Dont Tell the Italians It was Greeks Who Invented Pizza

The food is also indelibly linked in popular culture to the country of Italy. And when we speak of Italian restaurants, a big portion of the menu is occupied by the beloved pizza. Yet the idea of a flat piece of dough topped with herbs and cheese seems to have originated in ancient Greece.

The food is also indelibly linked in popular culture to the country of Italy. And when we speak of Italian restaurants, a big portion of the menu is occupied by the beloved pizza.

Yet the idea of a flat piece of dough topped with herbs and cheese seems to have originated in ancient Greece.

There is historical evidence that Greeks ate a flat bread called πλακούς (plakous) — “flat” — which was topped with olive oil, herbs, onion, cheese and garlic and then baked in a mud oven.

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by Anonymousreply 8October 20, 2021 12:34 AM

The Romans, who adapted many Greek customs and habits, naturally adopted the idea of baking plakous in the oven after putting the ingredients of their choice on top.

Naples Baker Raffaele Esposito is often given credit for creating the first pizza pie to have cheese as well as tomato paste as toppings.

Italian historians note, however, that flat breads with a variety of toppings had been sold by street vendors and eaten by the poor workers of Naples before Esposito’s time.

by Anonymousreply 1October 20, 2021 12:14 AM

[QUOTE] Italian historians note, however, that flat breads with a variety of toppings had been sold by street vendors and eaten by the poor workers of Naples before Esposito’s time.

So it’s disputable. Regardless, the Italians are the ones who introduced it to America and the rest of the world in the famous form we have today. That’s all that really matters.

by Anonymousreply 2October 20, 2021 12:19 AM

Not just pizza, but pederasty too.

by Anonymousreply 3October 20, 2021 12:19 AM

The Greeks think they invented everything

by Anonymousreply 4October 20, 2021 12:22 AM

The Chinese invented it, like they invented everything else

by Anonymousreply 5October 20, 2021 12:28 AM

R4. Well, the Greek practically did invent everything. And for the things they didn't invent, they laid the foundation.

by Anonymousreply 6October 20, 2021 12:30 AM

anyone with flour and fire invented pizza.

by Anonymousreply 8October 20, 2021 12:34 AM

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