in defense of Papa John's

In my previous post I expressed disappointment in their pizza. But I had had it after 20-30 minute delivery, cold, and microwaved. Today I took the last two pieces and crisped them in a skillet (with olive oil), starting on high heat then lowering and covering with a bigger skillet. (I don't have a proper lid, sadly.) And waiting until the cheese was sort and kind of melted again.

It was actually pretty tasty! Better than when it first arrived! Huh. Still not great but heating the cheese "properly" made a big difference.

On the down side, the crust bottom had passed through 'crisp' into 'burnt' and I ended up mostly scraping the top off. (And PM went high again, unsurprisingly.) Next time maybe just keep it on medium heat? Or use the oven, but a full size oven for two slices of pizza seemed overkill, plus I'd been reading articles about NO2 again.

If I'd known how long I'd end up staying here I might have gotten a toaster oven.