"Canadian" pizza

[Toni]

I’ve seen on menus, adverts—please don’t @ me, I disapprove as much as humanely possible but get this:

Mashed potatoes pizza. Please don’t ask for more details. My brain just withdraws into its safe place and rocks itself softly until the world returns to sanity.

Frankly, the best pizza in the western hemisphere is made by my husband OR if you can’t get an invite: a pizza place where we went to college.

End of.

 

[DBT]

Potato has no place on a pizza.

 

[Tigers!]

Yeah, it used to be floor tiles.

I worked at Costco in Ardeer, Melbourne for about 11 months. Every day I looked at the pizza and wondered "How are you allowed to sell that as fit for human consumption?"

 

[ZiprHead]

Potato has no place on a pizza.

How about macaroni and cheese pizza?

 

[DBT]

Potato has no place on a pizza.

How about macaroni and cheese pizza?

Never tried it. Could be alright.

 

[spikepipsqueak]

Back when I could eat such things, the best pizza I ever had was at a vegetarian restaurant.

Just cheese and onions. But what cheese!

 

[dendrast]

Many years ago, when I lived in Canada, I was told that what I referred to as "Canadian bacon" was called "back bacon" by Canadians.

The stuff used by pizza parlors is call Canadian Style for a reason I believe. Maybe because of some kind of treaty.
It's not what a Real Canadian would call bacon.

The cut for "back bacon" is literally that, where the meat is leaner. More like tenderloin. Traditional "streaky bacon", as the British call it, is made from "side pork",as French-Canadians call it, a lower and much fattier cut. If you are eating "Canadian bacon", you are eating High Off the Hog.

 

[dendrast]

A couple weeks ago, my wife was hospitalised for a week with The Shits (C. Difficile) When she got out, all she wanted was a pizza. I had a frozen one on hand labelled "Canadian Pizza". We were disappointed to discover that it was 'Canadian' because it had bacon on it, instead of pineapple.
Pineapple on pizza is Canadian, not Hawaiian. It was invented in Toronto by a Polish immigrant. What's more Canadian than that?

I'm gonna take this sideways. I'm curious about her hospital stay. Would you mind telling us what treatment(s) was/were used? I went thru this a few years ago but know that protocols/options have changed.

Drugs plus some isolation as far as I know. 'Course, if you look it up on Wikipedia, it seems to be triggered by exposure (at a hospital or a cruise ship) after having been on antibiotics. The reason why she was hospitalised though was because she slipped into dementia, a story I don't feel like telling at the moment. Suffice it say, she spent a week there and instead of having to re-finance our house, it only cost us a $45 deductible for the ambulance.

 

[dendrast]

Potato has no place on a pizza.

Not uncooked. Cooked (preferably baked) and sliced very thin it goes very well on a tomato-onion-basil frittata. (I have a tendency to put leftovers on pizza. That's what a friend's Nonna told me it was for.
The frittata recipe is in 'The Two Fat Ladies' cookbook from the 90s.

 

[DBT]

Potato has no place on a pizza.

Not uncooked. Cooked (preferably baked) and sliced very thin it goes very well on a tomato-onion-basil frittata. (I have a tendency to put leftovers on pizza. That's what a friend's Nonna told me it was for.
The frittata recipe is in 'The Two Fat Ladies' cookbook from the 90s.

Could work.

 

[ZiprHead]

Potato has no place on a pizza.

How about macaroni and cheese pizza?

Never tried it. Could be alright.

There's a small mid Michigan pizza restaurant chain that has it n their menu.

 

[thebeave]

A couple weeks ago, my wife was hospitalised for a week with The Shits (C. Difficile) When she got out, all she wanted was a pizza. I had a frozen one on hand labelled "Canadian Pizza". We were disappointed to discover that it was 'Canadian' because it had bacon on it, instead of pineapple.
Pineapple on pizza is Canadian, not Hawaiian. It was invented in Toronto by a Polish immigrant. What's more Canadian than that?

I'm gonna take this sideways. I'm curious about her hospital stay. Would you mind telling us what treatment(s) was/were used? I went thru this a few years ago but know that protocols/options have changed.

Drugs plus some isolation as far as I know. 'Course, if you look it up on Wikipedia, it seems to be triggered by exposure (at a hospital or a cruise ship) after having been on antibiotics. The reason why she was hospitalised though was because she slipped into dementia, a story I don't feel like telling at the moment. Suffice it say, she spent a week there and instead of having to re-finance our house, it only cost us a $45 deductible for the ambulance.

Interesting. I had a severe case of food poisoning a little less than a year ago. Vomiting only, no "shits". Didn't leave the house for over two weeks. An unexpected side effect was "brain malfunction". Weird, irrational thoughts and "song worms" stuck in my head for days. After reading about the symptoms of food poisoning, mental confusion was listed. Previously, I would have never made the link.

 

[dendrast]

A couple weeks ago, my wife was hospitalised for a week with The Shits (C. Difficile) When she got out, all she wanted was a pizza. I had a frozen one on hand labelled "Canadian Pizza". We were disappointed to discover that it was 'Canadian' because it had bacon on it, instead of pineapple.
Pineapple on pizza is Canadian, not Hawaiian. It was invented in Toronto by a Polish immigrant. What's more Canadian than that?

I'm gonna take this sideways. I'm curious about her hospital stay. Would you mind telling us what treatment(s) was/were used? I went thru this a few years ago but know that protocols/options have changed.

Drugs plus some isolation as far as I know. 'Course, if you look it up on Wikipedia, it seems to be triggered by exposure (at a hospital or a cruise ship) after having been on antibiotics. The reason why she was hospitalised though was because she slipped into delirium, a story I don't feel like telling at the moment. Suffice it say, she spent a week there and instead of having to re-finance our house, it only cost us a $45 deductible for the ambulance.

Interesting. I had a severe case of food poisoning a little less than a year ago. Vomiting only, no "shits". Didn't leave the house for over two weeks. An unexpected side effect was "brain malfunction". Weird, irrational thoughts and "song worms" stuck in my head for days. After reading about the symptoms of food poisoning, mental confusion was listed. Previously, I would have never made the link.

Well, that was there too. She wound up in delirium. Apparently not uncommon in older patients. She came downstairs one night and started talking. Continuously. All night long. I knew something was wrong. Especially when she took all her clothes off and wanted to go outside. I stopped that. Around 8:00 AM, I got her into an ambulance and off to the hospital where they put her on anti-psychotic drugs.
(I was not intending to tell this story, or not yet. I guess I needed to. You sure got me sideways alright. It's a ways from pineapple on pizza though.)
However, after some tests (Ever hear of "The Clock Test?") and some time in hospital, they released her and now she's home, "resting comfortably" for a couple weeks now. More tests in six months. Maybe they'll let her have her license back then. I think the delirium was more the focus than the C. Diff for them keeping her in although it can be quite serious and even kill you.
Outside her hospital window, there was a tipi. One evening while she was there they had a drumming circle. I missed it at home but she found it very therapeutic.

 

[brewer]

Well, that was there too. She wound up in delirium. Apparently not uncommon in older patients. She came downstairs one night and started talking. Continuously. All night long. I knew something was wrong. Especially when she took all her clothes off and wanted to go outside. I stopped that. Around 8:00 AM, I got her into an ambulance and off to the hospital where they put her on anti-psychotic drugs.
(I was not intending to tell this story, or not yet. I guess I needed to. You sure got me sideways alright. It's a ways from pineapple on pizza though.)
However, after some tests (Ever hear of "The Clock Test?") and some time in hospital, they released her and now she's home, "resting comfortably" for a couple weeks now. More tests in six months. Maybe they'll let her have her license back then. I think the delirium was more the focus than the C. Diff for them keeping her in although it can be quite serious and even kill you.
Outside her hospital window, there was a tipi. One evening while she was there they had a drumming circle. I missed it at home but she found it very therapeutic.

Clock test in the mini-cog exam, unfortunately yes, I'm at that age. The psych changes should, for the most part, be transient now that she's infection free. Glad I got treatment before needing psychotropics, however I do recall being anxious and depressed prior to. Hyper vigilant for a while after, mostly touching stuff out in the world and hand washing.

Best wishes for you both.