Did you know Margherita pizza was actually named after a queen?

-
If you ever had to make a list of food items that you will never grow tired of eating, pizzas would definitely feature in the catalogue.
Among the variety of mouth-watering pizzas that you savour, the simplest yet tastiest would be Margherita pizza.
For those who still get confused between Margherita pizza and its counterparts, this form of pizza is a typical Neapolitan dish, made with tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil, salt and extra-virgin oil.
As simple and commonplace as the pizza might seem to be, you will be surprised to know that Margherita pizza actually has royal connections.
A widespread belief attributes the name of the pizza to the Queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy.
Margherita of Savoy. Picture courtesy: Pinterest
Legend has it that the queen grew tired of the gourmet French food that was being served on her trip to Naples, with her husband King Umberto I, in 1889. Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi, who was deemed the most famous pizza maker of the times in Naples, was then asked to make her a pizza.
Picture courtesy: Pinterest
It was this chef who invented a dish called ''Pizza Margherita,'' to honour the Queen and the Kindgom of Italy, since the toppings--tomato(red), mozzarella (white) and basil (green)--represented the colours of its national flag.
Also Read: How to make pizza in space, without gravity, of course
However, this anecdote is doubted by some critics, as a kind of pizza, made with the same toppings, was also said to be in vogue in Naples, between 1796 and 1810, even though it may not have been called ''Margherita'' at that time.
There's another theory behind the nomenclature, which suggests that the word ''Margherita'' translates to ''daisy'' in Italian, and the pizza was named so because of the daisy-shaped arrangement of the toppings.
The truth of these theories may still be debated but whatever be the reason, one cannot deny that Margherita pizza has surely been one of the most delicious creations.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

New UGC rules permit third-party agencies to accredit higher education institutes

-
Image
Agencies other than the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) will soon be able to evaluate higher education institutions as the University Grants Commission (UGC) has passed a new regulation permitting their entry. The new rules, which were approved by the Commission in a meeting held this month, enables UGC to grant licences to third-party agencies for accreditation of educational institutes. The regulation now awaits HRD Ministry’s nod. Among the new accreditation bodies will be one spearheaded by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), sources told The Indian Express. The premier engineering schools, in a meeting of IIT directors held in Chennai last month, have agreed to set up a Section 8 company, which will apply for a licence under the new UGC regulation. The decision was taken at the behest of the Union government, which feels that the involvement of IITs will lend prestige to the accreditation process. The id
Read more

Valla Sadhya

-
Image
Valla Sadhya Sadya items ready to be served, clockwise from top: paayasam, bittergourd thoran, aviyal, kaalan, lime pickle, sambar; buttermilk with boiled rice in the center. Valla Sadya is a celebration in the Hindu temple at Aranmula, Kerala, India. During the festival the village conducts a snake boat race in the Pampa River, and there is a feast at the temple. The Valla Sadhya is conducted on Ashtamirohoni day.  During Valla Sadhya, Lord Krishna, the main deity worshipped in the temple, will come to take the offerings from people. The legend is that in a Valla Sadya all dishes asked for must be given to the people in order to please the lord.
Read more

Bangladesh: Govt takes up Ashrayan-3 project to shelter Rohingya refugees

-
In addition to the temporarily shelter of Rohingya refugees, the cost of construction of necessary infrastructure for the island will be BDT 2,312 crores. The project will be implemented by the Bangladesh Navy under the Prime Minister's Office of the government's priority list. Bangladesh government has taken a project called 'Ashrayan-3' for temporary housing of one lakh Rohingya people. This project will be implemented in Bhasanchar of Hatiya upazila in Noakhali district. Although Bangladesh has more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in which, more than 6,25,000 Rohingyas have fled violence in Myanmar to seek refuge in Cox's Bazar of Bangladesh, since August 25. In addition to the temporarily shelter of Rohingya refugees, the cost of construction of necessary infrastructure for the island will be BDT 2,312 crores. The project will be implemented by the Bangladesh Navy under the Prime Minister's Office of the government's priority list.
Read more