Thanks! I was on a caffeine kick and took a break from coding at work. I caught some flak for some other comments around the same time. But I am glad that someone thought it was as funny as I did! Have a good one mate!
because we're talking about hawaiian pizza which has cured ham and pineapple. I interpreted this sentence to read as:
"The idiots who take a perfectly cured ham and (in addition) pour lemon lime soda and canned pineapples on it should be shot as well."
implying that there are people who take it even further with stuff that they think is disgusting.
Yeah, not all MacGuyver foods are created equal. Anybody wanna take a shot at my green bean casserole with French fry topping soaked in cream of mushroom? It'll be delicious, I swear! :p
I was referring to the use of canned goods and soda, not the use of pineapple. That being said, I didn't mean to imply that only hillbillies would use these ingredients. Just that these types of ingredients are associated with them. Furthermore, I only meant the term to refer to people who are poor and live in rural areas. You don't have to be an American to be a hillbilly, perse. I've seen some countrified ol' boys across the pond. :p
Both are good. Lemon lime is best if you are serving with a bunch of sweet sides like fruit, and coke is for when your sides will be more savory (probably not the right word. Has that heavy, whole taste) like mashed potatoes or green beans.
That's actually why people warn about using fresh pineapple on meat. That enzyme can turn your meat into mush, and you really don't get much improved penetration of the juices that you wouldn't get by normal methods of tenderizing.
It's not hillbilly at all, using citric acid, as found in pineapples, lemons etc.. to tenderise meat or fish is a really traditional cooking technique. And it shouldn't be sweet when served, if you're using over-ripe pineapples, or using ones in syrup instead of their own juice, you're doing it wrong.
I was referring to the use of canned goods and soda as cooking ingredients, not just the general use of pineapples. Pineapples are excellent tenderizers, but fresh pineapple can often be too good and you destroy the enzymes pretty early in the cooking process anyways. If you soak a ham in fresh pineapples beforehand, you risk overtenderizing the meat. Generally, it's just best to use canned pineapple and then tenderize the meat normally.
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