New York Pizza Was Created in New York; Where Did Hawaiian Pizza Come From?
Where was Hawaiian pizza created? Ask your customers this question and offer a free slice to the first person that gets it right. The chances are that the actual answer may stump all of them!
Maui? Honolulu? Kawai? Any of these Hawaiian locations seem like perfectly suitable places for Hawaiian pizza to be created. After all, New York pizza was created in New York, right? But unlike its NYC counterpart, Hawaiian pizza was actually only inspired by the tropical islands. It was actually created in icy cold Canada!
At first it was Wikipedia that stated that Sam Panopoulos invented the pineapple and ham pizza for his restaurant, Satellite Restaurant, in 1962. After reporters contacted him to verify the information, Mr. Panopoulos confirmed that he did indeed make it, without question.
But that doesn’t mean that everyone’s believing his story about his creation. Italians don’t take credit for making this particular type of pizza made with Italian dough, but they do argue that Hawaiian pizza was actually created in Germany, not Hawaii. Wherever this delicious pizza came from, it definitely wasn’t Hawaii as one would be led to believe.
Want even more facts about this unique kind of pizza pie? In Australia, Hawaiian pizza is the most popular of them all; and in North America it’s considered to be one of the most controversial types because of the inclusion of fruit, pineapple, being used as a pizza garnish.
The next time you put Hawaiian pizza on your menu, don’t forget to include all of these fun facts to go along with it!