If you get your il bel paese fix from the socials, take heed before believing every proselytism preached by the Italy “experts.” Don’t get me wrong, there are some thoughtful wanderlustful videos out there, but as someone who has lived in Italy for 11 years and counting, trust me when I say that plenty of the content misses the mark.

On that account, I’m actually about to debunk one of the most prevalent gospels out there–it’s a biggie, so you might want to sit down: pineapple pizza isn’t inexistent in Italy. In fact, it’s (sort of) a thing here, and not only at tourist traps. The cringiest crime against pizza is credited to Sam Panopoulos, who put a Hawaiian pie with tomatoes, mozzarella, pineapples, and ham on the menu at his Ontario pizzeria in 1962.