• southsamurai
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    1365 months ago

    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 :)

    • Bumblebb
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      155 months ago

      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.

    • @NIB@lemmy.world
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      85 months ago

      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.

      • @dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
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        85 months ago

        In Italy, prosciutto with melon is pretty common. Sweet and savory as a combination is pretty common. See also: sharp cheddar on apple pie.

      • Bumblebb
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        15 months ago

        That’s common in California, too. Watermelon, feta and a little bit of lime juice is a frequent summer salad.

      • cheesymoonshadow
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        15 months ago

        Similar to a fruit bowl with cottage cheese.

      • southsamurai
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        15 months ago

        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

    • @platypus_plumba@lemmy.world
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      45 months ago

      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.

    • @RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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      45 months ago

      Pineapple, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, red onion, and balsamic drizzle. My recent stroke of genius from the local unlimited topping pizza place.

      • @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        35 months ago

        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.

        • @wabafee@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          For those who don’t know here is the image for context. I deleted my previous comment for other reason.