Call it ‘Pasta’ or ‘Noodles’, both Italian and Chinese identify themselves with this long, elastic fibrous strand of flour and water. This food-stuff is as old as the Italian civilization itself – now that we are taking into account the Italian Cuisine.
National Pasta Month is celebrated in the month of October within and beyond the culinary domain of Italy. Here it is quite easy to get tempted with exploring pasta’s origin or by that way, calling it either pasta or noodles, but it’s worth giving a thought.
In the first place, the Pasta Review by Glenn R. Mack rests on the simplicity of the ingredients used while making pasta, and secondly, it cuts the possibilities of pasta being attached to the royal patronage.
Gary Cooper’s film, The Adventures of Marco Polo, portrays pasta to be the stuff transported by China. Despite all records, this proves to be a crazy illusion for the sole reason that even Chinese records only have its antiquity to speak. They are silent as far as pasta/poodles origin is concerned.
