TIL a Canadian from Greece took an American version of an Italian dish and added tropical fruit to it and called it a Hawaiian pizza.
TIL a Canadian from Greece took an American version of an Italian dish and added tropical fruit to it and called it a Hawaiian pizza.

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It's kinda crazy that it took the combined culinary efforts of at least 4 nations to create something genius that would piss off all of those nations.
Also, pineapple on pizza is fucking delicious, and I will fight over that personal opinion being as valid as it sucking :)
Pepperoni, bacon, pineapple, and jalapeño. The ultimate combination of sweet, spicy, salty, and savory.
You have been awarded the key to the city of Halifax.
Replace the bacon with ham slices and you've got my favourite pizza
Word, though I have to go very light on the peppers nowadays lol
This minus the pepperoni is my favorite pizza
In the states they never add Jalapenos because of all the WASPS who say things like "this food has too much flavor" so I thought I hated Hawaiian pizza, def will try with Jalapeno.
Whats even crazier is the ethnobotanical path to GET those ingredients together.
Tomatoes had to be brought from south america. Bred to grow at lower altitudes. Peasants had to be persuaded to eat them (they were formally animal feed because they were from the nightshade family and peasants didn't trust the fruit not to be poisonous since the leaves are) and then enough time (100 years) had to pass for them to develop cuisine around them.
In Greece, eating feta cheese with watermelon(or melon) is somewhat common. You combine the sweetness of the watermelon with the saltiness of feta. And both things are cold.
In Italy, prosciutto with melon is pretty common. Sweet and savory as a combination is pretty common. See also: sharp cheddar on apple pie.
Similar to a fruit bowl with cottage cheese.
That's common in California, too. Watermelon, feta and a little bit of lime juice is a frequent summer salad.
Yup, and it's yummy as hell.
Here in the south, and maybe elsewhere, we sometimes add a nice hunk of extra sharp cheddar on top of our apple pie for the same reason. Heck, any number of fruit plates will be served with cheeses, and vice versa.
Once you get into the sweet, salt, fat, acid combo, it really doesn't matter what you use to get them.
To quote a great American show, "pork chops and applesauce". "Hawaiian" pizza is just a different version of the same basic idea
Pizza is a very fatty, often greasy food, and acidic taste balances out greasiness in the mouth
Good thing tomatoes are acidic then
It really depends on the quality of the pineapple to me. Sometimes it is dry and it sucks. Sometimes it is kinda melted, which gives a sweet to the pizza without making the texture weird.
Pineapple, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, red onion, and balsamic drizzle. My recent stroke of genius from the local unlimited topping pizza place.
Try red bell pepper with balsamic. I love the combination.
Agreed. It's amazing. I always spring for pineapple on pizza
Ahhh they're fucking up. Gotta dice the pines and spread em out a bit more at least, but also ham is the worst meat choice for pine, go chicken or (best) pep, and I highly suggest some jalaps.