• aliceitc@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    You could make the noodles then boil them fresh, and often people buy noodles fresh to do so because yes, it tastes fresher.

    It’s not only a matter of freshness, but also of texture. Moreover pasta fresca (non-dried pasta, I don’t know if that has a specific name in English) is oftentimes made with eggs (pasta all’uovo) or with a different kind of flour than dried pasta.

    There are so many variables that you can’t just say “it tastes better because it’s fresher”: it tastes differently because it’s a different process for a different purpose!

    And that’s why I love pasta and noodles in general: a lot of cultures have taken the same three ingredients and combined them slightly differently to produce wildly different results! Ain’t that amazing??? ❤️

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      1 month ago

      Where is the line between pasta and dumpling? I suppose at some point its too big to safely dry it out for storage or be realistic to cook. But if you make it fresh that isn’t a problem.

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        1 month ago

        I’m not sure but you can look “tortellini”. You can find them both dry and fresh. But the bigger ones I only find them fresh, not dry. So I suppose it’s not possible to safely dry them if they’re big. But again the fresh ones are sold in “modified atmosphere packaging” that allow quite a long shelf life (refrigerated).