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History of pasta

Pasta is a type of food from italian cuisine, made out of unleavened wheat dough, that is formed into various shapes. Evidence of people creating pasta dates back to 400 B.C. In the 1st century, a type of food called lagana was an everyday food. Also, a cookbook found that dates back to 5th century describes a dish of meat stuffed into dough. This is an ancestor of modern day lasagna. Dry pasta (Which you will learn about in the 'types' section) was an exquisite and expensive food, due to the high amounts of labor it took to create it. A legend tells also of Marco Polo importing pasta from China.

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Types

Pasta is a predominant dish in italian cuisine made of unleavened dough, consisting of wheat flour, eggs and/or water mixed together. The two main types of pasta are dried and fresh. Fresh pasta is a locally produced food, unless to be shipped, and does not expand in water, so 0.7 kg is needed to feed an amount of 4 people generously. Fresh egg pasta is a fresh pasta, and usually goes well with various ingredients such as, but not limited to meat, cheese and/or vegetables, which can create various stuffed pastas as ravioli, tortellini and cannelloni, which are common among the regions Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna of Northern Italy. Dry pasta is a dry pasta that is factory-made. It can be cooked like fresh pasta, put has a longer shelf life, so is usually made for shipping uses. It must be dried at a low temperature to evaporate moisture and can be served in dishes with ragu, which is an italian meat sauce. Unlike fresh pasta, dried pasta will expand once cooked, so 0.5 kg are needed to feed four people.

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Pasta types

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Jokes

What did the pasta say to the tomato?

Don't get saucy with me!

What kind of pasta do they serve at a haunted house?

Fettuccini afraido!

What do you call something that tastes like pasta, looks like pasta but isn’t pasta?

An impasta!

Why does the noodle have to pay so much for car repairs?

Because his car always ends up al dente!

What does the pasta say to the cheese?

It's grate to meet you!

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Italy

Italy is a country is south-western Europe. It consists of a penninsula with the Alps mountain range at it's northern border, and around 800 islands. Some of the most notable are Sicily and Sardinia.

Italy itself consists of 20 regions, notably the region of Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome; other cities include Milan, Naples, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice.