Pasta is a type of noodle
and is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference
dating back to 1154. It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes.
Typically pasta is made from unleavened dough of durum wheat flour mixed with
water and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked and served in any
number of dishes. It can be made with flour from other cereals or grains and eggs
may be used instead of water. Pastas may be divided into two broad categories,
dried (pasta secca) and fresh (pasta fresca). Chicken eggs
frequently dominate as the source of the liquid component in fresh pasta.
You would have thought that the world’s most favourite
food would be something like pizza, chips, biscuits or something on those
lines. But it isn’t! It’s PASTA! Pasta has topped a global survey of the world's favourite foods.
Just in the UK, sales of dry and fresh pasta reached £53m in 1987. In 2009, the
amount was £282m! Pasta-based ready meals and the value rises to £800m! An
astonishing amount! And that’s the UK alone!
But
what do you think? What is your favourite food? Can you believe that pasta is
the world’s most favourite food!? I can’t! Leave your comments below…
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