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# Not Everyone Relishes This Pizza That Uses Sliced Pickles Where the Pepperoni Belongs

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## Melissa Locker


Aug 23, 2018 4:16 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Aug 23, 2018 4:16 PM UTC

A pizzeria has been “convicted” of committing misdemeanors against pizza by the internet

Their crime? Creating a pickle-topped pizza with a side of ranch dressing.

Rhino’s Pizzeria and Deli created a pizza pie that swapped garlic sauce for the traditional marinara, put sliced dill pickles in lieu of pepperoni, and covered the entire thing in mozzarella cheese, according to [WHEC](https://www.whec.com/news/dill-pizza-becomes-big-dill-for-local-webster-pizza-shop/5041795/). They posted the picture on Facebook with the suggestion to “Try it with ranch for dipping.”

That was the final straw for some pizza lovers. After the pizza shop posted the pizza on Facebook heir Facebook post has been shared more than 41,000 times as of Thursday morning and despite 14,000 comments, people continue to weigh in on the controversial pizza. While most seem to consider the pickle-topped pizza a travesty, demanding answers, “Why?! In the name of all that is holy, why did you do this to pizza?!” [wrote](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=10155649218281024&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2374%22%7D) one Facebook commenter. Another brought up that equally controversial topping—pineapple—[writing](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=1820296204754778&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2354%22%7D), “And people have the damn nerve to complain about [pineapples](http://time.com/4814056/hawaiian-pizza-pineapple-sam-panopoulos-death/) on a pizza.” One amateur food critic [noted](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=10155659499611024&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2352%22%7D), “Pineapple and pickles have no business on a pizza. Once you vary off cheese and pepperoni it’s not pizza anymore…” Another [summed](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=164831377742003&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2368%22%7D) it up, tidily: “Pickles on pizza, hell no.”

A surprising number of people, some [admittedly](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=1001605230010956&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2399%22%7D) in the throes of pregnancy-related food cravings, thought the pickle-topped pizza sounded delectable, some [hoping](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=275190759875170&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2394%22%7D) for a sweet-pickle version, and others [plotting](https://www.facebook.com/Rhinospizza/posts/10155649145451024?comment%5Fid=464563307393605&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%2395%22%7D) day trips to New York state for a pie. These are undoubtedly the same people who like [marshmallow Peeps on pizza](http://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/) and consider [strawberries](http://time.com/5002534/strawberry-pizza/) a reasonable topping.

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