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A Day in the Life of Pizza
Everybody thinks that pizza originated in Naples, Italy but it has been around since the Neolithic age, the Greeks ate pizza even though they did not call it pizza. The word pizza has been around since 997 AD. Naples was the first city to open a pizzeria in 1830. Pizza came to the U.S. in the late 19th Century with the arrival of Italian immigrants. Thirteen percent of the U.S. population consumes pizza daily. The world's largest pizza was at the Norwood Pick 'n Pay hypermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the Guinness Book of Records the pizza was 122 feet 8 inches in diameter. Pizza is made differently in Italy than it is in the U.S. Their pizzas tend to be flatter and have less cheese and more sauce while pizza here is thicker and has more cheese and less sauce. Now that pizza is here it has made its way into all of our hearts and stomachs.
            Pizza is something that many people can bond over. If you have a party, order a pizza. Need something fast but don’t want to leave your house, order a pizza. Pizza is always there for you even when people aren’t. Pizza can be your best friend not just your favorite food.  There are so many different kinds and different types of pizzerias. There are really no bad pizzas except maybe Digiornos, which is frozen pizza. Even some frozen pizzas are good though. And you can get it made any way you want. If you have friends that do not like certain kinds of toppings you can always get a half and half pizza which is very easy to get. You cannot meet a person who has never had a pizza. They may not like pizza that much but in the U.S. you will not be able to find someone who has not eaten a pizza in their whole entire life.
            Some people even have stories that come with the bonding of eating pizza. My grandfather makes pizza for Christmas every year. My grandpa used to make them for my dad’s birthday but after a while he moved them to Christmas. Everyone comes over and my grandpa spends a large amount of the day cooking the pizzas and when he’s done we are able to eat. This makes the Christmas time more special because my grandpa puts all his love into making our dinner and it is the best pizza ever. His pizzas are my favorite. He stuffs the crust with ricotta cheese and then he uses the best tasting cheese, mozzarella. The sauce he uses is also very good and I am picky when it comes to tomato sauce, which is why I normally like my pizza with the bare minimum of sauce but the sauce he uses is great. I keep telling him that he should open his own pizza place but he’s not a young man anymore and he can’t afford to own a pizza shop. I do think that business would boom for him though. I have no doubt that if he ever did he would make lots of money on his pizza. I want everyone to eat it but he only makes it once a year so it’s very hard.

            Pizza is a universal savior for the world. People can find comfort in it and relax because pizza is a best friend to everyone. Pizza will always be there for you no matter what you go through in life and it is comforting for people to know that they do not need to rely on people for happiness they can rely on other things, like food, to make them happy. It gives the world some kind of peace and hopefully people can sleep better at night knowing that something is out there to make them happy. Even if it is not the healthiest thing to eat you definitely feel good eating it and that is why many people love pizza and eat it all the time.

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