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Wondering the same thing myself. What toppings got imported into Italy from the US? Certainly not things like pineapple!

Maybe things like prosciutto cotto (ham) or salamino piccante ("peperoni") ?




Pineapple as a pizza topping is apparently a Canadian thing [0].

> Greek-Canadian Sam Panopoulos claimed that he created the first Hawaiian pizza at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada in 1962.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza


Tomatoes.

Not the US, but from the Americas.


But that was before "pizza" as such was even invented, so I don't think that's really what this article was about.




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