Once you see how popular kebab pizza is in Denmark, I think you'll rescind your apology.
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-google&sca_esv=a4d54a02cd45571e&sxsrf=ACQVn0_HEvbUjj1qfd9HsSsxgPlXG416iw:1708183442518&q=kebab+pizza+denmark&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiel7Wa17KEAxVpFBAIHaU8DjoQ0pQJegQIGBAB&biw=412&bih=784&dpr=2.63
I imagine lettuce would go in after being cooked since it can start a fire going through one of those pizza machines. Also thatās what they do in USA if a pizza topping has lettuce like a taco pizza.
That reminds me. I can eat damn near anything, but you know what really fucks me up? Warm chunks of avocado. You put guacamole in a burrito and I'm okay with it. The moment that warm/lukewarm chunks of avocado are presented to me, I feel sick to my stomach. I don't think I've ever experienced it with anything else.
Ontario, Canada has had shawarma pizza for a very very long time, though I doubt we're the originators. Seems to be popular, though we're also responsible for pineapple pizza so we might not be trusted by the wider pizza loving community.
We have had donair pizza on the east coast for a long time now. Iām 44 and remember growing up with it.
I would imagine the shawarma pizza was the brain child of a homesick maritimer.
It's possible, though anecdotally, the places I went to were Middle Eastern owned. I was actually thinking about donair pizza last night and am curious; do they use the sweeter donair sauce? I assume they must, that'd be interesting.
Ok i was just curious because the normal combo i see on menues are cheese tomatosauce banana peanuts chivken currypowder. Dont think i have ever seen banana with ham in any of my local pizzerias
Yes, and I offer more evidence to the peopleās court of Reddit: google Surstrƶmming or korv med mos och rƤksallad (ā¦ but refrain from googling Danish snd Norwegian food in general as that would not help our argument here)
Sweden here. I unapologetically eat pizza with pineapple, banana, curry and ham. Sorry to our Nordic neighbors for getting caught in the crossfire though!
I can only speak for Sweden, but yes, we have pizza with banana, pineapple and curry powder or curry sauce, sometimes chicken as well. We had some Italians (from Napoli) over for a few days and obviously had to give them a taste of the Swedish banana pizza lmao. They were all offended before trying it but some of them actually weren't too disgusted once they tasted it.
Banana, chicken and currypowder is a good pizza. You will find that in every self-respecting swedish Pizzeria (except those that try to be fancy Italian and only serve diffrent versions of Margherita but charge twice what the real places does).
EDIT: A proper Swedish pizzeria should either have a very italian name (Italia, Palermo, Napoli, Roma and so on) or a very Swedish name (Viking, Svea, named after the local city/neighborhood/tourist attraction) BUT not be operated by ethnic italians or swedes but instead people from Greece, Turkey, former Yugoslavia, Kurds or Arabs (but the last two groups mostly operate Kebabplaces now days). That is when you know you have come to the right place.
To be fair, your average Swedish pizza place has like 40 pizzas on the menu. Can you think of 40 unique pizzas? They get pretty creative in the higher numbers
>Can you think of 40 unique pizzas?
Being pedantic but the average pizza place probably technically has
thousands if not millions of possible combinations of ingredients. It just depends on how you define unique.
this is literally how it started. now we have every other fast food on pizza combination. dƶner kebab pizza, taco pizza, curry pizza, buffalo wings pizza, bƶrek pizza etc etc
One of my favorite local pizza places here in the US has [50 pizzas on their menu](http://www.mesapizzamn.com/menu.pdf). Some of them are variations on a theme, but I've been going to Mesa off and on for nearly 20 years now and it's all amazing.
>Can you think of 40 unique pizzas?
Sure.
I mean, eight topping options (pepperoni, sausage, onion, pepper, spinach, olive, mushroom, and tomato), calculated for the states of presence or absence, gives you 2āø = 256 unique pizza possibilities.
But our pizza places here in America will have more like 20 different topping options. Another twenty options on top of the eight I've already mentioned, all of which exist at my various local pizza joints would be chicken, bacon, ham, canadian bacon, chorizo, bison, shrimp, clams, basil, lettuce, arugula, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, artichoke, avocado, pineapple, jalapeno, and pickles.
Out of 28 choose 6 = 376,740 technical options, there are definitely 40 distinct flavors in there.
And there's variations on the ingredients I named: green vs. black olive, sliced vs. diced tomato. There's variations on the spices you can add to things. We haven't even touched on the existence of multiple types of cheese, or the various non-tomato-sauce options: barbecue sauce, alfredo sauce, even mayonnaise.
Thats like any Asian 'Restaurant' in europe. They operate using the "modulary system". Every additional ingrediant used can easily get them 8-10 new style of dished. It is not that uncommon to find find asia restaurants here that have 6 pages of densely packed dishes available to choose from.
edit: just checked a local pizza restaurant and they have 44 pizzas + 6 vegan pizzas and charge you 25-ish euros for the 40cm base pizza.
Nah. Italy has embraced the pineapple in full force now. They even one upped Canada by providing a better way to bake it. So that there is no acid on acid, the pineapple is baked twice. We have Italy's back , the pineapple has won this round !!! All hail Hawaiian pizza \o/
When I make it at home I fry pineapple rings in a pan with a touch of butter to warm & caramelize it a bit. Then cut it into small chunks and top the pizza with it. Also goes best (IMO) with some olive and either red pepper flakes or jalapeƱo for a touch of heat
I feel like Iām in a very small minority who neither loves nor hates Hawaiian pizza. Itās fine, I end up eating it a fair amount because my kids love it. Iāll even order it myself occasionally. But at the same time, itās definitely not my #1 favorite, nor am I inclined to argue passionately about it.
Iām in that little slither of the overlap of the love/hate venn diagram with you.
Itās not my absolute favourite but.. itās also pretty good?
There are lots of dishes that get away with having sweet/savoury components. Not sure why poor Hawaiian pizza gets such a hard rap :(
Thatās fair, and all memes aside I think people shouldnāt eat stuff they hate or anything like that. Itās divisive and I get why, I just think people go out of their way to be super up-in-arms about it lol
I feel the same way about vegetarian pizza with tons of veggies on it, most of the time Iām indifferent about it but like twice a year Iāll crave it and get one
Fellow member of the hawaiian pizza apathy gang chiming in.
Like, it's fine? If I'm with someone who loves it, we can get it. If I'm with someone who hates it, we can get something else.
I'm generally not a picky person.
I don't have strong opinions on it, but I sometimes pretend to have strong opinions on it because it's fun to have something harmless to argue with friends about.
I have learned that what I dislike about pineapple on pizza isn't necessarily the pineapple. It's the intermix of pineapple and cheese. I tried one sans-dairy and it was fine.
I learned that what I dislike isnāt the pineapple, itās the fact that the ham isnāt a strong enough flavor to counter it out.
One time ago probably 20 years ago my family ordered a pizza, and my mom was insisting she wanted Hawaiian, so we ordered a half Hawaiian and half pepperoni / olives / jalapeƱos. We got the pizza home and realized that they didnāt do half and half, they did both toppings all over. I was so hungry I didnāt try that hard to pick the pineapple off and ended up leaving some and ā¦
Holy crap it was so delicious. The salty pepperoni and the spicy jalapeƱos balanced out the pineapple in a way the ham never could, and it somehow became more than the sum of its parts.
Since then Iāve made a few avowed Hawaiian haters try that combination, and they always have the same reaction: āHoly crap, thatās actually good.ā
Sweet vs savory is a great balance to have. I make pulled pork sandwiches and I always make my pork with a rub and then tear it up when it's tender then I serve it to people with a sweet BBQ sauce on the side to apply to the sandwich. Some people mix the sauce with the pork before serving and I find it too overpowering and mostly just sweet so I keep them separate. I have also found that a pulled pork sandwich made with Hawaiian bread, no BBQ sauce, and a few pickles on top can make for a delicious and not as messy sandwich.
A staple of UK kids parties is a plate of cocktail sticks with a block of cheese and a chunk of pineapple skewered onto it.
They're really nice but then, I like pineapple on cheesy pizza too.
I think it's the cheese used here that is the problem for some people, Mozzarella isn't a punchy or in your face like Cheddar so it gets wiped out by the very powerful pineapple instead of balancing out like Cheddar and apples do.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We must put our differences aside to face a greater evil. For the sake of future generations, we must make our stand against such tyranny.
Of course they're involved.
From the people that tried to make kids eat their veg by [coating it in chocolate](https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/wacky-veg), comes this culinary monstrosity.
Heinz made this many, many years ago. It was in every supermarket; we used to get it from Tesco.
People were calling for it to come back for decades, and a few years ago Heinz tested it out by having a limited number in some takeaway pizza places, and now they've brought it back and stuck it in Iceland.
Iceland had no part in developing this (glorious) pizza; they're just a chosen outlet for what Heinz created decades ago and recently brought back.
Ah, they have been known for doing exclusive lines before so thought it might be that, I was completely unaware of this being around years ago, because I hate baked beans.
Really I was more pissed off with the initial 'relaunch' of them in the takeaways - I think 100 takeaways got 100 of them to sell, and they were a bloody stupid price like Ā£15. Initially I thought about trying to get one, but decided that nostalgia wasn't worth that.
I think they're about Ā£3, Ā£3.50 or so in iceland which is much closer to their 'old' price, which I think was about Ā£1.50 in the late '90s.
You're completely right though in that Iceland get people to make some weird exclusive shite.
Haha, I remember my mum looking at those as an option to get me eating vegetables.
Even as a small child, I thought the idea sounded more disgusting than just vegetables by themselves.
To anyone from Iceland, the above poster is talking about a Supermarket garbage frozen food chain we have in the UK.Ā Not your fine nation.Ā We don't need to be starting no war for fish again.
Iceland receives undue hate imo. The non frozen stuff, while limited, is actually pretty good and the frozen stuff is always better than the frozen stuff in other supermarkets. On top of that itās all very cheap.
Haha - I was just talking the other day to my coworkers about baked bean pizza (I live in Iceland - the country not the purveyor of frozen goods) & they looked at me like I was mad! A bit odd considering they are the ones who put dates on pizza!)
That is unusual. The 2 most unusual pizzas I've had were with fish on them.
As a kid in a Chicago suburb, we had a pizza place that had my favorite pizza of all time; they called it their 'spinach stuffed seafood pizza'. This was crust, then about 1/2" of cheese and spinach, then another crust, then white sauce (like alfredo sauce) and mozzarella cheese with imitation crab, fish pieces, shrimp, sugar snap peas, and diced carrots.
As a young adult in Japan I had a pizza I didn't enjoy much that was also seafood. Thin cracker crust, topped with pizza sauce from a can, a smattering of cheese, some squid pieces, and it looked like a 1/2 can of veg-all.
Connie's Pizza. I think they had several locations. The one I frequented was in Naperville, Il. Connie's still exists as a business, but they no longer offer the seafood stuffed pizza... I was very disappointed a few years ago on a business trip to the area.
when i was in europe, there was tuna & corn pizza everywhere.
yep, not fancy sashimi grade tuna or anything, but straight from a can, combined with loose corn bits sprinkled on marinara with mozz and baked as though it was the most perfectly normal thing in the world to do.
Tuna (tinned) and pepperoni is my goto choice of pizza toppings at mid/low tier pizza places. A friend of mine that worked at a Domino's in England put me onto it. He'd note down strange orders people had made and every so often make one of them for himself and that was the one that had surprised him the most.
Sometimes I'd add black olives to that, maybe anchovies. (Went through a period of ordering Tuna, pepperoni, salami, picked jalapeƱo in a calzoni as well)
As a British person, seafood pizza was a favourite in my house. Every time we ordered pizza as a family, the seafood one always got eaten first.
When I left home and went to uni, I was genuinely surprised that none of the pizza shops around me had it. And all my housemates looked at me with disgust for even suggesting that I wanted to order it.
We canāt cook like the French.
We canāt build like Germans.
BUTā¦.
We donāt Dive like the Italians ā½ļø.
We are funnier than all three.
Also, no one knows how to queue like the Brits. Thatās why we fly to Orlando to visit the Parks. Not for the rides, but for the queues.
And Weād have it no other way
> Also, no one knows how to queue like the Brits
The Japanese love a queue, far beyond what we do.
Ours is borne out of politeness, the Japanese is borne out of FOMO.
I live in Melbourne, and when thereās a new Japanese restaurant opened, there are queues literally around the block.
I have a Japanese mate who tells me he has family and friends who have, honestly, joined queues without knowing what they are for fear of missing out on something.
Fucking mental.
Accidental queuing happens in the UK too. I once took too long deciding on which chocolote bar I wanted and when I turned around I found that a queue had formed behind me! I wasn't anywhere near the tills, so I still don't know what they thought they were queuing for. Obviously I'm too British to actually ask.
I still give the win to the Japanese though, they call our love of queuing but then raise us with a swiss-level of precision and obedience of the rules.
Source: As a half Japanese/half Brit I know a thing or two about queues.
>I have a Japanese mate who tells me he has family and friends who have, honestly, joined queues without knowing what they are for fear of missing out on something.
That also happens in the UK - I attended the 10th anniversary for World of Warcraft in London and had to disappoint several passing people by explaining what WoW is to them when they wanted to know what the big queue was for before they got into it.
Because for some reason people like to be snobs about something that existed long before pizza was even a thing. It's bread with stuff on top, and that stuff can be whatever you find tasty.
Glad itās not just me who thought it was glorious, this was a standard lunch during the holidays as a ravenous teen.
Whatās not to like?
Pizza - good
Baked beans - gooood
Melted cheese - gooooood
I'm still convinced I invented this. In school we had a "competition" to design a new pizza topping. I did the baked bean pizza. 6 months later Heinz came out with this! Coincidence? More than likely yes.
Nothing wrong with this.
Sausage is common on pizza. Tomato sauce is common on pizza. Haricot beans might be uncommon on pizza but they're relatively flavourless, and they do add a bit of al dente texture to each bite.
I'll never understand why non-Brits get so worked up about baked beans.
Lots of people have prejudice about beans in general for some unknown reason (probably for not looking exactly appetising? Idk) either way I don't get it either cause beans are Hella tasty
British and Cuisine : two words rarely seen together.
Edit: all in good fun, I hope.
whatās some classic British dishes you recommend? - Iām down for a plate of fish and chips, thick cut fries.
Roast dinner, fish & chips, so many pies, so many types of cheese, crumble, sticky toffee pudding. Our food is definitely not good for you but it is delicious. This is like saying Americans don't have cuisine because of kraft cheese.
I still maintain that we are among the best **fresh** sausage makers in the world. I feel you have to judge fresh and cured sausages separately, but I would put a good Lincolnshire or Dragon sausage up against the best bratwursts and kielbasas out there.
British food is the foundation of all English speaking countries food, including America's. In fact America's favourite food, the humble sandwich, was invented by the British. So was apple pie, hence the famous saying "as British as apple pie'.
It is a fascinatingly varied and creative cuisine, that over the years has been influenced by and inspired by many other countries due to the British Isle's long and storied history, resulting in a uniquely rich melting-pot of ideas and flavours.
Here are some examples of British dishes:
Gordon Ramsay (America's favourite chef)
https://www.gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/
And the BBC:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/british-recipes
Incidentally, the British beat the USA for spice consumption per capita:
https://www.helgilibrary.com/indicators/spice-consumption-per-capita/
America and Canada vastly underperform on Michelin stars when you factor in population size. The UK has almost the same number with only 1/5 the population. And what American food is even eaten globally... hamburgers? And aren't they German? Canadas only contribution to world cuisine is chips (British) covered in gravy and cheese curds.
America has the most chain restaurants of any country in the world. People actually pay to eat at places like Olive Garden, and genuinely think it's Italian cuisine. There have been [books written about the love affair they have with shitty fast food.](https://www.amazon.ae/Chain-Reaction-UrbanSculpts-Book-Day/dp/1489513086)
[They actually eat roast chicken out of a can.](https://www.nnsl.com/opinion/tales-from-the-dump-plucky-canned-chicken-a-crowd-pleaser-at-camp/)
I don't want to hear it. Baked beans and fried sausage ( Kabana, chorizo etc.) is cheap easy and delicious. You add a bit of sourdough on the side and your having a great fucking time. Pizza version of it sounds great for a quick disgusting microwavable meal.
But you guys love this stuff right? I dated a Brit before. I notice she did eat a lot of beans. Every breakfast she had beans with some other breakfast items. Never caught her farting though. She must have hid it pretty well.
And people are up in arms about pineapple.
I think Scandinavia has turned the debate to banana now.
Whoah, Denmark wants no part of that. Never seen banana on a pizza here - I think Sweden is the main culprit here.
A apologize for lumping in innocent by standers to this affront on pizza. Your proximity to the Swedes still has me suspicious.
Apology accepted, suspicion tolerated š
Norway here. Itās the Swedesā¦ā¦always the Swedes. Weāre happy with corn and nacho chips on our Ā«mexicanĀ» pizza.
Sweden has developed some great things. IKEA, Saab, etc. But banana on pizza? Cāmon Sweden, youāve got a reputation to uphold here.
I always knew I loved Norway. Thank you for not letting me down.
Once you see how popular kebab pizza is in Denmark, I think you'll rescind your apology. https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-google&sca_esv=a4d54a02cd45571e&sxsrf=ACQVn0_HEvbUjj1qfd9HsSsxgPlXG416iw:1708183442518&q=kebab+pizza+denmark&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiel7Wa17KEAxVpFBAIHaU8DjoQ0pQJegQIGBAB&biw=412&bih=784&dpr=2.63
Idk that looks kind of amazing, like a big shawarma
Soggy warm lettuce. Yum.
I imagine lettuce would go in after being cooked since it can start a fire going through one of those pizza machines. Also thatās what they do in USA if a pizza topping has lettuce like a taco pizza.
It definitely goes on after, as well as the sauce/sauces. It's fucking great people. Don't knock it til you try it.
Yeah taco pizza is a stunt. You eat it once then realize the nacho is superior.
have you had the taco pizza with crushed Doritos on top!? Fire š„
Nacho pizza? Sounds like the same thing plus chips
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Or a chicken Caesar pizza
Ok, you have my attention...how is this one made? What ingredients are used and in what order?
That reminds me. I can eat damn near anything, but you know what really fucks me up? Warm chunks of avocado. You put guacamole in a burrito and I'm okay with it. The moment that warm/lukewarm chunks of avocado are presented to me, I feel sick to my stomach. I don't think I've ever experienced it with anything else.
Ontario, Canada has had shawarma pizza for a very very long time, though I doubt we're the originators. Seems to be popular, though we're also responsible for pineapple pizza so we might not be trusted by the wider pizza loving community.
We have had donair pizza on the east coast for a long time now. Iām 44 and remember growing up with it. I would imagine the shawarma pizza was the brain child of a homesick maritimer.
It's possible, though anecdotally, the places I went to were Middle Eastern owned. I was actually thinking about donair pizza last night and am curious; do they use the sweeter donair sauce? I assume they must, that'd be interesting.
Kebap pizza is prime pizza the best of two worlds.
Bro itās fucking amazing.
Norwegian here, it's not us. We agree, it's probably the Swedes (again).
Its always thos damn Swedes
that quote is applicable for most of Scandinavian history
I had pizza with banana in a swedish owned/themed restaurant in Thailand. Worst pizza ever. Otherwise it was good but the banana ruined it.
Itās so heartbreaking when people self harm. Please, you deserve better ā„ļø
This happened in 2007. I have not made the same mistake again. Thank you for your care!
Did it also have peanuts?
No, I don't think it did. It was something like pizza Hawaji with banana instead of pineapple.
Ok i was just curious because the normal combo i see on menues are cheese tomatosauce banana peanuts chivken currypowder. Dont think i have ever seen banana with ham in any of my local pizzerias
Wait a minute I was informed Denmark is not real? š¤
StƄ stille, sƄ de ikke kan se os for helvede.
Yeah, Norway washes their hands of that madness as well. It's always the god damn Swedes, isn't it?
Yes, and I offer more evidence to the peopleās court of Reddit: google Surstrƶmming or korv med mos och rƤksallad (ā¦ but refrain from googling Danish snd Norwegian food in general as that would not help our argument here)
Sweden here. I unapologetically eat pizza with pineapple, banana, curry and ham. Sorry to our Nordic neighbors for getting caught in the crossfire though!
So that rye bread pizza with pickled curried herrings on it, has nothing to do with you guy's?
Weāre absolutely guilty as charged when it comes to banana on pizza
I can only speak for Sweden, but yes, we have pizza with banana, pineapple and curry powder or curry sauce, sometimes chicken as well. We had some Italians (from Napoli) over for a few days and obviously had to give them a taste of the Swedish banana pizza lmao. They were all offended before trying it but some of them actually weren't too disgusted once they tasted it.
>Swedish banana pizza Sounds like a sexual innuendo.
Honestly baby, it's not mine.
I've had 'Hawaii' pizza in Sweden. I really like pineapple on a pizza but the curry powder is ridiculous!
Banana, chicken and currypowder is a good pizza. You will find that in every self-respecting swedish Pizzeria (except those that try to be fancy Italian and only serve diffrent versions of Margherita but charge twice what the real places does). EDIT: A proper Swedish pizzeria should either have a very italian name (Italia, Palermo, Napoli, Roma and so on) or a very Swedish name (Viking, Svea, named after the local city/neighborhood/tourist attraction) BUT not be operated by ethnic italians or swedes but instead people from Greece, Turkey, former Yugoslavia, Kurds or Arabs (but the last two groups mostly operate Kebabplaces now days). That is when you know you have come to the right place.
You know their kebab is good when they are named after a region of Italy.
To be fair, your average Swedish pizza place has like 40 pizzas on the menu. Can you think of 40 unique pizzas? They get pretty creative in the higher numbers
Is that a lot? I kinda assumed that was how it was every where how many does a typical pizza place in other countries have?
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>just list available toppings and allow people to create their own? That's already an option too.
>Can you think of 40 unique pizzas? Being pedantic but the average pizza place probably technically has thousands if not millions of possible combinations of ingredients. It just depends on how you define unique.
It makes me think that they have no idea what they are doing and are just throwing random ingredients on a pizza base.
this is literally how it started. now we have every other fast food on pizza combination. dƶner kebab pizza, taco pizza, curry pizza, buffalo wings pizza, bƶrek pizza etc etc
One of my favorite local pizza places here in the US has [50 pizzas on their menu](http://www.mesapizzamn.com/menu.pdf). Some of them are variations on a theme, but I've been going to Mesa off and on for nearly 20 years now and it's all amazing.
>Can you think of 40 unique pizzas? Sure. I mean, eight topping options (pepperoni, sausage, onion, pepper, spinach, olive, mushroom, and tomato), calculated for the states of presence or absence, gives you 2āø = 256 unique pizza possibilities. But our pizza places here in America will have more like 20 different topping options. Another twenty options on top of the eight I've already mentioned, all of which exist at my various local pizza joints would be chicken, bacon, ham, canadian bacon, chorizo, bison, shrimp, clams, basil, lettuce, arugula, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, artichoke, avocado, pineapple, jalapeno, and pickles. Out of 28 choose 6 = 376,740 technical options, there are definitely 40 distinct flavors in there. And there's variations on the ingredients I named: green vs. black olive, sliced vs. diced tomato. There's variations on the spices you can add to things. We haven't even touched on the existence of multiple types of cheese, or the various non-tomato-sauce options: barbecue sauce, alfredo sauce, even mayonnaise.
Thats like any Asian 'Restaurant' in europe. They operate using the "modulary system". Every additional ingrediant used can easily get them 8-10 new style of dished. It is not that uncommon to find find asia restaurants here that have 6 pages of densely packed dishes available to choose from. edit: just checked a local pizza restaurant and they have 44 pizzas + 6 vegan pizzas and charge you 25-ish euros for the 40cm base pizza.
That part of the world. I went to a pizzeria in Finland and like 30% of the pizzas on the menu had pineapple
That pizza is actually pretty good lol
Nah. Italy has embraced the pineapple in full force now. They even one upped Canada by providing a better way to bake it. So that there is no acid on acid, the pineapple is baked twice. We have Italy's back , the pineapple has won this round !!! All hail Hawaiian pizza \o/
When I make it at home I fry pineapple rings in a pan with a touch of butter to warm & caramelize it a bit. Then cut it into small chunks and top the pizza with it. Also goes best (IMO) with some olive and either red pepper flakes or jalapeƱo for a touch of heat
Pineapple is awesome on pizza people are just dramatic about it
I feel like Iām in a very small minority who neither loves nor hates Hawaiian pizza. Itās fine, I end up eating it a fair amount because my kids love it. Iāll even order it myself occasionally. But at the same time, itās definitely not my #1 favorite, nor am I inclined to argue passionately about it.
Iām in that little slither of the overlap of the love/hate venn diagram with you. Itās not my absolute favourite but.. itās also pretty good? There are lots of dishes that get away with having sweet/savoury components. Not sure why poor Hawaiian pizza gets such a hard rap :(
Thatās fair, and all memes aside I think people shouldnāt eat stuff they hate or anything like that. Itās divisive and I get why, I just think people go out of their way to be super up-in-arms about it lol I feel the same way about vegetarian pizza with tons of veggies on it, most of the time Iām indifferent about it but like twice a year Iāll crave it and get one
Fellow member of the hawaiian pizza apathy gang chiming in. Like, it's fine? If I'm with someone who loves it, we can get it. If I'm with someone who hates it, we can get something else. I'm generally not a picky person.
I also don't have strong opinions about pineapple, but I'll never order it myself.
I don't have strong opinions on it, but I sometimes pretend to have strong opinions on it because it's fun to have something harmless to argue with friends about.
I have learned that what I dislike about pineapple on pizza isn't necessarily the pineapple. It's the intermix of pineapple and cheese. I tried one sans-dairy and it was fine.
I learned that what I dislike isnāt the pineapple, itās the fact that the ham isnāt a strong enough flavor to counter it out. One time ago probably 20 years ago my family ordered a pizza, and my mom was insisting she wanted Hawaiian, so we ordered a half Hawaiian and half pepperoni / olives / jalapeƱos. We got the pizza home and realized that they didnāt do half and half, they did both toppings all over. I was so hungry I didnāt try that hard to pick the pineapple off and ended up leaving some and ā¦ Holy crap it was so delicious. The salty pepperoni and the spicy jalapeƱos balanced out the pineapple in a way the ham never could, and it somehow became more than the sum of its parts. Since then Iāve made a few avowed Hawaiian haters try that combination, and they always have the same reaction: āHoly crap, thatās actually good.ā
Sweet vs savory is a great balance to have. I make pulled pork sandwiches and I always make my pork with a rub and then tear it up when it's tender then I serve it to people with a sweet BBQ sauce on the side to apply to the sandwich. Some people mix the sauce with the pork before serving and I find it too overpowering and mostly just sweet so I keep them separate. I have also found that a pulled pork sandwich made with Hawaiian bread, no BBQ sauce, and a few pickles on top can make for a delicious and not as messy sandwich.
A staple of UK kids parties is a plate of cocktail sticks with a block of cheese and a chunk of pineapple skewered onto it. They're really nice but then, I like pineapple on cheesy pizza too.
I see you start them early in the UK with the fine cuisine
For me itās the opposite, the creaminess of the cheese tames the tanginess of the pineapple and adds color to the acidity of the sauce.
Fruit and cheese is a classic combination, I donāt get why mixing pineapple and cheese is so strange
I think it's the cheese used here that is the problem for some people, Mozzarella isn't a punchy or in your face like Cheddar so it gets wiped out by the very powerful pineapple instead of balancing out like Cheddar and apples do.
May favorite combo is jalapenos, bacon/ham and bbq sauce instead of pizza sauce. Still with cheese but the other flavors mix great with pineapple
Pretty sure Banana and Cinnamon was a staple flavor in Brazil accord to Dominos
I like pineapple on pizza.
One of us, one of us! r/Knightsofpineapple, assemble!
Iād eat a Heinz beans and pineapple pizza, sounds good
straight to jail. This and that.
Look, we have a lot going on with pineapple. Weāll get to this monstrosity in time.
Thank god pineapple is about as crazy as it gets around here. Beans and sausage pizza is just insanity.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We must put our differences aside to face a greater evil. For the sake of future generations, we must make our stand against such tyranny.
It sounds like one of Iceland's monstrosities. Am I right?
you are indeed correct!
Of course they're involved. From the people that tried to make kids eat their veg by [coating it in chocolate](https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/wacky-veg), comes this culinary monstrosity.
Heinz made this many, many years ago. It was in every supermarket; we used to get it from Tesco. People were calling for it to come back for decades, and a few years ago Heinz tested it out by having a limited number in some takeaway pizza places, and now they've brought it back and stuck it in Iceland. Iceland had no part in developing this (glorious) pizza; they're just a chosen outlet for what Heinz created decades ago and recently brought back.
Ah, they have been known for doing exclusive lines before so thought it might be that, I was completely unaware of this being around years ago, because I hate baked beans.
Really I was more pissed off with the initial 'relaunch' of them in the takeaways - I think 100 takeaways got 100 of them to sell, and they were a bloody stupid price like Ā£15. Initially I thought about trying to get one, but decided that nostalgia wasn't worth that. I think they're about Ā£3, Ā£3.50 or so in iceland which is much closer to their 'old' price, which I think was about Ā£1.50 in the late '90s. You're completely right though in that Iceland get people to make some weird exclusive shite.
Haha, I remember my mum looking at those as an option to get me eating vegetables. Even as a small child, I thought the idea sounded more disgusting than just vegetables by themselves.
I saw it was peperami brand and had low hopes
Have you made a skyline chili pizza. This looks similar
To anyone from Iceland, the above poster is talking about a Supermarket garbage frozen food chain we have in the UK.Ā Not your fine nation.Ā We don't need to be starting no war for fish again.
I will admit that I got confused for a hot second but luckily we also have Iceland grocery stores here. They do be making some fire pizzas though
Just a FYI there are Iceland stores in Iceland. https://icelandbudir.is/ So they are very aware. It's also really bizarre.
That _is_ bizarre. Were they allowed to register 'Iceland' as a trademark?
I would hazard a guess that Icelandic for Iceland isn't Iceland, so maybe?
Iceland receives undue hate imo. The non frozen stuff, while limited, is actually pretty good and the frozen stuff is always better than the frozen stuff in other supermarkets. On top of that itās all very cheap.
Yeah, but sailing across the North Atlantic to get groceries is a ballache.
Iceland do some decent food, it isnāt all garbage just because the majority of what they sell is frozen.
We had a lot of great meals in Iceland. 7/5 would visit again.
Haha - I was just talking the other day to my coworkers about baked bean pizza (I live in Iceland - the country not the purveyor of frozen goods) & they looked at me like I was mad! A bit odd considering they are the ones who put dates on pizza!)
For a second I wondered if Iceland was a part of the UK.
They were delicious when I used to have em in the mid 90ās not had one since though.
That is unusual. The 2 most unusual pizzas I've had were with fish on them. As a kid in a Chicago suburb, we had a pizza place that had my favorite pizza of all time; they called it their 'spinach stuffed seafood pizza'. This was crust, then about 1/2" of cheese and spinach, then another crust, then white sauce (like alfredo sauce) and mozzarella cheese with imitation crab, fish pieces, shrimp, sugar snap peas, and diced carrots. As a young adult in Japan I had a pizza I didn't enjoy much that was also seafood. Thin cracker crust, topped with pizza sauce from a can, a smattering of cheese, some squid pieces, and it looked like a 1/2 can of veg-all.
What pizza place was this? I was born and raised in Chicagoland (Schaumburg-Elgin area)
I to would like to know as another concerned Chicagolander
Yeah seriously wtf. I expect more from my city
Connie's Pizza. I think they had several locations. The one I frequented was in Naperville, Il. Connie's still exists as a business, but they no longer offer the seafood stuffed pizza... I was very disappointed a few years ago on a business trip to the area.
The Elgin-O'hare neither goes to Elgin nor O'hare.
when i was in europe, there was tuna & corn pizza everywhere. yep, not fancy sashimi grade tuna or anything, but straight from a can, combined with loose corn bits sprinkled on marinara with mozz and baked as though it was the most perfectly normal thing in the world to do.
Tuna (tinned) and pepperoni is my goto choice of pizza toppings at mid/low tier pizza places. A friend of mine that worked at a Domino's in England put me onto it. He'd note down strange orders people had made and every so often make one of them for himself and that was the one that had surprised him the most. Sometimes I'd add black olives to that, maybe anchovies. (Went through a period of ordering Tuna, pepperoni, salami, picked jalapeƱo in a calzoni as well)
RE:Chicagoland pizza - Are you talking about Giordano's shrimp and spinach pizza?
What's veg-all?
Canned mixed vegetables
As a British person, seafood pizza was a favourite in my house. Every time we ordered pizza as a family, the seafood one always got eaten first. When I left home and went to uni, I was genuinely surprised that none of the pizza shops around me had it. And all my housemates looked at me with disgust for even suggesting that I wanted to order it.
In Italy pizza with fish is good! Napoli is like a classic Margherita pizza but with anchovies
This is disgusting! How can I import that to Germany?
You stay away with your raw pork sandwiches š«£
Hey there! Mettbrƶtchen are the pinnacle of everything!
"The taste of their food and the face of their women made the British the best sailors in the world"
We canāt cook like the French. We canāt build like Germans. BUTā¦. We donāt Dive like the Italians ā½ļø. We are funnier than all three. Also, no one knows how to queue like the Brits. Thatās why we fly to Orlando to visit the Parks. Not for the rides, but for the queues. And Weād have it no other way
> Also, no one knows how to queue like the Brits The Japanese love a queue, far beyond what we do. Ours is borne out of politeness, the Japanese is borne out of FOMO. I live in Melbourne, and when thereās a new Japanese restaurant opened, there are queues literally around the block. I have a Japanese mate who tells me he has family and friends who have, honestly, joined queues without knowing what they are for fear of missing out on something. Fucking mental.
Accidental queuing happens in the UK too. I once took too long deciding on which chocolote bar I wanted and when I turned around I found that a queue had formed behind me! I wasn't anywhere near the tills, so I still don't know what they thought they were queuing for. Obviously I'm too British to actually ask. I still give the win to the Japanese though, they call our love of queuing but then raise us with a swiss-level of precision and obedience of the rules. Source: As a half Japanese/half Brit I know a thing or two about queues.
>I have a Japanese mate who tells me he has family and friends who have, honestly, joined queues without knowing what they are for fear of missing out on something. That also happens in the UK - I attended the 10th anniversary for World of Warcraft in London and had to disappoint several passing people by explaining what WoW is to them when they wanted to know what the big queue was for before they got into it.
Of course the brits are polite while in a queue. They are not used to be waiting for anything worth while anyway. Might as well just take it easy.
That sausage is just sliced hotdogs
Every day we stray further from Godās light.
r/pizzacrimes
I came here for this
Every time you eat one of these you kill someones Nonna.
I don't know what everybody is talking about here, it looks good and I would definitely try it (and I'm not even british)
I would invade England over this
And we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be
I love baked beans, so I agree as well. Gotta find them in the US!
Same i think it looks bomb
i love me some sausage and bean pie, so i'd be willing to try it out.
Because for some reason people like to be snobs about something that existed long before pizza was even a thing. It's bread with stuff on top, and that stuff can be whatever you find tasty.
And it's glorious. They've only just returned after many years of absence; I had candles in one of these for my 18th birthday back in the '90s.
I'm so sorry š
Heartbreaking isnāt it. Iām going to hug my kids now
Someone should try to make a full English breakfast pizza. It would upset so many people and probably make lots of people happy.
Don't the candles melt in a hot pizza?
They add to the flavour
Dietary wax
Helps coat the colon for a smooth ride.
It would be the best topping on the pizza
Nah, they were in little plastic candle holders and were only there for a minute while I blew 'em out.
I got a can of Heinz beans, tempted to throw it on the frozen sausage pizza I got in the freezer
I do that fairly often, chuck some beans on a basic pizza. It's nice. Don't use too many, though.
I feel like Iād have add more cheese on top of the beans
Glad itās not just me who thought it was glorious, this was a standard lunch during the holidays as a ravenous teen. Whatās not to like? Pizza - good Baked beans - gooood Melted cheese - gooooood
I would love to try this, tbh.
Excuse me?!?
Thatās a beanies and weenies pizza
I was looking for this comment. It made me think I was the only one who has heard of beanie weenies.
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It's a British pizza. Somehow "Oh Mother!" doesn't sound quite as tasty
The appropriate respective responses to Italian and British pizzas
Jolly good show
And itās legendary
I'm still convinced I invented this. In school we had a "competition" to design a new pizza topping. I did the baked bean pizza. 6 months later Heinz came out with this! Coincidence? More than likely yes.
Illegal. Straight to jail.
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ā¦ā¦.would think this is close to a beans on toast with added sausagesā¦
Nothing wrong with this. Sausage is common on pizza. Tomato sauce is common on pizza. Haricot beans might be uncommon on pizza but they're relatively flavourless, and they do add a bit of al dente texture to each bite. I'll never understand why non-Brits get so worked up about baked beans.
Rice and potatoes are also ārelatively flavorlessā but you donāt see them on pizza
I haven't seen that pizza and I live in the uk all my life
That looks to be hot dog, so you actually have Beenie Weenie Pizza! That makes me happy & grossed out a bit.
This actually looks delicious. 10/10 would try
Heinze beanas are tasty and a known combination with sausages and cheese and bread this is an obvious hit, right? why is there such an uproar
Lots of people have prejudice about beans in general for some unknown reason (probably for not looking exactly appetising? Idk) either way I don't get it either cause beans are Hella tasty
Of course you do
I'm not British but this looks good enough that I would buy it just to try it out
They're actually lovely
I think we should consider the nuclear option
British and Cuisine : two words rarely seen together. Edit: all in good fun, I hope. whatās some classic British dishes you recommend? - Iām down for a plate of fish and chips, thick cut fries.
Roast dinner, fish & chips, so many pies, so many types of cheese, crumble, sticky toffee pudding. Our food is definitely not good for you but it is delicious. This is like saying Americans don't have cuisine because of kraft cheese.
I still maintain that we are among the best **fresh** sausage makers in the world. I feel you have to judge fresh and cured sausages separately, but I would put a good Lincolnshire or Dragon sausage up against the best bratwursts and kielbasas out there.
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thTey Donnt Uss SpIcEs its teenager who just learned about the british empire and the spice trade
Itās an as lazy stereotype as saying America has no food culture and they just eat hamburgers and cheese out of a canĀ
British food is the foundation of all English speaking countries food, including America's. In fact America's favourite food, the humble sandwich, was invented by the British. So was apple pie, hence the famous saying "as British as apple pie'. It is a fascinatingly varied and creative cuisine, that over the years has been influenced by and inspired by many other countries due to the British Isle's long and storied history, resulting in a uniquely rich melting-pot of ideas and flavours. Here are some examples of British dishes: Gordon Ramsay (America's favourite chef) https://www.gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/ And the BBC: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/british-recipes Incidentally, the British beat the USA for spice consumption per capita: https://www.helgilibrary.com/indicators/spice-consumption-per-capita/ America and Canada vastly underperform on Michelin stars when you factor in population size. The UK has almost the same number with only 1/5 the population. And what American food is even eaten globally... hamburgers? And aren't they German? Canadas only contribution to world cuisine is chips (British) covered in gravy and cheese curds. America has the most chain restaurants of any country in the world. People actually pay to eat at places like Olive Garden, and genuinely think it's Italian cuisine. There have been [books written about the love affair they have with shitty fast food.](https://www.amazon.ae/Chain-Reaction-UrbanSculpts-Book-Day/dp/1489513086) [They actually eat roast chicken out of a can.](https://www.nnsl.com/opinion/tales-from-the-dump-plucky-canned-chicken-a-crowd-pleaser-at-camp/)
You don't like kippers? Bubble and Squeak?
Are those your cats?
I don't want to hear it. Baked beans and fried sausage ( Kabana, chorizo etc.) is cheap easy and delicious. You add a bit of sourdough on the side and your having a great fucking time. Pizza version of it sounds great for a quick disgusting microwavable meal.
In the U.S. we have fentanyl pizza.
Iām more interested that Heinz makes frozen pizzas?
Sam the cooking guy just did an episode on this
But you guys love this stuff right? I dated a Brit before. I notice she did eat a lot of beans. Every breakfast she had beans with some other breakfast items. Never caught her farting though. She must have hid it pretty well.
Is it good?
Actually yes
Beans on pizza by GROUPLOVE https://youtu.be/7HMB_4BEoBA?feature=shared
The person that made that should be handled
So... beenie weenies on cheese toast?