Pizza as we know it today would not have been possible if old world Europeans had not overcome a basic fear of a new world fruit native to Peru and Ecuador. This yellow or red fruit I’m talking about eventually called tomato was though to be poisonous. It wasn’t until the late 600s that Europeans began eating tomatoes. In Spain, tomatoes were still considered poisonous until the middle of the eighteen-century. Modern pizza was born in 1889 when a tavern was asked to prepare a special dish in honor of the English queen visit to Naples. He created a pizza with ingredients that presented the red, white, and green colors of the Italian flag: tomatoes, mozzarella, cheese and basil.
It’s all about Pizza
Posted February 2nd 2010 at 10:27 pm by admin
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