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TIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by baseless_discourse@mander.xyz to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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Inspired by the video by Gem and Impulse from Hermitcraft. In the video, Impulse told Gem (a Canadian) that he had hawaiian pizza with canadian bacon on it; and Gem got really confused in what constitute a "Canadian bacon".

Apparently Canadian bacon is called "Canadian" because it is originally imported from Canada to New York. Not because it is popular or invented in Canada.

On the other hand, Hawaiian pizza is a true cultural amalgamation. It is invented by a Greek in Canada inspired by his experience cooking Chinese food. One of the culture it doesn't connect to is Hawaii, its name comes from the brand of pineapple the inventor was using.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_bacon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza

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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The "Canadian Tuxedo", wearing jeans with a jean jacket, was popularized by an American. In 1951, Bing Crosby attended an upscale event in Vancouver that had a three-piece suit dress code while wearing denim-on-denim. He was allowed in due to his celebrity status, but it ended up creating jokes that Canadians think the look is high class.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Be that as it may, we do really like denim jackets here

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

of course not. its like turkey bacon is not a turkey thing.

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Truely insightful.