My Food Blog
My blog entry today is going to be delicious. Today I am writing about a sandwich from the heavens. It is called the chicken parmigiana sub and comes from a local Italian eatery that is rated 4.6 stars on Google so it must be amazing. The description of this sandwich is best explained by the restaurant’s menu that says and I quote “Breaded and baked with mozzarella and tomato sauce.” Now isn’t that an eye catching description, fun fact I’m a little bit of a history nerd and as someone who has studied world history I know that tomatoes are common staple of Italian food today however actually are not native to Italy in fact they are not even native to the Old World at all. Tomatoes are native to the Americas. That’s right that means until about 500 years ago Italians had no tomatoes for their pizza, spaghetti, or marinara. Another ingredient mozzarella would not have been in my home country the USA, the Columbian Exchange brought cows from the Old World to the New World so that means no cheese, butter, or milk until the Europeans had arrived. Which essentially translates into meaning that without the Columbus Exchange ever happening this chicken parmigiana sub would not exist here in Georgia.
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