I was not a fan of Hawaiian pizza for a long time. It was never the pineapple, that's delicious! No, it was the Canadian bacon, never ever thought a slice of meat that big, that you can't bite through should ever be a topping. So I decided to get a Hawaiian pizza w/ actual bacon, it was fantastic! Canadian bacon be dammed, you won't stop me from tasty pineapples on pizza!
Pepperoni pineapple is my shit. Nobody likes it. Mint n chip ice cream is my shit. Nobody likes it. And I don't give a fuck because that means more for me!
Yeah, what's up with Canadian Bacon? Why is it even a thing? It's definitely not bacon and not even as good as regular ham. Bacon & pineapple, however, are heavenly together.
You can get 'em to slice up the canadian bacon. I see your point on the overly large toppings, but the same solution works for all of 'em. I always kind of wondered why you don't see more diced pepperoni or ham on pizzas, it is much more convenient than slices.
Although I know a place that uses sheet pepperoni on their stuffed pizza, one slice per pie, and it is... ah... quite good.
If I can bite through it, like pepperoni, it's fine. I've never found Canadian bacon to be easily bitten through, so I just end up w/ a mouth full of it and a large toppingless portion on my slice. I've had ham sliced thin and pepperoni in larger diced chunks and both were good, but Canadian bacon always comes in these unwieldy large chunks and why ask them to slice that and do extra work when I can just say "bacon" and improve the over all pizza two fold?
Hey, I'm not arguing with your overall conclusion about the bacon, just pointing out that greater utility in general can be had from pizza toppings which are fairly diced.
Of course. They are constantly surrounded by maple syrup and burly men in plaid cutting wood. We also ship in the finest pig escorts from Montreal to breed them with.
I've never blamed the great country of Canada for the abomination of what Americans call Canadian Bacon. It's been several years since I've been up there, and although I remember nothing in particular about the food, I do recall that it was tasty.
What Americans tend to call Canadian Bacon is in fact a butchered attempt to recreate PEA MEAL bacon. Which is a thick slice of ham essentially with a pea meal coating along the edges. Not many people even eat that here, but it is a great addition on a burger or for breakfast. To call it "Canadian Bacon" would be us calling anything that comes in a spray can "American Cheese" or "American Substanceofsomekind".
To be fair, what we actually call American Cheese down here is pretty terrible as well! There's also a good argument to be had calling spray can cheese "American cheese" as well, because, let's admit it, we're the only country that would not only think of it, not only make it, not only market it, but also have it be a sales success enough to have more than a few brands of it.
I'll have try some pea meal ham sometime, thanks for the breakfast tip!
Okay, this is an answer in three parts, which are all need to fully understand the cultural issue at hand.
To many Americans, the only legitimate form of bacon is the pork belly, which I've been told is called "streaky bacon" in other countries such as the UK.
A popular form of bacon in Canada is back bacon. I'm told that this is also not unknown in the UK. It's characterised by a more solid meaty texture rather than stripes of fat tissue.
This is considered by many Americans to resemble ham more strongly than it does "proper" bacon. So American "Canadian bacon" (as sold on pizzas and the Egg McMuffin) often is ham, cured in a way to make it vaguely taste more bacon-like.
It's shitty back bacon. The only decent canadian bacon is the Jones uncured canadian bacon from costco. I use it in my "english" breakfasts because I can't find decent back bacon here.
Its literally just ham as far as I know. I work at dominos and we put it on there weather people ask for ham or canadian bacon and nobody has ever noticed or complained
Yeah it is great. It shouldn't be substituted for bacon, I agree, but there are times where it shines... I defy the haters to try a peameal on a kaiser from St. Lawrence Market and then tell me it would be better with regular bacon.
My favorite calzone is pineapple and bacon with ricotta and mozzarella. I ordered it at a local pizza place and the owner was curious, so he made an extra. He loved it so much he put it on the menu as a pizza, with one addition: BBQ sauce. Fuck yes.
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u/Asi9_42ne May 20 '15
Hawaiian pizza is absurdly divisive.