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Pineapple on Pizza Posting (lemmy.world)
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing really changed because technically tomatoes are a fruit

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Explanation: Ancient Roman predecessors to modern pizza used pomegranate, amongst other fruits. Of course, such proto-'pizzas' lacked tomatoes (as tomatoes come from the Americas) and probably lacked mozzarella (as mozzarella is first mentioned during the Renaissance).