Why is the pizza invented by the Greeks in Canada called Hawaiian pizza?

Hawaiian pizza?

The father of Hawaiian pizza, Sam Panopoulos, is neither a Hawaiian nor an Italian, but he is a Greek.

Sam immigrated to Canada when he was 20 years old, and opened a restaurant with his brothers, selling some traditional American fast food, such as burgers and French fries.

There was a pizza whirlwind in big American cities in the early 1960s. Sam, who was far away in Canada, heard about this trend and decided to start selling pizza in his restaurant.

But he does not want to sell like others, should also be innovative when selling pizza.

At that time, the ingredients for pizza were relatively traditional, with mushrooms, bacon, and Italian sausage as the main ingredients. Sam decided to be the first person to add fruit to the pizza.

is constantly trying to research and develop, he has used various raw materials that have never been used, including pineapple in canned pineapple.

Soon, Sam put all the pizzas he developed on the menu for customers to eat. He never expected that the customers would fall in love with the pineapple-flavored pizza. At the time, the customers of

mostly described this novel pizza as fresh, sour, sweet, and salty with cheese and bacon.

is obviously pineapple pizza, why is it called Hawaiian pizza?

It is well known that Hawaii is rich in pineapples, and about 320,000 tons of pineapples can be harvested every year, accounting for about three-quarters of the world's total production.

Dole, one of the largest fresh pineapple providers in the world, was established on Oahu, Hawaii. In 1989, they even turned a large plantation on the island into a "Dole Pineapple Planting Experience Paradise". The experience activities include Pineapple garden maze, botanical garden tour and pineapple train, etc.

But in fact, the name of this pineapple-flavored pizza has nothing to do with Hawaii’s rich pineapples. It’s just because Sam used canned pineapple for pizza at the time. Its brand happened to be called "Hawaiian", so the pizza was named "Hawaiian Pizza." (Hawaiian Pizza) too.

Therefore, when posting to Moments, don’t post such a face-slapped content: "Looking back when I traveled to Hawaii last year, the Hawaiian pizza there was really authentic!" ?

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