Once upon a time, there was a baker in a bakery about to make a loaf of bread with a big ball of dough.
Just before the baker was about to put the dough in the over, the Dough said, “Hey baker, I don’t want to be a loaf of bread. I want to be part of something new, something different, a real taste sensation. Give me ten minutes.”
The baker said, “I don’t know what you have in mind, but be back in ten minutes, I have hungry people to feed.”
The Dough rolled off the counter and out the bakery and into the Italian restaurant next door. He rolled into the kitchen and called to the tomato sauce that was going to go on some spaghetti, “Tomato sauce, don’t go on that spaghetti, come with me and we can make a new taste sensation.” And the tomato sauce said, “OK.”
Then the Dough rolled out of the restaurant and into the cheese shop. He said to the cheese that was going to be put with some crackers, “Cheese, don’t go with those crackers. Come with me and we can make something wonderful.” And the Cheese said, “OK.”
Then the Dough rolled out of the cheese shop and up to the vegetable stand. He said to the peppers, mushrooms and onions that were about to go in a salad, “Vegetables don’t go
in that salad. Come with me and we can make something fantastic.” And the Vegetables said, “OK.”
Then the Dough rolled away from the vegetable stand and rolled into the delicatessen. He said to the pepperoni that was going to go on a pepperoni sandwich, “Pepperoni, don’t go on
that sandwich. Come with me and we can make something awesome.” And the pepperoni said, “OK.”
Then the Dough and the Cheese and the Sauce and the Vegetables and the Pepperoni went back to the bakery.
The baker said to the dough, “Ahh, I think I know what to do now.”
And the Baker took the dough and threw it high in the air and spun it and rolled it till it was nice and flat and round.
Then he took the Sauce and he spread it all over the Dough.
Then he took the Cheese and he sprinkled it all over the Sauce.
Then he took the Peppers, Mushrooms and Onions and tossed them over the Cheese.
Then he took the Pepperoni and placed them on the Vegetables.
Then he put it all in the oven for ten minutes.
When the timer binged, he opened the door and slid the creation out of the oven.
He took a slicer and cut the circular pie into eight pieces.
He then took one slice and picked it up, and took a big bite.
He exclaimed, “Mama Mia. This is a taste sensation! I’ll call it ‘Pizza’ because everyone will want a ‘piece a’ this pie. I know that some will say, ‘oh, the cheese is the best part,’ and some will say, ‘no, the sauce is the best part’ and some will say, ‘no, the toppings are best part,’ but for me the best part will always be the crust because the crust came from the Dough. And this was all Dough’s idea!”
And that is the story of the very first pizza.
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