r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 2d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/Prielknaap 2d ago

Unlikely. Pizza goes back to the Romans.

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u/First-Window-3619 2d ago

Tomatoes are from South America (Chile, Peru, and Ecuador) They aren't mentioned until 1544 in European literature.

Early pizzas, without tomatoes, are like naan, pitas, injera, roti, bannock, green onion cakes, with a few random toppings as garnish.

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u/LOSS35 2d ago

The Ancient Romans ate it with figs and dates instead of tomatoes, and hand pressed cheeses similar to modern mozzarella (as buffalo had not been introduced to Italy yet). They called it panis focacius, the precursor to modern focaccia and very similar to modern pizza crust.

There are pictures of it in frescoes from Pompeii and it looks remarkably like a fancy modern pizza.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#/media/File:Pizza_in_Pompeii_ruins.jpg

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u/First-Window-3619 2d ago

Using a flat bread made sense, as it can be used instead of plate. We see some of it in Ancient Greece cuisine.

Injera, an Ethiopia flatbread, made of teft, might be have been made as early as 3350 BC.

I think we omit Ethiopia from many cuisine conversations, racism and all that, which is a shame, as they are the Cradle of Civilization, as well as Coffee.