The Little Bird© A Twice-Weekly Newsletter For Curious Seniors Nancy A. Franks, Editor Topic: A Salute To Pizza Around The World “Where’d you hear that?” “The Little Bird© told me!” Kangaroo & Emu Pizza Banana Curry Pizza Mockba Pizza ) ) ) tripadvisor.com tripadvisor.com theculturetrip.com (Photo Source: (Photo Source: (Photo Source:(Photo (Photo Source:(Photo manoosh.com.au) Are you ready to try Australia’s Don’t limit banana slices to your If you love seafood, this pizza named most patriotic pizza? The Coat Of breakfast cereal. Try them on your after Russia’s capital city is for you. Arms pie features both the pizza! Mockba is the Russian word for country’s national animal and its Sweden did not begin importing Moscow. national bird. bananas until 1949. The expensive, The pie is loaded with sardines, Slices of juicy, kangaroo steak and exotic fruits were an instant hit. tuna, mackerel, and salmon. It is Swedes began adding bananas to just capsicum peppers top one half of about everything – even pizza! A garnished with onions, peppers, and the pizza. The other half is topped favorite pie combines tomato sauce, herbs. Sometimes roe adds the with marinated emu thighs and grated smoked cheese, banana slices, finishing touch to a Mockba pizza. whole bush tomatoes. Red onions and a generous dash of curry powder. With all that seafood, why not add and cranberries are also added to This unusual treat is served some eggs as well, right? the pizza. Before it is served, the throughout the country. How does Ready to place your order? Coat Of Arms pizza is garnished that sound? with a native lemon myrtle mayo Squid Ink & Seafood Pizza Shrimp & Coconut adding a tangy, lemony taste to the creation. .com.au) Curious about the flavor of kangaroo and emu? The taste of manoosh.com.au) mumslounge kangaroo is said to be similar to venison. Emu is often compared to a (Photo Source:(Photo lean beef. Ecologists urge Source:(Photo Australians and tourists to eat Does a jet black pizza sound We’re all used to topping our pizzas kangaroo. The wild kangaroo intriguing? In Japan, squid ink is with vegetables. Why not head to population has grown to a level blended with tomato sauce for a Costa Rica and switch things up? that is unsustainable. Because unique combination of sweet and Try ordering a sweet pizza covered kangaroos produce less methane salty. Next, the pizza is topped with with a fruit instead. No, not then cattle, they are more squid and other seafood. Grab pineapple. Coconut! Tropical environmentally friendly. some extra napkins! Squid ink will coconut shrimp pizza is popular stain your clothing and your teeth. with both locals and tourists. How about a slice? Green Pea Pizza The Pizza Cutter (Photo Source:(Photo manoosh.com.au) In Brazil, trying to eat more green (All three Image Source: slice.seriouseats.com) vegetables doesn’t mean that you Let’s all raise a slice to Mr. Morgan, Mr. Noble, and Mr. Frahm! have to eat less pizza. Green peas are a popular pizza toping in the David S. Morgan of Ashville, North Carolina! On September 20, 1892, he largest country in South America received a patent for a “roller knife for trimming wallpaper”. Are you wondering how you’ll Seven years later, W. L. Noble received a patent for his “rotary knife”. Mr. keep the peas from rolling onto the Noble wasn’t thinking about pizza - or even wallpaper. His was focused on table when you pick up your slice? trimming cigar wrappers. That won’t be a problem. Unlike Carl A. Frahm of Americans, Brazilians usually eat Canton, Ohio was their pizza with a knife and fork. thinking of food, but it just wasn’t pizza. He You may also find Brazilians had cakes and topping their pizza with mashed pastries on his mind. potato, corn, or hearts of palm. when he was granted a patent for a “cake Fun Fact: cutter” on March 18, 2/3 of all Americans chose 1924 pepperoni as their favorite The three men may not have had slicing pizza on their minds, but we can pizza topping. all agree that their inventions influenced the pizza cutters that we all us today. Which tool most resembles your favorite pizza cutter? “There is no better feeling in the world than a warm Top Pizza Chains box of pizza in your lap.” - Kevin James In The United “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I am States: 1. Domino’s not hungry enough to have six.” – Yogi Berra 2. Pizza Hut 3. Little Caesar’s “Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.” - Henry Rollins 4. Papa John’s Pizza 5. California Pizza Kitchen “Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed 6. Papa Murphy’s 7. Marco’s Pizza around.” – Anne Quindlen Have you eaten pizza from one “Unless you are a pizza, the answer is yes, I can live or more of these pizza chains? without you.” – Bill Murray Cheeseburger Pizza Pizza Saver First Pizzaria ) daily.social) history.com Source: Source: firstpizza.com) (Photo Source(Photo (Photo Source: Source: (Photo (Image Would you like to share a pizza On February 10, 1983, life got a In 1897, Gennaro Lombardi left Italy with the 43rd President of the little neater for pizza lovers. for a new life in the United States. He United States? George W. Bush Carmela Vitale of Dix Hills, opened a grocery store in New York’s would probably treat you to his New York received a patent for Little Italy. Customers loved the homemade cheeseburger pizza. It the “package saver”, which is pizza made by his employee, Antonio is a Margherita pizza topped with now called the “pizza saver”. Toronno Pero. It was wrapped in paper and tied with string. To satisfy ground beef, bacon, cheese, Thanks to this tiny white plastic the demand for Antonio’s pie, lettuce, and pickles. When the “table” placed in the center of a Gennaro opened a pizzeria. He pizza cools, it is drizzled with take-out pizza, we no longer named it Lombardi’s. Gennaro’s mustard and ketchup before have to fear that the cheese will family is still serving up delicious serving. How does that sound? get stuck to the top of the pizza pizzas cooked in huge coal-fired box. ovens. Although, there has been some dispute over the title, Lombardi’s claims to be America’s first pizzeria. Don’t miss the next issue of The Little Bird©! XXX The Little Bird Source: www.foodbeast.com/news/coat-of-arms-pizza, (Photo (Photo Source: cnet.com) www.thetravel.com/weird-pizza-toppings- around-world, blog.slicelife.com/unique-pizzas- world-united-nations, When people say that Pizza Hut’s pizza is “out of this world”, they’re heculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/ho w-bananas-changed-swedish-food, not exaggerating. In 2001, the company became the first company gurunavi.com/en/japanfoodie, to deliver pizza to the Russian cosmonauts in the International thespruceeats.com/brazilian-style-pizza, slice.seriouseats.com/2012/08/scotts-pizza- Space Center. Developing the perfect space pizza took time. Pizza chronicles-the-story-of-the-pizza-slicer.html, Hut and Russian food scientists collaborated for almost a year to get www.zippia.com/advice/largest-pizza-chains, www.brainyquote.com/topics/pizza-quotes_3, it right. One thing they discovered was that pepperoni is a topping hedailymeal.com/news/cook/how-make- george-w-bush-s-famous-cheeseburger-pizza, that should remain on Earth. It could not withstand the 60-day www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html, testing process so salami was added to the tomato sauce and cheese. inshorts.com/en/news/pizza-hut-once-made- delivery-to-international-space-station, The space pizza was just six-inches in diameter so that it could be www.pmq.com/that-plastic-thing-inside-your- heated in the International Space Center’s small ovens. The pizza-box-was-invented-30-years-ago, www.firstpizza.com/ cosmonauts didn’t have to pay for the pizza delivery. Instead, Pizza Hut paid the Russian Space Agency one million dollars to participate in the promotional event. .