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The Pizza Thread

After watching a 'nostalgia TV adverts' You Tube video, it makes me chuckle how 'groundbreaking' Findus were to introduce frozen crispy bread pizza.
No one else had heard of bruschetta. :)
 
hunck said:
Heinz sausage & beans pizza



It’s a ‘no’ from me.

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blessmycottonsocks said:
The Guardian's Rome correspondent has a go at recreating the 2,000 year old Pompeian pizza, using Focaccia, sheep's cheese, pesto, spring onions, walnuts, figs, salad leaves and pomegranate seeds (but no mention of those anomalous pineapples):

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Focaccia has been around for a long time.

A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, developed a complex culinary tradition that included the baking of large loaves of bread and "focaccias" with different flavors on special trays known to archaeologists as husking trays.

The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports and also involved staff from the Milà i Fontanals Institution (IMF-CSIC) and the University of Lyon (France).

The husking trays were containers with a large oval base and low walls, made of coarse clay. They differed from common trays on their internal surface, marked with rough impressions or incisions arranged repetitively and regularly. Previous experiments using replicas of these trays and cooking structures similar to those found at archaeological sites from the studied period had already allowed researchers to hypothesize their function.

These investigations suggested that large loaves made with water and flour might have been baked on these trays, placed in domed ovens for about two hours at an initial temperature of 420°C. The grooves on the internal surface would have facilitated the removal of the bread once baked. Moreover, the large size of the loaves, approximately 3 kg, suggested they were likely intended for communal consumption.

The research team analyzed ceramic fragments of husking trays from between 6400 and 5900 BCE to identify their use as specialized containers for baking cereal-based doughs and whether these doughs could have been seasoned with products such as animal fat or vegetable oil. The analyzed remains come from the archaeological sites of Mezraa Teleilat, Akarçay Tepe, and Tell Sabi Abyad, located in the area between Syria and Turkey. The analyses were carried out at the Universities of Istanbul and the Koç (Turkey).

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-focaccia-neolithic-culinary-tradition-dating.html


 
MrsF said she has seen a curry pizza in Iceland (frozen food store).
I despair.
 
maximus otter said:
Don’t be so narrow-minded; l once ordered a haggis & mussel pizza at Mamma’s on the Grassmarket, Edinburgh, and it was lush.

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There are some things that should never be messed with.

Ketchup and pickle in one?
Bbq flavoured sardines?
'Flamin' xx hot', battered prawns?
Curry pizza?

No.
 
My Kinda Pizza, Durham: Chinese Chicken & Duck

Free delivery to halls of residence at all colleges (even Hild & Bede!); also stocks ice-cream.

Heaven.

When I graduated I was over 3.5 stone heavier than I am now, twenty-five-odd years later.
 
Yithian said:
My Kinda Pizza, Durham: Chinese Chicken & Duck

Free delivery to halls of residence at all colleges (even Hild & Bede!); also stocks ice-cream.

Heaven.

When I graduated I was over 3.5 stone heavier than I am now, twenty-five-odd years later.
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I'm about 3.5 stone heavier now than when I graduated - do you want it back?
 
I just got home after having had pizza at a restaurant. Apart from other odd ingredients, it also had a sprinkling of pine needles. Perhaps something to try here for Christmas. I am guessing they were added after the baking. It gave a nice little extra flavour.
 
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Pine needles are edible then? I never knew that!
 
Edible, yes. Digestible? Not sure.
You can eat the light green shots on pinetrees. For this pizza it was the mature variety but it was just a light sprinkling.
 
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