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Afaik this goes back to the Toast Hawaii, which was invented by Clemens Wilmenrod, a TV cook in 1950ies Germany, and quite an interesting figure. He had no trai

by lqet 7y ago

Afaik this goes back to the Toast Hawaii, which was invented by Clemens Wilmenrod, a TV cook in 1950ies Germany, and quite an interesting figure. He had no training as a cook at all, but presented his strange creations as an exotic culinary experience. Basically, when you put cooked ham, pineapple, cheap cheese and a cherry on toast in the 50ies and 60ies in Germany, you presented yourself as a cosmopolitan. He welcomed the audience at the beginning of each show as his "dear friends in Lucullus" and gave simple dishes grandiose names (according to Wikipedia, a trivial recipe for a simple Schnitzel was called "Venetian Christmas Feast"). Oh, and when someone claimed that Wilmenrod stole the "recipe" of putting an almond into a strawberry, he threatened to kill himself on live TV [0]. (He actually killed himself a few years later, though it is speculated that he was diagnosed as having stomach cancer shortly before). [0] https://youtu.be/IAQhpI9euwg?t=130 https://youtu.be/IAQhpI9euwg?t=130

SideburnsOfDoom 7y ago
> Toast Hawaii That's interesting to know. I recently saw this dish on a TV show set in 1950s Germany, and I had questions about it. Starting with "wat?" and "But why?" and "was that really a treat?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_Hawaii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_Hawaii
- lqet 7y ago
  > "But why?" Perfectly valid question. One thing that is true is that it is extremely easy to prepare for many people. When I was a child in the 90ies, we often ate Toast Hawaii at my grandparents at birthday parties. Just open a pack of toast, a can of pineapple, a pack of ham and a pack of cheese, place it on top of each other, put it in the oven, done. > "was that really a treat?" As a child, I never liked it, and even the generation of my parents did not really enjoy it and preferred a more sane toast topping. But the postwar generation swore on it. Keep in mind that the country was basically in ruins after WW2. That you were able to afford (or even get) canned pineapples in the 50ies again was kind of a sensation, so I guess they still ate it in the 90ies out of nostalgia.
  - wirrbel 7y ago
    In my childhood in the 90ies, we had a toast-hawaii night at home like once a month. My parents and my sister ate it, I stuck to toast with grilled cheese and ham as I didn't like pineapple (and still today I am not a fan)
buckminster 7y ago
Hawaiian pizza in Bolivia has pineapple, ham, cheese and glacé cherry. I always thought the cherry was a weird local innovation so it's interesting to learn it's "traditional".

by lqet 7y ago

SideburnsOfDoom 7y ago

> Toast Hawaii That's interesting to know. I recently saw this dish on a TV show set in 1950s Germany, and I had questions about it. Starting with "wat?" and "But why?" and "was that really a treat?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_Hawaii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_Hawaii

lqet 7y ago
> "But why?" Perfectly valid question. One thing that is true is that it is extremely easy to prepare for many people. When I was a child in the 90ies, we often ate Toast Hawaii at my grandparents at birthday parties. Just open a pack of toast, a can of pineapple, a pack of ham and a pack of cheese, place it on top of each other, put it in the oven, done. > "was that really a treat?" As a child, I never liked it, and even the generation of my parents did not really enjoy it and preferred a more sane toast topping. But the postwar generation swore on it. Keep in mind that the country was basically in ruins after WW2. That you were able to afford (or even get) canned pineapples in the 50ies again was kind of a sensation, so I guess they still ate it in the 90ies out of nostalgia.
- wirrbel 7y ago
  In my childhood in the 90ies, we had a toast-hawaii night at home like once a month. My parents and my sister ate it, I stuck to toast with grilled cheese and ham as I didn't like pineapple (and still today I am not a fan)

buckminster 7y ago

Hawaiian pizza in Bolivia has pineapple, ham, cheese and glacé cherry. I always thought the cherry was a weird local innovation so it's interesting to learn it's "traditional".