Fun Facts About Pasta?
What is the name of the popular Walt Disney movie, with dogs, involves pasta?
Lady and the Tramp
TRUE or FALSE:
Pasta is made from a special flour called "007"?
False -
A special flour called " 00 "flour
There are this many categories of shapes for pasta
FIVE
Who discovered spaghetti in his travels and brought it back to Italy?
Hint: This is also a fun pool game to play
Marco Polo
How many main categories of pasta shapes are there?
Five!
This classification of pasta involves lasagna, and fettucine.
What are "ribbon" pasta's
This early president of the United States, loved pasta so much, he brought the recipe and a pasta machine back from Italy?
Thomas Jefferson
True or False -
Pasta is a great source of citric acid - (a vitamin needed for healthy babies)
False!!!
Folic acid
This category of pasta includes: penne, macaroni, and rigatoni
What is a "Tubular" pasta
What popular song written by an English soldier (a yankee) talks about a popular pasta children LOVE?
Yankee Doodle
TRUE or FALSE:
Pasta made from wheat flour contains gluten
What is TRUE!
Name 2 steps in making great spaghetti
Begin with a large pan of boiling water
Add to heavily salted water
Stir pasta constantly or it will stick
Be sure to cook until "al dente" and remove from heat
This pasta category often involves a stuffed pasta
What is "Shapes" pasta
TRUE OR FALSE:
Pasta recipes appeared in Italian cookbooks as far back as 1200's?
TRUE (1290)
What is in pasta the gives you the energy to run a marathon?
Complex carbohydrates
This type of pasta includes very small pasta used to make some dessert dishes
Micro-pasta