How did the idea of the fist pizza come about?

Question

best answer gets 10 points

Answer 1

it came about from a orphanage all he had was bread and sauce he put it tougher to serve to the kids

Answer 2

The derivations of the word "pizza" are believed to be from an "Old Italian" word meaning "a point", which in turn became the Italian word "pizziare", which means "to pinch" or "pluck". The first time that the word seems to show up anywhere is in a Neapolitan dialect word - picea or piza -circa 1000 B.C.E., referring perhaps to the manner in which the hot pie was plucked from the oven.
In one of its many forms, pizza has been a basic part of the Italian diet since the Stone Age. Italian pizza evolved from two basic concepts by two cultures. The Etrucians in the north and the Greeks in the south each made a contribution. The older of the two was brought to northern Italy by the Etruscans, from the Levant area of Asia Minor. This earliest form of pizza was a crude bread that was baked beneath the stones of the fire. After cooking, it was seasoned with a variety of different toppings and used instead of plates and utensils to sop up broth or gravies. This notion of a flavored bread as a side dish evolved into what is known as focaccia in Italy.

A few hundred years later when the Greeks colonized the southern part of Italy, the second concept was introduced. The Greeks took the idea of bread as an edible serving dish further than the Etruscans. They didn't flavor the top of the bread after it had been cooked. They would bake the flavorings directly on the bread itself, and the topped bread became the main course. Finally, the Romans embraced both the Etruscan and the Greek concepts, and they went on to create a full slate of dishes based on these early prototypes. Combined with their conquering ways the concept spread and all over Italy today there are hundreds of styles and variations of pizza, which vary from region to region and town to town. The general opinion amongst most people now is that pizza was invented by the Italians. And, in fact, Cato, a Roman statesman (234-149 B.C.E.), writes about "flat rounds of dough dressed with olive oil, herbs and honey baked on stones."

More recently ...The tomato was introduced to Italy from South America around 1522. At first it was believed to be poisonous. It was held in low esteem by most Europeans, but the poorer people of Naples, who subsisted quite literally on their daily bread, added the new tomatoes to their yeast dough, and created the first simple pizza as we know it.


That's the best that I can do kiddo. I'm too tired to be more creative. LOL Copying and pasting are hard work, you know!

Answer 3

* Considered a peasant's meal in Italy for centuries, modern pizza is attributed to baker Raffaele Esposito of Napoli (Naples) in the Italian region of Campania. In 1889, Esposito of Pizzeria di Pietro (now called Pizzeria Brandi) baked pizza especially for the visit of Italian King Umberto I and Queen Margherita.

Most sources, however, agree that an early form of pizza resembling what today is called focaccia was eaten by many peoples around the Mediterranean rim, e.g., by Greeks, Egyptians etc.

The modern precursor to what we call pizza occurred in pre-Renaissance Naples.

Answer 4

the bread was ready time for supper Mother made up a quick supper and pizza was born

Answer 5

well just call me