Toast Hawaii is an open sandwich originally consisting of a slice of toast, slightly toasted and buttered, with a slice of cooked ham, a slice of tinned pineapple and a slice of processed cheese, baked for a few minutes in a hot oven. It was made popular in Germany by a TV cook in 1955, likely adapted from the “Grilled Spamwich”, brought to West Germany by American G.I.s. Spam was not available in Germany’s grocery stores so it was replaced it with a slice of cooked ham.
Toast Hawaii brought a touch of the exotic into everyday life and was thus part of the conspicuous consumption of the post-war period in Germany. The dish bundled the desires of an entire generation onto a few square centimeters of wheat bread.
I do this with ciabatta and a bit of tomato sauce on the bread. I’m sorry Italy.
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I can imagine the taste is actually fire but an acquired taste, I’ve been to Germany a few times and I’ve never seen this, of course I’m only eating schnitzel and doner when I’m there, being British, is it common or more like a home comfort kind of thing?
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Toast Hawaii is an open sandwich originally consisting of a slice of toast, slightly toasted and buttered, with a slice of cooked ham, a slice of tinned pineapple and a slice of processed cheese, baked for a few minutes in a hot oven. It was made popular in Germany by a TV cook in 1955, likely adapted from the “Grilled Spamwich”, brought to West Germany by American G.I.s. Spam was not available in Germany’s grocery stores so it was replaced it with a slice of cooked ham.
Toast Hawaii brought a touch of the exotic into everyday life and was thus part of the conspicuous consumption of the post-war period in Germany. The dish bundled the desires of an entire generation onto a few square centimeters of wheat bread.
Toast Hawaii also found its way into popular culture, for example Alexander Marcus created the [Hawaii Toast song](https://youtu.be/DHHAR1S_eKA?si=UGtG_IPImasaJHe_) in 2009.
I do this with ciabatta and a bit of tomato sauce on the bread. I’m sorry Italy.
I can imagine the taste is actually fire but an acquired taste, I’ve been to Germany a few times and I’ve never seen this, of course I’m only eating schnitzel and doner when I’m there, being British, is it common or more like a home comfort kind of thing?