Fun Facts about Pizza
By Lifez2short
@Lifez2short (4962)
United States
May 31, 2007 9:43pm CST
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.
America's favorite pizza topping: pepperoni.
America's least favorite pizza topping: anchovies.
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 - 1st US Pizzeria opens in New York City at 53 1/2 Spring St.
In 1945 - Soldiers returning from WWII brought with them a taste for certain foods--pizza was at the top of their list.
http://www.hungrymonster.com/FoodFacts/Food_Facts.cfm?Phrase_vch=Pizza&fid=5003
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@beccacoward (525)
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3 Jun 07
Thats a lot of information about pizza. I'm not surprised that everyone hates anchovies! What a weird thing to want to put on a pizza... Salty and ick. So pizza was originally a peasants dish? Interesting.. I would have thought due to the way it is made (the complexity of it, that is) that it would have been an upper-class meal. x
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@beccacoward (525)
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7 Jul 07
Thanks for the best response! Very kind of you :D x
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@orbeltadz (506)
• Baguio, Philippines
8 Jul 07
Well, that's for all the americans. Pizza can be regarded maybe as a sign of achievement for the makers and eaters to satisfy their appetite.
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@samtaylorskykierajen (7977)
• Canada
1 Jun 07
We tend to eat a lot of pizza in Canada as well but I don't know the statistics as well as you do lol .
We like to make pizza at home and don't ever order out becaue my husband makes really good pizza and we don't like the crusts thick at all and he can make the thinnest crust ever on a slice of pizza . Even family and friends that like a thick crust have stated that he should go into buisness because somehow it gives it a different flavor and they have all said it was the best pizza they have ever eaten .
Once in awhile when my children have friends over I will buy the ones in the store that are on sale just for something quick to throw in the oven for them to heat up and have while talking or watching a movie but for the most part we make all our own .
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
1 Jun 07
you are such a pizza lover to have gone to so much lengths to know this much about pizza. i am, too. however, it seems americans cannot live by without pizza. this is how i understand it from your discussion. if the americans consume that much pizza each day, then that is enough explanation. the pizza i enjoy most are the ones we do at home. we buy these ready made doughs or pizza bread and then we do the toppings. whatever we fancy for the moments goes for the toppings. yes, pizzas are yummy delicious and very fattening. hehehe.
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@jolenegreen (1209)
• United States
1 Jun 07
I love pizza! It is one of my favs. We could eat it all the time. LOL
@nudshanie (359)
• Malaysia
2 Jun 07
Very informative article for a pizza lover like me....thanks
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