And apparently, the hunger can be a cause for creativity. Naples, of course! In that period Naples was suffering from the big starvation. And just guess the place where the tomatoes were eaten for the first time. The first common tomatoes were yellow and round - no wonder that Italians called them “pomo d'oro” (golden apple). The funny thing is that at the beginning it was thought that tomatoes are poisonous, they were only kept in gardens as exotic plants, not even the locals were eating them. Tomatoes origins are coming from the Central and South America, brought in Europe after the discovery of America. And later on, the wonderful buffalo milk production was discovered.Īnother very important ingredient is a tomato. This species fit in here so well that the number of buffalo was increasing quickly. But buffalo origins are not Neapolitan, they’re Indian animals brought by Normans to Naples in order to do hard physical assignments: work in constructions, farms and etc. And actually, it’s called buffalo mozzarella (mozzarella di bufala). The real mozzarella is coming from buffalo milk. Now, what about the toppings? Let’s start from mozzarella. So, this pita is the ground for the pizza. And of course, they were baking their bread, this way making Neapolitans very nosy what is that thing that these foreigners are eating. Already from many years ago in Naples were living many foreigners which were coming from Arabic countries too. The original Arab bread is big and round, made of simple water and flour dough, then baked in the oven. The word pizza is coming from Arabic “pita”, which means bread. Actually, pizza Margherita has a very easy recipe: it’s simple dough base, tomatoes, mozzarella, basil and a bit of olive oil but under this recipe hides a very beautiful Neapolitan history. It’s not enough to reply: pizza is round, coming from Italy (wrong!), and you can eat it with cheese, tomatoes and pineapples (very very wrong!). And now I’m going to show you one very simple example – pizza.ĭid you ever think what the word pizza means? Where is it coming from? The Neapolitans brought many things from other countries into their own culture. And even if Neapolitans won’t remember the country you’re coming from or mix up your name every time, they will remember which things you are eating. After asking where are you coming from, your name, the third question is always “what do you eat in your country?”. Here are living many foreigners since always, coming from the furthest places on earth. The Neapolitan relationship with foreign countries was always friendly. And don’t even try to say “Italian pizza” at least while a Neapolitan is listening, because you’re going to hear a big moral and history lecture that never ends. Now the first thing that you have to know- pizza is NOT Italian, it’s Neapolitan. It combines world history, Neapolitan creativity and relationship with foreigners. The history of a pizza Marghertita is more than a recipe and much more than one of the best dishes in the world.
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