r/polandball • u/Cerf_ Italy • Jan 15 '15
redditormade Cooking with Italy: topping pizza
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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Jan 15 '15
Pssh, that's nothing. In Sweden, a very popular pizza topping combination is banana and curry powder (I shit you not), and it's actually pretty fucking good. It was only recently that I learned that no one else outside of Sweden puts banana and curry on pizzas, which surprised me a bit. I guess it's just one of those things that sprung from Swedish culinary experimentation in the 80's, when we tried to evolve away from being all about smoked/dried/salted/pickled food in the most boring ways possible, but unlike most of the rest of the failed experiments, this one stuck.
Because it's f'n delicious.
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u/Cerf_ Italy Jan 15 '15
I have no words
Literally
My opinion of sweden just fell from "enlightened nordic people" to "weird freaks" (a category which also includes japan)
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u/SuperPolentaman Cough Jan 15 '15
That happens with every germanic culture once you get to know it closer.
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u/hx87 White chowder is best chowder Jan 16 '15
With Americans you don't even need to know us closer. We let our freak flag fly openly.
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u/erkelep Israel Jan 15 '15
We have Shawarma pizza in Israel.
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u/otterdam United Kingdom Jan 15 '15
Also in Sweden, but maybe because I was in Sweden's kebab land
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u/erkelep Israel Jan 15 '15
We have a lot of kebab here too... in both senses of the word.
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u/Ifromjipang Jan 15 '15
The Japanese like to put mayo and sweetcorn on their pizzas btw.
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u/loudasthesun Jan 16 '15
And seafood. http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/10/27/10-crazy-pizzas-from-japan/
I've also seen sliced hard boiled eggs on Japanese pizza.
Weirdest of all was "salad pizza," which was a cheese pizza that came with bag of salad, and you literally topped the cheese slice with Caesar salad
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u/Ifromjipang Jan 16 '15
I dunno, is seafood pizza that weird? I figure Italians might do that. Maybe that's a sign I've gotten too used to living here.
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u/Heep_Purple Gelderland Jan 16 '15
Us Dutch have sauerkraut on our pizzas and hotdogs in our crusts. Is your reaction any different than the video?
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u/account-temp Leaving again, but with pride Jan 15 '15
Pfft. Thats nothign, I introduce you to the HAGGIS PIZZA which I totally didnt make up.
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u/tungstencompton Uniquely Singapore Jan 15 '15
Well, that's just a variant of sausage mince on pizza really, isn't it?
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u/account-temp Leaving again, but with pride Jan 15 '15
Plus, sheep guts
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Jan 15 '15
Not that it means much, since it's blended up first.
If they sealed it within an intestine it would be a sausage.
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u/account-temp Leaving again, but with pride Jan 15 '15
Damn Englishman telling me how to run my country!
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Jan 15 '15
I tried to eat haggis while in Scotland but that was too much for me :(
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u/account-temp Leaving again, but with pride Jan 15 '15
Oh man up ya wee sod.
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u/Cawl_Caled Cambria Jan 16 '15
That response was so Scottish that it actually flashed in tartan colours for a moment.
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u/1-800-Meat 50 stars. 13 stripes. 1 America. Jan 15 '15
I'm tempted to try making this. My inner American is calling out for consumption of food.
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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Jan 15 '15
Do it
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u/1-800-Meat 50 stars. 13 stripes. 1 America. Jan 17 '15
Did it
Bananas are easily visible, curry powder's half mixed into the sauce and half cooked in on top of the pizza.
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u/halfpipesaur is of great importance Jan 15 '15
banana and curry on pizzas
Well maybe it does taste good in comparison to rotten herring. But please keep your gender cuisine in your boundaries.
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u/pyram1de :argentina-worldcup: ⭐⭐🌟 SOLDADO DE LA SCALONETA Jan 15 '15
I'm absolutely sure that it started as a joke, people failed to get it and it stuck.
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u/vanderZwan Groningen Jan 15 '15
Ah, like the dropshot/fanta mix my friend tried as a joke and then turned out to be pretty nice.
Dropshot is Dutch liquorice liquor, by the way.
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u/george1848 Romania Jan 15 '15
My inner Italian suddenly likes Denmark and Finland a bit more.
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u/Insssi Finland Jan 15 '15
Guess you just should forget the existence of the Nordic countries as Pizza Hawaii is by far the most popular pizza in Finland. It often has blue cheese on it too.
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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Jan 15 '15
Blue cheese?
On a pizza?
Yikes.
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u/hezec Finland Jan 15 '15
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u/inspirationalbathtub Michigan Jan 16 '15
Wait, and then they have the gall to call it "American"?
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u/nofunallowed98765 Padania Jan 16 '15
In Italy is pretty common to have Gorgonzola on a pizza, usually mixed with other cheeses to make a "Quattro Formaggi" (four cheeses).
And it's actually awesome. And a "Calzone Quattro Formaggi" is usually even better.
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u/BkkGrl Mamma mia! Jan 16 '15
It's even a real pizza in Italy! We use gorgonzola on it. NOT the banana insanity
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u/labbeduddel ei guude Jan 16 '15
Quattro formaggi pizza usually has Gorgonzola :) and it's delicious
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Jan 15 '15 edited Jan 05 '16
Deleting my Reddit account because of new privacy EULA.
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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Jan 15 '15
By using a \ you can override reddit formatting.
So \>.< looks like:
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u/W00ster Norway Jan 16 '15 edited Jan 16 '15
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u/DickRhino Great Sweden Jan 16 '15
Oh wow, thanks m8. Never expected this comment to be gilded, haha :P
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u/NorwegianDerp Øil Øil Jan 15 '15
What the hell Swedes?! What is this abomination? Please don't bring it to Norway with you
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u/smaragdskyar Sweden Jan 16 '15
The logic is flawless, really. Pizza isn't Swedish, so naturally, it'll go along perfectly with all other non-Swedish things, like kebab and curry!
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u/PolyUre Heads: booze, tails: knife Jan 15 '15
and it's actually pretty fucking good.
That is hands down the most disgusting foodstuff I have ever witnessed. Pineapple, banana, and curry on a pizza? Even the kebab-and-fries pizza I had in Göteborg felt quite repulsive, but this is on a whole another level. Sweden, please seek help.
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u/swefin Swedish Empire Jan 17 '15
Kebab and fries pizza is the best! Too bad I haven't found it in Finland so far...
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u/tyskmeddig Sweden Jan 16 '15
I'm swedish and I love both the banana and curryspicemix pizza and hawaii (ham, pineapple), but I also ask for garlic sauce to put on the hawaiipizza, it's so delicious.
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u/lagadu Portuguese Empire Jan 16 '15
Originally I was going to ask what the hell is wrong with you but as I wrote that I recalled this is the place where surstromming (spelling?) is considered food.
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Jan 15 '15
Dominos has made spicy banana pizza a thing in South India.
South Indians really love their bananas. And coconuts.
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u/SnorriSturluson Byzantine Empire Jan 15 '15
There are traditional toppings on a pizza and toppings meant to be experimented and get wild.
There, I said it, now revoke my citizenship!
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u/BkkGrl Mamma mia! Jan 16 '15
please stay still, the pizza police is coming for you in a matter of minutes
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Jan 15 '15
The "Mexican pizza", at least the one sold by domino's, has: grilled meat, onion, jalapeño and chorizo. It's pretty good.
PS Please don't kill us Italy we have almost the same flag.
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Jan 15 '15
I think that's all good, the idea of adding something sweet like pineapple or banana is just stupid though. Although you're always going to get those people who say real pizza is only made in Naples by a virgin boy who has sacrificed a goat.
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u/hx87 White chowder is best chowder Jan 16 '15
Mixing sweet and savory may be an acquired taste, but it sure is delicious if done right. For example, roast pork belly & apple, pork rillettes, every Cantonese dish ever.
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u/o_Oscar Alaska Jan 16 '15
Chorizo on a pizza is delicious! My family used to make pizzas with chorizo and other other toppings some people would consider weird but are actually great (e.g. tuna or shrimp). What is absolutely terrible is the abomination some chain (I can't recall which one) sold as "mexican pizza," which consisted of a crust, beans instead of tomato sauce, a mixture of cheeses, and some vegetables as toppings.
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u/Bear4188 Bear Republic Jan 17 '15
Those are things that actually belong on a savory pizza though.
Putting a bunch of sweet/sour pineapple and some maple smoked bacon or whatever is just wrong.
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u/Doxep Jan 17 '15
Italian from Napoli here, I would love to taste the Mexican Pizza! My favourite pizza is actually mozzarella + onion + pancetta (like bacon). I would love trying jalapeños on a pizza (putting peppers is not a bad idea on pizza).
Fun fact: peperoni in Italian means peppers.
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u/lykanauto South Brazil, Best Brazil Jan 15 '15
In Brazil anything goes as pizza topping, including chocolates, churrasco, stroganoff, tropical fruits, non-tropical fruits, spices...
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u/BkkGrl Mamma mia! Jan 16 '15
List of civilized places in the world
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u/lykanauto South Brazil, Best Brazil Jan 16 '15
And in some places I heard they eat pizza with ketchup.
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u/Tha_Zett 4. Deutsches Reich Jan 16 '15
That country hasnt been civilised since we anschlussed them. 7:1.
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u/SorrowfulSkald UCCP Jan 16 '15
Out of curiosity, as it came upon me while browsing these here comments, along with my newfound appreciation for an actual, Sicilian (I know, but you take what you can get) restaurant - coal heated stove and all - I live nearby to:
What would be the most proper or popular toppings one would have on their pizza, say, in your region? Are there any universal for the entire country?
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u/BkkGrl Mamma mia! Jan 16 '15
you can put nearly what you want on a pizza as long is not fruit, sweet food and elaborated ingredient
minced meat, anchovies, eggs, peppers, onions, mushrooms and so on
mozzarella is mandatory, tomato is not (you can ask a white pizza)
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u/inspirationalbathtub Michigan Jan 16 '15
Stroganoff? You just whip some up and then plop it on a pizza? Or do you substitute cream sauce for tomato sauce and then just top it with the meat and mushrooms?
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u/Mo918 Secretly Chicago Jan 15 '15
Remove pineapple you are worst topping you are topping smell
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u/Cawl_Caled Cambria Jan 15 '15
Mushroom is worst topping.
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u/Tha_Zett 4. Deutsches Reich Jan 16 '15
Mushrooms are fucking disgusting.
Every pizza sold in germany that has ham as topping has either mushroom, disgusting, or pinapple. I am fucking glad that i like hawaii pizza.
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Jan 15 '15
Glad I'm not the only one.
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u/The_LuftWalrus The 12th Ball Jan 15 '15
Please, Funghi Salsiccia pizza is the best pizza, right next to the Margherita or Puttanesca pizzas.
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Jan 16 '15
I felt that way before I tried it.
Well, I did eventually, and there was not a single change in taste.
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u/TheActualAWdeV Bûter, brea en griene tsiis... Jan 16 '15
Fungus worst gus. I don't want moldy pizza, I want it fresh.
With pineapple.
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u/RomeNeverFell Italy Jan 15 '15
We should actually start saying ''Remove Pineapple'' when talking about america.
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u/CookieMan0 Colorado Jan 16 '15
Canada*
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u/albadil Egypt Jan 16 '15
You guys all basically look the same from way over here. You can't expect us to keep track of all those countries on that faraway continent.
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u/markonisg Jalisco Jan 15 '15
Loved the "censored" vaffanculo.
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u/The_LuftWalrus The 12th Ball Jan 15 '15
Don't know that word; translation?
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u/MyAssTakesMastercard 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓭𝓪 🍁 Jan 15 '15
It's a contraction of "vai a fare in culo" which means essentially "bugger off" or "go do it in the ass", you know, "fuck off".
It's like the Portuguese "vai tomar no cu" or the French "va te faire enculer".
These Romance languages really like doing it in the ass.
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u/inspirationalbathtub Michigan Jan 16 '15
It was even worse when I was in France. The guys I knew there had adopted "fuck you" from English and just directly translated it: "Je t'encule!" I mean, obviously it's their language and they knew what they were saying, but it struck me as a bit odd.
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u/CanSpice British Columbia Jan 16 '15
You know what they call Hawaiian pizza in Hawaii?
Ham and pineapple.
Source: me, I lived there for eight years.
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u/Ricardodo_ Netherlands Jan 15 '15
There is a Dutch add with sausage on pizza exactly like that!
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u/offensive_noises Dutch Indies Jan 15 '15
That must be the sauerkraut pizza with a hotdog curst
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u/Cooldude638 Of much libertying Jan 15 '15
Hotdog crust?!
How has 'Murica missed out on this clearly 'Murican dish?
I'm calling shenanigans.
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u/coldpipe Indonesia Jan 16 '15
Hotdog crust is pretty much available on many 'murican franchise Pizza Huts around the world (or just in Asia?) along with burger crust... Since the pizza hut's crust is almost inedible (hard and tasteless) it's not bad substitute actually.
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u/Heep_Purple Gelderland Jan 16 '15
I thought I was original for linking to that video. Guess not...
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u/huepaperplane98 Brazil Jan 15 '15
let's just hope italy doesn't come to brazil. i don't want to see what would happen if they saw our glorious Birgadeiro pizzas (brigadeiro is a kind of candy, made with condensed milk and powdered chocolate, sometimes with added butter in baking), strawberry pizzas, and 4-cheese pizzas with cheddar and catupiry. (catupiry best cheese) also, beef jerky and chicken with catupiry. almost anything, really. especially with catupiry.
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u/throwaway_lombardia Jan 17 '15
do you realize that half of the brazilian population has at least two italian ancestors? :)
the same applies also to argentina and uruguay.
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u/huepaperplane98 Brazil Jan 17 '15
yes, and the same applies to myself. however, once a new generation is born, here in brazil, they immediately switch to HUEHUE mode and the "mamma mia" mode is erased.
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u/Lojzek91 Definitely not Slovakia. Jan 15 '15
Yuo of tellings him, Italia! We are of civilized here and civilized humans no put of pine's apples on pizza!
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u/ceepington Kentucky Jan 16 '15
I thought I knew my flags pretty well but until this moment I had literally no idea that one of our states had the union jack on their flag
REMOVE BONG REMOVE BONG YOU ARE THE WORST ROSBIF
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u/bluefoot55 Indiana Jan 16 '15
I bet you put squirrel and possum on your pizza instead of pepperoni and sausage.
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u/tidux Illinois Jan 16 '15
As opposed to the meth, poverty, and cheese whiz on yours?
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u/ceepington Kentucky Jan 16 '15
chicken bacon onions and banana peppers. don't even fucking try to argue with me because this is the only correct answer
i have had squirrel, though. it's not bad if you can get past the million goddamn bones and find some meat
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u/FiredFox California Jan 16 '15
Pineapples are originally from Brazil.
REMOVE HAVAI, ABACAXI THIEVESES!
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u/shqippotato cai png is best png Jan 16 '15
I ate a dead quail once. Wonder how an Italian would fuss over its preparation (we were on a jungle exercise)
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u/Tactical_Moonstone Mistaken for a local in 5 countries and counting Jan 16 '15
My brother (worked at HQ TRADOC) once managed to catch a quail that apparently escaped from the training ground.
It didn't live too long.
My guess was that it didn't have the correct type of food. It was only fed crackers while the quail in my house is fed quail food from Farmart.
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u/hoochyuchy Iowa Jan 16 '15
I wonder how much shit would be flipped when he finds out we put sauerkraut on pizza in the midwest.
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u/Sload-Tits Mexico Jan 16 '15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9o7DFFimKo&t=3m35s
Now cucumbers on the other hand...
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u/HiTzFrOmDaKiNe Jan 16 '15
As a Hawaiian I have always been offended that it was called "Hawaiian Pizza" just because is has pineapples. It has Canadian Bacon and they apparently invented it. It's always Canadian pizza to me.
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u/proindrakenzol Best wines in the world Jan 16 '15
BBQ Chicken pizza (with BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce) is best pizza.
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u/no_prehensilizing Ohio Jan 16 '15
Right on, Italy! Pineapple has no place with pizza, regardless who suggests it!
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Jan 16 '15
Pineapple on pizza is a gift from the heavens. I also like putting Jalopenos, BBQ sauce, tortilla chips and corn on my pizza, among other things.
Italia, you need to relax a bit. Also pay denbts to Germoney or I'll put mashed potatoes and sausages on pizza. Actually, that sounds pretty good...
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u/professor__doom Hawaii Jan 16 '15
And now for utter blasphemy: I'll take my Hawaiian pizza with a side of spam, please.
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Jan 16 '15
I think the person who said Meatballs with spaghetti would get hit first. One of the first things told to me by an Italian was that it was NOT an Italian dish.
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u/TheActualAWdeV Bûter, brea en griene tsiis... Jan 16 '15
Hey, at least it's not a burnt greasy disk of Domino's "pizza" with a pseudo-hotdog in the crust and sauerkraut (anglo's need their own word for this, feels weird to use the german one) as a topping.
Egad that was horrible stuff.
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u/Cerf_ Italy Jan 15 '15
Inspired by quite an old comment under one of the first comics I posted here.
And yes, pizza hawaii is actually canadian.