I spotted pizza dough in the freezer this morning, and dropped a BIG hint about having it for dinner. Was thrilled to get home to a house that smelled like a pizzeria! Slightly prebaked dough, and simmering homemade tomato sauce were in the air.
Since I have already shared our Cajun pizza recipe, I decided to talk about some interesting pizza facts today.
The earliest form of pizza was a crude bread, dating back to the Stone Age. After cooking, the bread was seasoned with a number of toppings.
Throughout history there are regular references to these round breads with toppings. Tomatoes were added in the 1500's when they were brought to Europe from Peru.
Pizza came to North America in the latter half of the 19th century, but didn't really become popular in the mainstream until the 1950's. In 1957, frozen pizza was introduced and became the most popular frozen food.
