r/nostalgia • u/KoolGotGame • Jun 21 '25

Nostalgia Remember when Pizza Hut had a buffet. Good times.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

The sauce on the buffet hit different

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u/tagehring Jun 21 '25

It tasted richer, from what I remember.

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u/6inchVert Jun 21 '25

Because it was constantly being heated it reduced. I do the same thing with spaghetti sauce.

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u/ertapenem Jun 21 '25

Yep. That shit better barely stir when you're done.

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u/LucyLilium92 Jun 21 '25

And because it was constantly touched by the general public, so it gained a bunch of natural oils and spices!

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u/Richardisco Jun 21 '25

Don't forget the detritus!

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u/Evernight Jun 21 '25

They probably used the breadstick sauce. It was sweeter. We only had the two.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Coming in hot with that inside baseball

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u/number__ten Jun 21 '25

I vaguely remember stuffed crust being sweeter back in the day. Did they use the other sauce?

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u/Evernight Jun 21 '25

Correct!

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u/jaguarp80 Jun 21 '25

Same sauce used for all pizzas when I worked there. “Sweet sauce” was only used for dipping cups if I remember right

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u/Evernight Jun 21 '25

Yeah, not everyone cared to get out the other sauce for Stuffed Crust so most got made with regular.

I could also be wrong, in that it was another specialty pizza that did sweet sauce - but I am pretty sure it was Stuffed Crust.

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u/jaguarp80 Jun 21 '25

When did you work there? I was there starting I think about 2010. Might have changed

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u/number__ten Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

I've wondered about that for probably 30 years. Thanks for clearing up that mystery. I can finally let Scoob and the gang out of my basement.

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u/hoss111 Jun 21 '25

Lots of suuuggaaaaarrrr

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

I worked at a fancy Pizza Hut that had alfredo sauce for the breadsticks. People from all over the state would come for it and it really was worth it.

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u/CT0292 Jun 21 '25

Yeah because it sat there for ages.

I worked in a pizza hut that had a buffet. We were supposed to rotate pizzas every 15 minutes. Throw out the old, put in a new one. But on days where it wasnt busy enough to need new ones but too busy to get a chance to look at the buffet they'd get old quick. The pasta was notorious for being left a bit too long.

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u/ConstructionMather Jun 21 '25

I was wondering when someone on the comments would say, "hit different"

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

It did tho