Flying Pie Menu'zine #23 1998 Spring Edition


No Kanadians here, eh?

A quick perusal of the average pizza restaurant menu never reveals "Processed Pork Roll" listed as a topping choice. However, a tour of their walk-in would reveal box upon box labeled thusly. What in the world do they do with all that Pork Roll?

Well, it's pretty simple; they sell it as Canadian Bacon. At Flying Pie however, we use actual Canadian Bacon (yes, Virginia, such a topping does exist). The difference between Canadian Bacon and Processed Pork Roll is roughly the difference between the Grand Canyon and Seaman's Gulch.

According to both Dave Rons (of the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture) & Rene Schoop (Owner of Meridian Meats), the definition of Canadian Bacon contains 4 words: "Whole Smoked Pork Loin." Please note that this 4 word definition contains no mention of other cuts of Pork, nor does it reference additional processing, massaging, or injecting.

"If you can find a way to swing it, it's the best in the world," said Rene. WOW! With " . . the best in the world" ringing in our ears, we studied the issue from practical, financial, and emotional angles, before deciding, "Aw, the heck with it--let's do it."

You know how fake crab is spelled with a "K"? Once you taste real Canadian Bacon, you'll surely feel, as we do, that what other people are selling oughta be called Kanadian Bacon with a "K", just like Krab, with a "K".

After our 1995 success at having the international laws changed (& this was before NAFTA!), we decided to push it a little and ask the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture to endorse our "K" proposal. They're still mulling it over . . .

For now, you can count on Flying Pie to roil the waters & ruffle some feathers, all the while serving our customers pizzas of unmatched quality.
-Howard


Artie Chokes!
You can count on most businesses to make a reasonable effort at making you happy. At Flying Pie, we rarely stop at reasonable. Our aim is always a lot higher than that. We know that unreasonable measures are required, sometimes, in order to knock your socks off. 

The following is a transcript of a phone conversation with a Flying Pie customer: 

Customer: "Do you have Artichoke Hearts?" 

Us: "Yes, of course." 

Customer: "No one else in town does." 

Us: "Well, we take care of our customers." 

The behind-the-scene details of this conversation involved every local distributor being out of artichoke hearts because of a crisis in the fields in California. Within an hour of phone calls, we found that the Costco in Twin Falls still had 2 pallets of them. 

A 4 hour road trip later, we were the proud owners of a pickup-truck load of the temporarily precious ingredient. Yes, it was a mild inconvenience, and yes, we're glad we did it. 

Flying Pie employs no fairies or elves, nor do we have access to magical ingredients. Yet, we accomplish Fairy Tale results, with alarming regularity. 

For several weeks, other places settled for relaying a reasonable excuse, while Flying Pie achieved an unreasonable result. 

-Howard