Gestrid,

Pineapple on pizza is just… no.

— me, an American

TeoTwawki, (edited )
@TeoTwawki@lemmy.world avatar

I’m italian from a family so italian we’re all walking stereotypes, and pinapple+black olive is my favorate pizza combination.

Mr_Blott,

You always know when someone says something like “we’re so Italian we…” that they’re definitely not from Italy

TeoTwawki,
@TeoTwawki@lemmy.world avatar

My grandparents imigrated with all 12 of thier kids (my aunts and uncles), you got a problem -lots of hand motions- wid that? Eh? Eh?

But seriously who started all this topping gatekeeping, pizza has spread all over the world with variations evrywhere.

Peaty,

I always loved hearing stories from kids that spoke Italian at home in NJ who then went to Italy to discover the 1850s era Sicilian they actually spoke was nothing like modern Italian.

michaelrose,

Straight to hell all the way to the bottom of hell with you with nothing to eat until the end of time except mac n raisins.

ZombiFrancis,

Raisins? Pff. Never heard of that. Frozen green peas though? That’s where it’s at for the boxed Mac and cheese.

ciapatri,

I hate raisins either way but I love love love sauteed onions with my mac n cheese.

Misconduct,

Huh. I never thought to try that I bet it’s tasty

Peaty,

Onions makes sense though as cheese, onions and pasta are a normal combination but raisins?

zalgotext,

Apples and cheddar? Pear and brie? Peaches and balsamic?

Sweet + tangy + savory is an incredibly popular combination, so Mac and cheese + raisins isn’t all that unusual.

Also it’s subjective. You don’t have to like it, but it shouldn’t be surprising that other people do.

Peaty,

Sweet and tangy with the presence of acids and moisture from the fruit are a good combo but guess what raisins don’t have?

zalgotext,

You ever have a charcuterie board? Dried fruit and cheese are staples there, and neither are particularly moist.

I’ll say it again, it’s ok to not like a particular thing, but you shouldn’t be surprised when someone else does. Everyone’s tastes are different.

Peaty,

Fair, didn’t think of charcuterie.

negativeyoda,

I will go on record as saying I don’t give a shit if there’s pineapple on my pizza. I wouldn’t order it that way, but I’ll enjoy a pineapple, jalapeño, ham pizza if a slice is put in front of me.

Raisins in Mac and cheese… I can imagine it’s probably tasty enough, but the rubbery consistency of raisins in tandem with sticky pasta is what I find revolting

Dkarma,

I love raisins and even I think this would taste like shit.

I do love me some Hawaiian tho and raisins are bomb in a biryani… Fight me 🤣

scottywh,

Bacon is a tastier option than the ham… It’s actually my favorite combo of pizza toppings in fact.

stolid_agnostic,

Today I learned that this thread is real and not a meme. I honestly thought people were joking about raisins in Mac n cheese.

RIP_Cheems,
@RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world avatar

You do WHAT with Mac n cheese? Nah, forget pine apple pizza, your my new enemy.

grayman,

I’m allergic to pineapple. I put habenero hot sauce on my mac. There’s zero chance I’m adding raisins.

theragu40,

I don’t get it.

Is raisins in Mac n cheese like, a big thing in other countries and us Americans just don’t get it? If so I guess more power to you, that is news to me. I’d try anything once but I don’t really like raisins to begin with so it’s a bit of a tough sell.

And yes, pineapple on pizza is delicious. I’ve seen some truly abhorrent pizza toppings from elsewhere in the world, so I don’t think we have some kind of monopoly on those crimes.

Master,
@Master@lemmy.world avatar

Macncheese isn’t a big thing in other countries. Now cheesy potatoes with raisins!

RememberTheApollo_,

What?

stolid_agnostic,

I get the joke now, thanks.

ILikeBoobies,

Mac and Cheese is a Canadian thing

I wouldn’t want to consider the Kraft boxes to be Mac and Cheese but it’s the only thing with statistics

Canadians out-eat Americans when it comes to these blue-and-yellow boxes by 55%. That means Canadians buy 1.7 million boxes of the 7 million boxes of Kraft Mac & Cheese that are sold each week

Read More: mashed.com/…/this-country-eats-way-more-kraft-mac…

Peaty,

It’s also why Kraft/Mondalez makes the weird flavors for you guys like Pumpkin Spice or Cotton Candy.

Vej,

I’m going to take one for the team and make this.

I also love pineapple on pizza.

trailing9,

Don’t leave us hanging. Have you died or not?

Vej,

Not dead yet, didn’t make it. I don’t have cheese right now.

tacosplease,

The problem with Pineapple on pizza is that everyone thinks ham goes with it. That’s ok, but pepperoni and pineapple is so much better, and nobody ever gets to try it because of “Hawaiian” pizza.

Vej,

I just like pineapple on cheese.

ggiesen,

I put pepperoni, ham, bacon and pineapple on my pizza. So tasty.

neryam,

This, also bacon and pineapple 🤤

Or go full Hawaiian with crispy spam and pineapple…

Ham is bottom tier tbh

Someone,

Finally someone’s brave enough to say the truth about ham.

The only reason I enjoy eating ham on meat lovers or Hawaiian pizza is because it’s pizza and it doesn’t disassemble well.

scottywh,

Bacon, pineapple, and jalapeño is what the fuck’s up.

joemo,

I think what also turns people off of pineapple on pizza is some places do these huge chunks of pineapple. Smaller chunks are better as they actually cook down a little and are delicious.

I am also part of the pineapple and pepperoni game. I would also recommend trying pineapple and Italian sausage if you like Italian sausage.

stolid_agnostic,

And they should be dry well before touching pizza to avoid sogginess.

GratefullyGodless,
@GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world avatar

My wife loves a good 3 P pizza as she calls it…Pineapple, Pepperoni, and Peppers (green). She orders one at least once a month.

oatscoop,

I always like people gatekeeping pizzas that use toppings other than the traditional Italian ones.

… ignoring the fact that tomato sauce is from the Americas.

DrPop,

I put leftover beans and corn on a pizza from Taco night and one of my friends flipped. I thought it was pretty good. Pizza is just bread sauce and a topping.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

Your friend was right

DrPop,

My friend only eats cheese pizza.

SnowdenHeroOfOurTime,

Ouch. Sucks to be wrong against someone with such poor taste

Letstakealook,

Make a pineapple, mac and cheese, and raisin pizza.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

Help

Crashumbc,

No

Melody,
VikingHippie,

That’s hydrochloric acid, though. Big no-no for ingestion according to my uncle who’s a doctor and my step brother who teaches chemistry.

Melody,

…What? In what place was HCl^-^ ever mentioned?

Your reply is nonsensical.

VikingHippie,

I was referring to the liquid that the girl in the picture is pouring…

TurtleFantasy,

You’re thinking of Dihydrogen Monoxide, 100% of people who ingest it die.

VikingHippie,

And it’s in literally every commercially available beverage! Wake up, sheeple! https://lemmy.wtf/pictrs/image/32946478-c7e0-4128-9170-2bacccc4a959.png

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

It's only a matter of time :(

sounddrill,

Let me guess, you’re with the DEA?

VikingHippie,

Hell no! Drugs won the war on drugs

sounddrill,

cook meth with your step brother wen

VikingHippie,

Nah, he doesn’t have cancer and we have single payer healthcare here 🤷

sock,

drugs have not won the war on drugs until everything is decriminalized B)

VikingHippie,

Drugs are here to stay and thus have won the war. That they’re not legalised and closely regulated means common sense hasn’t won yet.

sock,

until people can get help without fear of incarceration and healthcare sponsored therapy drugs have not won. people still suffer

also when the illegal drugs just funnel minorities into prison for slave labor the drugs haven’t won

sock,

whatever liberal ill drink whatever i want

VikingHippie,

You go right ahead, no reason to defame me like that 😄

poinck,

I just want to confirm, that raisins do not belong anywhere! I rather have pineapples in my cheesecake.

newIdentity,

Why does everyone seam to hate raisins (and olives)

They are fucking delicious

RickyRigatoni,
@RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml avatar

Satanists.

AyuTsukasa,

Well for me it’s because grapes are my favorite fruit so it’s like everything I love about a grape is sucked out of it.

newIdentity,

I love both

nikolai,

Nah, don’t mix them up, olives are great, especially well sourced ones. Raisins are just an unpleasant surprise, every time.

newIdentity, (edited )

*pleasant

I think y’all just ate some shitty raisins once and now hate them forever

Ravaja,

What even is a good raisin? A grape?

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

Grapes are so much better than raisins, holy shit. And so god damn good with cheese.

stolid_agnostic,

Wait does it bother you to find raisins in food?

droans,

I love oatmeal raisin cookies and I’m tired of pretending I don’t.

Raisins are delicious and most cookies would be improved with oatmeal.

LinkOpensChest_wav,

Oatmeal raisin cookies are one of my favorites! I don’t bake them often because I eat way too many cookies when I do.

stolid_agnostic,

People get angry with me for saying that oatmeal raisin is better than chocolate chip.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

I love oatmeal raisin cookies, hold or majorly reduce the raisins. Cookie part tastes great because oatmeal is awesome.

Peaty,

Have you ever tried aging the dough in the fridge for a few days? It makes the oatmeal softer while the outside gets crisp.

loki_d20,

Literally two ingredients common in saltenas.

AdlachGyfiawn,
@AdlachGyfiawn@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Olives are great. Raisins taste how old people smell.

stolid_agnostic,

Because food preferences are now memes.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

I like food. I like memes. I don't hate this.

poinck,

Oh, I like olives.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

People hate raisins because they're not chocolate. I enjoy G.O.R.P. on occasion, but I don't eat trail mix for the raisins. I leave most of them behind. They can be a bit much. Ratio of anything to raisin needs to be right. One raisin to five to ten of anything else, otherwise they're just overwhelming.

Olives, on the other hand, are fucking delicious. Hell yeah. Bathe me in their brine-rich kisses.

Kjatten,

That does actually sound rather good

superfes,

Pineapple upside down cheesecake… ?

Somebody invent that!

0ops,

Oh my god… Let me have some

poinck,

But it needs to be an American cheese cake with pinapple, not that stuff we have here in Europe.

ReluctantMuskrat,

I’m tempted… sounds delicious and I wonder why I’ve never seen pineapple and cheesecake combined. I wonder if the acidity is hard on the cheesecake.

Skanky,

Who hurt you?

JGrffn,

Hear me out. Christmas rice with raisins. They absorb moisture from the dish and become these sweet little treats in the midst of a very buttery and savory rice. I hate raisins but I fucking love that rice.

Alexstarfire,

What the hell is Christmas rice?

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

Inquiring minds wants to know

JGrffn,

Posted an explanation in this comment chain!

JGrffn,

Maybe it’s a cultural or family thing? So it’s just pre-cooked rice, you cook it as you would any rice I guess, but you add chicken stock, raisins, and butter (at the end, after you’re done cooking it). Variations often also include peas and corn, maybe diced carrots, but we stick to just raisins. The savory mix of the buttery rice with tiny packets of moist raisins sprinkled about the rice makes it delicious!

poinck,

Interesting. That reminds that there is indeed another dish that is ok with raisins: Christmas loaf (Stollen).

Peaty,

Needs dried cherries too.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

I dunno what Christmas rice is, but raisins are so much better in savory applications than sweet.

vivadanang,

There are plenty of americans who feel that pineapple on pizza is a crime.

smigao,

Did Hawaii dirty

Nacktmull,
@Nacktmull@lemmy.world avatar

Hawaii is the exception as the only place in the world where eating pizza with pineapple is legal.

VikingHippie,

I mean traditionally ham and pineapple is their thing so I don’t think anyone is getting done dirty so long as non-fans aren’t forced to eat it 🤷

smigao,

On a pizza ?

ryry1985,

Yes. It’s actually delicious if done right.

SARGEx117,

I wholeheartedly disagree with you, but that’s okay.

More pineapple for you, more pepperoni for me

Don’t have to worry about who gets the last slice.

JoeyJoJoJuniour,

Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada by a Greek guy

VikingHippie,

I know 😁

droans,
Alexstarfire,

Probably because it’s a Canadian invention.

BackOnMyBS,
@BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world avatar

pineapple on pizza is amazing

Shieldtoad,

When Americans make Mac and cheese does it usually only contain macaroni and cheese? Or do they add other things?

Here in Belgium we call it macaroni with ham and cheese because we put pieces of ham in it.

Tak,
@Tak@lemmy.ml avatar

Depends on the region and sometimes ethnicity.

It’s actually considered cruel to have the white guy bring the mac to a black cookout because he’s likely going to get roasted for it.

cm0002,

Yea we put ham too, sometimes spam, sometimes bacon. It’s really versatile tbh. We even have other variations like Cheeseburger Macaroni that nearly crosses the line into its own dish.

But, I have never EVER heard of raisins going into it before and it sounds disgusting.

droans, (edited )

If done well, buffalo chicken mac and cheese is great, too.

Unfortunately most restaurants do a garbage job with it. They just add the chicken and hot sauce into the mac and cheese and let it sit in a pan until someone orders it. This needs to be made fresh when it’s ordered or it just turns into mediocre mush.

They all always screw up buffalo chicken dip, too. That’s even worse because it’s so easy to make right.

  • Rotisserie chicken
  • Hot sauce, half a cup to a full cup depending on what you like
  • Block of cream cheese
  • Bag of sharp cheddar.
  • Packet of ranch seasoning. Don’t use ranch dressing, it’ll make it too watery.
  • If you like blue cheese, grab a small block or, if you’re lazy, grab a little container.

Use two forks to shred up all the breast meat on the rotisserie. Make the shreds varying in consistency - some should be very fine, some should be normal shredded chicken, some should be little chunks.

Slice the cream cheese into small strips. If you’re using a block of blue cheese, remove the rind and crumble it. I like to use a knife for this because it’s quicker.

Grab a large pan. Throw the chicken and hot sauce in. Set it to medium and mix. When it starts simmering, add everything but the blue cheese. Mix it up until it’s all melted and combined. If you have blue cheese, add it now and keep mixing until you’re happy with it.

Turn off the stove. It’s ready now and you’re about to have some fantastic fucking buffalo chicken dip.

OZFive,

Well I know what I’m making this weekend! Thanks.

Cloaca,

My family (New Hampshire) typically add smoked cherry tomatoes to our mac and cheese.

Mostly an add in of one protein and one vegetable. When more items get added we just switch to the dish being a pasta or a casserole.

I will say that raisins make a great addition to a curried meatloaf.

get_off_the_phone,

Tuna and peas in my mac and cheese, please!

Sabre363,

This sounds fucking disgusting, I’d rather have the raisins.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

Growing up poor is fun. Very similar to what we called tuna casserole.

  1. Box of elbow macaroni, cooked
  2. Can of cream of mushroom soup
  3. Can of tuna, drained
  4. Can of peas, drained

Dump. Mix. Consume.

I'm still poor, but I don't eat that shit.

Sabre363,

I grew up poor as well, and tuna casserole was a very common meal. But, the peas are an abomination.

Actually, now that I think about it, that might be why I hate peas so much.

HotDogFingies,
@HotDogFingies@kbin.social avatar

Peas suck

get_off_the_phone,

Peas in my mouth please

scottywh,

Odd Todd certainly loved that recipe (and probably still does).

AngryCommieKender,

Traditional American Mac and Cheese is a dish that consist of macaroni noodles that have been baked in a bechamel based cheese sauce and topped with bread crumbs.

If we put anything else in it, we tell you, just as you do with the addition of ham to the name.

stolid_agnostic,

In my observation, if it comes from a box, it’ll be simple. If it’s made from scratch then people go more gourmet.

gentooer,

I’ve never heard of macaroni met hesp, where are you from?

UrPartnerInCrime,
@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works avatar

Pineapple on pizza is only weird cause we pair it with Canadian Bacon.

Try Pinepple, Bacon, and Jalapeño. I call it PBJ pizza. Gets a real weird look when I only call it that haha

Some guy in the original thread said he’d try the Mac and raises on livestream. Excited to see how it works out

Starshader,

When you will die, you will have to spend at least one week in an Italian hell, where you will be forced to learn how to cook a proper pizza with a Napolitan Nonna.

BluJay320,
@BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Alright, you got me. I’m gonna try it.

ryry1985,

I actually prefer something that will piss off the Italians AND the Germans: pineapple, sauerkraut, and canadian bacon pizza

Someone,

Hey don’t call that thick cut ham crap Canadian or bacon. We eat regular bacon up here. Ham sucks.

scottywh,

Ham is good., It doesn’t belong on pizza though

scottywh,

That has been my go to pizza for like… 30+ years…

It’s so good.

Tak,
@Tak@lemmy.ml avatar

Ugh. Pineapple on pizza was created in Canada.

If you wanna throw shade at us go to deep fried Twinkies or something.

AngryCommieKender,

Deep fried butter. I think we went too far

Spaceinv8er,

And it should’ve stayed in Canada

Tak,
@Tak@lemmy.ml avatar

Woah there. I love pineapple on pizza. Pineapple, jalapenos, and mushrooms is just a great combo.

scottywh,

Add bacon!

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