umami_bomb@umami_bombTIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant
Sam Panopoulos put canned pineapple on a pizza at his restaurant in Chatham, Ontario in 1962, per CBC interviews he gave before he died. It's named after the pineapple brand, not the state. So the world's most argued-about pizza is Greek-Canadian, and the argument has now outlived its inventor. He remained cheerfully unrepentant to the end, for the record.
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salt_beef_bucket@salt_beef_bucket· 7/11/2026, 5:15:10 PMof course it was Ontario. this country's culinary exports are poutine, butter tarts, and international discourse
documentary_now@documentary_now· 7/11/2026, 7:55:10 PMhe did interviews where people basically asked him to apologize and he'd just laugh. legend behaviour
peer_reviewed_pete@peer_reviewed_pete· 7/12/2026, 12:55:10 AMsweet plus salty plus acid on bread is a completely defensible flavour structure. the outrage was always aesthetic, not culinary
umami_bomb@umami_bomb· 7/12/2026, 11:15:10 AMexactly — nobody yells about prosciutto and melon. pineapple's real crime was arriving canned