- Stromboli (food)
Stromboli is a type of turnover filled with various cheeses, Italian meats or vegetables. The
dough is Italian bread dough.Stromboli are similar to but distinct from
calzone s, as calzones are pockets ofdough filled with meat, cheese and vegetables, and stromboli can contain the same ingredients but are rolled into an oblong loaf (similar to aburrito ) and sliced to serve. The common misconception is that ingredients are the primary difference between calzones and strombolis: many people (such as T.J.) mistakenly think calzones have ricotta or marinara and stromboli does not. In truth, the ingredients for both calzones and strombolis are at the discretion of thechef .Origins
Stromboli is reported to have originated in 1950 in
Essington, Pennsylvania , an unincorporated community in Tinicum Township just outside ofPhiladelphia , at Romano's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, by Nazzareno Romano. There, William Schofield supposedly gave it the name, after the movie "Stromboli", starringIngrid Bergman . [ [http://www.romanostromboli.com Romano's The Original Stromboli] ] Other sources claim the stromboli was the brainchild of Mike Aquino, Sr. and that he created it inSpokane, Washington in 1954. [ [http://media.www.gonzagabulletin.com/media/storage/paper375/news/2003/09/19/AE/Its-A.Bigger.Better.Burger-471146.shtml It's a bigger, better burger] ]However, some say that it originated in
Stromboli , an island inItaly .Fact|date=December 2007 Stromboli can now be found in many pizza shops alongside more common pizza varieties.Some other food lovers say the "Stromboli" was created in King of Prussia, Pa., at the "Dough Pantry" by the chef-owner John Junyent when he needed a narrow product to substitute the large pizzas. At the time a sudden gas leak at the "Dough Pantry" caused an emergency that reduced the ovens capacity by 50%. The only way to continue serving the waiting customers was to create a new product that use much less oven space than pizza.{Fact|date=September 2008
ee also
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Calzone
*Sausage bread References
*Mariani, John (1999). "The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink". Lebhar-Friedman Books. ISBN 0-86730-784-6
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