Who can we blame / credit for the creation of the Hawaiian pizza? Apparently, the Italians, Greeks, Canadians, Chinese, and maybe the Germans. But not Hawaiians.

Janine from Mililani, Hawaii, United States [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
So, Panopoulos added canned pineapple to his pizza in 1962, and the topping took off. Hawaiian pizza is the most popular pizza in Australia, and you can find it all around the world… and people also hate it. Like, hate it with a burning passion. Pizza is a weird thing to be a purist about, am I right?
There’s another contender to the claim, though: the Germans have been putting pineapple, ham, and cheese onto toast since the 1950s. So if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that there’s plenty of blame / credit to spread around.
Categories: Food & agriculture North & Central America Places Sciences
The Generalist
I live in Auckland, New Zealand, and am curious about most things.
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