I’m going to go ahead and make a bold claim here: pineapple is the best pizza topping in existence. It’s sad because I’d all but forgotten about the deliciousness that is pineapple pizza until recently. Why, I’m not sure. Maybe it’s because my husband isn’t a huge fan of the stuff so we usually just use a different topping. But when my birthday came around last month and we decided to order pizza from our favorite pizzeria (because no cooking + no dishes = a happy birthday!) I remembered my favorite pizza topping from long ago and had to have it right then.
I have had pineapple pizza from just about every pizza place I’ve ever been to, from Domino’s and Pizza Hut to little hole-in-the-wall places scattered around the Jersey Shore and Boston, and I can tell you that even the crappiest, greasiest, most over-sauced pizza is tasty when it’s covered in chunks of sweet-tart, juicy pineapple. It’s a fact.
This past weekend I made pineapple pizza at home, with my own freshly-made whole wheat crust and homemade sauce, and I really don’t know why I haven’t done it until now. I’ve been making pizza at home for the last year or so, but pineapple apparently skipped my mind. Forgive me, pineapple! It won’t happen again. Especially now that I know that my husband has no qualms about eating it while he’s waiting for the pizza with chicken to finish baking.
In my own little circle of friends, pineapple pizza was something of a tradition throughout our high school years. Movie night wouldn’t have been complete without it! Having it again has brought back a lot of fond memories from those times. It was something both the meat eaters and the vegetarians enjoyed, as well.
You can, if you really feel the need, add meat to pineapple pizza. But if you stick to the traditional pairing of pineapple and ham, you’re missing out. In first place, I don’t think that ham belongs on pizza ever. But that’s just me.
If you want a really amazing combination that includes meat, you have to try — and just hear me out here because I know it sounds a little strange — pepperoni, pineapple and mushroom pizza. Alas, I’ve given up pepperoni, but back in the day, it was my favorite. My cousin Beth can attest to its virtue, because she was the only person who would ever eat it with me! Without the pepperoni to tie it all together though, the pineapple and mushrooms don’t really do it for me. I’d rather have just one or the other.
Are you a pineapple pizza lover, like me?
Clacked by Cate Cropp
on Jun 17, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
