A Great Canadian hass passed away

[Mayne]

LONDON, Ont. — Sam Panopoulos, the man credited with inventing the Hawaiian pizza, has died at the age of 83.

According to an online obituary he’d been in hospital in London, Ont., when he passed away suddenly on Thursday.

Panopoulos was born in Greece and emigrated to Canada in 1954 where he and his two brothers operated a number of restaurants.

He said he made the first Hawaiian pizza in 1962 at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ont., after deciding that chunks of canned pineapple might make a tasty topping.

His culinary instincts eventually bore fruit — his creation became a staple of pizza menus the world over, though it did have a healthy portion of critics.

Iceland’s president, Guoni Johannesson, recently caused a minor online furor by pronouncing to some school children that pineapple did not belong on pizza, and suggested the combination should be banned.

Among those coming to the defence of Hawaiian pizza was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who pledged his support in a tweet.

Panopoulos’ funeral is scheduled for Monday in London, Ont.

 

[lxskllr]

Go Iceland!

 

[preCRT]

Can't quite forgive & forget. He wrought a stomach turning insult upon the earth.

 

[cbrunny]

Can't quite forgive & forget. He wrought a stomach turning insult upon the earth.

"You like the way that food tastes? Obviously you're an inferior human being." -- Idiots across the globe.

Get a hobby.

 

[preCRT]

Do you need a sarcasm flag?

 

[JMC2000]

Can't quite forgive & forget. He wrought a stomach turning insult upon the earth.

Excuse you, but Hawaiian Pizza is one of the BEST varieties about.

Then, there's Jalapeno/Habanero Hawaiian... So, so good!

 

[cbrunny]

Excuse you, but Hawaiian Pizza is one of the BEST varieties about.

Then, there's Jalapeno/Habanero Hawaiian... So, so good!

I'm more partial to banana peppers with my pineapple, but the good sense is the same.

 

[Newbian]

The world would had been so much better without this monstrous creation.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I'm with ns1 in liking the fact the news announced the sinner's death is done.

 

[Iron Woode]

I read that in our newspaper this morning.

 

[BoomerD]

William Shatner died?

Gotta be him...he's the closest thing to a "great man" ever to come out of Canada.

 

[KMFJD]

hometown(kinda) in the news...his pizza wasn't very good, rip Sam

 

[Red Squirrel]

I might have to order a pizza in his honour, with extra pine apple.

 

[thebestMAX]

Learn something new every day. Here I always though that only Californians could come up with something so blatantly distasteful.

 

[JMC2000]

You people that don't like Hawaiian Pizza are just not human.

 

[BudAshes]

William Shatner died?

Gotta be him...he's the closest thing to a "great man" ever to come out of Canada.

Phil Hartman was clearly the greatest Canadian.

 

[MrSquished]

Excuse you, but Hawaiian Pizza is one of the BEST varieties about.

Then, there's Jalapeno/Habanero Hawaiian... So, so good!

That does sound tasty. I despised the Hawaiian pizza for most of my adult life. Finally tried it like 6 years ago. Shit was mighty tasty! Ya never know folks.

 

[BurnItDwn]

There is room in this world for all forms of pizza.