Important Facts about Pizza and Its Origin (1)

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• DO YOU KNOW?
• A long time ago, pizza in America was an
  inexpensive peasant food made casalinga
  (home-style) by southern Italian immigrant women
  in their kitchens.

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• The ancestors of modern-day pizzas were simple
  flat breads, known as foccasia in Italy that were
  sprinkled with different toppings.
• Early pizzas were often sweet dishes, not
  savoury!

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• Pizza was introduced to the United States with
  the arrival of Italian immigrants in the 19th
  century.
• The first pizzeria in the United States was
  opened by Vincent Bruno in Chicago, in the year
  1903.
• 62 of pizza toppings ordered in the US are meat
  toppings.

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• Pizza is often classified as junk food, but it
  doesnt have to be! In fact, a healthy pizza can
  be a balanced meal itself with carbs, proteins,
  fibers and more.
• Approximately 251,770,000 pounds of pepperoni
  pizzas are consumed every year in the US alone.
• Fruit pizzas are sweeter and healthier version of
  regular pizza and it has delicious fruit
  toppings.

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• The average 14 inch pizza contains 25 protein
  per slice.
• 36 of Americans think pizza would be perfect
  breakfast.
• The first Dominos Pizza opened in 1967, the
  first Pizza Hut in 1958 and the first Papa Johns
  in 1984.
• The most expensive pizza ever created cost 2,745
  and contained edible gold topping.

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  mouthwatering pizzas?
• Visit www.goodfellas.net
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