I love pasta, my youngest adore them... From that long spaghetti that we gobble each and every birthdays we had celebrated. My family really loves pasta. To that short elbow macaroni my Tatay fell in love with.
My most loved recipes includes saucy pinoy spaghetti- a sweeter version of traditional spaghetti, tuna penne, macaroni salad and fusilli or spiral-shaped soup.
Well pasta lovers good news here's Choy's Pasta 101!
Pasta according to Wikipedia is a type of noodle & is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily.
But according to +National Pasta Association, Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy following exploration of the Far East in the late 13th century.
However, as early as 4th century B.C., pasta were traced from a group of natives making what appears to be pasta in an Etruscan tomb- Etruscan are ancient people of Italy.
Well, history is covered. Now let's move to the pasta itself!
Everybody knows spaghetti, right!
Penne - means pens, how hard can it be? Well according to +blog@walksofitaly.com take a closer look at the end of each pasta, looks like a tip of a fountain pen!
Lasagna - from Lasanum, Latin for pot . pasta in sheets!
Ravioli - square pillows that have fillings, from meat to spinach & cheese.
Fusilli - spiral-shaped pasta, means fucile or rifle. Asking why rifle? Well, the inside barrel of a gun resembles. I call it twist pasta.
Oricchiette - an ear-shaped pasta, means "little ears". Never tasted one of these! But I've seen this made by hands in one of the episodes of +Two Greedy Italians.
Conchiglie - shells-shaped pasta, comes in different sizes. I use this for soup dishes. They are great for salads too!
Elbow Macaroni - we're familiar with these one! Mac & Cheese anyone?
Farfalle - which means "butterflies", mostly recognized as bow tie. Pretty pasta!
Well there's a lot of pasta out there. It's a great thing that you know your pasta well or at least some them!Chow!
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