A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall

Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by netrus on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @01:53AM (#36502789)

I am not aware of any traditional German dish that resembles a pizza - and we definitely have a tradition of bread making. So apparently it was not obvious to everyone.

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Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by b3orn on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @01:59AM (#36502842)

Flammkuchen, from south western parts of Germany.

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Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by twic on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:12AM (#36502924)

There's a very old German word which mean some sort of baked flat thing:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of...

But i haven't been able to find out if we know whether it was sweet or savoury, or anything else about it.

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Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by gfaure on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @01:57AM (#36502819)

What about Flammekueche?

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Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by jeffreygoesto on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:27AM (#36503815)

Les Alsaciens m aimerait avoir son mot à dire.

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Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by pjmlp on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:41AM (#36504656)

Peut-êtrè il fallait écrire en alsacien. :)

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Re:A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall by omnibrain on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:30AM (#36503832)

Flammkuchen got already mentioned, but there is also "Dinnele/Dinnete/Dünnele". Both sweet and savory.

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