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The Most Fascinating Pasta Facts That Every Pasta Lover Needs To Know

It has gone through so much change and travels around the world that there are numerous stories surrounding the world of pasta. To make it more interesting, here are some of the fascinating facts about pasta that you may not have known before, but as a lover of pasta, you must.<br>Read More: www.gustorafoods.com

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The Most Fascinating Pasta Facts That Every Pasta Lover Needs To Know

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  1. The Most Fascinating Pasta Facts That Every Pasta Lover Needs To Know

  2. Pasta has been around for centuries and has been making people smile with its flavourful recipes all over the world. The fascination for pasta has crossed boundaries and encompassed languages, so much so that the instant pasta is mentioned; people light up automatically. The number of times you have eaten pasta, and the variety that you may have tried, you may be thinking to yourself that you know everything that there is to know about this Italian delicacy. In reality, the history and story of pasta is a little different. It has gone through so much change and travels around the world that there are numerous stories surrounding the world of pasta. To make it more interesting, here are some of the fascinating facts about pasta that you may not have known before, but as a lover of pasta, you must.

  3. Pasta Facts for Pasta Lovers ● Noodle Pasta was actually not invented in Italy. It came from China, where the first-ever written record of Noodle Pasta goes back in time as much as 5000 BC. In the 12th century, Marco Polo brought Chinese Noodles to Italy, where it became the staple food of the locals. However, the Italians had already learned to make pasta through dough since 500 BC. They only adopted the noodle to create their famous Spaghetti pasta. ●Speaking of Spaghetti, it is actually a plural word in Italian. The word for a single noodle will be Spaghetto. ●Also, before machines were invented, Italians used their feet to knead the dough for making the pasta. This was because the pasta’s dough is rather tough.The worker’s used to walk an entire day to make a single batch.

  4. ●People often think that Tomato Sauce was a part of the Italian cuisine way before pasta had even been invented. In reality, tomatoes were actually not even present in Europe till the beginning of the 16th century. Which means that people were eating pasta for centuries before someone even thought of putting in tomatoes in the recipe. ●Pasta actually has more 600 recognised shapes that are all produced for mass consumption, as per the International Pasta Organization. And oh yes, there is an International Pasta Organization. ●While it may be common knowledge to most of us that Italy has the highest consumption of pasta in the world, the 2nd and 3rd highest pasta consuming countries will shock you. After Italy, Venezuela and Tunisia eat the most pasta. To give you an idea, Italians consume about 600 million kilometres of pasta, which is enough to wrap around the world 15,000 times. ●On April 1, 1957, BBC aired a documentary that showed spaghetti crops somewhere in Switzerland. It recorded people harvesting Spaghetti directly from the farms. As an attempt at April Fool's Day, BBC successfully created mass confusion in public who thought that pasta actually grew on trees, with some even wondering where they can buy their own Pasta plant. ●The world Pasta day is celebrated on October 25.

  5. ●Needless to say, as you may already know this, but the 3 most popular kinds of pasta in the world are Spaghetti, Penne, and Macaroni. ●The carbohydrates in the pasta increase the production of Serotonin in the body, which is the hormone that triggers our sense of happiness and well being. In short, eating pasta makes you happy. ●You cannot mix and match between pasta and sauces of different kinds. Every sauce needs a particular kind of pasta to compliment it. Long pasta fit better with creamy and cheesy sauces, while tomato and chunkier sauces go better with tubular or spiral pasta, something that holds the sauce in itself. ●The word pasta comes from Greek and Latin. In Greek, it means "Barley Porridge", while in Latin, the word means "dought pastry cake". Quite an accurate description of what pasta can do. ●However, the original meaning of the word Pasta in Italian means "Paste", which actually hits closer to home when it comes to pasta. Pasta is made with two ingredients, water and flour. It is turned into a "paste" before the pasta is made with it.

  6. That's it; these were some of the most amazing pasta facts that as a pasta lover you must know. These can be a great conversation starter the next time you are sitting around a table, and pasta is being served. You know, some food for thought.

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