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IMHO it's more like a case of getting invented in many places because it still needs to be invented and people are inventing it in very different forms. You ha
by mrtksn 3y ago
IMHO it's more like a case of getting invented in many places because it still needs to be invented and people are inventing it in very different forms.
You have the French/German Flammkuchen, which is an amazingly good version that I don't know why it's not widely known.
There's Lahmacun, which is the "Turkish Pizza" - a lot more spicy and thin version with minced meat with spice as topping. There's also Pide, which is thicker and closer to Italian pizza but the shape and the toppings are quite different(cubed meat, egg).
Then there are the American pizza types like Chicago-style that look significantly different than the Italian ones.
The one on the fresco looks like the Italian version.
- ziftface 3y agoI think lahmacun's origins are at least more complicated than just Turkish. Even the name means "meat with dough" in Arabic. As you said it was invented in many places though.
- mrtksn 3y agoSure, due to the history of the region(which is old as the history of humanity and religions) it's really not easy to attribute anything to any particular civilisation. It's almost a sport to argue over the origin of the dish between Greeks, Turks and Arabs.
- sirfz 3y agoIndeed, lahmacun (lahmajoon) clearly comes from Arabic "lahm b ajin" (meat with bread) which is just another variation of the Mankoushe (منقوشة) - a flat bread with different toppings such as thyme, cheese and the famous meat variation.
- pjmlp 3y agoOnce in Basel I had a laugh, because a restaurant decided to translate Flammkuchen as "French Pizza" on their menus.
- Symbiote 3y agoI'd like to promote British cuisine by including cheese on toast in your list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_on_toast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_on_toast