Pizza info

Pizza info

• shirleyoma 16 years ago
  Did you know
  
  Americans eat billions of slices of pizza each year;
  the annual per capita pizza consumption is 23 pounds.
  
  Saturday night is the biggest night of the week for
  eating pizza. Americans eat 90 acres of pizza per day.
  
  During TV news broadcasts, most pizza is ordered during
  the weather, and the delivery folks report that women are
  better tippers!
  
  Post Columbus - Tomatoes were brought back to Europe
  from the New World. Originally they were thought to be poisonous,
  but later became accepted and added to pizza.
  
  In the 16th century - Maria Carolina, the Queen of
  Naples convinced her husband, King Ferdinand IV to allow the
  peasant dish pizza to be made in the royal oven.
  
  In 1889 Raffaele Esposito, the most famous PIZZAIOLO
  (pizza chef) created a pie for Queen Margherita - tomato,
  basil and cheese, (to resemble the Italian flag) which
  remains the basis for American pizza.
  
  In 1905, the first US Pizzeria opens in New York City
  at 53 1/2 Spring St.
  
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• pleclare 16 years ago said:
  That's some great information. Thank you!!
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