Today’s food holiday will appeal to both lovers of circles as well as Italian food. October 11 is National Sausage Pizza Day!
Pizza holidays didn’t show up until relatively late in the year. It was just last month that we celebrated our first, National Cheese Pizza Day. Now we’ve got another, and all I can say is, it’s about time! Pizza is one of those things that everybody loves. Even vegetarians! (Though they probably aren’t falling all over themselves to celebrate today’s holiday. Hey, their loss).
I’ve already discussed the history of pizza, so follow the cheese pizza link for that. A recent (unscientific) poll by The Huffington Post found that the most popular pizza toppings in America are:
- Pepperoni
- Cheese
- Mushrooms
- Sausage
- Bacon
Which means sausage lovers can proudly declare, “We’re #4!” today. Personally, I prefer sausage to pepperoni. I think it offers more “zing.” Those toppings are downright boring compared to what people in other countries enjoy on their pizza. Eel, green peas, and coconut all made the list.
Last year, leading up to the Presidential election, Pizza Hut made an offer: free pizza for life to anybody who asked Barack Obama and Mitt Romney whether they preferred pepperoni or sausage on their pizza during the Town Hall debate on October 16. Sadly, nobody took advantage of that offer. If nothing else, it would have humanized both candidates! Who cares about foreign policy and the economy when there are important pizza positions to discuss?
To celebrate, we picked up a sausage pizza from NYC Pizzeria, the same place we went for Cheese Pizza Day. We also added mushrooms, because we wanted our sausage to have some company. Love their pizza!
Related articles
- October 11 – Happy National Sausage Pizza Da (ireport.cnn.com)
- Bizarre Internet Milestone Set By Pizza Hut (huffingtonpost.com)
- More Pizza Inspiration! (theediblecure.com)
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ug – I want a ‘dislike’ button for this one! I love sausage and I love pizza – but not together! As my five-yr-old niece would say: makes my tummy hurt! =)
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Tara’s not a big fan of sausage on pizza either. I’ll admit, it would have been nice if we could have thrown in some pepperoni for contrast!
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I don’t mind sausage. I love anything except for pineapple. There’s just something about baked fruit that I cannot stand. Blech!
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Reminds me of the time I served Hawaiian pizza to a couple of Texans. Man, you should have seen the looks on their faces. I’ll have to tell you that story sometime.
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Can’t wait to hear it!
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