There are some strange condiment choices out in the world. Austrians (and presumeably other Europeans) enjoy putting things like corn, tuna, whole olives with pitts, eggs, and artichokes on their pizzas. On one of my first visits to Bosnia, though, I was asked if I want ketchup on my pizza. First, I thought they must be asking if I want more pizza sauce which would have been understandable. Then, I saw the massive ketchup squeeze bottle go to town on some other guy’s pizza. When I said no, they were even a bit confused as to why I would NOT want ketchup. Trying to convince me, they even said that it was at no extra cost.
This is just a normal ingredient to the pizza experience for them. When the in-laws recently visited me at my home in Vienna, I bought some American frozen pizzas, added extra stuff on top to make them even better, baked them up and served them for dinner on a rare occasion of calorie amnesia. What was the first question?
“Where’s the ketchup?”
Any other strange condiment choices you’ve noticed?
jacksaundersvienna 