Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 25 Oct 2017 15:58:03 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
> > On 2017-10-25, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> >> Amazon has a variety of it, some is noted to be "oo"
> >
> > I've learned that '00' --like James Bond's "double-oh'-- those are
> > zeroes and stand for a type of grind in Italy. Some say it is like
> > our AP flour, others say the Italian '00' grind has less gluten,
> > than our AP flour...
>
> Amazing. Even what you did manage to Google was wrong. The grind has
> nothing to do with the protein content. And pastas are typically made
> with high-protein (gluten) flours
>
> -sw

Ok, so he's looking for something new and looking to understand it.
Not terrible to ask a bit.

00 has to do with a grind level.
Pasta can be made with several gluten levels (unrelated to grind).

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