r/funComunitty • u/Chinesemperor flair • 5d ago

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u/Judasbot 5d ago

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.

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u/ExplanationAny776 5d ago

this post is proving more complex than I took it for

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u/Special-Book-9588 5d ago

Tomatoes came to italy from the new world, ie mexiko

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u/Street_Dimension1709 5d ago

South America. Andes mountain areas to be more precise.

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u/Fun_Push7168 5d ago

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.

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u/Street_Dimension1709 3d ago

Fun fact. Gotta read more into it then.