The French boss Eric Jacquin said this week that the brazilian pizza It's tastier than the Italian one. And with this the historic rivalry between Italy e France rekindles.
It's okay that the comparison wasn't between French and Italian pizza. But it does not matter. In this case, the fact that the comparison was made with Brazilian pizza is less important than the nationality of the person making the comparison.
After all, how dare a Frenchman say that about a dish that is Italian national heritage?
Historical rivalry
A rivalry between Italy and France is as strong as between Brazil and Argentina. And it goes back centuries. The, let's say, mutual antipathy began with land disputes, as they are neighboring countries.
And it ended up becoming more intense in the 19th century, with conflicts over raw materials and human resources. In fact, these controversies were one of the causes for the beginning of the First World WarIn 1914.
Well, this week French chef Erick Jacquin, famous in Brazil for having been one of the judges on the program MasterChef, made the following statement: “Pizza in Brazil is tastier than in Italy. I’ve been to Italy and I haven’t had pizza as good as here.”
The phrase was said in the premiere episode of the second season of the TV show My Recipe, a new television adventure by the French chef, naturalized Brazilian.
Napolitano started Brazilian pizza
Pizza dough was manipulated by the Greeks, Egyptians and Hebrews more than 6 thousand years ago. But it was in Italy, more precisely in Nápoles, during the Middle Ages, that the dish was perfected.
The Italians invented the round shape and added pizza ingredients such as basil, mozzarella and tomatoes to the dough. Margherita, which refer to the colors of the italian flag.
In the 19th century, pizza was brought to Brazil by Neapolitan immigrants Carmino Corvino. He arrived in São Paulo in 1897 and opened the Cantina Santa Genoveva, in the Brás neighborhood of São Paulo, in 1910. In the beginning, it only sold three flavors: napolitana, mozzarella and aliche.
Since then, pizzas have evolved a lot in Brazil and have gained the most diverse types of toppings.
Jacquin's favorite, for example, is the pizza pepperoni. But he prefers brazilian pizza, which should start new debates involving the already fierce dispute between the Italians and the French.
It's worth cheering so that a war doesn't start over this.
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