2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Pizza is a pasta dish that everyone likes. Whether it is thin, thick, with sausages, seafood or just vegetables, it can satisfy even the most capricious palate. Nowadays, we can get pizza from any fast food restaurant and this further contributes to its popularity.
A curious fact, however, is that pizza is not a specialty of modern society, but a dish that, according to archaeologists, was prepared in their own way by the societies that inhabited the planet before. Here are other interesting facts about pizza that you probably don't know:
- A variant of modern pizza was eaten by the ancient Egyptians when they celebrated the birthday of the pharaoh. Then they made flat cakes, which they flavored with a bouquet of aromatic spices;
- a specialty of the pizza type was also prepared by the ancient Greeks. Their flat breads were well garnished with sauces and vegetables;
- in Italy, the original pizza was made from flour, olive oil, green spices and cheese;
- the famous pizza Margarita is named after Margarita of Savoy - the wife of Italian King Umberto I;
- Pizza is an emblematic dish for Italy. In this country, in addition to various variations of the pasta, you can even find perfume and shower gel with the scent of pizza;
- The record for the longest pizza in the world was set by the United States earlier this year. A 2090-meter pizza was then made;
- According to scientists, the love of pizza can be compared to addiction to alcohol and cigarettes;
- one of the most expensive pizzas in the world was sold for 4200 thousand dollars;
- The world's first pizzeria is considered to be located in Naples, and although it was opened in 1738, it is still in operation;
- Men's love for pizza is proverbial. This is one of the reasons why a Russian marries a pizza./undefined
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