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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3682229, member: 19463"]More cheese, more better; more bread, less room for more toppings. Of the two, I would prefer the SWMBO version but I get the one with spinach like my SWMBO suggests. When was pizza invented?</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza</a></p><ul> <li><span style="color: #0080ff">In the 6th century BC, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" rel="nofollow">Persian</a> soldiers ruled by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_the_Great" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_the_Great" rel="nofollow">Darius the Great</a> baked flatbreads with <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese" rel="nofollow">cheese</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm#Fruit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm#Fruit" rel="nofollow">dates</a> on top of their battle shields.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #0080ff">In <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" rel="nofollow">Ancient Greece</a>, citizens made a flat bread called <i>plakous</i> (<i>πλακοῦς</i>, gen. <i>πλακοῦντος</i>—<i>plakountos</i>)<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> which was flavored with toppings like herbs, onion, cheese and garlic.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #0080ff">An early reference to a pizza-like food occurs in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid" rel="nofollow">Aeneid</a> (ca. 19 BC), when Celaeno, the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy" rel="nofollow">Harpy</a> queen, foretells that the Trojans would not find peace until they are forced by hunger to eat their tables (Book III). In Book VII, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas" rel="nofollow">Aeneas</a> and his men are served a meal that includes round cakes (like pita bread) topped with cooked vegetables. When they eat the bread, they realize that these are the "tables" prophesied by Celaeno.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a></span></li> </ul><p>Persian? Greek? Who knew??? I have not tried dates as a topping....yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3682229, member: 19463"]More cheese, more better; more bread, less room for more toppings. Of the two, I would prefer the SWMBO version but I get the one with spinach like my SWMBO suggests. When was pizza invented? [URL]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza[/URL] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#0080ff]In the 6th century BC, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire']Persian[/URL] soldiers ruled by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_the_Great']Darius the Great[/URL] baked flatbreads with [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese']cheese[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm#Fruit']dates[/URL] on top of their battle shields.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-5'][5][/URL][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#0080ff]In [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece']Ancient Greece[/URL], citizens made a flat bread called [I]plakous[/I] ([I]πλακοῦς[/I], gen. [I]πλακοῦντος[/I]—[I]plakountos[/I])[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] which was flavored with toppings like herbs, onion, cheese and garlic.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#0080ff]An early reference to a pizza-like food occurs in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid']Aeneid[/URL] (ca. 19 BC), when Celaeno, the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy']Harpy[/URL] queen, foretells that the Trojans would not find peace until they are forced by hunger to eat their tables (Book III). In Book VII, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas']Aeneas[/URL] and his men are served a meal that includes round cakes (like pita bread) topped with cooked vegetables. When they eat the bread, they realize that these are the "tables" prophesied by Celaeno.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza#cite_note-8'][8][/URL][/COLOR] [/LIST] Persian? Greek? Who knew??? I have not tried dates as a topping....yet.[/QUOTE]
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