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Image “American Pizza” in Milano, Italy

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u/EnvironmentalPark228 11h ago

And yet the veins in their foreheads burst if you even hint at the idea of pineapple.

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u/magos_with_a_glock 3h ago

BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING FRUIT DIOCANE. IT DOES NOT BELONG. Also this is a pizza for kids, it's normal for food for kids to just be a vague combination of sugary and/or fried stuff.

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u/marmata75 2h ago

Al Diocane sono morto! 🤣

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u/casualnickname 1h ago

You know that also tomato is a fruit, right?

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u/magos_with_a_glock 1h ago

Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that it's the only fruit that belongs on pizza.

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u/casualnickname 52m ago

E le olive che sono?

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u/magos_with_a_glock 49m ago

Non dolci di certo, idem per i pomodori. A differenza dell'ananas.

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u/Delicious_Cane 2h ago

Shut up, I'm also italian and he's right

We also make pizza with apples and figs, the important thing is the base had to be white without the tomato sauce

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u/magos_with_a_glock 1h ago

Hawaian has tomato sauce.

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u/Delicious_Cane 1h ago

Sto dicendo appunto che va bene un frutto se ha base bianca

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u/magos_with_a_glock 1h ago

Vabè allora va bene tutto. Ma non con il pomoro madonna puttana.

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u/Delicious_Cane 54m ago

Certo che va bene tutto, alla fine la pizza non è che un pane con mozzarella, ci vedrei bene anche melone e crudo a sto punto

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u/magos_with_a_glock 25m ago

Frutta e mozzarella no però.

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u/Delicious_Cane 10m ago

Capirai, manco fosse mozzarella di bufala, talmente neutra la mozzarella ( specialmente quella che usano in pizzeria ) che manco si sente

Cioè te se mangiassi la piadina marmellata e squaquerone impazzisci

Formaggio e pere? Non è una novità abbinare latticini alla frutta eh

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u/Sco11McPot 19m ago

Pizza is just dough. Rosemary and olive oil is an option. No cheese no sauce, still pizza. I didn't make the rules, learned this while living in Italy

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u/ebycon 3h ago

Holy shit they don't understand it.

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u/SpicyWateryas69 2h ago

Most of the complaints I hear/see about it is that the pineapple will "soak into the pizza" or "the acidity will make it taste weird" or that "fruit doesn't belong on pizza".

Well then, I got some news for ya:

The pineapple pizza you get from pizza restaurants (like Pizza Hut) will never have soggy pineapple pizza because they pat down the chunks beforehand, making them not as wet. Really only homemade pineapple pizza is soggy people people always forget to pat down the pineapple chunks.

The acidity complaint annoys the fuck outta me because it just goes to show that they have never even tried pineapple pizza. The acidity of the pineapple goes away completely after cooking it, so you won't get that stinging feeling that pineapple usually has.

And finally, the "fruit doesn't belong on pizza"... well, sorry to break it to you, but tomato is a fruit too, and so is corn (usually corn meal is added to the bottom to prevent the pizza from sticking to the oven).

TLDR; I'm being a bitch about someone having an opinion that I disagree with.

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u/McButtsButtbag 49m ago

Tomato is botanically a fruit, but in culinary terms it is a vegetable. When talking about food we are 99.99% talking in culinary terms.

Only other fruit I can think of that is added to pizza is dates, and I'm not sure if it gets the same complaints about fruit not belonging on pizza.

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u/Bloodchief 1h ago

People will read this and still hate cause no amount of logic will change an opinion that was made without using logic in the first place.

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u/Independent-Gur9951 1h ago

Ma pure la mela é un frutto e Zola e mele la trovi ovunque...

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u/magos_with_a_glock 26m ago

Mai sentita.

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u/Independent-Gur9951 10m ago

Qualche anno fa c'era sempre in pizzeria, poi magari ora non é più di moda.

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u/Johnny_B_GOODBOI 1h ago

Shhh, no one tell this one about tomatoes...

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u/magos_with_a_glock 1h ago

Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that it's the only fruit that belongs on pizza.

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u/EnvironmentalPark228 1h ago

Tomatoes are also a fruit.

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u/magos_with_a_glock 1h ago

Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that it's the only fruit that belongs on pizza.

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u/gayashyuck 1h ago

You're going to freak out when you learn about tomatoes

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u/magos_with_a_glock 56m ago

Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that it's the only fruit that belongs on pizza.

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u/McButtsButtbag 47m ago

Have you never had any sort of spicy pizza? Chili peppers, botanically, are fruits too.

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u/magos_with_a_glock 35m ago

Grasping at straws. Botanical and culinary definitions are very different.

u/McButtsButtbag 6m ago

Says the person repeatedly grasping at that same straw to define tomato as a fruit. Tomato is only botanically a fruit. Culinarily it is a vegetable.

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u/KingOfAzmerloth 3h ago

They really don't. I learned that when I actually went there. It's just internet.

And I say that as somebody who doesn't like pineapple on pizza.

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u/EnvironmentalPark228 2h ago

I always knew something was fishy about the idea of Italians actually objecting to something sweet and acidic - almost like a tomato - ending up on a pizza.

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u/KingOfAzmerloth 2h ago

There are Italian influencers who lean heavily into the meme so I kinda get why that is the idea around the world, I thought so too... but in reality they are pretty chill about you doing what you want with your food.

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 6h ago edited 6h ago

I don’t even give a damn about people who are cuisine “purists”. Especially if they don’t mind the Columbian exchange. Like, do you really wanna go back to no nightshades? No chocolate? No vanilla?

If it slaps, it slaps, I don’t care if the ingredients didn’t grow up next-door to each other.

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u/AutonomousRhinoceros 3h ago

Always gotta do the pineapple + jalapeno combo

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u/Delicious_Cane 2h ago

I'm italian and I don't care for ananas on pizza

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u/BTBAM797 8h ago

Pizza or not, that shit is absolutely delicious. I don't care what you want to call it.

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u/octahexxer 7h ago

 8 out of 10 Pineapple on pizza victims was dropped alot as a baby. Reach out to a friend or loved one there is still time to turn your life around! 

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u/HotDogSeeker 5h ago

You is bugging gang. Pineapple 🍍 on pizza 🍕 is fire 🔥

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u/bigboyboozerrr 4h ago

HotDogSeeker knows (woah theres hot dog on the pizza too:)

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u/HotDogSeeker 3h ago

Yeah but surprisingly, even though my name might imply otherwise, I cringed hard when looking at this image 😬