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submitted 3 days ago by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

I mean, sure, it's not as population dense as the USA, or Mexico, but Canada is huge, your people are nice, you have some of the best entertainment companies on the planet (namely Cirque du Soleil and Pornhub), your natural resources and attractions are unbelievable and your actors are the best (especially the BSG/Chronicles of Riddick cast).

And yet, as an Italian with an international perspective (lived abroad for the last 16 years and visited the USA and South America repeatedly), I have been not "Canada-aware" for most of my life.

I get it that you are not boasting like your neighbors (and that alone makes you better than them imho), but how come that I was left to realize only today that the Manitoba flour I used to make pizza all my life takes its name from one of your provinces, while I know about all the shitty pizzas the US made up in a century.

Same thing goes for Latin American countries, even the ones I never visited, like Mexico or Argentina.

I shall visit soon and I hope you can take the chance to teach me more in the meanwhile.

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[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 days ago

Just remember that it was a Canadian who invented the Hawaiian pizza. So, sorry about that.

(for the record, I like Hawaiian pizza)

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

The meme about hating pineapple pizza comes from Americans that hate eating anything that's recognizably plant-like.

It must be ultra processed or meat.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

Hey hey pineapple is officially a good pairing with cheese. Afaik the mozzarella foundation (??) recommends it specifically as a good flavour combination. No need to apologise bud.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

The key to Hawaiian pizza is you need to add spice to it. Then you get sweet, savory, and spicy all in one wonderful mouthful. Even jalapeños work fine, but preferable something with a little heat.

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

As I stated in another comment, the reason for it being a possibly bad pizza has nothing to do with flavor, but "texture".

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ha! I love bringing up Hawaiian-style pizza.

Canadians also invented the Football, Basketball, Baseball (1838), and the absolute most deadly 'modern' sport there is: Lacrosse, a 'gentrified' form of the most brutal aboriginal sporting action seen since Pokolpok . Lacrosse is honestly just handball with quarterstaves.

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

you're the goddamn ambassador with that username, this is the dude!

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

That just makes me like Canada even more. Hawaiian Pizza, 90% of the shows on Nickelodeon I grew up watching, hella comedians, hella musicians... Shit I just realized even my favorite furries are Canadian.

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I especially love Boston Pizza’s Hawaiian pizza with a sweet chilli drizzle on top. I can’t remember the name.

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I never tried hawaiian pizza, mostly because I hate soggy pizza. I guess it is not meant to be eaten on a Neapolitan style base, but then again, I am not interested.

I am from Rome, where we have a pizza that would be possible not to get soggy when putting pineapple on it, but it is a curse from God, rather than real pizza.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

It helps to give the pineapple a really good squeeze to reduce the liquid before you put it on. Then use the juice for sangria or whatever. :)

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 days ago

I was ambivalent, but now I support invasion. Not really, it’s just fun to hate on pineapple on pizza.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

If the US takes over, it becomes their invention. It's like our diamond shield. Like, whoever smelt it, dealt it.

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