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pasta

Italian food made from flour, eggs and water and shaped in different forms, usually cooked and served with a sauce

EntityQ178

Subclass of: shelf-stable food
, dish
, pasta and noodles
Part of: groats, pastas and legumes
, Fat-and-oil products and fat-based detergents. Pasta (OKP code - 91 4000)

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Pasta is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Pasta was originally only made with durum, although the definition has been expanded to include alternatives for a gluten-free diet, such as rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils. Pasta is a staple food of Italian cuisine, and many historians believe that pasta in a form recognizable today was introduced to Italy through Sicily in the Middle Ages as a result of Mediterranean trade networks.

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Country of origin: Kingdom of Italy
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1.“How pasta became the world's favourite food”bbc.com/news/magazine-13760559
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People's Republic of China
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1.“World Briefing | Asia: China: 4,000-Year-Old Bowl Of Noodles Unearthed”nytimes.com/2005/10/13/world/world-briefing-asia-china-4000yearold-bowl-of-noodles-unearthed.html
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Native label: Pasta
Course: first course
Different from: Pasta criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Pasta
Pastia criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: pastia
Pasto criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: pasto
Made from material: wheat flour
rolled dough
Triticum durum
Partially coincident with: noodle
bánh
Water footprint: 1,849 cubic metre per ton
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1.Stated in The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products
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Social media followers: 142,326(May 24, 2023) subreddit: pasta
Hashtag: pasta

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