Mustard Pizza
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Overview
Mustard Pizza refers to a pizza created by Lions and Tigers and Squares pizzeria in New York City that replaces tomato sauce, the traditional base for pizza, with mustard. After Food Insider made a video about the dish, it prompted strong responses on social media.
Background
Lions and Tigers and Squares, located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, first posted about their mustard pizza on June 28th, 2018 to Instagram (shown below).
Developments
On September 4th, 2018, Food Insider tweeted a video of their staff talking about and trying the dish. The tweet gained 760 retweets and 2,200 likes (shown below).
Most of the responses to the video saw people expressing their disgust at the concept. User @NPatrick19_ tweeted an image from a Cartoon Network cartoon, gaining over 50 retweets and 950 likes (shown below, left). User @1CynicalCyborg tweeted a GIF of Gordon Ramsay that gained over 20 retweets and 390 likes (shown below, right).
Other users responded with enthusiasm and curiosity about the dish (examples shown below).
The food and the range of responses it inspired was covered by Twitter Moments,[1] Delish,[2] and The Takeout.[3]
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter Moments – Mustard pizza is the latest food to divide the internet – would you try it?
[2] Delish – Mustard Pizza Has Twitter Divided
[3] The Takeout – Mustard pizza divides the internet
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