“Pizzaonia Emerging #11” Courtesy of the Pizzaonian Art Institute, Abe Straction, curator (C)2009
Which came first, Pizzaonius or Pizzaonia, the dilemma of first causes?
“Bef
ore there was nothing there was Pizzaonius” Pizzaonian proverb
Pizzaonius the First is the founder of Pizzaonia. That was many decades ago, and he is now part of the folklore of our country. Even though learning about his life is part of all Pizzaonians early educations, most of us considered Pizzaonius to be somewhat of a mythical figure. That was until the discovery of the amazing documents that are now known as the “Pizzaonian Mozzarella Pizza Scrolls.”
For years, the myth of the scrolls and what they may contain was passed on from generation to generation. Other than the historians, no one took the stories of their existence seriously. And then one day they were found, the actual Mozzarella Pizza Scrolls that had been part of Pizzaonian mythology for years.
One day, about 50 years ago when the Monastery decided it was time to modernize their aged pizza ovens; they had to remove a massive stone wall that was part of the old ovens support system. Behind one of the huge stones, one of the workers found a large, grey baking tin. The tin was sealed and seemed unusually heavy. Since the workday was still in progress the worker put the tin aside and continued with his chores.
When the workday was over the workers cleaned up the area and put the tin with the other odds and ends that was part of the old ovens into a back store room. And there the tin remained until five years ago when it was rediscovered by a Pizza digogo Divinci bakery assistant.
The discovery was quite accidental. The workers needed a box to store some small tools and when the bakery assistant entered the old store room, he saw the tin. It was exactly what was needed. Was he surprised when he opened the box and found the scrolls wrapped in rolled sections of pizza dough - perfectly preserved. Unfortunately, the worker did know the real value of what he had found, and after some initial curiosity put the scrolls aside to make room for the tools.
There the “Pizzaonian Mozzarella Pizza Scrolls” stayed until their rediscovery last year. For the first time, they are now being made public by “The Pizzaonian.” What they told us amazed everyone – more later.....
Brother Franco, commenting for “The Pizzaonian” - a division of the Pizzaonian Newsertainment Network – PNN
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