Pasta
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Pasta is a food made from starch and water. It is usually cooked in hot water before being eaten. Pasta has been very popular in Italy for a long time. It has also been eaten in many parts of Asia for a long time.
Pasta is often noodles. It is usually eaten in sauce, fried or in soup. Pasta is usually made from either wheat flour or rice flour. Pasta can be made with other types of flour, for example spinach. Pasta sometimes has eggs in it. Pasta comes in many different shapes and sizes.
[edit] External links
- www.archimedes-lab.org :: Pasta shapes – history and a pasta shapes list
- www.food-info.net :: Pasta shapes – a well-illustrated list
- www.lifeinitaly.com :: History of Pasta – includes pictures of how pasta is made.
- Information about Italian Pasta
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