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Pizza Party with Bluey

Photographed · Shared on Facebook

A finished pizza topped with cheese, roasted tomatoes and green leaves, on a board in the kitchen.
The finished tomato-and-cheese pizza in the kitchen sunlight.

Pizza Party with Bluey. The photos from this Monterey evening tell the whole sequence: toppings spread across the counter, another pizza waiting on a wooden peel, a temperature check inside the kitchen oven, and slices being eaten with Bluey on television.

The finished pizza in the sunlight has a generously puffed, uneven rim, red sauce, white cheese, tomato pieces and torn green leaves that look like basil. Another pizza is still at the assembly stage, covered with sliced and shredded cheese and small pink pieces that appear to be ham. There was more than one combination moving through the kitchen.

I also photographed the infrared thermometer pointed at the baking surface. Its display reads 421.3°F, a glimpse of the checking that went into the evening rather than a complete record of the bake. The last part of the story is easier to read: pizzas cut up on the counter, a slice in hand, and Bluey keeping us company.

A child at the pizza-making counter with a finished pizza, an uncooked pizza on a peel, and toppings.
The family pizza counter, with one pie finished and another ready to bake.
An uncooked pizza topped with sauce, cheese and diced pink meat on a wooden pizza peel.
A second pizza assembled on the wooden peel.
Infrared thermometer showing 421.3 degrees Fahrenheit while pointed at the baking surface inside the oven.
Checking the baking surface: 421.3°F on the thermometer at this moment.
A second close view of the finished pizza topped with cheese, tomatoes and green leaves.
Another view of the raised crust and leafy green topping.
A child eating a pizza slice beside two pizzas while Bluey plays on the television.
Slices on the counter and Bluey on the television.

From my Facebook pizza archive. Adapted from my original post, with observations from the photos. My phone originals date this pizza night to May 22; the Facebook post is dated May 23.

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