Poll Answer: Who Invented Pizza?
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Poll Question: Who Invented Pizza?
So, the age old argument: Who do you believe invented the pizza? An answer will be provided following the closing of the poll. Please reshare. Thanks for reading Digging Up The Past! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
So, who invented pizza? It is a simple question with a complicated answer. The majority of you voted the Greeks with the Romans and then Italians following close behind.
Well, if we are to believe Virgil, it was the Trojans! Specifically, Aeneas and his band of refugees. At least, that is one interpretation of the curious verses found in Book VII of the Aeneid.
We find evidence of pizza-like foods as early as the 6th century BCE with the Greeks (flatbread with oil, herbs and cheese) and Persians (flatbread with cheese and dates on top). But if we are to find the origins of the modern pizza (with tomatoes), well, we can date that to at least the 18th or early 19th century Naples, Italy.
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love it! mmm feel like pizza tonight. I recall reading that tomatoes and tomato sauces were introduced quite late to the Italian cuisine ฮฯ ฯฮฑฯฮนฯฯฮฟ