Hi, do you like pizza? It is a traditional Italian dish with bread and toppings, baked in an oven.
Yeah I do, I always wonder where it came to be though.
The word "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript in the Italian town of Gaeta.
Damn that's a long time ago. Didn't it start out as flatbread without any sauce or cheese?
Yeah, modern pizza was invented in  Naples and originally was flatbread with some seasoning. Toppings came later.
Cool, what kind of toppings were popular?
At first it was mostly vegetables and condiments. Meats and cheese were added later. I like many types of meats on my pizza!
Same here, what were some of the first meats put on them? Probably lamb or something.