【本期话题】Pasta

Pasta (Italian pasta, from Latin pasta "dough(面团) , pastry cake(馍馍) ", from Greek παστ? (pasta) "barley porridge") is a generic term for variants(变种) of noodles, food made from a dough of flour(面粉) , water and or eggs.
The word can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient(原料), served with sauce(酱) or seasonings(季节性食材) .
Pasta is made from a simple combination(组合) of flour and water. Pre-packaged specialty pasta often includes spices(香料) , cheese or added coloring from spinach, tomatoes or food dye(食用色素) . Small pasta machine designed to mangle lasagne(宽面条,千层面) and cut tagliatelleUnder Italian law, dry pasta (pasta secca) can only be made from durum wheat flour or durum wheat semolina.【更多故事尽在TalkOnline】

Particular varieties of pasta may also use other grains and milling methods to make the flour, as specified by law.
Some pasta varieties, such as pizzoccheri, are made from buckwheat flour.

 Examples include spaghetti (thin rods), maccheroni (tubes or cylinders), fusilli (swirls), and lasagne (sheets). Two other noodles, gnocchi and spätzle, are sometimes considered pasta.

Fresh pasta may include eggs (pasta all'uovo, roughly translated as egg pasta).
Some specialty pasta varieties can be made from grains low in gluten for gluten-intolerant people, or from whole wheat flour. Gnocchi are often listed among pasta dishes, although they are quite different in ingredients, mainly milled potatoes. 来TalkOnline听故事，学美语。身在中国，学在美国！立刻加入

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