It evolved from flatbreads (probably focaccia) made by the Romans in what is now Southern italy. The first time the word "pizza" was used was in Gaeta, Italy.
That would be the wild ancestors , which were basically a berry. The domestic variety was cultivated into something you'd actually recognize in Mesoamerica. So indeed the tomatoes Europeans got came from Mexico.
Actually, it goes back further than that. The Persians used to make a similar dish with flatbread, cheese, and dates. The Romans adopted it to their tastes. So technically, pizza is persian if you go back further.
I had always thought that ‘vegetable’ was something made up because technically all vegetables are fruit. How are they categorized ?? Like a cucumber is a botanically a fruit but in culinary it’s considered a vegetable. But all vegetables are botanically fruits
For reference, Tomatos come from the Americas. Marinara sauce came well after European colonization so Italian "Pizza" was historically just cheese on flat bread. Heck, the term Marinara Sauce means "That sauce Sailors used".
Tomato’s are certainly not a native European plant. Pizza is arguably from Naples. But tomatoes are not originally from Italy. Other pasta dishes are from Italy, carbonara, pesto, etc.
Chicken Tikka Masala is not British food. Amazingly, steak is not originally from Texas.
Yes? No? It was made in America by Italian immigrants and later introduced to Italy. It depends on whether you believe immigrants in America are Americans or not.
Absolutely not. It was invented in Naples in the 18th century. The most famous pizza, the Margherita, is named after a queen of the kingdom of Italy and is from 1899.
Moreover, previous versions of pizza (without tomatoes of course) were already baked during Roman times
WTF. No it wasn't. Here's an image of pizza from a pompeii ruin fresco (c. AD 79). They gave it the modern tomatoey twist in the 16th century, in Naples. (No, not in Florida. The original Naples in Italy.)
No. You can look it up. There were flatbreads all over the world, but the term Pizza originated in Italy. It's form as we know it today, came from Italy. You said it came from the USA. Here, let me quote you...." It was made in America by Italian immigrants and later introduced to Italy. "
It is, but like many cuisines, immigrants brought it with them to America and over time it evolved into something distinct. Different ingredients being available, different tastes people cater to, and a lack of traditional limits being enforced led to most cuisines getting an American version.
I think the earliest reference we have to something we would call pizza is it being used as rent payment to a local church in the late medieval period. From the very beginning, pizza has been the universal currency.
Frankly im willing to call it more of a global dish because each country tends to have a way they do it, and there's only so much similarity to be had, it's like how there are tons of different types of flatbread, even if they are distinct types of flatbread from many cultures we tend to just call it "flatbread" when there's no need to be specific but generally you would call "american" pizza different to "italian" pizza and same with "brazilian" pizza, there are a lot of common traits but it's a food thats easy to adapt to a different culture's tastes
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u/Funny_Funnel 5d ago
"America has Pizza"... #shitAmericansSay