What are the origins of pasta?

Answer 1

The inventor of pasta has not yet been discovered. Was pasta invented in Japan, China, Greece, Italy or the Arabic regions? It will remain a secret. It is interesting to see how the ways of using pasta have been changed over time. But one thing is for sure: Pasta is universally popular!

some may not know the ansers but some say that it was Marco polo who took it from the Chinese when he was doing the silk tralil and took it back to Italy and uesed in many different ways.. .

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it was invented in china

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Pastagirlrecipes:

The History of Pasta has not revealed any documentation of it coming from or being invented by any one person culture or country. We can safely say that Marco Polo was not responsible for Pasta being brought from China to Italy. In fact Pasta was well on it's way to becoming a big part of Italian food history when Marco Polo returned from his journey in 1296. Pasta had already become a huge trading commodity in Sicily, Cagliari and Sardinia. In fact there is historical documentation and recipes dating back to 800 A.D. that included dried pasta made with durum wheat.

It's also my regret that Pasta was not invented by a peasant woman in Lombardi by the name of Libista. Many a wife's tale claim she invented Ravioli and Lasagna. Stuffed pasta very closely resembling the shape of ravioli can be traced all the way back to the 11th century Arab world. As Italy adopted these delicacies, stuffed pastas were as little as bite-sized cakes (Tortellini means little cakes) and typically fried.

So what is the history of Pasta and how did it get to Italy? Ultimately it is a combined effort of both human intelligence, creativity and evolution. Marco Polo and the peasant woman had nothing to do with the invention Pasta. Cute story though.

Answer 2

According to ILovePasta.org, "we can trace pasta back as far as the fourth century B.C., where an Etruscan tomb showed a group of natives making what appears to be pasta. The Chinese were making a noodle-like food as early as 3000 B.C."

Answer 3

Noodles were invented long before recorded history; they are an ancient food, eaten worldwide; there's no way at all to say where, let alone when, they were first made.

Archaeological evidence of noodles dating back more than four thousand years has been found in China; certainly noodles were eaten in other places at and before that time.

The pasta we enjoy today, however, is made with durum wheat flour (semolina), which gives the noodles a very different texture - the famous al dente finish - from that achievable with other kinds of flour. Modern pasta was very probably introduced to Sicily by Arabs during their initial invasion of the island in 652 AD. From Sicily the new kind of noodles spread to what is now southern Italy and eventually to the rest of the world, for which a great many people are truly thankful.

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Answer 4

China made it then Marco Polo took it to Italy

Answer 5

It is genarally supposed the ancient Chinese made it first ,but every civilization has had the ingredients to make it...just as every civilization has its own form of Dumpling

Answer 6

pasta origanated form Italy

Answer 7

Italy