What is Spokane-style pizza? Viral trend and recipe explained

Just as people were trying to resolve the pineapples on pizza debate, the new Spokane-style pizza arrived to add more fuel to the fire. Josh Scherer created the unique dish. He posted the dish on TikTok, and since then, netizens have been left intrigued.

Josh Scherer is the in-house chef of Good Mythical Morning, a YouTube channel hosted along with North Carolina's Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They graduated from North Carolina State University.

Scherer is also the author of The Culinary Bro-Down Cookbook. The foodie is also part of the YouTube channel Mythical Kitchen, and the podcast A Hotdog is a Sandwich.

In the TikTok video that has since gone viral, the chef claimed that the specific pizza recipe is highly underrated. However, it is essential to note that the recipe is not as well-known as other types of pizzas.

How to make the viral Spokane-style pizza?

The viral 36- second TikTok video showed Scherer placing pizza dough topped up with layers of fry sauce, canned salmon, green bell peppers, onions, mozzarella cheese, and the unexpected ingredients, strawberries, into a Pyrex container. He went on to bake the pizza "Detroit-style" and top it off with more fry sauce.

The creative chef also stated that he used "wild-foraged strawberries from the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene region" during the video.

As his video made the rounds, netizens deliberated on whether such a recipe ever existed. Spokane’s KHQ claimed that they have “never heard of it.” KREM stated that they were unfamiliar with the specific style of pizza.

The National Desk also reported that they were confused about the dish’s existence. A local claimed- “As a citizen of Spokane, this is not a thing.”

Internet reacts to viral dish

Since the video has grabbed the attention of many, netizens took to Twitter to roast the recipe deemed to be unappetizing. Many confirmed that the dish had never existed before. A few hilarious reactions from unimpressed Twitter users read:

Following the immense backlash that Scherer was receiving across social media channels, he took to his Twitter account, claiming that netizens’ “rage retweets only encourage” him to attempt novel recipes. He also reiterated that the unique pizza already exists.

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She has nearly 3 years of experience in the industry and has interned with The Hindu and Deccan Herald. In her role at Sportskeeda, Karishma covers a range of topics at the pop division, but she believes her skills as a journalist are best reflected while creating impactful and research-intensive stories. For her, no other step in the writing process is as crucial as fact-checking with multiple sources and accurately conveying facts and data.

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