user input producing incorrect boolean

[al_Czervik]

Hello! I am brand new Python but have been coding VBA for a few years. Running through my introductory labs, I am running into a problem using the Boolean test. No errors are thrown but the boolean result is incorrect and I am following the syntax correctly to the best of my limited knowledge.
I defined the variable correctly:

menu = "salad, pasta, sandwich, pizza, drinks, dessert"
print('pizza' in menu)

Output:
True

When I introduce an input variable, something is busting.

menu_ask = input("What would you like to order? ")
What would you like to order? pizza
print(menu_ask,"in menu =",'menu_ask' in menu)

Output:
pizza in menu = False

Can anyone help me out here? This seems so straight forward. Thank you for any consideration.