Pizza Heidel­berg

Pizza has a variety of facets, from the tra­di­tio­nal Nea­po­li­tan variety to the thick Ame­ri­can style pizza. No matter how you slice it, it’s no small feat to com­pile a list of the best piz­ze­rias in Heidel­berg, espe­ci­ally con­side­ring the number of high-end Ita­lian restau­rants with bur­geo­ning menus.

One of the simp­lest, most tra­di­tio­nal and most popu­lar pizzas in Heidel­berg is the Mar­ghe­rita, which is topped with toma­toes or tomato sauce, moz­za­rella and basil. Legend has it that it was named after Queen Mar­ghe­rita of Savoy, the wife of Umberto I, who liked the smooth, refres­hing taste of the pizza and also noti­ced that the colors of the top­ping – green, white and red – were the same as those of the Ita­lian flag.

As repor­ted by Ita­lian paper La Repubblica, just a couple of years ago, food his­to­rian Giu­seppe Nocca pre­sen­ted his rese­arch results on a Latin docu­ment dating back to 997 AD, which is pro­ba­bly the oldest men­tion of the word “pizza.”

The 1,017-year-old ori­gi­nal docu­ment was scri­bed in Gaeta, a small vil­lage on the border bet­ween Cam­pa­nia and Lazio in Italy. In the offi­cial docu­ment, the off­spring of a feudal lord pro­mi­ses 12 pizzas to the resi­dent bishop as an yearly tribute.

Accor­ding to a report, this food pro­vi­des one-third of the total daily intake of cal­cium and grea­ter than one­half of lyco­pene, a micro­nu­tri­ent and highly potent anti­oxi­dant. In addi­tion, this meal is a natu­ral good source of sodium for both child­ren and adults.

Howe­ver, nut­ri­tio­nists explain that alt­hough it is pos­si­ble to prepare a healthy pizza at home, in ever­y­day life it is usually a con­ve­ni­ence pro­duct high in car­bo­hy­dra­tes and satu­ra­ted fats. Pizza is made with refi­ned white flour, not whole wheat flour, and it is now known that an excess of this ingre­di­ent con­tri­bu­tes to obe­sity, increa­ses cho­le­ste­rol levels and leads to a rise in blood sugar levels over time.

“If it is a home­made pizza, it can be on the menu once a week,” says Giu­seppe Rus­sol­illo, pre­si­dent of the Spa­nish Asso­cia­tion of Nutritionists.

You gues­sed right!

Both pizzas and pizzas are cor­rect accor­ding to Duden.

Pizza as a for­eign word ori­gi­nally had an “s” appen­ded to the plural. Over time, howe­ver, the word became more and more Ger­ma­ni­zed and some­ti­mes recei­ved the ending “en” in usage. No argu­ment necessary 🙂