Friday, June 18, 2010

Pizza: Where Did It Come From?

By Kay Guildford

One of the favorite foods in this country is that of pizza. Many people enjoy this food but far fewer are familiar with what the origins of pizza really are. Here we will look into this a bit further.

Many people have false beliefs when they think of the origins of pizza. Many of them assume that it was the Italians that invented this food and this is not the case. The truth be known that it was people that live in the middle east that invented the pizza. Greeks were often found to eat flat breads that were covered in oils, spices and cheese.

In Italy pizza took on the more familiar appearance that we know. It was created by a baker during the late 1800's. The story goes that a pizza was made in order to impress some royalty that was coming into town. It was designed in a way that would represent the colors of Italy with the sauce, cheese and spices symbolizing the 3 colors of the country. The success that this was lead to it being copied by others so they too could have it.

In the 1900's the United States had been introduced to the pizza by immigrants that came from Italy. If you were to be in an area that had a lot of Italian people in it then you would be sure to find this tasty treat somewhere nearby. New York and Chicago are two areas in particular that have high number so Italian people that live there. Even more people became aware of pizza as the soldiers that were located on the Italian front brought back their input with their return.

Americans love this as much as the national pastime. They all seem to forget about how these things all come to be in existence. They think of only the things they are sure of and never think to dig further into the history to find out the actual origins of things. Those that have made millions of dollars over the years should be giving thanks to those that are responsible for originating the pizza.

A great deal of additional information can be found on the internet about the origins of pizza. Reading through some of this can shed a lot of light on things that many people have no idea about.

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