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Default hand-pulled pasta


"sf" > ha scritto nel messaggio

> One type of pasta is supposed to be harder to work with than the> other, I
> don't remember which is which.


Hard wheat with water is hard to mix without a machine.

> Was pici the original spaghetti?


No, but it is something mom can do at home with 18th c tools. There is an
annual pici contest to see who can roll the longest continuous one.