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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Good. I love it, when people hate pineapple pizza. That leaves more for me.

[–] schema@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Never understood the hate for it. I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but the hate is just so over the top. Like a joke that people took too seriously. Is it because pineapple is sweet? But there are so many sweet toppings and condiments for Pizza. There is probably more sugar in the doe than in a few slices of pineapple in some countries. Do the same people hate Toast Hawaii as well?

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Do these people hate salted caramel, or sugar in their coffee? Honey-roasted peanuts, cranberry mold on thanksgiving, fruit slices in their salad? I get not wanting regular deli ham on your pizza, but not pineapple.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Love the stuff. It somehow just really delivers that essence of pizza for me which is ironic considering it's specifically one of the most controversial not kosher, not "authentic", commonly seen topping choices

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The only thing tastier than pineapple pizza is the juicy hate of all the food cops out there.

[–] UpperBroccoli@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pineapple, tuna, olives, red onions and parmesan cheese. Trust me.

Oh, and top it with some aioli (after baking, obviously)

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're like the Jack the ripper of pizza. I feel like if I came across your work I would be unable to stop from heaving and subsequently throwing up all over the scene of your crimes.

[–] UpperBroccoli@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Wow, thank you!

[–] Ironrod@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Americans get no say on what goes on pizza, an "Italian-American" is just an American

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago

Pizza is as Italian as the automobile is German.

To claim no car should be painted, e.g. Ferrari Red because the original Benz Patent-Motorwagen wasn't red is just as ridiculous as claiming pineapple doesn't belong on pizza.

Or, you might as well claim that no movies should have sound or be in color because Louis Le Prince's Roundhay Garden Scene had neither.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago

This is Canadian-Greek erasure!

(I get that it's a joke, but how often do you get to complain about THAT specific combo being overlooked? 😁)

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Next, we snap the spaghetti and send your nonna the video.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not before cooking them in unsalted, but oiled water and then putting ketchup on them

[–] Headofthebored@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

With or without hotdogs?

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

The suffering of a ~~pizza lover~~ food prescriptivist

FTFY

It's probably just memes and hopefully no one actually feels this way, people getting mad about "proper" Italian food not being made "properly" need to open a history book about how every culture ever has borrowed and remixed ingredients and recipes from other cultures time and time and time again.

(OP I know it's just a joke and I'm not having a go at you)

[–] starik@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Pineapple jalapeño. Try it.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Yes! People dont' understand that you're supposed to eat pineapple with spicy stuff!

As a kid we used to go to a viet restaurant and they had a spicy chicken with pineapple. Phenomenal stuff! That combo would absolutely work on a pizza!

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

No need for a full pizza. I drink that. Pickled jalapeno, and the brine it comes in, is an amazing when added to pineapple juice.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Pineapple (chopped) with salami, red onion, and some balsamic drizzled on top.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I love pineapple on pizza. Always have. It's weird to me that haters are so stupid about it, while at the same time happily putting sweet and sour sauce on chicken, or pineapple on pork chops, etc...

The Sweet mixed with the Savoury has been a thing in cuisine literally forever. Pizza is no different.

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Agreed. I find it delicious. It's ok that others don't like it, but don't yuck my yum.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean I also hate those other examples you gave. I feel like sweet should never really cross the palate with savory and it's almost always worse. I prefer spicy every time.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

For sure. Preference is allowed. But at least, to my knowledge, you don't deny its very existence in cooking. Sweet/Savoury is a thing. Always has been. Not your cup of tea, that perfectly fine.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To me, sweet on savory tastes delicious, but sweet on cheese tastes like pus. Like, literally like pus from a sore. It can have a good flavor profile in general, but the latent flavor similarities are too much for me.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well fortunately pizza's just made with mozzarella, and also that cheese has a completely different profile from anything sweet.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Right, which is why I like pizza, but not pineapple pizza.

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Oh the horror - you clearly need to apply cheese before the toppings.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A good Hawaiian pizza is amazing. A bad Hawaiian pizza is a sad affair and there's a lot more mediocre Hawaiian pizzas then there are good ones.

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I 100% agree. Adding pineapple to a pizza doesnt make it Hawaiian. Theres a pizza joint near me who has such a killer Hawaiian, i order it without pineapple because i dont like pineapple on my pizza. I get a lot of looks until they try it and realize theres more to it.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hawaiian Pizza is Ham(or other pork meat) and Pineapple and balances the sweet and salt of the two. I prefer it with bacon, but something salty to go with the sweet of the Pineapple is necessary.

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Theirs is

Ham, bacon, pineapple, toasted almonds, provolone and mozzarella cheese, and a dusting of cinnamon

Idk maybe its the cinnamon, but its dope as hell

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The solution is easy. Pick out the pineapple and eat them separately.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Nah, the pineapple juice just taints the entire thing for me.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Gay: Hawaiian pizza was made in Canada Fake: This is not NY pizza.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] illi@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It’s an open-faced sandwich.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

It's wild that people get so bent out of shape over pineapple on pizza when the nordics commit foodcrimes even I cannot condone. These people live sheltered lives, barking at the shadows on their cave walls, unaware of the horrors of candied reindeer and strawberry pizza.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 4 months ago

If you want to put pineapple juice on a pizza, that's fine. But get those gooshy, bug-like chunks the hell away from me 🤢

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Imagine living in the deepest corner of Chicago and ordering a hotdog with only ketchup on it. And your phone gets the text message "⚠️ Your Uber Eats delivery driver VITO has arrived. Message: i got your hotdog right here...".

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 4 months ago

We all got along great at my last job. Small company, ~24 people. It was pineapple on pizza. We were at war.

My former manager, who is still a good friend, literally someone I go get drinks with to catch up, can fucking die and burn in hell because of this.