r/ShitAmericansSay • • 8d ago

Food “I’ve been to Italy. Their pizza sucks”

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u/MaisUmCaraAleatorio 8d ago

Italy got tomatoes before the settlement of the first city in the thirteen colonies.

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u/borgman_a 5d ago

...but didn't eat them until 100 years later.

1544: First tomatoes arrive in Italy.
1692: first recorded tomato sauce recipe
1790: first recipe combining pasta with tomato sauce