Who Invented Pizza?

[Epirus DNA]

Don’t Tell the Italians — It was Greeks Who Invented Pizza

http://www.thehomepizzeria.com/history-of-pizza/

Although Italy has the fame for creating pizza the history of pizza dates back many hundred years to the ancient Greeks.

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.

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 is typically thought of as the birth place of pizza. Pizza was the food of Naples lower class in the past. At the time they created their version of pizza with a thin flat bread topped with a tomato sauce. This changed with a single expression of Italian pride. In the later part of the 1800s Raffaele Esposito, an Italian Baker in Naples, is accredited to have created the first Neapolitan pizza while royalty was visiting. The Italian Monarch, King Umberto and Queen Margherita were touring Naples. Esposito wanted to impress the royal family and show his patriotic love for his country and chose to top a pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil which reflected the colors of the Italian flag. Esposito impressed the King and Queen and the news of the new creation traveled quickly and just as quickly was copied by many. The new pizza was called Pizza Margherita and is the official pizza of Naples.

[TheMaestro]

I'm shocked, mamma mia.

[KMack]

The origins of a baked or wood fired flat bread probably go back much further. Many years ago there was a Pizza place here called Big Fat Tony's. lol.

[Ülev]

no, lol, actually it was Russian - Pizzov, Anatoliy

[Epirus DNA]

I'm pretty sure I'm wrong and the Slavs invented Pizza. Bosneisis says they invented everything...

[Epirus DNA]

Naples = Neopolis = New City = Greek Colony

Naples is Greek

[Ülev]

Naples = Neopolis = New City = Greek Colony

Naples is Greek

not sure, Etruscan civilization - eto Russkiye

[KMack]

Don’t Tell the Italians — It was Greeks Who Invented Pizza

http://www.thehomepizzeria.com/history-of-pizza/

Although Italy has the fame for creating pizza the history of pizza dates back many hundred years to the ancient Greeks.

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.

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 is typically thought of as the birth place of pizza. Pizza was the food of Naples lower class in the past. At the time they created their version of pizza with a thin flat bread topped with a tomato sauce. This changed with a single expression of Italian pride. In the later part of the 1800s Raffaele Esposito, an Italian Baker in Naples, is accredited to have created the first Neapolitan pizza while royalty was visiting. The Italian Monarch, King Umberto and Queen Margherita were touring Naples. Esposito wanted to impress the royal family and show his patriotic love for his country and chose to top a pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil which reflected the colors of the Italian flag. Esposito impressed the King and Queen and the news of the new creation traveled quickly and just as quickly was copied by many. The new pizza was called Pizza Margherita and is the official pizza of Naples.

We had a Greek here invented this famous Chili.
Skyline Chili is a chain of chili restaurants based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1949 by Greek immigrant Nicholas Lambrinides, Skyline Chili is named for the view of Cincinnati's skyline that Lambrinides could see from his first restaurant, opened in the section of town now known as Price Hill.
[IMG]https://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*388/skyline7.jpg[/IMG]

Very tasty

[Epirus DNA]

not sure, Etruscan civilization - eto Russkiye

Ask an Italian or a Greek, they will tell ya the truth. This guy has no clue. Plus, I can't understand Vlahika...

Magna Graecia (Greek: Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς) was the name given by the Romans to the coastal areas of Southern Italy in the present-day regions of Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers, particularly the Achaean settlements of Croton, and Sybaris, and to the north, the settlements of Cumae and Neapolis. The settlers who began arriving in the 8th century BC brought with them their Hellenic civilization, which was to leave a lasting imprint on Italy, such as in the culture of ancient Rome. Most notably, the Roman poet Ovid referred to the south of Italy as Magna Graecia in his poem Fasti.

[Epirus DNA]

We had a Greek here invented this famous Chili.
Skyline Chili is a chain of chili restaurants based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1949 by Greek immigrant Nicholas Lambrinides, Skyline Chili is named for the view of Cincinnati's skyline that Lambrinides could see from his first restaurant, opened in the section of town now known as Price Hill.
[IMG]https://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*388/skyline7.jpg[/IMG]

Very tasty

I have eaten at that Skyline Chili in Sin Sin !! The Chili almost tastes like Bolognese !! It's pretty darn good. Sin Sin is a fun city.