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There are thousands of people who are die hard fan of pizza. Check out here what Research says about why do we love eating pizza

When in acient cultures various flatbreads with toppings were being served in food. One of the flatbread known to the Romans was Panis Focacins and toppings were added to this.
In late 18th century tomato was added to focaccia in Naples, this Neapolitian pizza is originated from a similar dish called Jeyoun . The word comes from PITA which means PIE.

How and Why it was named Pizza :

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In documents Pizza was added in AD 997 in Gaeta and then in different parts of Central and Sourthern Italy. Basically it is commonly known as an Itlaian dish and eaten commonly eaten in the country of Italy. People of Italy made Pizza so popular that it is now eaten in all over the world.

Origin of Pizza :

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Since neolithic age, foods similar to pizza have been made. Various records have been made to the history of pizza like adding various toppings and flavours also the records of size. In acient hitory people used to have various toppings on their breads.

• In Sardinia, it was found that breads were baked over 7,000 years ago. According to proffesor Phillippe Marinval, the local islanders leavened their breads.
• In the 6th century BC, Darins army soldiers baked flatbreads with cheese and dates on the top of their battle shield.
• The 'Plakouns' a flat bread was baked in Acient Greeks which was flavoured with toppings like herbs, onions and garlic.
• In 16th century, pizza was known as the dish for poor people. It was sold in the streets. It was then flavoured and topped with oil, fish, tomatoes, etc.

Types Of Pizza :

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We can't deny that pizza is one of the most popular food found all over the world and it is so delicious that we can eat a large pizza in few minutes. Debate can be started on the topic types of pizza but I found these are the 7 most important and the only types of pizza in the world. You can correct me if I'm wrong and can give your review on the types of pizza in the comments section.

1) Lahma Bi Ajeen :

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This pizza is made with minced onions, ground lamb, cumin seeds and yogurt. This prizza is brought to you by lebanese.

2) Margherita :

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This pizza is named after HM Queen Margherita Of Italy, wife of King Umberto 1 and she was the first queen of Italy. Basically This pizza is made with tomato, Mozzarella cheese, fresh basil.

3) Neapolitan :

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The Neapolitan hails from Naples and is the basic which means this pizza same as our morden day American pizza. It is served with cheese but nowadays it is known as Margherita.

4) Deep Dish :

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This is a type of pizza which is eaten with a knife and fork. It comes from Chicago. This pizza is so thick that it requires a long baking time and if the cheese is added on the top, as in usual with most pizza, the cheese would burn. So, in this pizza the toppings are usually placed upside down to make it properly.**

5) Calzona :

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It is also a type of Pizza which is originated from Italy only. This pizza includes a shape which is semicircle and filled with cheese inside it.

6) Stromboli :

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There are theories about Stromboli Pizza. Some says this pizza was invented in 1950 by Nazzareno Romano from Italy and some says it is invented by Mike Aquino, Sr. in Washington in 1954.
It seems like Calzona pizza but it is made if layers folded on each other and binded in a shape of semicircle to make a roll.

7) Marinara :

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It is invented in Italy and people generally made this pizza for soldiers or army officers so that they can make pizza away from home. It consists of flat bread with oil, tomato, garlic and oregano.

Record for making largest pizza :

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The largest pizza was prepared by Dovilio nardis, Andrea Mannocchi, Marco Nardi, Matteo Nardi and Matteo Giannotte. They all were form Italy. It was prepared from NIPfood at Fiera Roma, In Rome, Italy on 13 December, 2012. It has a total surface area of 1261.65 meter sq.
Ottavia a word of roman origin for eighth son was the name given to the worlds largest pizza.

Record for making longest pizza :

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There is another record of making the longest pizza of the world which measures 1,930.39 m and it was prepared by Pizzaoven.com , Venice Bakery, Orlando foods, At.Pac, Sysco, TFX non stick, Capstone scaffold Services, Scaffold Works, Socal Gas, John, Arena ,Giulio.

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