Fresh Pasta In italy

Richard said:

Is it true that virtually no one in Italy ever eats fresh pasta? I am told
that Italians prefer packaged dry pasta.

You sound as though that surprises you. I would think that dry
(dried?) noodles of all kinds are a lot more available and convenient
and used than fresh, all around the world. -aem

Richard said:

Is it true that virtually no one in Italy ever eats fresh pasta? I am told
that Italians prefer packaged dry pasta.

Richard

That would be like saying "Americans prefer (fill in the blank)". It's
a big country, and I'd think that there are individual preferences
wherever you go. I'm sure the RFC'ers living in Italy could give you
more in depth replies, but coming from an Italian family, and having
spent a lot of time in Italy both visiting them and traveling, I've
certainly had my share of fresh pasta. It's still the thing to serve
on Sundays (as a first course, of course) in my great-aunt's house.

Sandy

Richard said:

Is it true that virtually no one in Italy ever eats fresh pasta? I
am told that Italians prefer packaged dry pasta.

Fresh pasta, if you make it yourself, is a fair amount of work. You
also can't make most of the shapes that require extrusion dies.

Brian

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Italians eat pasta at least once a day.
I have friends who eat pasta both at lunch and dinner so "the deal" is with
dried pasta because it is cheaper.
Anyway almost every grocery shop here sell daily made fresh pasta like
tortellini, ravioli, gnocchi and most of the time they are very good and
you do not have to mess up with homemade pasta.
I buy potatoes gnocchi almost every thursday and ravioli or tortellini
twice a week
I think it's quite the average in Italy.
Ciao, Guido

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Richard said:

Is it true that virtually no one in Italy ever eats fresh pasta? I am
told
that Italians prefer packaged dry pasta.

Richard

That would be like saying "Americans prefer (fill in the blank)". It's
a big country, and I'd think that there are individual preferences
wherever you go. I'm sure the RFC'ers living in Italy could give you
more in depth replies, but coming from an Italian family, and having
spent a lot of time in Italy both visiting them and traveling, I've
certainly had my share of fresh pasta. It's still the thing to serve
on Sundays (as a first course, of course) in my great-aunt's house.

Sandy

A little Italian folklore:
when i was in High school we went to visit Athen and greece
we found a classmate carrying 2 packs spaghetti in his baggage....
I said: "we aint going in Sahara desert! aint we?"
He replied: "ya never know" ;->
Guido

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