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  • Pepperoni pizza post

    Society has collectively decided that pepperoni is the default pizza topping. Nearly every advertisement for a pizza chain will display pepperoni pizza in lieu of any other toppings.

    Pepperoni doesn’t deserve this reputation. It adds nothing to a pizza besides what can only be described as a mildly spicier, yet inferior, version of salami. If you want dried meat on your pizza pie, just slice up a roll of salami and throw it on top of your cheese.

    There’s also the matter of grease. There is no need to add to the risk of health complications by throwing pepperoni onto your pizza, especially since these highly-concentrated volumes of fat that pool into the pepperoni are consumed with every bite.

  • Loose leaf tea post

    It looks nice in a photo, but there is clearly an equipment failure here: tea leaves scattered about, and a big clump of tea in the bottom of the cup, getting stronger and more bitter with each passing moment. 

    You can get fancy French presses for tea, you can brew loose in a pot and strain it as you pour, you can buy a tea ball that contain your tea and put that straight into your pot or mug. But don’t just dump loose tea into a cup and use your teeth to strain it!

  • Hawaiian Pizza post

    Hawaiian pizza is a pizza originating in Canada, traditionally topped with pineapple, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and either ham or bacon.

    Does pineapple belong on a pizza?

    Pizza master Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana in New York City and owner of Genio Della Pizza crafts Neapolitan pizzas with the utmost attention to detail and ingredients, which landed Una being named the No. 1 pizzeria in the world by 50 Top Pizza in 2022. Surely, he must find pineapple on pizza out of place? Absolutely not. Mangieri maintains that “anything can go on pizza if it is a beautiful, high-quality ingredient and the flavors of the composed pizza are balanced.” The menu at Una is small, but in addition to classics like Margherita and Mariana pizzas, Mangieri has a rotating special pizza “including ones with watermelon and oranges, and both were lovely.”

    To cut a long story short, food is about experimentation: it’s about using what you have to change the flavour, add a different texture, or diversify your nutrients. Pineapple is just a different flavour and a more modern way of altering an ancient dish. We should be championing pineapple on pizza simply because it is combining two things that some people may never have considered.