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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPineapple on pizza. Yes or no? Iceland's president wants to ban it!
I LOVE pineapple on pizza. Love it! With or without ham. The salty cheese and sweet pineapple combo is terrific. It does seem to be a topic that polarizes people. It's rare to hear, "I don't care," when you ask someone if they like pineapple on pizza, it's usually "Yes" or "No way."
Iceland's president definitely falls into the latter category.
Last week, answering questions from pupils at a high school in Akureyri, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson said his favourite football team was Manchester United and he was fundamentally opposed to pineapple on pizzas.
The president then went further, saying that if he could, he would ban the tropical fruit as a pizza topping. Understandably, Twitter and half the worlds online media went into overdrive.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/icelands-president-would-ban-pineapple-on-pizza-if-he-could
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I call for a ban on Icelandic immigrants. Or at least extreme vetting.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,983 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)CTyankee
(63,911 posts)go to your restaurant again! Riots in the streets!
True Dough
(17,303 posts)This is essential to our cultural values. We must embrace the tropical pineapple!
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)But, really, pineapple has no place anywhere near a pizza.
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)go to Frank Pepe's which is a bit of a hike from me. But I occasionally go to my local pizza place
and pick of a slice of either the plain or the pepperoni and go home and snarf it down! We have a place nearby that will deliver. When my son, who lives in NYC, drove me back from my daughter's house in MA he stopped there to get a slice to eat on his way back to the city. Later he told me how amazingly good it tasted. I just shrugged and said "I know."
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...I swear, they're as good as anything you'll get in New Haven...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It certainly wasn't the Italians.
Siwsan
(26,260 posts)The only pizza I ever ate, in Iceland, was produced on the base (or rather the 'NATO Agreed Area') so I never tried an actual Icelandic pizza and I've never, ever tried a pizza that included sea food as one of the toppings. Not even sure I'd want to.
I did, however, enjoy quite a few Pylsurs, which are the Icelandic version of a hot dog and are made from lamb. They were served with caramelized onions and mustard, and were heavenly.
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)Siwsan
(26,260 posts)Red or white sauce??
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)Omg. That's just wrong. I've lived in New England all but 4 years of my life and I've never heard of such a monstrosity. Maybe it's just a CT thing?
*shudder*
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)so we get half and half. Funny, he loves my clam sauce on pasta...
bunnies
(15,859 posts)And he's from MA. Blasphemer!!! That's ok though because I don't like pizza. Maybe with just clams and white sauce though. Hmm. It's sense an experiment coming on.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)do they put kæstur hákarl, said to be one of the world's most disgusting foods, on their pizza? The fact that they eat that stuff at all should bar Icelanders from complaining about pineapple on pizza (even though that's kind of disgusting, too).
True Dough
(17,303 posts)Not familiar with kæstur hákarl. It's fermented shark. Sounds delicious!
Siwsan
(26,260 posts)The base in Keflavik, had a fish fry, every Friday night, that I still dream about.
Conversely, there was a 'fish factory' within wind direction of the base. How the smell of that place didn't put me off of eating fish, ever again, is a miracle.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)tastes like pee; you have to wash it down quickly with brennivín.
LisaM
(27,805 posts)Unless you want to ruin a pizza.
we can do it
(12,184 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)If you don't like it don't get it. Leave the pineapple alone.
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)It's just that the Neapolitans who settled here have pretty much gauged public wants and won't
consider joiniing the pizza places that you might get elsewhere.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)dhill926
(16,337 posts)True Dough
(17,303 posts)your user name "dhill" means you will die on that hill, you will fight for pineapple until the bitter, uh sweet end! I'll be right beside you all the way in this most important battle!
dhill926
(16,337 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)It's shameful....Pineapple on a day old pizza is still juicy! Not so much the other ingredients!
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)randr
(12,412 posts)wryter2000
(46,039 posts)No, no...please. A California invention, and as much as I love my state, this was not one of our best ideas. Remember, we gave the country Ronald Reagan.
Chipper Chat
(9,678 posts)Is 'pine' apple really an apple or a cousin to the pine tree?
Do pineapple and pizza go together just like peas and carrots?
Was there any pineapple in the Star Trek episode called "The Apple?"
Should Pete's Apple Computer Store change it's name to Pete's Pineapple Computer Store?
Oh, for the love of pizza!
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)From a good pizza place, why not? I think banning it is hilarious though.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)Guðni Th. Jóhannesson! President for the world!!!!
True Dough
(17,303 posts)before you can endorse him. Go ahead, say it out loud!
lame54
(35,287 posts)Illegal pineapple pizza? - Hell yeah
that's gotta be delicious
True Dough
(17,303 posts)Make it the new forbidden fruit.
pansypoo53219
(20,974 posts)CTyankee
(63,911 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)irisblue
(32,969 posts)And how soon will trump start a trade war?
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)but ham, pepperoni and pineapple is a lovely pizza pie.
I'll hit it with the parmesan before going into the oven too so the parm gets little crispy bits on top of the pineapple chunks.
IcyPeas
(21,863 posts)Skittles
(153,150 posts)I DETEST fruit on pizza
they're always the last ones left whenever we get pizzas at work
LeftInTX
(25,285 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)calendargirl
(191 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Yummy lingonberries and red currants and banana and cherries.
One of my favorite pizzas ever was bought in Germany and called a "Fruit Pizza". Unlike anything I could have ever imagined. Delectable.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)When I was in grad school I came across this combination to keep my lab mates from eating the pizzas I planned to get two meals out of.
Pineapple
Pickles
Jalapeno peppers
Sweet, sour, salty and spicy, it is a delicious combination that no one else would eat.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Iceland has bigger fish to fry, no pun intended. It is also kind of silly because there are places in the world, places in Asia you might want to do business, which have no problem using pineapples in ways that we would not. I hope Iceland is not need to court Asian business anytime soon. If Iceland was the country that invented pizza, they might have a leg to stand on, indeed I remember watching "Jersey shore" where the cast went to Italy, and had to learn the very rigid rules for pizza making in Naples. However, considering that Naples was old when Rome was young, Naples has had a lot more time to define Italian cuisine that a bunch of people in Iceland.
Then again, Icelandic cuisine is nothing to speak of.
https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-worlds-most-disgusting-icelandic-food
I suppose perhaps maybe they might try putting the shark jerky on the pizza, or the sour Rams testicles. Actually, the short turkey might not be a half bad idea.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Personally, I can't stand pineapple on it, but won't prevent others from enjoying it.
On the other hand, being a fan of ManU? That's unforgivable!!!