Spezi@feddit.orgtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL The 'Hawaiian Pizza' or 'Pineapple Pizza' was invented by a Greek immigrant in Canada and called Hawaiian due to the can of pineapples he used.English
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14 days agoPizza Hawaii is actually based on the idea of a German TV cook called Clemens Willenrod, who invented the famous Toast Hawaii in 1955, 7 years prior to the first Pizza Hawaii.
In Germany, the traditional Toast Hawaii has a cherry on top. It was invented 7 years before the Pizza Hawaii, so it could likely be that the pizzerias back in the day were orienting their recipe more on the original than today.