# Why the vehement opposition to pineapple on pizza? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 27, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875 "2021-02-27T07:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/201 "2021-03-02T15:29:18Z")
I have a lot of pity for anyone who would arbitrarily limit their culinary experiences with a dumb rule like “no warm fruit” - no baked apple, no _clafoutis_, no _tarte Tatin_, no hot rum banana… ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/202 "2021-03-02T15:36:52Z")
You do you. The mixture of sweet and savoury has long been established as a popular favourite. It’s why plum sauce, cranberries in sugar with turkey, burger sauces or sweet and sour sauces are a thing. I remember the mayor of Reykjavik making a bold stand against pineapple and making worldwide news. Though it’s nice to see pols grappling with the major issues, he gets a pass since he was (a) a gifted comedian, (b) living in a place where canned pineapple sells for fifteen dollars, © still probably dealing with the most contentious political issue in Iceland, (d) is from a place where fish liver oil is considered part of a good breakfast, and decaying shark is foisted on tourists. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/203 "2021-03-02T15:44:36Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I remember the mayor of Reykjavik making a bold stand against pineapple and making worldwide news. If ever there were a place that should be warming their fruit before eating. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/204 "2021-03-02T15:56:48Z")
You think pineapple in pizza is bad? How about Froot Loops? > **['Froot Loops' on pizza: Culinary abomination or inspiration? | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/03/02/froot-loops-pizza-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn)** > > "Froot Loops" on pizza grosses out internet. But how does it taste? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/205 "2021-03-02T18:07:57Z")
Seems like we covered this before. Ah, yes, here is mine answer. > [@The exact psychology behind people being angered by others' food choices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exact-psychology-behind-people-being-angered-by-others-food-choices/844986/46): > > I see several reasons people become upset about others’ food choices. > > First, food is the basic trigger of our disgust instinct. It protects us from eating things we don’t know are safely edible. We learn what is food and what is not very early in our lives and it’s hard to change. Some people can overcome that instinct better than others, but its still there in all of us. > > Second, food is a tribal marker. Our in-group eats this. That out-groups eat that. We can improve our status in the in-group by disparaging the out-group. Or, if we’re surrounded by outsiders, we fear being mocked. Interlopers are inherently threatening to us, even when we try to compensate intellectually. > > Third, people are authoritarian. We know what is right and what is wrong. There’s a right way to eat food and many wrong ways. We will enforce our norms, because people should be good and not bad. > > So when we see someone eating something we would not, it can trigger visceral disgust, fear of the other, and moral indignation, at varying levels depending on circumstance. Hit the trifecta and no wonder we get angry. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/206 "2021-03-02T18:53:06Z")
Hey, no shit. As if the rules I use for myself were in any way relevant to anyone else. That’s the whole joke of this pineapple on pizza thing. It’s the absurdity of it all. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/207 "2021-03-02T19:04:41Z")
I wonder how many people upset by pineapple on pizza put ketchup on hot dogs? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/208 "2021-03-02T19:28:17Z")
I do and I see no problem with it. Ketchup and hot dogs go together. There’s no comparison between that and pineapple on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/209 "2021-03-02T19:29:16Z")
Except that there is: they both are pairing a sweet element with a savory dish and both pairings are looked down upon by other people. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/210 "2021-03-02T19:32:42Z")
Except I don’t consider ketchup to be as sweet as pineapple. Ketchup has more of a savory taste to me. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/211 "2021-03-02T19:33:59Z")
So it’s a preference? Much like pineapple on pizza? ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/212 "2021-03-02T19:36:02Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > So it’s a preference? Of course it is. De gustibus non disputandum est - there’s no accounting for tastes. My preference is against pineapple on pizza, because it’s a sweet and tart fruit on a salty dish. That simple. I don’t really like cheesecake either for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/213 "2021-03-02T19:36:05Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > So it’s a preference? Much like pineapple on pizza? It’s a preference. And to quote Abe Simpson: “What is _it_ seems weird and scary to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/214 "2021-03-02T19:38:03Z")
Who among us doesn’t like pineapple on their pizzas, or say a nice slice of peach on our nachos, or a whole ripe tomato on a scoop of ice cream? Normal humans. That’s who. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/215 "2021-03-02T19:41:42Z")
Sure you don’t mean basics? [Fresh Peach Salsa Recipe (natashaskitchen.com)](https://natashaskitchen.com/fresh-peach-salsa-recipe/) > **[Tomato Sorbet Recipe](https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/tomato-sorbet)** > > When tomatoes are abundant, Andrew Zimmern makes this lovely, slightly sweet tomato sorbet. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/216 "2021-03-02T19:44:09Z")
[prayer]Jesus, please send an asteroid. Thanks in advance.[/prayer] ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/217 "2021-03-02T19:49:27Z")
True that pineapple doesn’t have the savory component that ketchup does, but ketchup, at least by weight, is sweeter than pineapple. Heinz ketchup appears to have 22g of sugar per 100g. A pineapple appears to have 10g of sugar per 100g. Even the one in heavy syrup works out to 20g per 100g. Ketchup is _very_ sweet to my tastes, and is objectively sweet (meaning by the numbers), but it is balanced out by vinegar, I suppose. But pineapple’s sweetness is also tempered by its tartness. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/218 "2021-03-02T19:50:02Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Is it that they don’t like sweet toppings on what ought to be a salty food? Nah, just foodie snobs. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/219 "2021-03-02T19:51:05Z")
Actually, I don’t think they are foodies, I think that they are extremely conventional and unsettled by flavors they haven’t had a million times before. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875/220 "2021-03-02T19:52:00Z")
I would actually think foodies would be _more_ open to pineapple on pizza than non-foodies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875.md?page=12)