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A pizza baked on a ceramic, stone, metal
or even bread dough platter shaped to
USGS
measurements of various areas around the
world. See ricotta topped mountains and
rivers of tomato sauce, broccoli forests,
meatball cliffs and mushroom dry lake
beds. Toppings to represent stratta of
different
minerals while the crust
represents...the crust. Education runs wild
as possibilities are endless and the
learning is edible.
"I'd have to eat how many slices of burger
topped pizza to be able to find a one carat
diamond?"
Or even, show investors your proposed
housing developement over lunch. They
will definately pay attention to it.
Is this a map, a pizza or a puzzle?
http://www.hotweb.o...g/fran_illust01.gif
those weird Japanese! [k_sra, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
deep dish
http://www.iag.ntou...ages/topography.jpg
[k_sra, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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anything to make geology/geography more palatable! |
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[sartep] tis lovely. The crust of the pizza would have to be enormously thin in comparison to the bready (mantle) mass. |
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Indeed, all the toppings combined would only represent .5% of the total thickness of the pizza. |
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I'm a little worried that it'll be scientifically brilliant, but no epicurean delight. |
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[sartep], what about the oceans? Is there a blue topping which you would eat? I can't think of one... |
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You could also theme the pizzas according to the area they represent - asian food for asian landmass, french for the pyrennese etc (excuse the spelling). |
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I suspect the pizza-map of Austrailia would be popular with BBQ toppings left right and centre, probably with a giant tomato for Ayres rock! |
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So this is a spherical pizza? |
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[K-sy] in this case I am suggesting a
flattened sphere or a pizza that would
represent something the size of
Yellowstone National Park. Some one
else can suggest a spherical pizza, I
won't take up extra idea mana.
[dobtabulous] you could use seafood or
blue food coloring take your pick.
[jonthegeologist] the pizzas can be
made to accomodate you, I had you in
mind when I was thinking of this for
accuracy. Some pizzas come crustless
(or in other words with out that ring of
dough around the pizza since there is
still crust on the bottom.) That small
amount of crust just eeking past the
cheese could represent the actual crust
for the earth, while you get other
toppings to represent the mantle, inner
and outer core. You could even include
the 200 mile wide unknown mass in the
mantle and arrange scallions to show
the magnetic poles. |
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For smaller land masses like say a
national park or small plates of crust
you could have the crust on the bottom
of the pizza represent the end of the
crust and the toppings represent the
rocky layers or the landscape
depending on what you want to show or
teach, or how large a land mass you
want to represent. |
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For you I would create a philo dough
pizza with seafood in the different
layers and cheese to represent a
limestone layer on top. |
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I think I'll order a Northern Arizona terrain pizza - with broccoli on the Kiabab and layers of pepperoni, swiss cheese, and canadian bacon for the canyon. |
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Allright, kids, if you want this slice, just name the formation represented by the pineapple! |
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Help wanted: Adventurous cartographers wanted
for new local pizza chain. Must have
clean driving record, drug test, own tools.
Mileage paid and benefits after 6 months.
Ask for Dan. Please leave message after 8pm
555-DUDE (3833). |
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I think the Northern Arizona region would be better demonstrated with a lasagne or layer cake.... |
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[sartep] I suspect your idea might get baked (in a literal sense) in the [hazel]-[jtg] house. We have a big geological map of the local area hanging up in the lounge so it should be easy to represent a section of it through the gift of pizza |
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I think cooking all the way through [see link2] would be an issue for mountainous regions. Not to mention that pre-cooked and post-cooked pizzas would have significantly different topography, so accuracy becomes an issue... Sarty. |
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[jtg]--Put "NOT TO SCALE" on the box, then you can exaggerate or minimize toppings. I'd be willing to sacrifice precision for extra cheese. |
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[Hazel-jtg] If you bake it take a picture
of it. I'll host it and link to it. |
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[LBAF] Think of the advertising and
intimidation possibilities with what you
said. Imagine a person being
approached while on the job in a field
with equipment. |
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-"Oh, taking some measurements...for a
pizza." |
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"Damn, that's gonna be big!" |
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[k_sra] Thanks for the links. You are
correct, but I suspect that loaf sized
burgers may help. |
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However, the longer you fuss over the
accuracy the fewer slices that will be
left. If you ask politely, I could save you
this slice by Lake Erie. |
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hmmm. one calzone volcano please [sartep]. |
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<shudder> No, thank you! </s> Besides, I don't know how to "ask politely." : P |
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"Waiter! There's a fault in my pizza" |
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I want a Ringworld version... |
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i'm honoured that [sartep] was thinking of me with this geological based delight. splendid. me thinks we'll have to make one. |
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Next up: psyche pizza. different
toppings for different neuroses, and the
subconscious sauce would never be
quite what you expected! |
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Take a picture, [jon] :) (Of the pizza.) |
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Yes, [jtg], I might as well come clean.
Not too many people know this but I am
a closet geologist. I have taken classes,
I have many books and I have a rock
collecting habit greater than the drug
habit of a small art college. It's hard to
drive when there is a cliff face or a
riverbed near by. I know where my
closest lava tube is. |
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[Don Quixote] I'll make a ringworld
pizza if you help me by putting your fist
through it. |
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"Right, here goes...WHAM...OUCH...yikes, what is this crust made of, anyway?" |
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If a Ringworld pizza is hit by Lucifer's Hammer, would you get hot fudge sauce in the Eye of God? |
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A seafood lagoon with cheese atolls to go. Ta. |
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<Shonagon53> is there something we should know about you? |
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I'm giving you a big plus for this - I love it - surprised it did
not score more - but this must happen a lot on Bakery
site, for various reasons. |
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I'd have thought Mr Pratchett's creation would be better for this, minus the elephants and turtle. I'll pass on the slice that has Ankh-Morpork, though. (Or maybe that's how it could best be represented?) |
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