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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 1, 2024 22:59:56 GMT
So I'm sitting here watching House Hunters International, and this episode has a woman looking for a house in Amsterdam. The American 'relocation specialist' who is helping her find a house was telling her that when she first moved to Amsterdam, she was craving pizza. She bought what looked like a margarita pizza, but when she started cooking it, smelled fishy. She said, with a look of pure disgust on her face, "It was a salmon pizza, that doesn't even exist in America!"
I refuse to believe that salmon pizza doesn't exist in the US. Tell me it's not true! I mean, anything you like can go on a pizza!
Following on from that, what are some of your favourite pizza toppings? Some of my favourites:
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, red onion
Lamb, pumpkin, goat cheese or feta, pine nuts
Anything with anchovies..... lots and lots of anchovies so I get a bit in every mouthful
Last night we had pizza, and I ordered one of my favourites: Bacon, Cheese, Chicken, Chipotle Sauce, Jalapeños on puff pastry. Yum!
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Post by katlady on Nov 1, 2024 23:04:25 GMT
I did a quick google search, and a lot of hits for smoked salmon pizza came up, so I guess it is eaten here in the US. I have never tried it. My all-time favorite is the dreaded pineapple and ham pizza. My other favorite toppings are sausage and mushrooms. And I like thick crust over thin. I like my pizza simple. 😂
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 1, 2024 23:07:20 GMT
My all-time favorite is the dreaded pineapple and ham pizza. Ha, I was actually going to ask whether people like pineapple on their pizza - it seems to be a very controversial thing! FWIW, I like pineapple on pizza. I like my pizzas to be a bit fancy, but every now and then I love a good Hawaiian with ham, cheese, and pineapple. |
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Post by littlemama on Nov 1, 2024 23:36:32 GMT
Id imagine that at a boutique type place, you could get all sorts of toppings you wouldnt find at a regular pizza place. Ive never seen salmon, but I also intensely dislike salmon, so Id just pass it by.
I do like pineapple on pizza and I think it is wild that people think that is "controversial" and want to argue about it.
I think plain pepperoni pizza is a waste of time, but Im not going to argue with anyone about it.
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Post by melanell on Nov 1, 2024 23:43:34 GMT
I have seen plenty of unique things on pizzas online and occasionally when traveling, but here at home, I don't know of anyone offering salmon on pizza.
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Post by anaterra on Nov 1, 2024 23:45:06 GMT
I have never heard of salmon pizza... not in my area of west texas...
Also not a pineapple on my pizza person...
My fave is meat lovers extra cheese!! Give me all the meat... lmao
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Post by Merge on Nov 1, 2024 23:48:20 GMT
I've never heard of salmon on pizza! My recent fave has figs, prosciutto, hot honey, and fresh arugula on top after it's baked.
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 1, 2024 23:52:41 GMT
The closest thing I’ve had to salmon on pizza is cream cheese, red onion, sliced lox style salmon and capers on pitta bread and that was all cut up in triangle pizza style slices. But it was served cold. I love salmon and cream cheese but I don’t know that I’d want it on American style pizza crust.
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Post by peano on Nov 1, 2024 23:58:12 GMT
I don’t ever remember seeing a smoked salmon pizza around here, but living in the tri-state area (NY, NJ and CT), you seldom see anything too crazy beyond a pizza with standard toppings, unless you’re at a specialty restaurant. Pineapple pizzas are suspect at best and anathema at worst. For red pies, we typically order a bacon, onion and spinach. For white pies, we like clam with bacon, onion and spinach. I love olives on pizza, but DH doesn’t so I usually forgo them. Also, it is a law  that the crust must be chewy and have body. No crispy crusts like crackers that lacerate the inside of your mouth. |
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Post by katlady on Nov 2, 2024 0:13:35 GMT
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Post by milocat on Nov 2, 2024 0:16:21 GMT
I have never heard of salmon or pretty much all the things you listed on pizza.
I'm in Canada. I'd say unless you go to a fancy restaurant all the pizza places have the same basic ingredients, ham, pineapple, salami, pepperoni, bacon, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black olives. Sometimes ground beef, shrimp, basil, chicken. Sometimes a bbq or cream sauce instead of tomato sauce.
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Post by malibou on Nov 2, 2024 0:34:38 GMT
Up until 2 weeks ago I would have said that I too have never heard of salmon on pizza. But I did just have it in Alaska, and it was amazing.
I typically like my pizza with various meats and mild banana peppers, but I have to create this at home. When out I like Hawaiian Pizza or sausage and mushrooms.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Nov 2, 2024 1:32:33 GMT
Never had salmon on pizza but I'm sure I've been in places in the US where it could be obtained. Definitely saw it on the menu in Scandinavian countries when traveling.
I remember back when our kids were little and we had European au pairs that were surprised corn wasn't a standard pizza topping here (US). The au pairs (especially the ones from Germany) always wanted corn on their pizza.
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Post by camcas on Nov 2, 2024 1:36:50 GMT
In my world only tomato onion chilli salami/pepperoni anchovies mushrooms red peppers olives and cheese- in any combo -belong on pizza
Anything else is an abomination and against my religion 🤪🤣
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Post by Ryann on Nov 2, 2024 1:38:38 GMT
Any kind of fish on a pizza doesn't sound appealing to me. I'm not a big seafood person in general, so there's that.
Pepperoni and pineapple is my go-to. I like to drizzle Mike's hot honey on top. So good!
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Nov 2, 2024 1:56:45 GMT
Smoked salmon is very prevalent in the Seattle area but I have only seen it on a pizza menu a few times and I’ve never known anyone to order it.
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Post by librarylady on Nov 2, 2024 2:02:18 GMT
I will pass on that.
When we have pizza, I order sausage, mushroom and green peppers on ours--on a thin crust.
I don't care for pepperoni as it is much to greasy for me.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Nov 2, 2024 2:07:59 GMT
Salmon is definitely not available at an average pizza shop in my area. Most common is a red sauce with mozzarella cheese. Meat toppings: Pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham, bacon, chicken. Veggies: Peppers, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, olives.
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Post by jemali on Nov 2, 2024 2:36:38 GMT
I have never seen a salmon pizza near me. Or pumpkin on a pizza.
I like the basic ingredients: sausage, pepperoni, green pepper, mushroom, onions.
A newish flavor of pizza by me is Dill Pickle. It has a white garlic sauce, dill pickles and mozzarella cheese. I would love to try it but DH doesn’t like pickles so I have to find someone else who wants to try.
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Post by christinec68 on Nov 2, 2024 2:41:32 GMT
I’ve never noticed it on a menu at a pizza place but I googled and found a place less than 2 miles from me that has salmon pizza on their menu.
My go to is a regular slice or a slice of white pizza. I’ll get a buffalo chicken pizza every know and then.
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Post by quinlove on Nov 2, 2024 2:49:16 GMT
No thank you. I do not like fish on my pizza. Frankly, this is an assumption. Not one I’m willing to test though.
I like my pizza crust paper thin. As thin and slightly crispy as possible. Cheese is fine as the only topping. The more, the better. Not real particular about what kind of cheese.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 2, 2024 2:51:18 GMT
pumpkin is definitely an oz/nz item.. it is not savory here.. usually just a sweet. and we don't use squash either.
I like pineapple, red onion and ham. dh gets it so I steal one or two bites. it is not really something I eat anymore.
never have seen salmon on pizza, but wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by chaosisapony on Nov 2, 2024 2:52:45 GMT
I'm sure it exists somewhere but it's definitely not something you find at the typical chain pizza places. I've never heard of it here in California.
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Post by snyder on Nov 2, 2024 3:00:13 GMT
I was in London in 1974. We were trying to decide where to eat and someone must have noticed looking and acting like tourists and pointed out a pizza place and told it was really good. We decided to take him up on his suggestion. Looking at the menu, we were in awe that they put ham and chicking on PIZZA! Back then it seemed like pizza ingredients were pepperoni, sausage, cheese, onion, black olives, bell pepper and maybe one or two that I can think of at the moment and only red sauce.
A few years after that, restaurants were attempting to grow business by offering different toppings.
We have a MOD pizza place here and they have a build your own pizza. They have 4 crust offerings, 7 sauces, 8 cheeses, 10 meats, 21 vegetables and 8 finishing sauces to choose from.
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Post by leannec on Nov 2, 2024 3:27:33 GMT
Here in Canada, pizza is pretty boring unless you go to a high end place ... even there I doubt you would see pumpkin ... smoked salmon maybe but I like mine cold so that wouldn't work.  My go to from the local pub is a veggie with mushroom, tomato, onion and roasted garlic ... yum! |
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 2, 2024 5:37:30 GMT
Pizza- all the meats, none of the veggies, all the cheeses. Pesto or red or white sauce.
I don’t mind pineapple on my ham pizza but I pick off and eat all the pineapple first because I love it. Then I eat the ham and cheese pizza.
Salmon does not belong on pizza in my world.
I did enjoy a grilled garlic shrimp pizza at CPK when we used to go there.
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Post by gar on Nov 2, 2024 9:37:36 GMT
The nearest I've come to salmon on a pizza is in our lovely local wine bar where they serve tarte flambe which is super thin crispy dough with onions, cheese or creme fraiche and smoked salmon or bacon on top, no tomato/passata. Commonly we'd have 'meat feast' which can be a mix of pepperoni, spicy sausage, ham, spicy beef etc, Hawaiian with ham and pineapple (yum!)  spicy chicken etc. I also love prosciutto, pesto and mozzarella, vegetables ones with mushrooms, chargrilled veg etc. So many lovely options these days I did just look on my 'posh' local supermarket website and they do one with prawns but I've never had it. |
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Post by sueg on Nov 2, 2024 10:28:17 GMT
The nearest I've come to salmon on a pizza is in our lovely local wine bar where they serve tarte flambe which is super thin crispy dough with onions, cheese or creme fraiche and smoked salmon or bacon on top, no tomato/passata. That sounds a lot like what we call 'flammkuchen' here - I believe it originated in the Alsace region on the French-German border. Salmon on pizza isn't common here in Germany, but one topping combo that is nearly everywhere (and available on frozen pizzas) is 'tonno e cipolo' or tuna and onion. Regular pizza sauce, tinned tuna and red onions. I was skeptical at first, but it is now one of my favourites. The au pairs (especially the ones from Germany) always wanted corn on their pizza. Corn on/in things is reasonably common on Germany, but I haven't seen it on the pizza menus of either of the places near us. AussieMeg - one thing I miss here is the variety of pizza toppings, especially at 'specialty' pizza places in Australia. I mean, we can't even get a decent BBQ chicken pizza here! |
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Post by gar on Nov 2, 2024 10:33:51 GMT
The nearest I've come to salmon on a pizza is in our lovely local wine bar where they serve tarte flambe which is super thin crispy dough with onions, cheese or creme fraiche and smoked salmon or bacon on top, no tomato/passata. That sounds a lot like what we call 'flammkuchen' here - I believe it originated in the Alsace region on the French-German border. Salmon on pizza isn't common here in Germany, but one topping combo that is nearly everywhere (and available on frozen pizzas) is 'tonno e cipolo' or tuna and onion. Regular pizza sauce, tinned tuna and red onions. I was skeptical at first, but it is now one of my favourites. The au pairs (especially the ones from Germany) always wanted corn on their pizza. Corn on/in things is reasonably common on Germany, but I haven't seen it on the pizza menus of either of the places near us. AussieMeg - one thing I miss here is the variety of pizza toppings, especially at 'specialty' pizza places in Australia. I mean, we can't even get a decent BBQ chicken pizza here! Yes, spot on. The owner is from the Alsace  |
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Post by KelleeM on Nov 2, 2024 11:17:59 GMT
I’ve never seen/heard of pizza with salmon. Some places have shrimp but I’ve never tried it on a pizza. (I just educated myself about shrimp and prawns, which I always thought were the same things, just different names!) We have pretty basic pizza places around here.
I’m a huge fan of pineapple and bacon on pizza. My family likes pineapple and ham but I much prefer bacon. I love buffalo chicken pizza and recently had chicken kabob pizza that had Greek seasoned chicken, feta, onions, sliced tomatoes and mozzarella. It was absolutely delicious!
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spicy chicken etc. I also love prosciutto, pesto and mozzarella, vegetables ones with mushrooms, chargrilled veg etc. So many lovely options these days 
