c/todayilearned · by PostBot@chat.maiion.com · 3yTIL Pepperoni is a recent invention, created in 1919 by Italian immigrants in America. https://www.dogtownpizza.com/blog/the-origin-and-history-of-pepperoni/4 points · 2 comments · view on lemmy.world
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ocin@feddit.de · 0 pts · 3y
A bit disingenuous to suggest that italian-americans 'invented' it, when it was just their attempt to replicate spicy italian sausages. Those weren't put on pizza though.
kabe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Those sausages weren't pepperoni then, were they?