rkomorn 1y ago
    It's not particularly sliceable, meltable, or all that edible on its own. That rules out many cheese applications for me. Then again, I'm French, so our takes on cheese may be very different! :)
    - throwway120385 1y ago
      Try buying it brined.
      - rkomorn 1y ago
        Pretty sure I have before but... what'll that change?

shermantanktop 1y ago

Are they not normal inside the US?

evilduck 1y ago
They're normal vegetables, but not normal pizza toppings. Just look at the menu offerings of any big US chain pizza place, deviating from that without warning is going to cause disappointment.
- 0xffff2 1y ago
  I'm from California, can't speak to the rest of the US... To me all except broccoli are perfectly normal pizza toppings. Not toppings I would expect to see on a Dominos pizza, but definitely to be expected on a "veggie" pizza from any independent pizza place.
- shermantanktop 1y ago
  > any big US chain pizza place I guess that counts as "normal," but that's fast food, where picky children's tastes rule. Predictability and therefore high-volume turnover of ingredients is paramount.