From fry-ups to pizzas, the pineapple’s critics are eating their words | Tomé Morrissy-Swan

Outrage greeted the English Breakfast Society’s suggestion to include the fruit in a traditional fry-up, yet it runs rings around the tomato

Growing up, Sunday was pizza day. Always from the same place, an unassuming local Italian in the days before we’d heard of puffy Neapolitan pizza. And always the same: “Porchetta with no mushrooms.” Aka Hawaiian. Aka ham and pineapple. The contrasting tart-sweet tinned pineapple with salty ham seemed like wizardry to my young palate.

The Hawaiian is highly controversial, but one dish ignites similar passions: the full English. Last week, the English Breakfast Society ruffled feathers by claiming a certain unexpected fruit belonged on a fry-up. You guessed it – the pineapple. Continue reading...


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