So, a Greek guy in Canada made an Italian staple into something that he thought would represent a Hawaiian cuisine (even though it was just the can, many people naively believe it truly is a Hawaiian dish)
Once someone told me they thought that’s how they ate their pizza over there. Lol.
Nevertheless, if I were in Canada at that time, I would have visited his restaurant and ordered one of the originals. It’s not the best pizza topping but it is also not the worst. (I hate anchovies, fish of any kind or mushrooms on my pizza. Mushrooms are good in other dishes.)
Everyone in Canada knows this. We try to play it off as American, like Justin Bieber or Celine Dion.
What’s wrong with Celine Dion?
I thought he was in California when he did it. Go figure.
I have been to the original hawaiin pizza joint in chatham I didn’t order the Hawaiian I don’t mind hawaiin pizza but it’s not my first pick.
That would explain why pineapple pizza included Canadian bacon.
I wonder if the just call it bacon up there.
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Clearly fake, where’s the apology?
“Sorry, if you’re going shopping, could you pick up some Michael? We’re aboot oot, eh?”
It’s called back bacon, 🥓 is still just bacon.
Goddamn right it is.
🤔
Is any food named after a place ever actually from that place?
Champagne notwithstanding.
Russian dressing. French dressing. French fries, toast, German chocolate cake. Are good examples.
However,
Cheddar cheese is actually from Cheddar (England).
Italian dressing originated in Rome with olive oil and vinegar among some other ingredients like seasonings.
Romaine lettuce came from countries around Mediterranean sea and named “Roman lettuce” from Italian translation. Whoever named it that may have been from Rome or Italian. It was also called that in the other countries, sources say possibly named by someone Greek calling it Roman lettuce.
Buffalo wings are from Buffalo, NY.
French Fries are from Belgium
Reminds me of the origin of potato chips being a product of revenge from an angry restaurant worker.
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You left out the best part! The diagram!
Oof, I’m on dark mode, apparently their ‘white’ background is actually transparent… ☹️
Either way, have an upvote for the thought and effort 👍
I had no idea toast was from Toast! You learn something new every day…
No, but I hear Julius Caesar invented a salad.
Which is weird, because Parmesan cheese didn’t exist until the middle ages and I have no idea about croutons.
And Bob Cobb invented the Cobb Salad at the Brown Derby in 1937
I couldn’t find any info on that. Only that the Caesar salad was named after someone named Caesar.
That’s because Julius Caesar didn’t invent it and I was joking.
The joker here is Caesar Romero who actually invented the caesar salad.
I knew he didn’t invent it. I googled whether he invented any salad or had a favorite but all the results were about how he didn’t invent Caesar salad lol.
Soy beans are named after soy sauce, which isn’t what you asked but it’s a fact I recently learned that surprised me.
Isn’t it the reverse, since soy sauce uses soy beans?
I’m glad you asked! That’s the fun bit. The sauce, called shōyu in Japanese, became popular among westerners and they called it “soy sauce.” When those westerners traveled to Japan and were shown the beans, they called them “soy beans” because they were used to make the sauce.
I didn’t know that, so I’ll accept it lol
The colour orange didn’t exist until they discovered oranges.
Canaries are named after the Canary islands. The islands were named after dogs (canines).
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Another TIL for me. Japanese: shōyu.
I first tried pineapple on pizza earlier this year, and discovered I actually like it, it adds a little bit of a different flavour profile to the pizza.
I ordered pineapple on pizza as a joke at a party. My buddy said to order 10 pizzas for the party and only gave me a list of 7 toppings. The other three he probably assumed would just be plain. Wrong. Pineapple! I had never tried it before that or after. It was a prank that went wrong though because we liked it a bit more than we should have. I ended up eating a whole pizza. he had his own and the other was eaten by some of the other guests. He now likes it and gets it a lot. Never had the actual Hawaiian with ham. I don’t eat ham, but I eat other pork products like bacon and pepperoni.
I’m kind of curious about the logic behind eating pepperoni (super processed pork) but not eating ham (unprocessed pork)…
I am not picky, I would still eat it but I never order it or purposely get it. It is a taste thing. It has nothing to do with health or any aversion to pork. Ham isn’t as appealing but here is a kicker: I like Canadian Bacon which is closer to straight up Easter ham than pepperoni. Also pepperoni doesn’t even taste like other pork products except salami. I used to frequent capicola. Bacon is the same way, but I have now heard of beef bacon I am hoping to try.
Ham is cured, which is considered processed.
Not OP, but it could be a taste thing:
In the US it’s frequently wet cured to save money. At the deli there are a lot of varieties of ham that mostly just taste sweet, with no noticeable ham flavor or saltiness. This is what usually ends up on Hawaiian pizza.
I didn’t think ham had to be cured necessarily… Like when they cook a pig over a fire, are you not eating ham at some point (I assume it depends on what part of the pig?)? I don’t know.
It’s my favorite topping. I doubt most people who hate it have even tried it
I haven’t tried poutine or broccoli on pizza.
It would be like putting salsa on Cajun food. There’s a conflict there that’s readily apparent.
You could just sweeten the sauce and increase the acidity to get a similar result as pineapple.
I would try poutine on pizza without a second thought. Living in the vicinity of the pizza mecca of the world, you’d be surprised by what some places come up with out of sheer boredom. And it’s usually not that bad. I’ve seen fucking vodka rigatoni pizza. Yes, that is pasta ON pizza.
I have had broccoli and chicken white pizza, and it’s fucking great.
Oh no the best pineapple pizzas are the ones without sauce/with white sauce. The pizza oven cuts the acidity of the pineapple and makes it delicately sweet.
I haven’t tried it, but I have had warm/hot pineapple in other situations and I know I don’t like it.
Similarly, I don’t have to have a banana split to know I won’t like it since I already hate bananas.
Also, the traditional Hawaiian pizza also has ham on it, which I also don’t like. You don’t necessarily have to try a dish to know you won’t like it.
See that’s a valid excuse. Similarly I don’t eat seafood so I know in advance I’m not gonna like anything with oysters in it. It’s different when someone doesn’t have those restrictions.
Similarly I don’t eat seafood
As a representative of the sea, we thank you.
I am not a fan of seafood at all, but I LOVE sushi. So I guess it turns out that I don’t like the taste of cooked seafood.
And god bless him for it.
Pizza Hawaii is actually based on the idea of a German TV cook called Clemens Willenrod, who invented the famous Toast Hawaii in 1955, 7 years prior to the first Pizza Hawaii.
Early 1800s gammon and pineapple has entered the chat.
I’ll never just order anchovies, but I don’t hate them. If someone mentions that they like anchovies but no one is willing to share a pie with them, I’ll gladly split a pie with them.
Conversely to your statement, I would totally eat an anchovi, mushroom, pineapple and jerk mahi mahi pizza :)
Mushrooms always change the texture of the cheese when you take them off. I don’t want to notice a mushroom when I eat it. I eat mushrooms in other dishes like a casserole or with steak or beef stew etc. anchovies might be the same way. I tried them plain. But I am rarely picky. If someone serves it, I will eat it.
For what it’s worth I believe that mushroom should be sliced thin and thoroughly sauteed before they’re put on the pie. They should have a density somewhere around sausage and really shouldn’t change the texture of the cheese much if they’re done right.
I know a lot of places that just throw raw sliced mushrooms on a pizza and I think that’s horrible.
And trovise on the other hand should just be salty with a slight umami flavor. I think the only true consistency problem I see with them is if you get a whole anchovy in your mouth right along your molars, when you bite into it they will be a bit chewy which is not great. Realistically nothing on a pizza should be chewy ;)
Best Hawaiian style pizza is Round Table’s Maui Wowie. Ham, bacon, pineapple, green onion with a “Polynesian” style sauce (their name not mine). It’s not quite a normal tomato sauce, it’s sweeter and slightly spicy. So, so good.
You know, if it had been invented by a Hawaiian, it would probably have Spam on it.
Hawaiians love them some Spam.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-hawaiians-are-utterly-obsessed-with-spam/
I have not had Spam, but I have heard it is similar to pork roll (more salty, maybe?), and as someone who grew up on pork roll, that shit is fucking amazing.
I haven’t either, to be honest. But I don’t eat meat anymore and haven’t in some time, so I guess I’ll never know what it tastes like.
Ham and pineapple are an awesome combo. Not quite spam, but fairly close.
I like fried spam. I really never had it otherwise.
The Greeks are expert at trolling the Italians.
Who got the last laugh?
Canada, I guess? 🤷
I know America kind of deserves it, but that doesn’t really justify Greece and Canada hurting us like this.
We Americans deserve every bad thing we get. Lol. I hate it here.
I don’t know, Hawaiian pizza feels cruel and unusual to me.
Lots of foods have misleading cultural backgrounds. Chicken tikka masala, for instance, was invented in Glasgow.
Pineapple gets an outsized amount of attention as a pizza topping for how mid it is. I don’t hate or love it, I’m simply okay with it.
I agree with this sentiment. I feel weird for not having strong feelings about it either way.
I love me some pineapple, and I am not sure if I would say that the combo is greater than the sum of its parts.
Hawaiian pizza is mid but Jalapeño and Pineapple pizza is S-tier. Spicy and sweet.
Add tomato slices and chicken.
I’m not personally a fan of jalapenos, but pineapple and banana pepper is also a really good combo for sweet/tangy.
When I make my pizza I put all of these toppings on 🤐
I put anchovies on too.
Its like someone put $20 worth of “sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami” nickels in a sock and then hit you in the mouth with it.
While people hate on it for flavor something, idk, I warn people that pineapple retains heat and to make sure that it cools before eating. Pineapple stays burn the roof of your mouth hot longer than the cheese and sauce!
