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A lot of food we like was invented fairly recently. Modern pizza was invented in Italy in 1889 for example.
by harrall 1y ago
A lot of food we like was invented fairly recently. Modern pizza was invented in Italy in 1889 for example.
- efavdb 1y agoHere is a 2000 year old fresco showing what looks like a pizza! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/27/pompeii-fresco-find-possibly-depicts-2000-year-old-form-of-pizza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/27/pompeii-fresco...
- duxup 1y agoLosing Pizza surely was the start of the dark ages.
- dendrite9 1y agoOn the other hand I'd argue flatbread with something on it is one of the base foods. Whether it came before or after the dumpling/packet family is a fun discussion.
- skyyler 1y agoCiabatta was invented in 1982, which blows my mind.
- arp242 1y agoI did not know that; surprising indeed! I was reading the other day how modern olive oil is actually quite different from the olive oil people used for millennia: https://aeon.co/essays/extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-the-flavour-of-mechanisation https://aeon.co/essays/extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-the-flavour...