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0 pointsharrall10mo ago0 comments

A lot of food we like was invented fairly recently. Modern pizza was invented in Italy in 1889 for example.

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efavdb10mo ago

Here is a 2000 year old fresco showing what looks like a pizza!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/27/pompeii-fresco...

duxup10mo ago

Losing Pizza surely was the start of the dark ages.

skyyler10mo ago

Ciabatta was invented in 1982, which blows my mind.

arp24210mo ago

I did not know that; surprising indeed!

I was reading the other day how modern olive oil is actually quite different from the olive oil people used for millennia: https://aeon.co/essays/extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-the-flavour...

dendrite910mo ago

On the other hand I'd argue flatbread with something on it is one of the base foods. Whether it came before or after the dumpling/packet family is a fun discussion.

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