Sam Panopoulos, a Greek-born Canadian, created the first Hawaiian pizza at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada, in 1962. Inspired in part by his experience preparing Canadian Chinese dishes which commonly mix sweet and sour flavors, Panopoulos experimented with adding pineapple, ham, bacon, and other toppings. These additions were not initially very popular.
The name of this creation was not directly inspired by the U.S. state of Hawaii at all; Panopoulos chose the name Hawaiian due to using canned pineapple from Hawaiian Pineapple Company.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Goat cheese and honey pizza > pineapple pizza. I love both though!
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
iirc that’s more original than anything tomato based.
Also, love how the meme is easy to understand even if you don’t speak a word of Spanish.
Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ah yes, the famous Spanish-speaking Italians!
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Recently had a “teriyaki pizza” at some weird local restaurant. It was fucking delicious.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Added to my the list! 😅
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Holy fuck where can I find that please
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 month ago
France! Hon hon hon! Possibly elsewhere too but it’s popular in the south over there. 👍