American pizza

Italian immigrants took the recipe to the USA, where made with American flour a different product emerged. The first American pizza parlour opened in 1905 in New York City. The next American development was the Chicago deep dish pizza in 1943. 

Pizza is, because of its history, one of the more variable bakery products. Pizzas made from Italian soft flour are never going to be the same as an American pizza made from American flour. 

Pizza seems to have arrived in the UK from the USA rather than via Italy visiting American service men possibly had something to do with it. The effect of increased European travel and visits to Italian restaurants has led to a demand for authentic Italian pizza. The problem is, what is meant by pizza ... 

British pizzas probably started from a point where they would be unrecognisable to either Italians or Americans. As in other fields the demand for authenticity has led to the production of products that are much closer to the original. 

The variations possible are limitless however, pizza essentially is bread dough with other ingredients added. If the pizza is to be thin a dough is needed that spreads rather than lifts. If the pizza is to be thick then the dough needs to be nearer to British or American bread dough. 

The tomato was introduced into the United States as a food around 1710, but did not become significant there until it was made into catsup in New Orleans in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Today tomatoes are a ccmmon element in American, Mexican, South American, European, and Asian diets. It is difficult to imagine a diet without pizza, aghetti, salsa, or catsup. Besides its useftilness as fiber in the diet, the tcmato is also an excellent source of vitanrin C. Tomatoes come in a range of colors from red to yellow and, in size, frcm cherry tomatoes to large beefsteaks. 

In a land where hamburgers, pepperoni pizza, and fried chicken are among our favorite foods, just why do Americans become vegetarians anyway Worldwide, vegetarianism is often part of religious faith, especially to Buddhists, Hindus, and others whose spiritual beliefs emphasize nonviolence, karma, and reincarnation. 

First stop for vegetarians should be the Basil Pot (928 Main St., b 803-799-0928), a wonderful three-meal-a-day restaurant just behind the state capitol. Their pizzas are justly famous for the unusual ingredients, including such veggie-friendly items as tempeh sausage. Also nearby is the Motor Supply Company Bistro (920 Gervais St., a 803-256-6687), an imaginative New American restaurant that was recently converted from an auto parts warehouse. 

Breads—Although the total consumption of all types of breads in the United States has declined steadily since the beginning of the 20th century, the use of specialty bread products such as hero or submarine sandwiches, hamburgers, and pizza has increased. There are now fast food restaurants which serve a variety of these products. Also, Sandwiches of all types appear to be among the most popular lunch items for Americans, whether they carry a bag lunch from home or eat out Furthermore, a wide variety of breads and related products are now available in frozen forms which require only baking. 

The life-style of the American consumer beginning in the 1950s, with more time at work and play and less time at home, gave rise to a fast-food industry peculiar to America, dedicated to eating as quickly as possible for as little money as possible. The most common fast-foods hamburgers, french fries, and shakes pizza and cola fried chicken and slaw fish and chips roast beef sandwiches tacos and hot dogs—all very American. 

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