Pizza has always been counted as a luxury food, but the surprising thing is that it was started for the poor and laborers. Due to one incident, it became so popular that it became the food of the rich and got away from the poor. Know its interesting story..
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Google Doodle launched the pizza puzzle game on Monday. Pizza has always been counted as a luxury food, but the surprising thing is that it was started for the poor and laborers. Due to one incident, it became so popular that it became the food of the rich and got away from the poor. Pizza is considered a gift from Italy. This is where it was made for the poor and from here there was such a big change in the pizza that it reached other countries and became the luxury food of the world.
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Pizza originated in the city of Naples, Italy in the 18th century. Naples was counted among the prosperous cities of Europe. Due to the economic activities here, farmers, traders and traders were forced to reach from far and wide in search of employment. For farmers and laborers, cheap vegetables and pieces of meat started being sold here on the roadside on large flat bread. The pieces of which were cut and sold. Due to cheap food, laborers and farmers used to fill their stomach with this.
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Gradually, the use of salt, garlic, pork, tomato, fish and pepper increased in these. In this way the taste of pizza also increased. The common people here also liked its taste and its sales increased. But the modern pizza, which looks like today in the true sense, started in 1889. The credit for this goes to the baker Rafael Espiocito of the city of Naples.
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King Umberto I and Queen Margarita arrived in Naples in 1889. Being fond of friend food, he was mostly served such food. After getting upset after eating the same food, Rafael Espiocito was called to serve him something new in front of him. Rafael made three types of pizza for the guest. Out of the three, the pizza made from mozzarella cheese was very much liked by Queen Margarita, hence the name of that pizza was Margarita. Which became most famous.
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In the 19th century, the people of Italy reached America with this recipe. In this way, pizza became famous in America. In 1905, the first pizza restaurant ‘Lombardy’ was started in New York City. Over time, there have been many changes in the pizza, it has become expensive. As a result, it moved away from the poor and became an important part of the diet of the rich. Even today, pizza is presented as an expensive luxury food.
