Does pineapple belong on pizza?

First, the facts nobody at the argument knows: Hawaiian pizza was invented in 1962 at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, by Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant to Canada, who canned-pineapple'd a pizza to see what would happen. Not Hawaiian, not Italian: Canadian, via Greece. When Iceland's president joked in 2017 that he would ban pineapple pizza, an international incident followed and Panopoulos, then in his 80s, defended his creation in the press.

On the merits: sweet paired with salty and savory is not a crime but a tradition, prosciutto with melon, duck with orange, bacon with maple, and pineapple's acidity cuts fat exactly the way tomato does. Surveys put American approval near half, with pineapple ranking mid-pack among toppings, ahead of anchovies by a landslide.

Ruling: legitimate topping, personal choice, and the outrage is a bit, mostly performed. Naples may object; Naples also objected to deep dish, and Chicago survived.