![]() ![]() ‘It’s all about the floppage!’ to use ‘Barstool Sports’ lingo, who are New York pizza reviewers and have been an inspiration towards Mike’s attention to detail that has filtered through the business. ![]() “When New York style pizza was being explained to me, I was told you should be able to hold a slice over a baby’s head, meaning the dough is crisp and doesn’t flop in the centre.” The style of pizza they’ve opted for is the New York style, which means the dough is thin and is cooked until the entire base is crisp. They formed a good union and purchased a portable Gozney pizza oven and so the experimentation began. “I’d say dad could probably make the better dough but I was the better stretcher.” The passion for pizza was always humming away in the background and Mick and Mike, father and son, during lockdown would compete over who could make the best pizza dough. The family enterprise expanded but stayed on the island with the Wholey Ground café opening in Cobh serving homemade cakes and coffee. They sell nut roasts as well, which is a particularly popular product at Christmas. The patties contain cashews, chickpeas, lentils, peppers and other spices and are served on soft brioche or focaccia with a myriad of delectable accoutrements. It wasn’t your typical burger, but with the family being vegetarians, they imbued and expressed the passion required to get people trying their creations, and once it caught on they were off to the races - it’s been over a decade of tasty vegan or vegetarian burgers since. ![]() They then began selling at the farmers’ markets in the city and the product slowly caught on. “I used to go to school all the time and ask the lads, do I smell today? They’d say, yep, onions!” Mick would be in the kitchen cranking out batches of patty mix, endlessly sweating down onions with clouds of moisture wafting through the house and sticking to the kids’ school uniforms. The family home initially was prep headquarters for Nutcase Food Company and for their nutburger patties. ![]()
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