Where did pizza originate?

Where did pizza originate?
Jul 5, 2011 19:26	#81
JETSETTER Points: Join Date: Mar 3, 2011 Status: Offline	The history of a "type" of pizza dates back to 6th Century B.C. At the height of the Persian Empire, it is said that the soldiers of Darius the Great (521-486 B.C.), accustomed to lengthy marches, baked a kind of bread flat upon their shields and then covered it with cheese and dates. The ancient Greeks had a flat bread called plakountos, on which they placed various toppings, and Naples was founded (as Neopolis) by the Greeks. And Naples is the home of the modern pizza Originally a food for the poor in eighteenth-century Naples, pizza is a source of national and regional pride in Italy as well as of cultural identity. In the twentieth century, pizza followed Italian immigrants to America. I hope this helps

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The history of a "type" of pizza dates back to 6th Century B.C.
At the height of the Persian Empire, it is said that the soldiers of Darius the Great (521-486 B.C.), accustomed to lengthy marches, baked a kind of bread flat upon their shields and then covered it with cheese and dates.

The ancient Greeks had a flat bread called plakountos, on which they placed various toppings, and Naples was founded (as Neopolis) by the Greeks. And Naples is the home of the modern pizza

Originally a food for the poor in eighteenth-century Naples, pizza is a source of national and regional pride in Italy as well as of cultural identity. In the twentieth century, pizza followed Italian immigrants to America.

I hope this helps

Jul 10, 2011 13:32	#82
GUEST76173	I believe that the first pizza came from the Ancient Greeks. They got loaves of bread, then covered it with oils, herbs and cheese.

Oct 29, 2011 18:56	#83
GUEST47135	wat was the company they made it from

Nov 13, 2011 08:45	#84
GUEST52165	Pizza is tasty. YUM! Oh and thanks Italy!

Nov 24, 2011 20:33	#85
GUEST65216	I saw on the news recently that pizza is actually originated in Korea . Believe it or not but Marco polo stole it from them .. And the koreans are asking for an apology

Nov 24, 2011 21:15	#86
LAUGH Points: Join Date: Sep 29, 2009 Status: Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by GUEST65216 I saw on the news recently that pizza is actually originated in Korea . Believe it or not but Marco polo stole it from them .. And the koreans are asking for an apology Are you from Korea? LOL, I once read that a professor from the South Korea believed that Doctor Sun yat-sen and Chairman Mao were also the descendants of the South Korea. So funny.

Dec 1, 2011 11:49

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GUEST30137

salt and yeast.

Pizza spread to America, France, England and Spain, where it was little known until after World War II. While occupying Italian territories, many American and European soldiers tasted Pizza for the first time. It was love at first taste! Italian immigrants had been selling Pizzas in their American stores for some time, but it was the returning soldiers with a lust for the saucy delight that drew the Pizzas out of the quiet Italian neighborhoods into the main stream of city life all over the continent. In fact, the square "Sicilian Pizza" which is so popular and was the forerunner of the now well-promoted "Party Pizza" is an American invention. Real Sicilian Pizza has no cheese or anchovies.

Today we celebrate Pizza. February 9 is International Pizza Day and the Guinness Book of Records states that the largest Pizza ever made and eaten was created in Havana, Florida and was 100 feet and 1 inch across!

American and Canadian citizens will eat an average 23 pounds of Pizza, per person, per year. Pepperoni and Cheese is the favorite combination, especially with the younger set, and is second only to the hamburger as this continent's favorite food.

Pizzas can be made either healthy or fatty, depending upon what you use for the toppings. They come in many forms such as Calzones (half the dough is topped then the other half folded over to form a large half-moon shaped Pizza Pocket, which is then baked). It also comes in various forms such as breads, rolls, pan pizza, stuffed crust pizza, thin crust Pizza and thick crust pizza, wholewheat crust, and bagel crust.

The concept has also taken many forms such as Mexican Pizza (a pizza dough topped with chili or taco filling, shredded Cheddar, chopped onions, tomatoes and Jalapeno peppers), Ice Cream Pizza, Candy Pizza and even Pizza cake as well as Pizza flavored items such as Potato Chips and Tortilla Snacks!

So, next time you eat a Pizza, stop and think of Queen Margherita and Chef Rafaelle and be grateful that a Queen would dare stoop to eat peasant bread.

About the name: The word "pie" does not refer to the crust, nor even to the shape or position of the crust. The Oxford English, the Webster's unabridged,and lexicographer Charles Earl Funk, all agree that the elemental word "pie" relates to the Magpie, a bird with feathers splotched in two colors, a bird called "Pica" by the Romans, whence the English "Pie" and the alteration of "Pica" to "Pizza". The name relates to the bird's double color and its habit of gathering odds and ends as does a Pizza, or Pie, gather, and consist of, varied ingredients.

Jan 9, 2012 06:31	#88
GUEST28133	pizza is from CHINA! who would have thought

Jan 21, 2012 21:33	#89
GUEST63126	Just a little fact buddy in American schools they teach the entire origin of pizza (at least in my schools) and I am from Cali. =] So yeah just lettin ya know we aint idiots and we know what the heck a pizza is, where it's from, and that "pizza" is not an American word (DUH!)

Jan 26, 2012 17:52	#90
GUEST13266	Pizza originated in Greece.

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