Chemistry of Cooking: The History of Pizza

History of Pizza
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History of Pizza
Pizza is a delicious dish that originates from Naples, Italy. It encompasses a flat and round base of dough topped with vegetables or meat, spices, and other ingredients, whereby the most typically used are tomatoes, masala, and cheese. The following crucial step is to bake the combination made at increased temperatures. Pizza is the planet’s favorite and famous fast food that serves many people (Horowitz, 2017). For example, nearly 3 billion pizzas get sold yearly in America alone; this averages 46 slices for each individual. The human population consumes this dish either in restaurants, in households, or streets as street food. However, the narrative of how the dish dominated the world reveals more concerning the economics, technological advancement, and migration history. Pizza, the globe’s most loved fast food, has a history leading to worldwide domination. The dish can be traced back to its roots in the ancient era.
           Pizza has existed since the eighteenth century in Naples, a fast-growing city in Europe. The place’s population rose steadily due to international trade and the countryside’s peasants, who composed a vast part of the population. More people lived in poverty as the economy was trying to keep pace. The town was made up of casual laborers, porters, and messengers who tried to live from hand to mouth. These groups needed cheap and readily available food. Pizzas would satisfactorily meet this need. Street vendors were primarily involved in selling this dish to the consumers, depending on their appetite and budget. They would hawk them around, carrying them in enormous boxes. The food was relatively similar to Virgil’s flatbreads. However, many customers considered the dish affordable, full of flavor, and fantastic to eat. Initially, pizzas were simple such that they were only composed of lard, salt, and garlic. The composition became increasingly complex as it encompassed basil, horse-milk cheese, whitebait, and some also incorporated tomatoes (Lee, 2018).
           Food writers had despised pizzas for longer. Since the food connected with the peasants and laborers (lazzaroni) who lived in poverty, many of these writers labeled the dish as ‘disgusting.’ For example, Samuel Morse, telegraph’s founder, regarded pizza in 1831 as an unpleasant cake species comprising tomato slices, pepper, fish, and other components. According to him, the entire dish resembled a bread piece that considerably reeked from the sewer. Moreover, the emergence of cooking books and guides in the late nineteenth century significantly ignored Italian fast food. Also, individuals committed to Neapolitan cuisine failed to mention pizza despite acknowledging that lazzaroni’s status considerably stimulate...