# Why the vehement opposition to pineapple on pizza?

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Interestingly, in South Africa, “sweetcorn” means specifically the _creamed_ canned kind. The non-creamed canned kind would be “kernel corn”

> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> told us about how unfamiliar Europeans were with corn for human consumption

_Polenta_, _kačamak_, lots of other regional corn porridges, all been around for centuries. Or did he mean specifically whole-kernel corn?

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