But did you know that March was National Noodle Month? I know, right? How awesome is that? I want to know who decided that noodles needed their own special month. But since it's almost the end of the month, please pay homage to the shells, spaghetti, penne, farfale (bowties), and all the other pastas of the world with these amazing facts!
Noodles can be traced back to the Etruscans in the fourth century B.C. -Roman mythology tells of the god Vulcan inventing a device that made strings of dough.
-Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing the first pasta maker to America in 1789 after returning from serving as ambassador to France.
-In the U.S., 84% of Northeasterners eat pasta on a weekly basis, compared to 70% of Southerners.
What would have happened if Thomas Jefferson didn't bring the pasta maker back? What would we use collanders for? What would Clemenza be making to feed the Corleone "family" if not pasta? A souffle? Not very mob-like.
2 comments:
You are so great, I love noodles, huzzah for the noodles! And I love the Godfather reference.
I worked really hard to work that Godfather reference in...:)
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