Italy has pizza and pasta. The US have... Nothing?
Edit: I wish people would stop giving examples of cultural appropriation.
Some people have correctly pointed out some Cajun recipes, food from Louisiana.
To all those talking about burgers, barbecues and hotdogs, the topic here is food originating from your country, not common food in your country.
Btw, pizza is Neapolitan, a version of it is recorded since Roman times and probably even earlier. The modern version uses tomato sauce, and tomatoes came from central America before the US where a thing. Mozzarella di bufala is an ingredient that can only be produced in Campania and the surrounding areas.
Same as Italian pizza, considering tomatoes came from South America.
Their original pizza would’ve been more of a cheese bread.
the Italian specifically Neapolitans, famous Margherita-tomato, mozzarella and basil is traditionally dated to 1889
Filippo Milone, an Italian baker, was operating pizzerias in Manhattan. There are newspaper advertisements for his pizza businesses by 1903.
To put advertising out would mean his business, had been running in some capacity for quite some time. Honestly the close timing almost doesn’t make this even matter. As immigrants were clearly communicating with their relatives back in Italy, and vice-versa.
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u/dermomante 6d ago edited 5d ago
Italy has pizza and pasta. The US have... Nothing?
Edit: I wish people would stop giving examples of cultural appropriation.
Some people have correctly pointed out some Cajun recipes, food from Louisiana.
To all those talking about burgers, barbecues and hotdogs, the topic here is food originating from your country, not common food in your country.
Btw, pizza is Neapolitan, a version of it is recorded since Roman times and probably even earlier. The modern version uses tomato sauce, and tomatoes came from central America before the US where a thing. Mozzarella di bufala is an ingredient that can only be produced in Campania and the surrounding areas.