A Pineapple Walk into a Canadian Pizzeria...

Heritage Radio Network Blog, June 12, 2024

"Hawaiian pizza is without a doubt the most controversial slice you’ll ever take a bite of. Americans are split almost dead even on whether they like it as a topping or not. In 2017 Jimmy Kimmel took to the airwaves with a blistering critique of this sweet and savory slice. He cited a tweet by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stating 'I have a pineapple. I have a pizza. And I stand behind this delicious Southwestern Ontario creation. #teampineapple.' Hawaiian pizza was not in fact invented in Hawai’i, but rather a small town in Ontario in 1962. Pizza didn’t take hold in North America until the 1950s, and even then it was a little slow on the uptake having originally been seen as a poor Italian immigrant food by well-to-do Americans. Once Italians gained a higher socioeconomic status their cuisine was accepted in a wider capacity."

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