Amusingly enough, however, Tomatoes are not native to Italy. In fact, they come from North America, along with Potatoes and Corn. So it's safe to say this pizza is not 100% pure Italian.
Though you could argue that, thanks to the great trade empires of Venice and Genoa, just about anything can be considered original Italian food. Much like the pasta influenced by eastern noodles.
Amusingly enough, however, Tomatoes are not native to Italy. In fact, they come from North America, along with Potatoes and Corn. So it's safe to say this pizza is not 100% pure Italian.
Though you could argue that, thanks to the great trade empires of Venice and Genoa, just about anything can be considered original Italian food. Much like the pasta influenced by eastern noodles.
...well, using that line of reasoning, almost no food would be "100% from where it actually is" since species have been moved and altered over the course of human events.
Whatever that means.
The "pasta comes from China" idea is basically pure myth invented to promote pasta in the USA. Horace (around 0 AD) describes Lasagna as an everyday food in Rome.
Also, Roma: that's new york stile pizza, with slices of tomatoes on top. Not that it isn't good, but true Pizza Margherita, neapolitan style, only has tomato sauce, not slices.
...though she's SAYING tomato sauce, but making it with slices too, so maybe she's just trying to make something that Iowa will find more familiar?
...well, using that line of reasoning, almost no food would be "100% from where it actually is" since species have been moved and altered over the course of human events.
Whatever that means.
The "pasta comes from China" idea is basically pure myth invented to promote pasta in the USA. Horace (around 0 AD) describes Lasagna as an everyday food in Rome.
Also, Roma: that's new york stile pizza, with slices of tomatoes on top. Not that it isn't good, but true Pizza Margherita, neapolitan style, only has tomato sauce, not slices.
...though she's SAYING tomato sauce, but making it with slices too, so maybe she's just trying to make something that Iowa will find more familiar?
Despite the research, I doubt the artist looked too much into it.
I am still liking Iowa as a character used to introduce food stuffs.
Amusingly enough, however, Tomatoes are not native to Italy. In fact, they come from North America, along with Potatoes and Corn. So it's safe to say this pizza is not 100% pure Italian.
Though you could argue that, thanks to the great trade empires of Venice and Genoa, just about anything can be considered original Italian food. Much like the pasta influenced by eastern noodles.
to be honest the tomatoes arrived in italy thanks to Spain. In that time (1500 - 1600) Southern Italy was under spanish occupation, and the spanish needed the appropriate climate and soil to cultivate the american plants, and because of this the tomatoes (but also potatoes, beans and mais) became primary ingredients in the italian cousine
...well, using that line of reasoning, almost no food would be "100% from where it actually is" since species have been moved and altered over the course of human events.
Whatever that means.
The "pasta comes from China" idea is basically pure myth invented to promote pasta in the USA. Horace (around 0 AD) describes Lasagna as an everyday food in Rome.
Also, Roma: that's new york stile pizza, with slices of tomatoes on top. Not that it isn't good, but true Pizza Margherita, neapolitan style, only has tomato sauce, not slices.
...though she's SAYING tomato sauce, but making it with slices too, so maybe she's just trying to make something that Iowa will find more familiar?
Plus this, here in Italy the pizza's preparation is a proper and true art, and someone needs to spend a lot of time working as apprentice (o "a bottega", as we say) to be recognized as a Master, and since the napolitan Pizza Margherita has become a UNESCO's world heritage in 2013 even the most prepared and skillful "pizzaiolo" needs to face a very difficoult exam to be considered a "maestro pizzaiolo"
Apparently they have fundamentally better mozzarella in Italy made from the milk of Italian buffaloes. Not the sort of thing you can get across the pond.
Has anyone else noticed the travesty of Iowa, who is originally from Brooklyn, eating Chicago-style "pizza"?
Actually, there may be a reason for that. The US Navy has some deep roots and presence in Illinois. One of the main things is one of their boot camps is there at Naval Station Great Lakes, right by Chicago. Whether the artist knew about that historical link, I doubt but throwing this out there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes
It's a big hub for training enlisted recruits for the Navy and something of a point of pride, from what I gathered. They used to have NTCs (Naval Training Center) at Great Lakes, Illinois, Orlando, Florida, one in San Diego, California and the "feeling of superiority" Great Lakes had over the others (I'm sure USN members can chime in on that LOL). I think it had to do with the climate. San Diego one closed down for recruit training purposes in the 1990's drawdowns but Great Lakes was maintained. I think Orlando is still going.
I also remember from buddies in the Navy the nickname for NTC Great Lakes... "Great Mistakes" LOL
Edit: BTW, if you got a friend going into one of the military's boot camps, be sure to mail them brochures of a different military service while they're there. It'll be "fun."
Its not about where you get the ingredients, if you are the 1st one to make it publicy known, then that thing is originally yours. Even if there are ppl before you who make similar stuff but doesn't get much attention to public
Because it doesn't mean you can make something interesting even if you have all the ingredients in the world for yourself. Its the creativity that grown from doing many experiments
Amusingly enough, however, Tomatoes are not native to Italy. In fact, they come from North America, along with Potatoes and Corn. So it's safe to say this pizza is not 100% pure Italian.
ShwpThe ingredients are simple - basil, mozzarella cheese, and tomato sauce.Finished!The cooking is done, of course, in a brick oven!You must make it hard on the outside and soft on the inside, so you need to hand make that dough!You can't use simple bread or crispy ones for the flat bottomThis is amazingly delicious!Healthy-deesu!The hell you talking about? Everything is!Put it on a stone bed and it will bake in no time!So what's the difference between pizza and La pizza?
Here, Iowa uses the Japanese term for pizza 'ใใถ' and how you should pronounce it, 'ใใใใข'Chicago PizzaNaples-style