18 Curiosities of the world of Pizza

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Pizza is among the most popular foods in the world. If you like pizza, you can't miss these 18 curiosities and interesting facts, don't miss it

1▷Why is it called pizza margherita?

The first mention of Margherita pizza dates back to 1796. In June 1889, to honor the queen of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, chef Raffaele Esposito prepared "Pizza Margherita": a pizza topped with tomatoes, mozzarella fior di latte and fresh basil, colors reminiscent of the Italian flag.

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2▷When did the pizza tomato arrive?

The tomato arrived on pizza only in the 18th century in the Kingdom of Naples and was initially viewed with suspicion and astonishment because no one had seen anything similar. The tomato plant, in fact, began to be cultivated in Italy only in the 17th century after being imported from the Americas.

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3▷When was the word pizza born?

The first document found that speaks of pizza dates back to 997 and was found near Gaeta, a town in Lazio halfway between Rome and Naples.

4▷Who is the fastest pizza maker in the world?

The competition consists of rolling out five discs of dough in the shortest time possible without letting them fall to the ground during stretching, with a diameter of at least 30 centimeters and, of course, without holes.

The victory, achieved with a time of 46 seconds and 86 hundredths, went to Giuseppe Mario Amendola, known to all only as Mario.

5▷THE FASTEST PIZZA EATER IN THE WORLD.

Kelvin Medina, a Filipino from Taguig, set the record in a head-to-head competition on April 12, 2015 in Metro Manila, Philippines, eating a 30 cm diameter pizza in just 23.62 seconds.

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6▷How many pizzas are eaten in the world?

The numbers show that pizza is one of the most loved foods in the world. we consume more than 5,000 million pizzas a year; 20% of the restaurants on our planet are pizzerias (2019 data).

7▷The most expensive method in the world to pay for 2 pizzas.

In 2009, the programmer Laszlo Hanyecz ordered two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins, today they are equivalent to 126 million euros

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8▷Is there really a pizza diet?

It may seem unbelievable, but there is a pizza diet. The idea came from chef Pasquale Cozzolino and the rules speak for themselves: eat pizza every day, but only for lunch. In fact, at night, you will only have to eat protein.

Oh, don't forget to drink at least two liters of water a day. Clearly, the pizzas that can be eaten are few and all light: no pizzas with mushrooms, cheese or chips and Frankfurt.

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9▷WHICH COUNTRY EATS THE MOST QUANTITY OF PIZZA?

If the first country you thought of is Italy, you were wrong, in fact Italy only ranks second, followed by Brazil. First, instead, we find the superpower of the United States. However, if we take into account that the population of the US is far above that of Italy, Italians are still the first lovers of pizza.

10▷PIZZA WAS THE FIRST E-COMMERCE

In 1994, three years after the Internet opened up for business, a pizzeria in Santa Cruz, California opened an online ordering website. It was Pizza Hut, a chain of pizzerias founded on June 15, 1958, by brothers Dan and Frank Carney in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. It was the first e-commerce created, maybe because pizza is the most loved food in the world?

11▷IS THERE A LIGHT PIZZA?

In 2013 in Padova, several light pizza recipes were presented. In the end, a recipe was chosen that, according to some university research, would remove 30% of the calories from the pizza without changing its taste. The secret would be in the flour, not in wheat but in cereals and legumes, it would result in a more balanced and healthy pizza from a nutritional point of view.

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12▷Is there a museum dedicated to pizza?

In Philadelphia, United States, there is a museum dedicated to the culture and history of pizza. It's called Pizza Brain and it was created by Brian Dwyer, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest collector of pizza-themed memorabilia.

13▷The longest pizza in the world

The winners of the award for the longest pizza in the world was a group of master pizza chefs in the city of Fontana - California in 2017, they made a long pizza 1930.39 meters using +2000 KG of flour, +1600 kg of tomato, + 2000 kg of mozzarella, +200 LT of extra-virgin olive oil and more than 10,000 people ate

14▷The most expensive pizza in the world

the most expensive pizza was made in 2017 by Industry Kitchen in New York they added caviar, white and black truffles and 24-carat edible gold to a pizza until reaching a retail price of 2700 dollars

15▷How much pizza do Italians eat per day?

in Italy pizza is a real cult and more than 8 million pizzas are consumed every day

16▷Home delivery by plane

Until a few years ago, the Airport Pizza pizzeria in the city of Nome, located in Alaska, was in charge of sending pizzas by plane to nearby towns that did not have pizzerias: air trips had to include a minimum of 30 pizzas.

17▷The first pizzeria in the United States

Lombardi's, began selling pizza in 1905, and did not stop growing year after year, there are currently more than 9,000 pizzerias in New York and more than 70,000 in the United States.

18 ▷ NASA has a 3D printer to make pizza for astronauts

Now astronauts can enjoy pizza on their journeys far from earth. NASA has contracted an Austin technology company to make a special 3D printer to make food, including PIZZA

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