A pizza “fun fact” has resulted in an online debate about the merits of shredded pepperoni, with more than a few converts to what is known in Ontario as Windsor-style pizza. “Fun fact about Ontario (where I live) is that we shred our pepperoni before putting it on pizza,” wrote the user OxfordW0lf on X recently. The comments that followed were a mix of “I’ve never heard of that,” and “What a great idea!” Fun fact about Ontario (where I live) is that we shred our pepperoni before putting it on pizza.
pic.twitter.com/hqwmjhfHO9 Since Monday, the innocuous post with its image of a yummy-looking pizza has a garnish of more than 14,000 likes and a topping of more than 1,500 comments.
Several of those were from the original poster, who quickly confirmed that shredded pepperoni is not a pan-Ontario phenomenon, but specific to Windsor, a southwestern city of 230,000 that sits just across the Detroit River from Detroit, Mich. “ My bad apparently it’s just Windsor that does this. I had no idea the city I live in was so unique.
” Detroit has its own pizza style, with a thicker than average crust and a rectangular shape from its steel baking pans. But despite its proximity to the Motor City, Windsor’s pizza style is all its own, and includes canned mushrooms (which cook better than fresh ones) and, ideally, locally sourced mozzarella from Galati Cheese. And of course shredded pepperoni.
Comments on the post were of mix of incredulity and I-gotta-try-that. A typic.