Why Is February 9 World Pizza Day?
Since 2017, it is considered an Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO
Yay! This Wednesday, February 9, marks World Pizza Day, one of the most consumed fast foods in the world and, along with pasta, one of the favorite international Italian dishes.
Regardless of whether you like it with pineapple or without pineapple -an open debate in 2017, when the president of Iceland asked on Twitter if he should have pineapple or not- it is, since that same year, a UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Humanity, due to its role in social life and the transmission of this culinary art between generations.
Despite its Italian origin, the word pizza comes from the Greek 'pΔktos', which means 'solid' or 'coagulated'. The base is a dough, generally circular (although it can also be rectangular or any other shape), made with wheat flour, salt, water, and yeast.
When you have the base, the usual thing is to add tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese and, on top, the desired ingredients, from the aforementioned pineapple to anchovies, capers, olives, ham, corn, vegetables... everything you want and in any combination you want.
The traditional -and best- way of cooking it is in a wood oven, although it is quite common to use domestic ovens, especially if it is pre-cooked pizzas - frozen or ready-to-bake pizzas.
