History of Pizza Who Invented Pizza?

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Category :  History of Pizza

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The real history of pizza starts in Italy. Or Greece. Perhaps Egypt? There are good arguments for each, depending on how we define pizza. Starting with the loose yet scientific definition of "some kind of flat bread with stuff on it," we know that pizza dates back to at least the 1st Century B.C., when the Roman poet Virgil wrote,

    "Their homely fare dispatch’d, the hungry band
    Invade their trenchers next, and soon devour,
    To mend the scanty meal, their cakes of flour.
    Ascanius this observ’d, and smiling said:
    “See, we devour the plates on which we fed.”

Even earlier (circa 500 B.C.), Persian soldiers baked a flatbread on their shields which they then covered with cheese and dates. I think, however, that if I went with this theory and walked around saying "pizza was invented in Iran," I'd be starting arguments that I'd rather not have. But does it count as a kind of pizza if it's cooked out in the field and not in an oven? Let's call it flatbread and move on...

So, you want to know the real pizza origin? Let's see: the Egyptians made a flatbread, the Indians baked naan in hot Tandoori ovens... but neither of these had toppings. The Persians had toppings, but was it pizza?

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